The command line in a Linux system is one area that a new user despises and a long time pro seeks to master. While the shell is powerfull in itself, there are still some tasks that requires a separate program, for instance playing music, IMs, browsing the web, etc.
Read more »10+ essential programs for the terminal junkie
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Version 1.0 of GNU Moe released
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"GNU Moe is a powerful, 8-bit clean, console text editor for ISO-8859 and ASCII character encodings.
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Version 1.0 of GNU ed released
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"GNU ed is a line-oriented text editor. It is used to create, display, modify and otherwise manipulate text files, both interactively and via shell scripts. A restricted version of ed, red, can only edit files in the current directory and cannot execute shell commands. Ed is the "standard" text editor in the sense that it is the original editor for Unix, and thus widely available.
Read more »Ubuntu | The glorious future of Linux
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Alright folks, if you don't know what Ubuntu is, it is a free GNU/Linux distribution that rivals many current operating systems like Windows, Mac OS X. As it is an open source operating system, you can highly customize it according to your needs. Now, I am not explaining what Ubuntu is and its features. But, I would like to discuss about it's potential I see coming in the future.
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Distros will always be "Linux" and not their own operating systems
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Today we have hundreds of distributions out available. Ubuntu, Fedora, openSUSE, Debian and many more. Many of them are based of each other. Ubuntu for instance is based on Debian, while OpenSUSE is based on Fedora. Despite the fact that they are all under the name of "Linux", most of these Operating Systems are leading their own development.
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Size limits for trash
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Some weeks ago, one of our customers asked for a nice
feature that was requested 4 years ago the first time
as far as I can see from the bug tracking system... I started
implement most of the features requested there and 3 days later
we have a nice trash space handling now.
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SCO and Microsoft/Novell: A Deja Vu
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An advanced SCO warning and the quick patent deal with Dell, which preceded an attack on GNU/Linux
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Getting Mono and MySQL to play together politely
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When I first used Mono, shortly after its first appearance in 2004, one of my most important requirements was to get connected to a MySQL back end. This was quickly achieved at the time with the ByteFX data connector. Following the basic Mono tutorial quickly had me up and running, with access to MySQL databases.
Read more »3 Must Have Linux-powered Netbooks
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I'm planning to acquire a small, ultra-lightweight, low-cost, and Linux-powered subnotebook before the end of the year. So, I began doing some research (used Google), and started my quest to find the perfect netbook.Of the many netbooks currently available, and also those that are soon to be released, I only have 3 favorites.
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Hong Kong -- Here Comes Me Inc Software! -- and More Bankrupcy Bills
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More bills, bills, bills in the bankruptcy, but it's winding down. But SCO is winding up. Guess where Me Inc Software, the subsidiary, is located? In Utah, or Delaware, or anyplace that the US bankruptcy court in Delaware or the creditors can get at the profits? Nay, m'lords. In Hong Kong.
Read more »FOSS for students
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Whether you're a high school student or just starting out with your college coursework, the free software community has provided a wide range of solutions to make life easier.
Read more »Did Novell Contact You As Well to Manipulate News Coverage?
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Novell tried to calm down potential critics ahead of the major and controversial news
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Distro Update: Ultimate Edition
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Ultimate Edition, sometimes called Ubuntu Ultimate Edition, is a modified version of Ubuntu with a new theme and tons and tons of applications. To make room for all this stuff, Ultimate Edition is distributed on a DVD, rather than a CD. That said, at only 1.3GB, Ultimate Edition is one of the smalled DVD distros.
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Using Linux for Photography, where we stand
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"My goal with this entry is to brush a big picture of where Linux stands as far as photography is concerned. What are the achievements, where improvement are needed and being worked on and which pieces are still missing. I will survey what I consider the 3 main areas that an OS has to cover for serious photography work: color management, printing support and workflow."
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Linux powers MID-like nav device
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Clarion announced a Linux-based personal navigation device (PND) based on an 800MHz Z500 Intel Atom processor, with 512MB of RAM and a 4.8-inch 800x480 touchscreen. The ClarionMind has a GPS receiver, but no map database of its own, instead connecting to Internet-based map sites.
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