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Read more »A cacophony of ASUS Eee Linux PC tips and tricks
Congratulations to all the new Christmas owners of the year's hottest subnotebook, the ASUS Eee, putting Linux square in the mainstream and right in the hands of the masses. Here's a collection of tiny – but dead useful – hints and tips to help you get the most out of it.
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First Impressions: Real life with the Zonbu Laptop Review
I’ve had the Zonbu laptop for a few days now so I wanted to share my initial impressions and do a review.
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Thank you for the code
There are a total of 21,652 packages installed on my home workstation, an AMD64 single core processor box which has been in use since March 2006. It runs the testing stream of Debian. That's a lot of code, all of it free as in beer.
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Prevent Ubuntu asking for the CD to install packages
Recent releases of Ubuntu have a feature where the installation CD can be used as a repository for installing software, just like any repository on the web.
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HOWTO: Convert A Friend To Linux
Warning: You should proceed with caution using this Howto, if you do not know what you are doing you could damage your relationship with Friend 2.0 or totally break it. Also, using this Howto extensively with multiple Friend 2.0’s may damage Life 4.5, and end up as a sorrow lonely geek.
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Building A Linux Mobile Studio
This is a great time to be your own recording and sound engineer. There are all kinds of great digital recording gear, from tiny portable recorders to multi-channel mixer-recorders with CD burners, and Linux has a wealth of good-quality audio recording and editing programs.
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After torrents? Try Deluge!
Historians may argue whether it was Louis XV or his mistress, Madame de Pompadour, who famously said, "Après moi, le Déluge" ("After me, the deluge"), but what cannot be argued is that, today, Deluge is the name of an efficient BitTorrent client that you would do well to try.
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5 Things You'll Love About Firefox 3
New versions of favorite applications are always a little tricky; you want to keep up with the times without fixing what ain't broke. With that in mind, I took a look at the newly released Firefox 3 Beta 2 to see what we can look forward to when the final version ships in 2008.
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Mobile phone management under Linux
If you just need to view, delete, or send SMS messages and manage your address book, then KMobileTools, a part of KDE 3.5.x, is a good solution. If you don't use KDE, you can download and install the program anyway. Configuration is straightforward:
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A visual GRUB configuration editor
If you've been running Linux long enough to have upgraded your system more than once, you probably have several Linux kernels lurking around your system. If you discover that a certain application no longer works for you, you can go back to a previous kernel to try to run your program. GRUB, the boot loader found in most Linux distributions, lets you choose among operating systems and kernels installed on your box. Many people, however, fear that messing with GRUB may ruin their system, because of its many esoteric options, and configuration file text that often contains no help comments. QGRUBEditor can help you view and edit the GRUB boot loader from a graphical user interface.
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The migration of a fussy Windows user to Linux
I’m a very fussy user when it comes to my operating systems and I have managed to get by with Windows XP for a long time, but its days are numbered.
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Flipping the Linux switch: The GNOME desktop environment
There is a controversy in the Linux world. It doesn't have to do with Microsoft, or anything overtly technical. It may seem, to the outsider, the open source equivalent of the question, "Boxers or briefs?" But it's much more serious than that.
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Top 20 Linux Apps for 2007
It seems like every blog on the internet has one of these, so here’s my picks for the top 20 Linux applications. I’ll be covering programs from all different categories that I think stand out and shine as true wonders of Linux and will be presented in no particular order.
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Making animated banners with GIMP….
Ok, this time I’ll show you how to make one of these bad boys, an animated banner logo.
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