"... for a while now, I've been asked the same question on many occasions, a question I did not previously have a good answer to, "Can I use IrfanView with Debian [Ubuntu, Fedora, etc.]".
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Mark Shuttleworth announced today that Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" Netbook Edition will come with a global menu. He also states that ONLY the Ubuntu Netbook Edition will get the Global Menu. Read on!
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Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.34 (Part 2) - File Systems
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Version 2.6.34 of the Linux kernel will be the first to support the Ceph and LogFS file systems. A number of changes to the Btrfs and XFS code promise improved performance. The kernel should now be better at working with drives with 4[ ]KB logical sectors
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Cron+Diff+Wget: A script to watch for changes in a webpage
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A few months ago I wanted to keep track of changes on a webpage... and wrote a script to do so. Later I discovered there were navigator plugins that did exactly that... But the fun in writing your own script is far greater than an anonymous script someone did.
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Songbird gets forked after stopping Linux support.
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Recently, a number of blogs have covered the bad news about Songbird development team halting Linux support for the Songbird music player. The good news is: The project has already been forked.
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The stories we are all sick of hearing
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Are you thinking about writing an Article on a topic related to Linux? Since I spend way too much time reading tech news and even contribute some of my own allow me to save you some time.
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Run Your Own Web Server Using Linux & Apache - Free 191 Page Preview
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Learn about everything you'll need to build and maintain your Linux servers, and to deploy Web applications to them.
Whether you're planning on running Linux at home, or on a leased Web Server,
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Multitouch Trackpad Gestures coming to Linux
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Synaptics announced today the extension of its Gesture Suite to several Linux operating systems, which means that you can now zoom, flick, rotate, and ChiralScroll to your heart's content on your Linux box.
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Command Line Basics: View Text With less
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I've shown previously how to use the more command to view text output. Today I'll show how to do the same thing with the less command. You can run the command simply by opening a terminal window and entering...
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Hey Adobe, Dump Apple, Go Linux
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Who can blame Adobe for being ticked off? They wanted a slice of the lucrative Apple iPad/iPhone application business, and Apple won't let Adobe applications, or even Flash, on either platform.
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Adobe Turns to Linux After Apple Snub
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As Apple pulls the switch on many developers, towards Linux/Android they begin to march
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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Release Candidate Is Out [See What's New]
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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Release Candidate is available for download.
There aren't many visual changes since Beta 2, but it's still interesting to see how Ubuntu evolves.
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Linux Kernel Devs: We Need New Blood
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The Linux kernel development team is turning into a gaggle of geezers. Where is the next generation of Linux kernel developers?
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Install Nautilus Elementary (2.30) In Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
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The simplified / elementary Nautilus idea firstly begun with the 100 paper cuts for Ubuntu Karmic and it stated that the menu and columns are too big and take away space for the really important stuff. Unfortunately, a fix was never released. Here is where Nautilus Elementary comes in: a Nautilus patched for simplicity.
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Kernel Log: Coming in 2.6.34 (Part 1) - Network Support
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Expected for release in May, Linux kernel version 2.6.34 contains several new network drivers and various advancements designed to improve network performance or increase network configuration flexibility, which will particularly impact virtualisation
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