... other than what its name implies.
kill is most often used without an argument or with -9, to kill a process off.
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Emacs' Alsaplayer version 0.12
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"Hello all, After much needless delay I'm pleased to announce the latest version of Emacs' AlsaPlayer (EAP); version 0.12 (codename 'Gaza Remembered'). With the addition of customisation groups (and several other improvements) I now believe this is ready for inclusion in Emacs.
Read more »GNU FreeDink v1.08.20090109
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"GNU FreeDink is a humourous 2D adventure/action game. It's a portable and improved version of the Dink Smallwood game which was released as Free Software by its author Seth A. Robinson. FreeDink can run the original game as well as its extensions called Dink Modules or D-Mods for short. FreeDink also comes with a game editor called FreeDinkedit, so you can create your own world! ..."
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Dragon and SMPlayer
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Kaffeine was the most used Video Player on KDE 3, however, for KDE 4.x it's in a pretty early stage, but fear not, the SMPlayer (which is technically a Qt application, not a KDE one) and Dragon Player came to fill this hole.
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20 “Really Cool” Netbook-optimized Linux Wallpapers
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If you want some high-quality Linux wallpapers for your large monitors, you can visit my collection of “25 Coolest Linux Wallpapers”. However, if you happen to own a netbook, it is best to use medium-sized wallpapers that are optimized for small display.
Read more »Artwork for Ubuntu Jaunty Already Impressive
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Just before Intrepid Ibex came out, I had a few things to say about the new artwork. In a last-minute switch, things improved a little, but I was still never impressed with Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex in the way that Fedora 10 or Ubuntu Hardy Heron impressed me. It seems we are barely even started into the new release cycle, yet I can already say there are some very promising choices.
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Keryx Tutorial: Bringing Updates Home
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Though in most North American cities one cannot find a spot without at least a weak WiFi signal, many of us Linux geeks still live in rural areas with less Internet connectivity. Also, in various non-Westernized nations, there is a growing number of Linux users who may have a computer at home, but cannot afford a decent connection.
Read more »This is not a review of gNewSense
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A long thread at LXer about whether or not Debian should include unsourced binary blobs in its kernel had some commenters if not exactly singing the praises of totally free GNU/Linux distro gNewSense, then at least humming those praises.
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Another Reason to Run GNU/Linux...
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...And a pretty important one: "The Home Office has quietly adopted a new plan to allow police across Britain routinely to hack into people’s personal computers without a warrant." So why might GNU/Linux help? Well...
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GNUbik 2.3 released.
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"I am pleased to announce the new version of GNUbik. GNUbik is a 3D single player game, which renders a cube similar to the traditional "Rubik Cube" and invites the player to solve it..."
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mediawiki.el - Emacs mode for editting MediaWiki pages
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"...if you use Emacs and edit MediaWiki pages, check out mediawiki.el and let me know what you think. I'm especially interested in bug reports from anyone."
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Display Remote Applications on Your Desktop
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The X Protocol is the method of showing a graphical application.
Read more »FreeBSD 7.1 release announcement
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The FreeBSD Release Engineering Team is pleased to announce the availability of FreeBSD 7.1-RELEASE. This is the second release from the 7-STABLE branch which improves on the functionality of FreeBSD 7.0 and introduces some new features.
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Emacs: Org-mode version 6.17 released
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"Hi, I am releasing version 6.17 of Org-mode. Besides the footnote support discussed already extensively here, this release also contains a new feature to make Org-mode more usable for writing tutorials and similar documents with code examples..."
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Disabling Firefox's yellow plugin bar
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"I hate Flash. But that is a rant for a different post. I don't have Flash installed, and I don't want to have Flash installed. That means I get Firefox's yellow "Additional plugins are required to display all the media on this page" bar on many pages with Flash content.
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