Newsbeuter is an open source command line feed reader for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and other Unix-like operating systems. Here are all the changes in Newsbeuter 2.2:
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PC-BSD 8.0 review
An impressive, mature and polished distribution, that doesn't quite beat Ubuntu for sheer ease of use, but is nonetheless a worthy alternative.
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Puredyne- A Powerful Linux OS for creative people
Puredyne is an Ubuntu-based Linux distribution aimed at creative people. It provides a number of creative applications, alongside a solid set of graphic, audio and video tools in a fast, minimal package. It includes software for everything an artist might need - from sound art to innovative film-making.
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Anatomy of a .desktop file
The .desktop file fills two primary functions: first, it informs the desktop environment how the file is to be handled by the desktop environment with regard to menu placement, display, environmental variables, and similar. In this function, it resides globally in /usr/share/applications/ and for specific users in $HOME/.local/applications.
Read more »Chrooting Apache2 With mod_chroot On Fedora 12
This guide explains how to set up mod_chroot with Apache2 on a Fedora 12 system. With mod_chroot, you can run Apache2 in a secure chroot environment and make your server less vulnerable to break-in attempts that try to exploit vulnerabilities in Apache2 or your installed web applications.
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Debian Squeeze Linux - Where Is It?
The next major release of Debian GNU/Linux is taking shape - albeit without the explicit direction of a Release Manager and with some significant hurdles to overcome.
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DTP in Linux with Pagestream
Remember Amiga? Well, if you're old enough to remember that platform, then you might remember the Pagestream desktop publishing system. Pagestream began in 1986 as Publishing Partner for the Atari Computers.
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Red Hat/Fedora Deliver GNOME Without the Mono
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GIMP 2.8: A preview of the new features
A specific release date for GIMP 2.8 is still unknown, however, following deveolpers work and discussion, it seems that GIMP 2.8 will be released somewhen in 2011, maybe in Q2 or Q3.
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MicroOLAP Database Designer for PostgreSQL with enhanced WineHQ support released
MicroOLAP Database Designer for PostgreSQL is an easy CASE tool with intuitive graphical interface allowing you to build a clear and effective database structure visually, see the complete picture (diagram) representing all the tables, references between them, views, stored procedures and other objects.
Read more »Open Source painting with MyPaint
MyPaint is a lightweight, easy-to-use open source painting application that you might not have heard of before. It’s not a photo editor, it doesn’t bother with paths, geometric shapes, text manipulation, or fancy masking options. Instead, it focuses on one and only one use: painting.
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New laptop
In my post last week, Time For A Linux Laptop, I discussed how my options were rather slim when it came to combining Linux, good processing power, and machines on the smaller end of the laptop scale.
Well, despite my lack of options, I’ve made a purchase, and it’s arriving today.
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Distributed Storage Across Four Storage Nodes With GlusterFS On CentOS 5.4
This tutorial shows how to combine four single storage servers (running CentOS 5.4) to one large storage server (distributed storage) with GlusterFS. The client system (CentOS 5.4 as well) will be able to access the storage as if it was a local filesystem. GlusterFS is a clustered file-system capable of scaling to several peta-bytes.
Read more »Esfera: A fascinating UI concept for window management in Ubuntu
What he has proposed really struck me as something Linux CAN do and SHOULD do. It will be another revolution in the desktop thanks to the Linux community.
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Pretty penguin: five great themes for the GNOME desktop
GNOME has attracted a vibrant community of open source artists who are collaborating to produce aesthetically sophisticated visual styles for the desktop environment. In this article we will look at a selection of some of the best themes for the GNOME environment.
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