Earcandy is one of those applications that slowly grows on you. It is a smart little volume manager for PulseAudio. You need to try it out for yourself to know how useful it really is.
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Canonical removes middleman from Ubuntu management
Canonical is offering a dedicated, local version of its Landscape systems management and monitoring server for Ubuntu, rather than insist you access the service through the company's own systems. Canonical will next month launch the Landscape Dedicated Server, which is a local copy of the current Landscape service.
Read more »Ubuntu's Karmic Koala: What to expect
Scheduled for release in October, Ubuntu 9.10 is perhaps the most important release to date for the community-driven Linux project.
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Quran Study Tool for Ubuntu / Debian Linux : Zekr
Quran Study Now Available in Linux, Arabic Quotes and English Translation. It is fully featured with advanced searching, navigation, recitation, and commentary. Principle of the Zekr project Never Profit Off The Prophet. All programs are and will always be Free and Open Source. That means that anyone can see and contribute to developing Zekr.
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Mind Mapping With XMind on Ubuntu
The Mind Mapping In Linux course has been designed to be a basic overview of Xmind and how to use it in different scenarios to increase productivity in your projects planning process. Xmind is a free, open source, applications available for Mac, Windows, and Linux.
Read more »Debian and Ubuntu: uneasy coexistence continues
In September 2006, an article titled "Debian and Ubuntu: uneasy coexistence" appeared in these columns, outlining why these two projects were not exactly the best of bedfellows. Nearly three years later it is evident that nearly as much bad feeling and suspicion still exists.
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How to Install Graphical Front End for Iptables in Ubuntu /debian Linux : Vuurmuur
Vuurmuur is graphical front end for famous firewall software iptables. You can make complex firewall rules in simple steps. Vuurmuur supports traffic shaping, has powerful monitoring features, which allow the administrator to look at the logs, connections and bandwidth usage in realtime.
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Universal Webcam support for Ubuntu / Debian Linux
Michel Xhaard made a good job for Linux webcam Support
The project objective is to provide Spca5xx a module for the Linux kernel with a wide support for different webcams "market"
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Would you like your notebook in pink or with Windows?
I have sort of a love-hate relationship with Dell. On one hand, I appreciate that they occasionally sell Ubuntu machines, but I am really sick of their avaliability games. The number of avaliable computers, and the options that go with them, changes randomly from day to day. For new readers, I am not a fan of these variations. Today, the selection has moved from annoying to almost comical.
Read more »Adding Document templates to Nautilus right click menu
Ubuntu distribution uses nautilus as the default file manager. You can tweak nautilus to increase your productivity. Here is one hack which I discovered recently. When you right click on the desktop or inside your file manager you get a menu as shown in the screen shot below.
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Canonical to offer Ubuntu desktop support
Well, in either case, you're going to want to check out Canonical, Ubuntu Linux's parent company, latest desktop support offerings: Starter, Advanced and Professional.
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Canonical Launching “Switch to Ubuntu” Migration Services
Canonical on July 31 will launch a so-called "Switch to Ubuntu" initiative - including support and migration services - to help individuals and small businesses that are "seeking cost-effective alternatives" to Mac OS X and Windows-based desktops. Mark Shuttleworth has certainly caught my attention. Now my big question...
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Access Remote Filesystems from ubuntu desktop
Ubuntu 9.04 desktop support accessing remote file system from the places menu. Click on Places->Connect to server . You will get the following pop up.
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Rapache : Graphical Front end for Apache Webserver in Linux
Rapache is a utility used for remotely managing Apache webserver.
Rapache is a free software, developed with Python + GTK, usong this utility you can very easily create a virtual host, enabling / disabling modules and quickly review the logs etc.
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Virtual Makeup Software for Ubuntu / Debian Linux : jkiwi
jkiwi is a very unique software ever seen in linux. It won the national open source contest in Portugal. It can be used for hairstyling, concealer paint, eye shadows, blush, contact lenses for eye colors, change lip colors. Yes you can share it with your friend after loading it in your laptop.
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