People sometimes have to do a reinstall of their Ubuntu system for various reasons (been playing/experimenting with configuration/drivers/other packages or just because something is badly broken) but remembering all the extra packages you have installed can be a chore - but here is the simple solution...
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Linux Community Begins Crafting Radio Ad
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It's been discussed to distraction...whether advertising Linux would do any good or not. Well, we are not far from finding out.
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KDE On Windows Challenges Microsoft On Its Own Turf
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When I first heard about the project of porting KDE on windows I was very skeptical of the reason behind it but not so much of the viability of such a project since Trolltech decided to release the Qt 4 license under GPL for the windows version. KDE on windows is an audacious project aimed at porting all KDE applications on MS Windows natively. KDE also has a similar project for Mac OSX.
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NixOS: A Distro Focused on Next-Generation Package Management
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NixOS is designed as a test of Nix, a new package manager designed to overcome key problems with existing package managers. As a result, what you think of NixOS is likely to depend largely on your interest in package management.
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How-To: Install Ubuntu On Your PS3 For Vintage Gaming Emulation
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It's easy to forget that the PS3 is a fully-equipped PC in your living room attached to your house's best monitor. Installing Ubuntu can help you remember, and play SNES games in the process.
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MEPIS 8: So close you can almost taste it
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One of my favorite Linux distributions, MEPIS is almost ready with its latest release: 8.0.
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Weather Forecast From the Command Line
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For years, I've been getting my weather from Firefox plug-ins, usually ForecastFox. The trouble with these is they have to update every few minutes, causing a brief lag in bandwidth and even a small blip in performance if you're using some other program while Firefox is running. Recently, my ForecastFox started misbehaving for no particular reason. It would blank out and freeze up and so on.
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Why I love contributing to Ubuntu
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The main thing that keeps me contributing to Ubuntu is it’s community. Is not the technology, is not the brown color it’s not the restricted driver manager, just people.
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Open Source Windows? Don't Count on It
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Obama's inauguration must have brought out the optimist in tech journalists. In the last week, Ron Miller and Charles Babcock have written to implore Microsoft to open source Windows. While inspired and with some solid reasoning, I don't think it's going to happen anytime soon. Here's why.
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Ubuntu vs Mandriva : Clash of the titans !
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I have used both of them for quite a long time and I think I can do a better and unbiased comparison... This is not a review so don't expect too much.. Just a small wrap up for people out there looking for newbie desktop... and a report to Mandriva community..
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Join us with GNU Emacs 23 pretest
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"As expected, GNU Emacs 23 enters the so-called pretest stage. This means, defined numbered snapshots of the current development head are made, 23.0.90 being the first one ..."
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The case for Ubuntu on the server
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Does Ubuntu have a future on servers, or is super-stable Debian the classier OS? Leigh Dyer weighs up the pros and cons.
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VMWare, Facing Pressure From Free Alternatives, Open-Sources VMWare View
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VMWare, who once owned the virtualization market, has been under pressure from free alternatives and pre-installed options like Microsoft Hyper-V, which is included with the latest version of Windows Server.
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How to build a powerful distributed computer
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Take a hard look at the command line
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When I started up my first computer I was very excited. I unpacked it from its box. Set it up on a table and turned it on. As the screen flickered into life my excitement mounted. Watching it boot up with some unknown messages scrolling up the screen my excitement became almost unbearable. Then there was a beep and a black screen with a flashing green block.
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