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Biggest Unix Cheat Sheet
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Mining DistroWatch.com Logs (Part 2)
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This article pursues the analysis of DistroWatch.com's logs I started one week ago. Pre-processing the logs in a different manner allows to focus on other interesting questions. In this way, although the extracted patterns will have the same "shape" as in last week's extraction, they will, this time, help us in discovering groups of distributions fulfilling similar purposes.
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Tutorial : Create Mac like Wallpaper with Gimp.
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Have you ever wondered how those glossy and stupendous wallpapers are created ? If not ! Then let me take you on a tour which will help you to create glossy wallpapers without any havoc.. This guide is targeted towards beginners .. I have tried my best to make it simple .
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Feels good to admit it... we're all running GNU/Linux (video)
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This is a Novell ad where a PC user and a Mac user talk about their cool new features... we'll then there's a twist
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TorrentFlux is a BitTorrent client that runs on top of a server running Apache, MySQL, and PHP. It extends the functionality of traditional clients by operating almost entirely through a Web browser interface. It uses the BitTornado client in the background to manage the queuing, downloading, and seeding of torrent files.
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How do you replace Microsoft Outlook? Groupware applications
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How do you replace Microsoft Outlook? Do you go for Evolution or Kontact? Can a combination of Mozilla Thunderbird and Lighting do the trick? Do you split the features and are there any compromises to be made?
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Foresight Linux 2.0
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Foresight Linux is a release that I hadn't heard of before they appeared in the "latest distributions" bit on Distrowatch when I was hunting for new review material. One of my favourite things to do is try releases I've not heard of before... And so we enter Foresight.
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OpenOffice.org 3.0's new features, an early look
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OpenOffice.org 3.0 is 167 days away, but who's counting? Maybe the software developers are counting because they have a whopping 2,278 issues targeted for this release. Even though OpenOffice.org 2.4 is not yet out the door, let's see how far they've come with OpenOffice.org 3.0.
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Any way you want it: OpenOffice.org Calc spreadsheet keyboard shortcuts
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You can have virtually any shortcuts you want in OpenOffice.org. There are a zillion features you don't know about that you can apply shortcuts to. It's really easy to do. And once you've got it set to your preferences, you can easily give the file to your friends.
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SuperTuxKart version 0.4 released
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The official 0.4 version of SuperTuxKart has just been released. Most important improvement is the usage of the bullet physics engine, which is now responsible for all collision handling. Additionally, the AI has been improved, you can look back now, a new kart (wilber) was added, some tracks were significantly improved, and new music was included.
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Katapult - a general purpose launcher for KDE
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Launcher applications such as LaunchBar and Launchy over on other platforms are becoming increasingly popular.
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Enso Has Been Liberated
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Having to change programs to perform simple tasks—for example, making a quick calculation, or looking up a definition—breaks your concentration, takes you away from the task at hand, and wastes your valuable time. Enso lets you do common computing tasks easier and faster than ever before. You get a huge productivity boost and a simpler digital life.
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Flipping the Linux switch: Installations are disturbingly easy
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All right, the headline is a little bit of a lie. Some Linux installs are hairier, take longer, and just aren't as soothing as the one we're about to show you. They do all work approximately the same way, however, and that's just fine for us as a point of illustration.
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Firefox 3 goes on a diet, eats less memory than IE and Opera
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Finally Firefox is improving its own memory flaws and it's getting better than IE and Opera. Due to this improvements, Mozilla is aiming mobile devices.
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CodeWeavers to release CrossOver Games
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Today while browsing around the CodeWeavers site I came across the 2008 CrossOver roadmap that was posted by Jeremy White the CEO of CodeWeavers. About three paragraphs into the roadmap Jeremy reveals that they plan to release a gaming product in the next couple weeks, called CrossOver Games.
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