Brilliant Brainstorms is a (usually) weekly summary of some of the best/most interesting brainstorms from the Ubuntu Brainstorm site. This week: configuring mouse buttons and wheels; organizing the desktop with icon types; in dual boot systems choosing OS before rebooting rather than on booting; and integrating Disk Usage Analyzer into Nautilus.
Read more »Brilliant Brainstorms #46 - Spread the Mice
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Definitive Linux Remote System Access Guide
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We’re sure that many of you have been away from our home computers at a time when we needed access to a certain file or desktop program. Many companies have proprietary solutions (like GoToMyPC) that allow you to remotely access files on your home computer while you are away from it.
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HP releases netbook interface for Ubuntu
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Hewlett Packard has released a custom version of Ubuntu Linux designed for netbooks. For the HP Mini 1000 Mi Edition, to be exact. Under the hood, the operating system is based on Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. That means it can run pretty much any application that runs on Ubuntu.
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Benchmarked: Ubuntu vs Vista vs Windows 7
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A lot of people have been chattering about the improvements Windows 7 brings for Windows users, but how does it compare to Ubuntu in real-world tests? We put Ubuntu 8.10, Windows Vista and Windows 7 through their paces in both 32-bit and 64-bit tests to see just how well Ubuntu faces the new contender. And, just for luck, we threw in a few tests using Jaunty Jackalope with ext4.
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GNOME Do's Smart Dock Takes App Launching to Another Level
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A new version of the quick-firing Linux keyboard launcher GNOME Do landed last week, bringing with it a "theme" that acts as a whole new desktop interface. Let's check out how it works.
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FOSS Linux CRM Roundup
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Back at the 2003 OSCON, r0ml Lefkowitz gave a talk called "Six Missing Open Source Projects".The next year he gave a talk titled "More Missing Open Source Projects". At the top of his first list was CRM, or Customer Relationship Management, systems...
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KDE on Windows: Subversive, but Useful
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KDE on Windows is such a subversive project that it is impossible to resist. Who else except the free and open source software (FOSS) community would take a desktop for Unix-like systems and port it to Windows, co-opting the very operating system that community members love to hate?
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Why Would Windows 7's Success Necessarily Doom Linux?
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Perhaps it's inevitable -- people react strongly to hyperbole, it gets them talking, it makes them curious, it's a quick way of making a subject hot.
Read more »In Open Source I trust: Top 5 projects for daily use
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Although I use more than 5 Open Source projects in my daily routine the following are the ones that get the most use and the most attention.
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Syria and Lebanon go open source
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A good news for the open source scene. Two great events are running -or going to run- this month in the Arab region. The
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Why Did Dell Choose Ballnux (Microsoft-Taxed GNU/Linux) for Thin Clients?
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Dell chose the patents-encumbered (and taxed) SLE* and questions are therefore worth addressing
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Why Moonlight is Not Free, and How Microsoft “Addicts” People
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Steve Ballmer: “We cannot let intel do chip design on Linux ever”
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Insight into Microsoft's fight against Intel's GNU/Linux on the desktop
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Getting Electronic Health Record Standards Right
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On January 20, a new show opened in Washington D.C. After eight years under one administration, the curtain cascaded down on one set of policies, and a moment later rose to unveil a new administration, with new ideas, new priorities, and a new agenda.
Read more »Waiting on Red Hat's response to Microsoft
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In a recent CNET interview with Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, Ballmer calls out two "primary forces" for Microsoft in the enterprise: Oracle and Linux. These are the things that keep Microsoft's Ballmer up at night.
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