As MP3 players and mobile devices become very common, more and more people are beginning to convert their audio CD collection to music files so they will listen to them while on the move. In Windows and Mac, the conversion can be done automatically with Windows Media Player or iTunes. What about Linux? Let’s take a look.
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Creating An NFS-Like Standalone Storage Server With GlusterFS On Ubuntu 10.04
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This tutorial shows how to set up a standalone storage server on Ubuntu 10.04. Instead of NFS, I will use GlusterFS here. The client system will be able to access the storage as if it was a local filesystem. GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes.
Read more »Some useful utilities
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Utilities. They’re what help make computing a lot easier and more convenient, no matter what operating system you use. Linux users are spoiled when it comes to utilities.
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Equinox Introduces 2 Other Brilliant Themes, Installation Made Easy via PPA
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Equinox GTK Theme + Faenza Icon Sets are probably the best combination of themes I have ever found for my Ubuntu. Last day, I was doing my regular repository update when I noticed some new Equinox packages. Two new themes were introduced by Equinox team and the whole package keeps getting better.
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Ubuntu 10.10 beta – an insider’s view
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Ubuntu 10.10 has strived to build on the choices of Lucid, bringing bleeding edge versions of software whilst maintaining the stability that Lucid provided. Join Ubuntu developer, Dave Walker, as he takes an insiders look at Maverick Meerkat as it approaches completion…
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Linux distributions update for Web flaw
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A number of Linux distributors have issued patches for fixing a widely used program that fetches Web pages, called Wget, so it can not be misused by attackers.
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PlayOnLinux 3.8.1 has been released
Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Beta Screenshots Gallery
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The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer. The Maverick Meerkat Beta is the beta release of Ubuntu 10.10, bringing with it new features for the next version of Ubuntu.
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KDE SC 4.5 - Desktop Activities Exposed
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Recently, I wrote a post about the KDE 4.5 SC release candidate. In that post, I was a little bit critical about the discoverability of desktop activities. I wasn’t too sure of what the purpose of these were, and there was nothing in the interface for creating these activities that gave the user any hint of what they were. This article provides an update on desktop activities.
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GTK Impression – Scrollbars
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The most notable design element of a GTK theme are the scrollbars and I’m amazed how the basic design has persisted over the years.
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Five critical apps for Android that you wont find on iOS
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Apple limits the kind of third-party applications and content their users can enjoy. But what does it really mean in practice? Let's look at 5 Android apps iOS is missing to find out.
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GUI Program to install ath9k_htc (Atheros Linux Driver)
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This tutorial will explain howto install GUI Program to install ath9k_htc.This is the list of supported chip sets.
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Cardapio - A lean application menu and launcher for Gnome
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Cardapio can work in two modes: as a panel applet (in which case it is an alternative to Gnome's application menu applet) or as a stand-alone launcher (in which case it is an alternative to the simplest use-cases of Gnome Do). It has a beautiful gtk-native interface and includes plugins for performing inline searches of Files (via Tracker), Software Center, Google, Wikipedia, and much more!
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Unified Stop Reload Go button comes to Firefox 4
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Pieces keep fitting in for the Firefox 4 theme refresh. Recent development nightlies now feature the planned stop-reload-go button next to the location bar.
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Crossover Bordeaux Cedega VS Vanilla Wine
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A question I have fielded more then a couple times in the Wine section of the Ubuntu Forums is
What is the difference between commercial Wine products and vanilla Wine?
There are three main commercial Wine products: Bordeaux, Cedega, and Crossover. There are a few distinct differences between the commercial Wine products and the FOSS Wine.
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