The quest for an awesome music player happens every so often. I’ve gotten used to Rhythmbox but it has no equalizer =_= I’ve been frustrated with how my music sounds like and it has been tough considering that I prefer working while listening to music.
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How To: Linux on a Pen Drive
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There are many options with USB Flash drives now. Here is a tutorial on how to install Damn Small Linux on a Pen Drive. This is version 4.4.7, the newest version. Plugin your Pen Drive in to the USB slot. For DSL it is a great one to experiment with because you can use a small Pen Drive to work with. A 256 MB Pen Drive allows you a lot of space since the operating system is only 50 MB.
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Four Practical And Useful Compiz Fusion Plugins
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Just about everyone has seen or used some cool eyecandy Compiz Fusion plugins, but there are also quite a number of useful non-eyecandy plugins for Compiz Fusion.
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Back-of-the-napkin calculations with Frink
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Linux users have a myriad of calculators and unit conversion tools at their disposal. To set itself apart, Frink aims to track units for you and give you a way to quickly perform little conversions and real-world calculations without burdening you with needless details.
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Alison Brimelow (EPO) Criticised for Referral to Enlarged Board of Appeal
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Dissatisfaction with the EPO's take on software patents; Microsoft's patenting habits mocked
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Open Source Initiative President Requests a “No” to Microvell
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An accumulation of explanations of Novell's latest move against Red Hat
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IDG/IDC Does Microsoft’s Revisionism to Deny Crimes
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The publications of IDG (owned by IDC) are at it again, cleansing Microsoft's reputation
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Microsoft’s Sleight of Hands
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SCO funding in the details again; Microsoft's use of lobbyists against Google
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Metacity Compositing Effects in Ubuntu 8.10
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Don't have a graphics card capable of running desktop effects with Compiz on Ubuntu? By enabling compositing in GNOME's default Metacity window manager, you get some eye candy and can run applications that require or benefit from a compositing window manager.
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Set Mantis to track your bugs
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Mantis is that rare bug-tracking program for small projects that is neither too bloated nor too featureless. It's an excellent choice for developers who need a bug tracker that the average computer user can use. Its clean interface and numerous features make bug tracking fast and easy.
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Bills in the SCO Bankruptcy Show Activity in the Swiss Arbitration
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More bills are in for SCO to pay in the bankruptcy. Tanner, Berger Singerman, and Pachulski Stang all have filed for more money. From the bills, we can discern through a glass darkly what's been going on.
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Bug Labs creates open source Lego for software engineers
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Most of the new breed of open source hardware centers on specific products. Bug Labs is taking a different approach. Instead of developing particular devices, Bug Labs' goal is to provide a Lego-like collection of open source hardware and software that customers can use to build their own devices.
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Install and Configure Cacti Monitoring tool in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Server
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Cacti is a complete network graphing solution designed to harness the power of RRDTool’s data storage and graphing functionality. Cacti provides a fast poller, advanced graph templating, multiple data acquisition methods, and user management features out of the box.
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Shuttleworth on Dell, Greg KH, More
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Mark Shuttleworth joined in for a two hour Q&A session, where he answered a wide range of questions regarding Ubuntu and its parent company, Canonical. They ranged from questions regarding Canonical's relationship with Dell, all the way up to Shuttleworth's response to Greg Kroah-Hartman's criticism of Canonical.
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How (and Why) To Wrap Your Head Around Free Software Licensing
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Open source software is being taken seriously as a viable alternative to expensive proprietary applications but it's important to realize that, like its commercial brethren, it comes with a license for use.
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