We have all become accustomed to having new features added to our operating systems and applications: plug and play, USB support, browser extensions, docking station support, dual-head display settings. It's a nice feeling to play with new tools. Except, of course, when some of these features are removed in newer versions of the software later on.
Read more »Lamenting the Death of Features
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Easily Install Windows Applications In Linux With Wine-doors
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By now, you should have already heard of the popular Wine software that allows you to install Windows applications in Linux. There is also another paid application – CrossOver that utilities Wine and comes with a simplified GUI to help you get the job done easier. Now, here’s another software that is as powerful as Wine and as user-friendly as Crossover, and best of all, it is free.
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IBM Stores Petabytes in Samba
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IBM unveils its entry in the growing market for clustered network-attached storage (NAS) systems, the Samba-based SONAS, capable of handling billions of files and petabytes of data.
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LiMo (Linux) Player Sues Microsoft and Apple for Software Patent Violations
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Another pseudo-FOSS company is suing its rivals using software patents, this time targeting Apple and Microsoft
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SCO's Opposition to Novell's Motion in Limine No. 1: Hey! No Fair, You Guys!
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SCO has filed its response to Novell's Motion in Limine No. 1. And Novell has added another lawyer to the team, Daniel P. Muino. SCO's opposition in essence says, "No fair, Novell! We appealed the copyright ownership issue, and the slander of title is sort of related, and so that should be enough." Here's what I don't see SCO saying...
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Alex Brown, Miguel de Icaza, and Full-time Microsoft Employee Smear ODF Again
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More of the usual gameplay from people who have made a career out of helping Microsoft expand its circles of influence/dominance
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Plasma Javascript Jam Session Contest
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We are pleased to announce the Plasma Javascript Jam Session. This friendly competition will reward creators of the most original, interesting and beautiful Plasma widgets (Plasmoids) written in Javascript with some great prizes and community recognition.
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Warmth: New Proposed Lucid Theme
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Warmth uses a blend of light and dark colors to draw the eye to the content of applications. The toolbars and menubars are dark, while the body of the application is light. It feels like a combination of the New Wave and Dust Sand themes and the Metacity reminds me of Homosapien.
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CrossOver Windows apps without Windows
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VirtualBox may be free, but you still have to own a copy of Windows. If you’re not willing to shell out a few hundred dollars to Microsoft but still want to run Windows on your Intel-based Mac, there is one more alternative: CrossOver from CodeWeavers costs $40 and runs Windows applications on Mac OS X — without Windows.
Read more »KDE 4.4 available for Mandriva 2010
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This last Tuesday KDE SC 4.4 was released and on a lightning-fast time, neoclust managed to have packages available for Mandriva 2010 on KDE official FTP mirrors (thanks neoclust !!). If you want to upgrade to it, it's really easy. First, Add the KDE 4.4 repository, for 32 bit systems use the following urpmi command (as root)
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Microsoft drops FAST Linux enterprise search like a hot brick
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So much for the cross-platform promises: Bjorn Olstad, a Microsoft Distinguished Engineer and the CTO of FAST, has revealed that beyond 2010 there will be no more Microsoft FAST enterprise search products which support Linux and UNIX search cores.
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PlayOnLinux 3.7.3 has been released
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PlayOnLinux 3.7.3 is now available,
Whats new :
* PlayOnLinux automatically extract icons during the installation process to use them in the main menu.
* A bug corrected preventing user from changing a program icon
* Few translations were corrected
* Definitive correction (we hope) of $PROGRAMFILES variable problem. Script are being rewritten.
Debian Lenny - my main desktop for two months
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I looked back in the blog, and I began running Debian Lenny as my main desktop distribution just about two months ago. Debian is snappy, as it has always been for me, even with GNOME. I don't even see any performance issues due to using fully encrypted LVM. And with that encryption on my laptop, any anxiety over it being lost or stolen is gone.
Read more »Easy Way to Add PPA Repositories in Ubuntu Linux : apt-add-repository
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If you want add a ppa repository , you need to add some lines in /etc/apt/sources.list and also need to add the GPG key. I think it not easy for beginners. Now See a simple technique to add ppa with
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How to instal twitter Client Pino in ubuntu
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Pino is a Client for Twitter in GNU/Linux. It is a Gnome application
How To install Pino in Ubuntu
First You have to add PPA for Pino
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