So you just set up a Linux-compatible webcam. You've tested it with Kopete, and you can send images on MSN and Yahoo! Now what? Here are some fun things you can try.
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0.9 released, 0.9.1 released, contest won
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"I didn't post about 0.9, the most significant release in a while, and I didn't post about 0.9.1, its first refresh. Another bit of news has come in, and the list-of-thing-I-should-write-about has become just a tad too big to keep postponing [...] The Mozilla platform is in great shape. XMPP seems to be quickly turning from the future of instant messaging into its present" -- http://sameplace.cc/wiki/frequently-asked-questions#toc8
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The World is Open Source
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The World is Open Source, a very nice wallpaper for your desktop.
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The Best Linux gmail Checker
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The best Linux gmail checker is named CheckGmail. Now why am I raving about a gmail mail checker? You ask, how different can it be from the other gmail checkers, because don't they all do the same thing, notify you when you get mail?
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Slax 6 : The Pocket OS [A Preview]
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Slax 6, the latest version of the modern, small and fast Slackware-based distro Slax, was released yesterday.Slax participated in the development of sqlzma patches, where the code implements LZMA - 7-zip compression - into squashfs filesystem. Squashfs now supports bigger block sizes than before. These two enhancements transform Slax 6 in one of the best compressed Linux distributions.
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eeeXubuntu
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This morning I installed eeeXubuntu on the solid state disk of the little Eee. It's pretty cool. The default Xandros in advanced mode was okay, but it was also a bit limiting.
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Damn Small Solaris 0.1 Released
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Developers of sunhelp.ru released a Damn Small Solaris 0.1 distro. The distro size is 64 Mb and included all main utilities from Solaris Express, window manager, JWM and other utilities from Linux DSL
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KnowledgeTree Document Management System On Ubuntu 7.10 Server
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This guide will walk you through installing the KnowledgeTree Document Management System on Ubuntu 7.10 Server. This guide does not include any pictures. I just felt with this type of install, that they were not warranted.
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Installing Ubuntu on OS X
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Today’s experiment was to get Ubuntu Linux running in a virtual machine on my Mac. It gave me the opportunity to play with two things — Ubuntu Linux and VirtualBox, an open source alternative to VMware and Parallels.
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StartUp Manager - change settings in Grub, Grub2 and Usplash
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StartUp Manager, or SUM, is a gui tool for changing settings in Grub, Grub2 and Usplash.SUM should work with recent versions of Debian and Debian-based distributions such as Ubuntu.
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When in doubt, install Linux...
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So kind of out of left field, I decided to install Ubuntu on my laptop at about 1 AM. I got the newest version, 7.10, and resized my Vista partition so using Computer > Manage > Disk Management > Shrink Volume so that I had 10 GB of unallocated space for Ubuntu (I wanted more, but it wouldn't let me). Then I popped the disc in, restarted, and installed with ease.
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Eight Distros a Week: gNewSense 1.1
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This is the fifth in an eight-part series on distros I use. These observations are based on distros running on one or more of the following hardware: Dell Inspiron 5000 laptop, an brandless Pentium III-based desktop, an IBM PL 300 Pentium II, an iMac G3 (Indigo) and an iBook G3. As the auto commercials say, your mileage may vary.
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ATI Linux Display Driver 8.2 : Fixes X Server Bugs
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A new version of the ATI/AMD Linux display driver was released last night, for both x86 and x86_64 platforms. This release fixes some important X server bugs, such as:
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Linpus offers a Linux for newbies and experts alike
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Linpus Technologies has long been known in Taiwan for its Linux distributions. Now, it wants to become a player in the global Linux market with its new Linux distribution Linpus Linux Lite, which features a dual-mode user interface. One mode is for people who may never have used a computer before; the other is for experienced Linux users.
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Pimp your desktop: automate desktop wallpaper with Webilder
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They say that you never get a second chance to make a first impression, and if you want to make a good impression with computer lovers with artistic pretensions, a fancy wallpaper is a pretty good place to start. It can be a real ice breaker. Why stop there? Why spend fruitless hours dredging through the art galleries of cyberspace to retrieve a few hard-won digital morsels to decorate your miserable desktop? Just automate the tedious process with Webilder and free up some valuable time to hone your other more valuable Unix skills. Webilder won’t make you rich, improve your productivity or make you irresistibly attractive to the opposite sex (much) but it’s clever, fun and cool. What more reason do you need to use it?
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