Download managers, although frowned upon by some, are often useful applications for those of us who download a lot of files, or are on slower connections and want to use a dedicated application (perhaps with some tricks up its sleeve) for the downloading of files.
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Ubuntu VS Other Linux Distributions
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If you log into the command line of both an Ubuntu system and a Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Fedora system, very little will look different. There are common directories and utilities between the two, and functionality is fundamentally the same. So what makes Ubuntu different from other Linux distributions? One difference is the installer.
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Fancy Globbing With Zsh On Linux and Unix
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A look at zsh's extended globbing functionality with plenty of examples.
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Google Search Tips - part1
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1. Google can be your phone book. Type the person's name, city and state directly into the search box, Google will deliver phone and address at the top of the results. This feature works for business listing too.
Google can also work as the reverse directory; if you have phone number, type in the search box, and google will deliver the results that matches the phone number.
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Ubuntu advantages
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Linux does support a lot of hardware. Probably more than Windows, certainly more than Apple. Greg K-H says people want Linux kernel source / binary compatibility for the driver support. What Linux doesn't do so great job of is supporting new hardware.
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Simplis GNU/Linux: A new face in GNU/Linux Town
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We see many new Linux distributions released on regular basis. Some are based upon already existing major Linux distributions while others are independent projects. But not all will attract your attention until there is something really unique about them.
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Enterprise open source gaining traction: survey
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Most businesses that embrace open source are content to consume products rather than giving code back to the community, according to Forrester Research.
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Unboxing the FreeRunner
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Last Tuesday, my Openmoko Freerunner showed up in the mail. Here’s unboxing photos!
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Microsoft is Paid for Ubuntu-based Dell PCs
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Dell chooses convenience (and 'codecs tax') over the core values of GNU/Linux
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The power of cross-platform synchronization
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These days there are plenty of ways to back up your computer files. The options are easy when you're dealing with one computer -- just back up your files to an external hard drive and forget about it -- but when several machines are involved, each with a different operating system, things can get complicated.
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from proprietory to free software
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Windows to ubuntu migration:
tips and tricks.
There is a trend these days for shifting from windows to ubuntu. There are various reasons for this trend to gather momentum.
The most important reason is that people have realised the value of free software, both in terms of cost and the freedom which gives flexibility to the user.
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impact of foss on industry
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it goes without saying that free software has now become a successful revolution and many of us are unaware that 80% of the web works only due to free software.
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Add 7z (7-Zip) File Archive Support to Ubuntu
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The 7z (7-Zip) archive format offers good compression ratios and is an open source format. This and the favored 7-Zip graphical file archive tool for Windows have popularized the format.
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Distribution Release: BLAG Linux And GNU 90001
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"Jeff Moe announced a bug fix release of BLAG Linux And GNU labeled as 90001, a single-CD desktop distribution based on Fedora: ..."
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winetricks 20080720 released
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Dan Kegel released winetricks 20080720 with the following changes. * ogg filters/codecs: flac, theora, speex, vorbis, schroedinger * divx codec update * fix made to winetrickstmp * ffdshow updated to beta 5 *
fix made to firefox3... If you use the codecs that winetricks supports this is a important update as there has been many useful fixes and updates to this area.
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