If you have a fondness for old arcade games and want to play them again, try the Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator (MAME), a free emulator that lets you recreate the look and feel of old arcade game systems in software. While it's written for Windows, you can run this open source application under Linux.
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Inter-project collaboration: Amarok with Ampache integration
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This week something cool happened. Ok, something cool happens every week in Amarok land, but this week was something special. We teamed up with Karl Vollmer, lead developer of the very cool Ampache music server to create an Ampache service for Amarok2.
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Single user's how-to Subversion
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How to setup and use Subversion for project version control for a single user. Quick and inclusive guide from O'Reilly.
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Firefox 3 Beta 1 is a winner
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Last night I downloaded the latest beta release from Mozilla, Firefox 3 Beta 1, meaning to just have a look-see so that I could pen a few impressions. Since then, I haven't bothered to load up Firefox 2 because, even though it's a pre-production test version, Firebox 3 Beta 1 is a mighty fine browser.
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Skype's beta videophone for Linux looks pretty good
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Skype recently released Skype 2.0 beta for Linux, which includes the ability to make video calls, a feature the Windows and Mac versions have had for some time. I tried the beta on two systems running Ubuntu 7.10 -- my desktop PC with a USB webcam and a MacBook Pro with its onboard iSight webcam -- with mixed results.
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The Essential Blender: Guide to 3D Creation with the Open Source Suite Blender
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The chapter on installing Blender was somewhat descriptive. It told me where the archive files were stored on the CD, but no actual installation instructions. I looked in vain for further hints and tips but none were to be found. As an old Debian hand now running Ubuntu on the desktop, I opened a terminal and a quick
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Nokia N810: unboxing and first impressions
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My shiny new Nokia N810 Internet Tablet was delivered yesterday. After fondling it for most of the day, I'm relatively impressed. The N810 is a bit smaller than the N800, which makes it more comfortable to use and easier to tote around in a pocket.
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An ultralight Mandriva: Theme screenshots
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Extreme Coder is still hard at work putting together a version of Mandriva for older machines. He enlisted the help of Albi to create an IceWM theme that mimicks the default Mandriva setup, and the results are fabulous.
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APT-build — optimize your Debian!
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Certainly most of the Linux users would like to have their systems fully optimized for their rigs but do not have the stamina or enough knowledge to play with the Gentoo installation paradigm. But here comes the rescue — an apt-build goody available under every distro armed with the big gun - APT package manager.
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GCstar - Screenshots
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Some GCstar screenshots with a small associated description. Click on any thumbnail to see full size picture. On the forum, there is a topic for screenshots from users.
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Installing FreeNX 0.7.1 on Ubuntu
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The contents of this post are mostly based on Manual Installation How-To. Thanks to Brent Davidson and Fabian Franz for writing such a nice HowTo and the beautiful open and free implementation of FreeNX, respectively.
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Return to Gentoo
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So, I’m no longer using Ubuntu on any of my computers at home (okay, its still on one box, but I don’t really use that one and will reformat it when I get the chance). It was fun while it lasted, but some things started to annoy me and I could not deal with it anymore. So, what bothered me? Here’s a short list:
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SamePlace: 0.7.9 released
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"SamePlace 0.7.9 is available. Major highlights are localization in five languages other than English (minus a few glitches due to my last minute changes), proxy support, more usable interface, and compatibility with Firefox 3. Have a look at the complete changelog to see what else is new..."
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Mozilla Prism Proxy Setting
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"In previous post, I talked about Mozilla Prism, one of the Mozilla product (beta version) that provided an easy way to run your web application from desktop. This means that you can take any web site that you currently visit a lot, and place it in its own process, and you can launch it like any other application..."
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Flock, the social web browser in Ubuntu with Firefox Plugins!!
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Flock is a web browser based on Firefox, which besides a look sort of different, many social networks are integrated. Today, I am going to show you the main features and how to install it in (K) Ubuntu.
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