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Bringing the trashcan to the command line

http://www.linux.com

The trash project allows you to interact with your desktop trashcan from the command line. It lets users "undo" deletions made with the trash command in a similar manner to restoring files from the trashcan in a desktop environment. For experienced Linux users, the trash command comes in handy when you want to put a file into the trashcan from the command line.

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Instant file sharing with woof

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Imagine a situation. You are at a conference and need to send another user a file from your Eee PC. Suddenly you realize that you forgot your USB stick at the hotel, and your laptop has neither an infrared port nor Bluetooth. What do you do? You use woof.

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FolderView Gets Nepomuk Search Integration

http://osnews.com

"In the future, you could possibly have an adaptive FolderView instance, which uses Nepomuk to show files relevant to what you are doing with your computer at that time."

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Created by moparx 16 years 22 weeks ago – Made popular 16 years 22 weeks ago
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Screencast: How the FolderView Plasmoid behaves as a normal desktop

http://aseigo.blogspot.com

Aaron Seigo's screencast regarding how the FolderView Plasmoid behaves as a normal desktop and how to do it.

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Firefox 3: an empirical performance study

http://www.mininglabs.com

Firefox 3 javascript performance and memory usage study on linux

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Created by alsz5 16 years 22 weeks ago – Made popular 16 years 22 weeks ago
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OpenOffice.org PDF import extension is now online

http://free-your-media.net

Beta version of PDF import extension for OpenOffice.org is now available online. Fully functional version, special features like importing layout of LaTeX PDF or import of complex vector graphics, will appear later. However even the preliminary version of this extension allows to open and edit PDF documents up to version 1.4. Files with restricted permissions are not yet supported.

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GNUnet 0.8.0 released

http://lists.gnu.org

"We are pleased to announce the release of GNUnet 0.8.0. This release adds various major new features [...] -- GNUnet is a secure, trust-based peer-to-peer framework. A first service implemented on top of the networking layer allows anonymous censorship-resistant file-sharing. GNUnet's primary design goals are to protect the privacy of its users and to guard itself against attacks or abuse.

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Created by can.axis 16 years 22 weeks ago – Made popular 16 years 22 weeks ago
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Is OGG Theora Still A Viable Codec?

http://www.madpenguin.org

Don’t misunderstand me, as I’m not preaching the value of proprietary codecs. Despite Theora's shortcomings with rendering speed and overall playback quality in comparison to proprietary alternatives, this does not mean that all open source codecs are loosing ground in the fight for your video viewing freedom.

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Created by bluecheese 16 years 22 weeks ago – Made popular 16 years 22 weeks ago
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Field Guide to Firefox 3

http://www.dria.org

We’re done. Firefox 3 is going to be launched very soon. In anticipation of this long-awaited event, the folks in the Mozilla community have been writing extensively about the new and improved features you’ll see in the browser.

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Created by chimera 16 years 22 weeks ago – Made popular 16 years 22 weeks ago
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KDE 4 Plasma - Is It Only a Desktop?

http://aseigo.blogspot.com

Plasma itself is designed from the ground up to take KDE into places where it has not been really very appropriately shaped for in the past. KDE is also bringing new ways of interacting with user interface components, some of which are still in their infancy. The desktop is just one possible implementation use.

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Created by JRepin 16 years 23 weeks ago – Made popular 16 years 22 weeks ago
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SELF-made site for courseware

http://www.linux.com

Where on the Web do you go for free education and training materials? A project called Science, Education and Learning in Freedom (SELF) has created a site where educators and students can upload and download courseware without charge, or create courseware collaboratively. It maintains free-as-in-freedom content, and is intended for courses on free/libre software.

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Created by docsmartz 16 years 23 weeks ago – Made popular 16 years 22 weeks ago
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Linux Pros - Reasons to Use Linux

http://vivapinkfloyd.blogspot.com

The article includes several reasons to use Linux. 1. Linux and most of the Linux applications are open-source 2. Hundreds of good distributions from which to choose from 3. High security 4. No costs 5. No patent restrictions

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Created by Chris7mas 16 years 23 weeks ago – Made popular 16 years 22 weeks ago
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Sneak Peeks at openSUSE 11.0: Beautiful New Install, with Coolo

http://news.opensuse.org

Today we will be taking a look at the new installer that has been developed for openSUSE 11.0, offering significant improvements over our previous version, with an incredibly appealing look, easier to complete, and a lot faster. We will also be talking to Stephan Kulow, KDE core developer and openSUSE project manager.

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Created by apokryphos 16 years 23 weeks ago – Made popular 16 years 22 weeks ago
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Headless torrent downloads with rTorrent and Screen

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I have a constantly running server that would be a perfect on which to run torrent downloads. The only catch is that the server is headless -- it has no monitor or keyboard. To overcome this obstacle, I use rTorrent as my torrent client, and GNU Screen so that I can disconnect my terminal session and leave rTorrent running.

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Created by mads 16 years 23 weeks ago – Made popular 16 years 23 weeks ago
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How to install Bind DNS in a chroot jail

http://tuxtraining.com

How to setup a secure DNS server with Linux using a chroot jail.

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Created by devnull 16 years 23 weeks ago – Made popular 16 years 23 weeks ago
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