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ASUS Motherboard Ships With Embedded Linux, Web Browser

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Embedded onto the P5E3 Deluxe is a Linux environment that features a Firefox-rebranded web browser and the Skype VoIP client! Within five seconds of turning on this $360 USD gaming/enthusiast motherboard, you can be using Linux and surfing the Internet.

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Howto: Two Way Sync Between Kontact and GCal

http://www.terminally-incoherent.com

Ever wondered how to sync up your Kontact Calendar with your Google Calendar? Me too! But I figured it out. Below you can find step by step instructions on how to set it up.

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Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” Release Candidate Available

http://ubuntu-tutorials.com

"The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Release Candidate for version 7.10 of Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Edubuntu, Gobuntu, and Xubuntu codenamed “Gutsy Gibbon”. The Release Candidate includes installable live Desktop CDs, server images,alternate text-mode installation CDs, and an upgrade wizard for users of the current stable release..."

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15 Lesser Known Open Source Applications

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Sure, some open source projects get all the glory, like, say, Audacity or Gallery. Everyone knows about them and they’ve been downloaded 17 gazillion times. But what about the unsung heroes? Here are 15 who deserve a bit more attention. Give ‘em some love, huh?

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Digital Photo Management In Linux, Part 2

http://www.linuxplanet.com

Last week we learned how to sanely organize our vast digital photo archives with Digikam. Today we'll look at Digikam's built-in editing tools. You'll be able to do a surprising amount of your editing work without ever leaving Digikam.

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10 Rocking Features in 10 Days: Day 3: Sharing your computer with Fast User Switching

http://fridge.ubuntu.com

Today we turn to Fast User Switching which allows you to easily share your computer with others.

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GIMP tricks: Teeth whitening

http://polishlinux.org

Here is another article of our “GIMP tricks” series. This time you are going to learn a simple trick: how to make your teeth look really white on a photograph. By the way, perhaps it’s the right time to visit a dentist?

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Nautilus vs. Dolphin vs. Konqueror

http://linuxdesktoptips.blogspot.com

when the KDE team decided to replace Konqueror with Dolphin everything changed. Because, at least for now, Dolphin is a lot like Nautilus and has little to do with what KDE users were accustomed to.

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12 Tips for KDE Users

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Whenever you're dealing with a piece of software as large as a desktop, some features are going to be hard to find. To help new users get up and running, here are twelve tips for getting more out of KDE. Many are available from the KDE Control Center, a centralized configuration window with a daunting array of options, but others are located elsewhere.

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10 Rocking Features in 10 Days: Day 2: Bulletproof X and Graphical X configuration

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Yesterday we kicked this whole thing off and took a look at Deskbar and Tracker. Today we turn our attention to X, the graphical subsystem of any Ubuntu (or Linux or Unix machine). As any existing Ubuntu user knows, not only do you need to configure X, but breakages can happen.

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Master your domain with Linux

http://www.itwire.com

Every web site needs a domain name. Every domain name needs DNS. Yet, it’s often overlooked and misunderstood. If you own a domain you need to understand DNS. And here’s the low-down as well as some helpful Linux tools.

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UFO:AI pre-2.2 Review

http://freegamer.blogspot.com

Overall UFO:AI is shaping up nicely and is definitely one of the best Free games around. However, there were a few things that bothered me.

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DarkWorld 0.2.1 Released

http://www.linux-gamers.net

DarkWorld is a free space based massively multiplayer realtime strategy game. Each player starts off with their own home planet. From there they can build ships, start exploring the universe, colonize other planets, and attack other players.

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Linux fights back with user experience

http://www.adampellegrini.com

Beryl v. Vista aero, with a video. Beryl is looking slick.

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KDE's Windows weapon: KOffice 2.0

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While the industry is distracted by the ongoing tussle between Microsoft and OpenOffice.org over document formats, the KDE project is quietly preparing the next generation of its own office suite, KOffice, for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.

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