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Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Alpha 2 Released (What's New And Screenshots Inside)
There are no changes to the Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat artwork: no new Light Themes version, wallpaper, no new icons or anything like that - those usually come very late in the development cycle. But there are still some changes since Alpha 1 in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat and Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 worth mentioning. Read on!
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Debian vs. Ubuntu: Contrasting Philosophies
So what are the differences between these Siamese twins? Looking at installation, the desktop, package management, and community in the two distributions what emerges is not so much major differences as differences of emphasis, and ultimately, of philosophy.
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Playing with MeeGo 1.0
While the overall feel of the system is quite similar, there has also been some real progress; MeeGo feels more like a finished product than Moblin did.
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Linux Native Multitouch support
The Interactive Computing Lab at ENAC, Toulouse have collaborated with the Linux developers to add the native multitouch support in Linux Kernel.
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GPU-accelerated video decoding comes to VLC media player
Windows Media Player may have a foothold with the masses, but PC enthusiasts seem to prefer the VLC media player.
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Old school Linux tips
Some times you just have to pull some tricks out of the vault. These tips can be timeless, classic, or just retro. But generally speaking they still apply to users today. Naturally, since these are mostly old school tips, they are going to be command line tips.
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Clementine 0.4 Released (Amarok 1.4 Style Music Player For Linux, Windows And MacOS X)
Clementine is a port of Amarok 1.4, the famous and still very popular KDE music player.
Clementine 0.4 was just released, bringing some very interesting new features such as: support for multiple, tabbed playlists, support for loading and saving XSPF, M3U, PLS and ASX playlists, global hotkeys and a lot more!
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ownCloud 1.0 is here to make cloud computing free
ownCloud is free and open source solution for a central place where you can store your files and documents. You don´t have to upload your personal data to central closed services like Google Docs, Dropbox or Ubuntu One. All the data is under your own control. You can access your files via WebDAV without a special client.
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BASHing Visual Basic Out of the Picture
Awhile ago, two family members of mine were programing something for a simple task, they chose to do it in Visual Basic as the program was going to be running in a Windows...
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openSUSE Linux seeks own direction, more autonomy from Novell
The developers behind openSUSE are drafting a new "community statement" as part of a broader effort to define a technical strategy for their project. The purpose of the community statement is to describe the kind of collaborative environment that the project wants to create as it refines its technical focus.
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VLC version drops support for spyware
OPEN SOURCE media player Videolan has been forced to drop Shoutcast support in its latest version.
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Mozilla designer says Google Chrome uses speed tricks
An interface designer interning at Mozilla has suggested that the company mimic gimmicks in Google's Chrome to make users think Firefox starts up faster.
Read more »KDE 4.5 2nd Beta: The End of an Era
The last two years have seen the KDE desktop not only rewritten from scratch, but adding innovation after innovation. Sooner or later, the moment had to come when its breakneck pace of development slowed -- and, judging from the second beta, that moment is the upcoming 4.5 release.
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VLC 1.1.0 is released!
VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework, that plays most multimedias files, medias and streaming protocols.
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