Reduce the notify-osd time-out to 3 seconds, rather than the default 10. Its amazing how much this changed my appreciation of the notifications... I have found the annoyance is mainly based on them being on screen too long
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8 Great Paint Programs for Linux
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You need to do some simple graphics work. Maybe you need to crop some photos or take out some sensitive information in a screen capture. Maybe you want to create a simple logo for your website or create a freehand drawing.
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Is Linux a Religion?
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What was amazing, is that as well written as the article was, the first responder, Gavin, reminded me of one problem within the community itself. Dogma. Instead of just admitting a failure in Linux, the responder unleashed a torrent of freediot-style emotional responses such as "Well, heck, it is not like Windows has a great history lately with its audio stack, either!
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Ubuntu 10.10 Will Get Unity, Ubuntu Light Interface
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Mark Shuttleworth just announced a version of Ubuntu for the dual-boot called Unity and a range of Light versions of Ubuntu, both netbook and desktop, that are optimised for dual-boot scenarios. These "Light" Ubuntu versions are optimized for the web.
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Open Letter To LGP
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A few days ago my friends compiledkernel aka CK one of the LxGC — Linux Gamers Codex staff members and UbuntuForums moderator, Liam Dawe aka ELD the Gaming On Linux website admin, and myself had a discussion on UbuntuForums about Linux Game Publishing.
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How To Upgrade Kubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) To 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
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The new Kubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) has just been released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Kubuntu 9.10 desktop installation to Kubuntu 10.04.
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Open source's integration jams
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Integrating open source into proprietary applications has its challenges. Experienced IT execs explain how they did it
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How to Root login on Ubuntu 10.04
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Ubuntu root access was blocked by default for GUI. For Enabling This you need to reset password for root.
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How to Install Community Themes package in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
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Ubuntu has a bigger selection of themes to choose between? A Collection of beautiful and stylish themes you can find in the Community Themes package.
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Fedora Dropping Official PowerPC Support
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Fedora 13 will bring a lot of interesting new features when it's released in late May, but also interesting is what's going to be missing. For example, official support for PowerPC. So what happens now, and what's the right thing to do for users on niche platforms?
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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server Is Getting There
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Canonical's Ubuntu Server hasn't yet caught up to the progress that's been made in Linux desktops, but it offers a serviceable alternative to server offerings from other Linux vendors and from Microsoft.
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Mozilla spills plan for, yes, Firefox 4
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Mozilla has confirmed that the next major upgrade to its open source browser will be known as Firefox 4.0.
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Fragmenting Linux is not the way to beat Apple
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In an attempt to copycat Apple's hardware-plus-software vertical approach to the mobile market, the Linux industry is fragmenting fast and risks undermining its best chance for beating the iPhone.
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The cloud : at least an environment that favor open-source !
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What if the cloud was an environment that favors Open Source ? Read-more to know why the cloud is helping promote open source project and open source companies.
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Ubuntu Names Their Desktop After Us?
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I was quite surprised this morning whilst reading my RSS feeds to discover that Ubuntu has named their most recent ‘lite desktop‘ Unity. Surprised because we have our project, Unity Linux. Strange that both our ‘lightweight distribution and desktop’ and Ubuntu’s ‘lite desktop’ should share a name together.
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