As 2009 draws to a close, it's time to take a look back at what Ubuntu and its community have accomplished in the outgoing year. There may be nothing revolutionary to report, but there have nonetheless been some notable changes to Ubuntu itself and the community around it over the last year. Here's a look at the most memorable ones.
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Canonical shines its Ubuntu light on consumers
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Canonical, creator of the Ubuntu Linux distribution, has taken its share of criticism for not being innovative enough for some in the Linux community. In 2010, however, Canonical's focus on design and packaging will come to be seen as a seriously shrewd strategy as it helps to take Linux to the masses.
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How to customize your KDE desktop with KDE-Look.org
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KDE-Look.org is part of a family of desktop websites, all under the umbrella of OpenDesktop.org. With each release, KDE is moving closer to complete integration with OpenDesktop.org, where the installation of new themes and visual improvements are seamless.
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Top 9 Linux Applications of 2009
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From all of the new programs and releases that came out in 2009, a few particular programs deserve some extra recognition for their amazing work and progress.
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12 Awesome KDM Themes For Your Linux
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KDM (KDE Display Manager) is the K Desktop Environment replacement for XDM, the X Display Manager. KDM allows users to pick their session type on a per-login basis using different themes and user photos.
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The point on some Mandriva community projects
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There are many communities based Mandriva derivatives, but few of them are known. So here is a ( not comprehensive ) list of some Mandriva based derivatives or projects :
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How to install qBittorrent v2 in Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic)/9.04(Jaunty)
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The qBittorrent project was started in March 2006 to create a lightweight but featureful BitTorrent client that would be multi-platform and very easy to use.qBittorrent v2 is the closest open source (GNU GPL v2 license) equivalent to µtorrent. qBittorrent is based on Qt4 toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar.
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GDM 2 GUI Configuration Tool
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GDM (Gnome Display Manager) is the graphical login program which you see when you log-in to your Linux computer. GDM used to support themes and a lot of other customizations - all available through the "Login Screen" option under System > Administration - but the new GDM2 (2.28) which comes with Ubuntu Karmic for instance, doesn't support all this unfortunately.
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Getting Mozilla's Lightning/Iceowl to work in Thunderbird/Icedove
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When trying to add the iceowl-extension package — Debian's renamed version of Mozilla's Lightning/Sunbird calendar app — to an existing Icedove installation in Lenny, I quickly learned from Mozilla's Calendar Weblog that a certain library package must be installed before you install Lightning/Iceowl.
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Sometimes It Won't Work (III)
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kde respects bugs. bugs in kde3 have their equivalent in kde4. rule of thumb in developing kde is 'we do not fix bugs. ever.' the worst part is that important bugs in kde3 were not fixed in several years.
Read more »How to get popup window before empty gnome trash in Ubuntu
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We have already discussed how to empty gnome trash from command line this will delete all the contents without prompt any warning this tutorial will explain how to get popup window before empty gnome trash.
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3 Wonderful Open-Source Games to Install After Installing Ubuntu
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Based on the Quake 3 engine, World of Padman is a fun, cartoon-style first-person shooter with maps, weapons and characters inspired from the Padman series. It features nice, colourful graphics, popular modes like FFA, TDM or CTF, and weapons which will definitely make you laugh the first time you'll see them.
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OpenTumblr Goes QT
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OpenTumblr is a desktop application for posting and uploading files, photos, etc, to your Tumbr account.
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Sansa Fuze, Works great with Ubuntu and Rythmbox
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I purchased a Sansa Fuze 4gb music and video player for my wife this Christmas and thought I would comment on how it got along with Ubuntu 9.10.
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An early look at VLMC
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VLMC (VideoLAN Movie Creator) is a free video editing software, offering features to realize semi-professional quality movies, but with the aim to stay simple and user-friendly.
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