We were talking about fonts again on IRC, and how there really isn't any decent font viewer on Linux that lets you group fonts into categories.
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VLC Media Player: The Cone Knows Its Formats
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In the world of media player applications, the little orange traffic cone that VLC uses as its icon signifies ease of use, a deep set of features, and the versatility to play almost anything you can throw at it.
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Mozilla Sees You Using Chrome Alongside Firefox
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If you're like me, you're using more than one open source browser these days. That's why I was absolutely heartened to see Firefox guru Chris Blizzard, from Mozilla, endorse the concept of using those exact two browsers in a recent interview.
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keylaunch - A utility for binding commands to a hot key
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Quickly access and add or edit your Metacity Key-bindings Ability to reset key-bindings
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Bordeaux 2.0.8 for Linux Released
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The Bordeaux Technology Group released Bordeaux 2.0.8 for Linux today. Bordeaux 2.0.8 is a maintenance release that fixes a number of small bugs. With this release we have updated firefox to 3.6.8, Added support for Apples Safari 5.0 Web Browser, Updated to the latest winetricks release and fixed desktop shortcuts.
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10 things you can do to keep your new Linux users from bailing on you
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Before you hand off Linux machines to users who are new to the operating system, do a little prep work to ease the transition and make sure they have the tools they need.
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Avant Window Navigator Update (PPA) Finally Brings Multiple Docks And Helpers
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An update today brings helpers and multiple docks to Avant Window Navigator from the AWN trunk PPA. "Multiple docks" means you'll be able to run multiple instances of Avant Window Navigator, each with its own configuration.
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How to install VLC 1.1.3 in ubuntu 10.04/9.10
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VLC media player is a media player, streamer, and encoder for Unix, Windows, Mac OS X, BeOS, QNX, and PocketPC. It can play from many inputs like files, network streams, capture device, desktops, or DVD, SVCD, VCD, and audio CD.
Read more »The KDE 4.5 Notification Area
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With KDE 4.5 came a lot of updates and changes. From the bottom to the top, nothing was immune from an update or two. One tool that received a nice overhaul is the Notification Area.
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Fedora 14 Alpha is go
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As John posted last night, Fedora 14 Alpha was declared ready for release next week. Although there was a one-week slip to handle the fact that our blocker list wasn’t clear, Fedora developers and testers in the community have worked hard together both to resolve the remaining issues and make sure that our Alpha would pass the release criteria.
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Android 3.2 Honeycomb to Follow Gingerbread 3?
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The next iteration of Google's mobile operating system Android, following Gingerbread 3.0 due out later this year, is expected to be an incremental update to version 3.1 or 3.2 and dubbed "Honeycomb," according to reports.
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GNOME 2.32 Beta 1 Is Here
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The first beta of the upcoming GNOME 2.32 has landed to give early adopters, distro builders, developers and generally curious people a taste of things to come.
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Convert eBooks in Linux
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Say you just bought an Amazon Kindle or a Barnes and Noble Nook. You want to convert your eBook collection to .EPUB or .MOBI format. For this, install Calibre. The application not only provides you with a graphical way to manage your eBook collection, but also comes with a set of useful command-line tools. One of these is ebook-convert.
Read more »PlayOnLinux 3.8 has been released
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PlayOnLinux 3.8 is now out!
A lot of bugs have been fixed,
- Fixed Bug #22,
- Ukranian file should be called uk.po instead ua.po,
- PlayOnLinux can no longer run in its own environement,
- The program does not alert the user that 3D acceleration is not present when mesa-utils packet is not installed,
- Fixed a bug in libraries loading,
Ubuntu One – The KDE Way
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Over the past couple of months I had the great opportunity of taking part in this year’s Google Summer of Code. I moved out to bring Ubuntu One to the KDE desktop and I think I was rather successful with it.
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