Slackware 13.37 brings many updates and enhancements, among which you'll find two of the most advanced desktop environments available today: Xfce 4.6.2, a fast and lightweight but visually appealing and easy to use desktop environment, and KDE 4.5.5, a recent stable release of the 4.5.x series of the award-winning KDE desktop environment.
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Chakra GNU/Linux 2011.04 (Aida) Released
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The Chakra Development Team is proud to announce the release of Chakra 2011.04 codenamed Aida. Two month passed since Chakra 2011.02. Now it is time for Aida to impress. We added kernel 2.6.38.4 and lots of package updates. KDE got updated to 4.6.2 with our chakra-patches added, such as our hardware detection including the latest drivers.
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Kubuntu GNU/Linux 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) Released
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The Kubuntu team is proud to announce the release of 11.04 - codename Natty Narwhal: the latest version of our popular Linux distribution, based on Ubuntu and KDE's Plasma and Applications 4.6. With the combination of it's Ubuntu backbone, the amazing KDE Software Compilation, and a few unique extras, 11.04 aims to provide the best fusion of stability, beauty, and up-to-date software.
Read more »Hands-on with MeeGo's Tablet UX
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Intel's MeeGo Linux team isn't resting on its netbook-centric laurels. In February, the chipmaker released what it called a "developer preview" of a MeeGo user experience (or "UX") for tablet computers. In April, it officially made the source code available too, making it one of the first publicly-visible glimpses at MeeGo Linux 1.2.
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Keynote and Conference Schedule Published for MeeGo Conference in San Francisco
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On Monday, May 23rd, we'll start off with registration and breakfast from 7-10am to give you plenty of time to get settled and catch up with other people working on MeeGo Linux, before we start the keynote at 10am. Rather than having several small keynotes, we decided to have one big keynote with many participants.
Read more »First KDE Plasma Active app: Calligra office suite
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Plasma Active is proud to announce our first Active App, or rather our first Active App suite. While interacting with what are generally referred to as "office documents" isn't what we may think of as "sexy" it's a very important set of functionality.
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Kubuntu Linux Returns to Glory with 11.04
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Since I have been testing Kubuntu for around a month now, I figured it would only be fitting that I follow up with a full review. The verdict? This is the best Kubuntu release in over three years. Read on to find out why.
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Free Software in Education – March/April 2011
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Here is again a list of things Guido Arnold from FSFE came across over the last two months.
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Put the World in Your Pocket with Marble
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have the whole world at your fingertips? How about cradling it in a single hand, putting it in your pocket and taking it with you wherever you go? With KDE's Marble Virtual Globe on your mobile phone, you can do just that.
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Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal): How to remove chat and mail icons (indicators) from system tray
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The icons/indicators can be removed by removing two packages: indicator-me and indicator-messages.
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Run with MeeGo Linux - What's new in 1.1?
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The MeeGo Project has had multiple releases and has progressed significantly since its announcement in February 2010. This article provides an overview of the MeeGo Project for newcomers, a review of the benefits MeeGo Linux provides to the players in the mobile ecosystem, and discusses the features in the latest MeeGo 1.1 release, announced October 28, 2010.
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Using the Case Statement
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When you would like users to interact with the Bash Shell script, you can use case statements to allow them to make choices that create a more intelligent outcome with the script.
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How To Upgrade Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) To 11.04 (Natty) (Desktop & Server)
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The new Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) has just been released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 10.10 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 11.04.
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GNU MediaGoblin: Free and Decentralized Media Sharing in Development
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GNU MediaGoblin is a new software project that will provide users with freely licensed and distributed photo sharing. Lead developer Chris Webber says, “We believe people should be able to own their online data and that means someone has to build the tools to make it possible.
Read more »Debugging Shell Scripts
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Learning how to find the errors in your shell scripts is an important skill for successful shell scripting. The debug options in the Bash shell can help with that.
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