CodeWeavers Inc has released a major new version of its Wine based CrossOver tool, which is designed to make it possible to run Windows applications and games on both Mac and Linux platforms. CrossOver Impersonator Edition boasts a brand new CrossTie feature, which enables users to install hundreds of Windows applications with a single click.
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5 Reasons why kids should use Linux
Perhaps the most difficult part of providing quality technical support is when you need to assist young minds in mastering the complexities of technology. Today children of all ages use computers and it becomes an essential part of their learning curve that they understand the basics of keeping their system going. This is made easier when they work on open source platforms such as Linux.
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Ubuntu 10.04.2 Released - LTS Version Gets Second Maintenance Update
A second update to Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu 10.04 'Lucid Lynx' LTS (Long Term Support) has been released. The announcement was made by Ubuntu release manager Kate Stewart and iso images are immediately available to download.
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Top 5 Image Viewers for Ubuntu/Kubuntu
This article overviews five image viewers available for Ubuntu and also includes at the end a list of another five ones which either are no longer maintained or are based on older libraries (KDE3 for example).
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Quick Look at Exaile & Installation in Ubuntu and Debian
Exaile is a pretty decent music player for GNOME written in PyGTK which comes with features like tabbed playlists, lyrics fetching, radio support, file browser, support for dynamic and smart playlists, cover support, 10-band equalizer and more. The latest version was released a few days ago and comes with several bug fixes and minor issue fixes.
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Wine 1.3.14 Released
The Wine development release 1.3.14 is now available. Whats new in this release. Many cleanups to address Valgrind and Clang warnings. Support for creating compressed cabinet files. Translation updates. Various bug fixes.
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Installing Apache2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On CentOS 5.5 (LAMP)
LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a CentOS 5.5 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.
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Forks of the popular RTS Glest to merge as MegaGlest and GlestAE come together
Glest is a popular Free software RTS. After development of the project subsided, two community forks appeared and have been on divergent paths. Now it seems there is potential for a merger to drive on and become the final successor to the Glest project.
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Installation Of PlaySMS And SMS Server Tools 3 On Debian Server
This tutorial will show you how you can set up an SMS server on Debian with playsms and smstools. In my example I have used an old Nokia 5140i with a USB datacable.
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PC-BSD 8.2 Released
The PC-BSD Team is pleased to announce the availability of PC-BSD 8.2 (Hubble Edition), running FreeBSD 8.2-RELEASE, and KDE 4.5.5
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Pimp your Desktop : Ubuntu 10.10 Desktop Customization Guide
This step-by-step tutorial was created for the Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) operating system and it will teach you how to change the looks of your Linux desktop into an eye-candy, practical, simple and modern one. In other words, to pimp your desktop and change its looks
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A Introduction to Bordeaux 2011.03 for Linux FreeBSD and PC BSD
The upcoming Bordeaux for Linux and BSD 2011.03 release will see a major shift in how the program is written and the new features that will be available to current and future Bordeaux customers. This is a brief introduction to explain some of the many planned features that will be available in the upcoming Bordeaux 2011.03 release.
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Sekurigeldonoj de Fajrovulpo: 3.5.17 kaj 3.6.14, Tondrobirdo: 3.1.8
Okazis korekto de gravaj malsekuroj, kaj ĝisdatigo de listoj de «internacinomaj» retregionoj kaj «publikaj sufiksoj». Multo en la artikolo aplikiĝas ankaŭ al la ankoraŭ ne eldonita SeaMonkey 2.0.12.
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Virtual Users/Domains With Postfix/Courier/MySQL/SquirrelMail (Debian Squeeze)
This document describes how to install a Postfix mail server that is based on virtual users and domains, i.e. users and domains that are in a MySQL database. I'll also demonstrate the installation and configuration of Courier (Courier-POP3, Courier-IMAP), so that Courier can authenticate against the same MySQL database Postfix uses.
Read more »Ubuntu 11.04 Alpha 3 Is Out [Screenshots And Video]
Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal alpha 3 has just been released. We've already posted all the changes so if you're reading WebUpd8 daily you already know what's new, but as usual we'll do a recap of all the changes in Ubuntu 11.04 since alpha 2.
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