Last year Canonical resorted to publishing an unreleased Catalyst driver within Ubuntu 8.10 so that there would be a ATI driver available to provide proper 3D support to its user. This happened again with Ubuntu 9.04. Well, now we have it a third time.
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Sabayon – Manage multiple GNOME user profiles
Sabayon is a system administration tool to manage GNOME desktop settings. Sabayon provides a sane way to edit GConf defaults and GConf mandatory keys: the same way you edit your desktop. Sabayon launches profiles in an Xnest window. Any changes you make in the Xnest window are saved back to the profile file, which can then be applied to user’s accounts.
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Is Spicebird The Best Desktop E-Mail Client?
SpiceBird is a desktop E-Mail application that combines E-Mail, Instant Messaging, Calendar, Task management and an iGoogle gadgets in one application.
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Edubuntu 9.04 vs openSUSE 11.1 Li-f-e
I use educational software a lot. As I am the IT admin of a local school and consult for a few more, I get the chance to see the software in action and see the results and responses ( as well as hear the complaints and/or appreciation when it comes up ).
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The Fall of Microsoft Office and the Rise of FOSS vs SaaS Wars
As businesses shift away from proprietary software, a foreseen struggle may involve location of the software
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Microsoft’s Best Buy Lies About Linux Debunked
In an effort to thwart Linux sales on netbooks, Microsoft has started a training program at Best Buy to “educate” their “experts” on Linux. And true to their fashion, MS resorted to FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt) and straight out LIES!
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Linutop 3 - Linux powered Nettop
Nettops are gaining popularity following the success of the popular Netbooks. Linutop is introducing their new Nettop the Linutop 3.
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Generate an HTML page of process list using Shell Script
Here is a simple shell script that generates a list of process running on a GNU/Linux system containing the process' PID, name and path. The script is straight forward and one can easily modify it according to their needs.
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First Impression: Zenwalk 6.2
I have a Dell Latitude c600 laptop that I like to use for light work or when I’m on the go. Between overall awkwardness and to age of the laptop I have found it hard to find a Linux distribution that runs well without too much configuration.
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Four Nifty Blogging Clients for KDE
When you sit down to put together a blog post, the last thing you want getting in your way is a finicky blogging client. This week, we'll take a look at open source blogging software designed for the Linux operating system.
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DesktopBSD 1.7 – last and final version
This is the last and final release of the DesktopBSD project I find myself having less and less time to spare lately and no longer desire to keep developing and maintaining this project.
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Enchance aMSN with nice skins and Plugins
Amsn come with many features, but always you can enchance it by adding more plugins and you can also change the look by adding new skins. I will give an example of some plugins and skins and will show you how to install/activate them (With screenshots for newbies)
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On the question of MySQL’s state of health
Matt Asay has written an interesting post speculating that Oracle might use the delay caused by the European Commission investigation into its acquisition of Sun to drive the price down. Sounds reasonable enough to me.
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Karmic Netbook Remixes: Kubuntu 1, Ubuntu 0
Karmic Koala will see the release of TWO official Netbook Remixes – Ubuntu NBR and Kubuntu NBR. LEt’s take a look at both as of Alpha 5…
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Slitaz 2 - 30MB of joy
Slitaz has grown fat. By whole 5MB. The last time I've tried Slitaz, it was around 25MB. Version 1.0 was an interesting project. Obviously, the minuscule distro could not possibly offer everything fully fledged operating systems normally do, but it still delivered a reasonable compromise.
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