I took these screenshots using a Kubuntu Intrepid Beta installation after performing a full dist-upgrade, at 1280x1024, with the nVIDIA 173 driver installed. I left all the settings in applications default, but I had to make fonts smaller and resize windows (in Konqueror for example), because they didn't look very well as default. The default theme used is Oxygen.
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Three to-do list managers for GNU/Linux
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Never forget an important task again with these great to-do list managers for Linux.
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Advanced Tips For The ps Command
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Admins use ps all the time to look at processes running on a system. But do you make the best use of the multitude of options this very useful tool has, or do you stick to a tiny, tested handful? Here are some ps options to check out that you may not have encountered before.
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Knowledge is not inward looking
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"New Delhi, Oct. 24. ``Knowledge is not inward looking... it liberates`` is one of the convictions proposed by the International Congress on ``Free Software and the democratisation of knowledge`` organised by the Salesian Polytechnical University of Ecuador..."
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GNU Screen
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"The key to being an effective administrator is understanding the software that you administer. Software administrators are nothing more than employees who are well rounded in software applications, their versions, how they are configured and installed and lastly how to troubleshoot them should something go wrong.
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WHAT does Microsoft do when someone says: No, sorry, we do not want to use your software any more. If that someone is a small business operating in an increasingly cut-throat world, a great deal of pressure can be brought to bear on them to fall into line.
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Why Freedom matters much more than ‘convenience’
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RMS: « ... I sympathize fully with appreciation of convenient software. What I refuse to sympathize with is the failure to appreciate freedom even more... »
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New Xfce beta focuses on usability
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Xfce version 4.6 is shaping up to be more significant than most minor releases. Besides fixes and enhancements that are invisible to the casual user, the first revision in almost two years of GNU/Linux's third most popular desktop includes numerous changes to applications such as the calendar, mixer, and logout dialog, a new configuration engine, and usability changes to the desktop.
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Linux phone pioneer acquired
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Wind River has completed its $16M acquisition of Linux smartphone pioneer Mizi Research, it announced.
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Novell’s Michael Meeks Gets Software Patent from the UK
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Novell is still accumulating software patents, no matter the location of its developers
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FSFE's antitrust victory with Samba
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FSFE's role in the antitrust case was to ensure that free software developers would be able to use any interoperability information that Microsoft would be forced to publish. After 5 years of work, the last court case was won last year.
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McCarthy Reaffirms the Importance of Having Access to the Abstract Syntax
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"...When asked what separates a good programming language from a bad one, McCarthy said he had one advocacy: a language should have access to its own abstract syntax. Any program which works with programs involves abstract syntax..."
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BMW wants to pimp your ride with open source
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Free software is being used just about everywhere to power everything from ERP systems to email. BMW, however, has even better plans for free software
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7 Reasons to Pick Ubuntu and When Not to Choose It
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I guess most of the readers are already familiar with Ubuntu, but I'm also writing this for new users, which use Linux for the first time. I use Debian for over a year now, but I used both Ubuntu and Kubuntu in the past (especially Dapper Drake and Edgy Eft) and also 8.04 and 8.10 Beta.
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Rails 2.1.2: Security, other fixes
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"Rails 2.1.2 includes the same two security fixes that we pushed out for 2.0.x recently [...] As always, you can install with: ..." --
* See also: Rinari: Ruby on Rails Minor Mode for Emacs
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Anybody up to writing good directory software?
Tue, 2007-02-20 11:17 — David JonathanFrom the very start, directories have served a very useful purpose on the Internet. (One I find useful for example is Free Web Directory). News sites can also be considered directories: they index and categorize news stories! What about categorizing software? In the open source world you get Savannah, SourceForge, Freshmeat; there are still, believe it or not, shareware and freeware directories like FileBuzz, PCWin Download Center and Freeware Downloads (although you need to be careful, as they are not like their free-as-in-freedom counterparts).
Is better education the key to finding better software?
Sat, 2007-03-03 03:25 — Edward RusselAbout Jonathon's article Anybody Up To Writing Good Directory Software?, it's clear that the topic of software directories is very hot. Most of what you find on Google, however, are not pointing to free and open soruce software -- or worse, they mix the two. Examples of such sites are Freeware Downloads and Shareware Download, which simply don't focus on "free as in freedom", and still can be used as good free software directories.
