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From Freedom came Excellence

http://beyondart.wordpress.com

That is Mint’s slogan and in my opinion it suits them well. Mint was my very first experience with Linux. I installed it from a DVD found in Linux Format Magazine. I was so enthralled with Linux that I started searching for other distros - maybe something even better.

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EeePC now available at all major Australian retail groups

http://www.current.com.au

ASUS has announced it will expand the distribution of its popular Eee PC to all major electrical retail groups... The move, effective today, means the compact laptop PC will now be sold in Betta Electrical, David Jones, The Good Guys, Harvey Norman, JB Hi-Fi, Officeworks, Retravision and WOW Sight & Sound.

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KDE 4 gives Linux some Mac, Windows flavor

http://www.news.com

KDE programmers released a significantly revamped version of its Linux graphical interfaces software on Friday, incorporating several features that also appear in Windows Vista and Mac OS X.

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The Root of it All: The meanings of the folders in the / directory

http://kdubois.net

Most linux users know about the root directory, but many of the folders contained in / are a mystery as to their purpose. I wanted to write about this in one of my switching to linux articles, but it would have made the article far to long, so I’ve made a separate post about it. I hope this article will better prepare you better for managing your linux system, no matter what you use it for. With no more ado, here we go!

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Lenovo finally delivers SUSE Linux-based ThinkPads

http://www.desktoplinux.com

PC vendor Lenovo has promised ThinkPads with pre-installed Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 for some time now. Lenovo will deliver the goods the week of Jan. 14.

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Little Linux Laptops: Build It and People Will Come

http://www.performancepccanada.com

Part of Linux’s appeal has always been its low cost (essentially free) so it makes sense that a new crop of low-priced mini-laptops are turning to the OS. The beauty of these desktop replacement replacements is that, despite their compactness, they offer a real opportunity for genuine productivity on the go.

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Goodbye Vista, KDE 4.0 Has Arrived!

http://www.efytimes.com

There are only few people who know that if you look out of your 'Windows', the world is much more vivid and beautiful. Apple is known for its good looks, but it’s excessively expensive, while Vista is a big disappointment (check Tech Cold War 2007!).

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KDE4.0 Screenshots

http://debianadmin.com

Check it out - preview KDE4.0 in the gallery. Looks great.

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KDE 4: a New Dawn For The Linux Desktop?

http://www.internetnews.com

With a new visual interface including new themes sounds and effects as well as a semantic file manager, speed and multimedia handling improvements, KDE 4 is a major release for the Linux desktop.

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Shuttle's $199 Linux PC

http://www.news.com

Asus' Eee PC and Everex's CloudBook aren't the only ones pushing down the price of affordable, open-source PCs.

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KDE 4.0.0 Released!

http://www.kde.org

The KDE Community is thrilled to announce the immediate availability of KDE 4.0. This significant release marks both the end of the long and intensive development cycle leading up to KDE 4.0 and the beginning of the KDE 4 era. Be sure to also check out the KDE 4.0 Visual Guide.

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Announcing Miro 1.1: Dramatically Faster BitTorrent

http://www.getmiro.com

"I am very pleased to announce Miro 1.1: download it now..."

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Disabling Touchpad at will

http://www.lazytechguy.com

I code a lot and also write some blogs, during writing sometimes my thumb or palm touches the touchpad and results in mouse pointer moving to another window or at a different place within the same window. While coding in "vi" editor in konsole, sometimes I have even accidentally closed the konsole terminal resulting in me loosing all the unsaved work.

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Moving from MS Money to KMyMoney

http://www.movingtofreedom.org

"At last. I’m free of Microsoft Money, and therefore very close to being free of all my old proprietary applications. I’ve settled on KMyMoney as a capable free-as-in-freedom bookkeeping replacement..."

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K3B - The Easy Way to Burn CDs and DVDs

http://fosswire.com

K3B is an application that ships in the default KDE packages in most distributions, however it’s a very useful tool that can often be overlooked. K3B is a CD and DVD burning application that makes it easy to burn data, audio and disc images onto writable CDs and DVDs. It is a very mature, stable and fully featured application.

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