Mozilla has recently released the fourth beta of the Firefox 4 browser. I have been testing it since the first beta and I am happy to see the progress and the addition of new features with each beta.
Read more »Demonstrating the Power of KDE: Dolphin Outpaces Konqueror Yet?
Nice demo of the many capabilities gained by Dolphin since its debut in KDE 4.0.
Read more »An Overdue Update on Diaspora
Since August is nearly over, it is time for an update and answers to some questions. We have been coding. We have Diaspora working, we like it, and it will be open-sourced on September 15th.
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Imagemagick - Edit image from command line
Usually when we talk about programs for editing images we think to graphic programs such as The Gimp or photoshop, but they are not the only alternative.
Read more »KDE 4.5 Window tiling
You’ve probably seen the advertisements for Windows 7 and the tiling windows feature. KDE refines the same feature and ads it into 4.4.
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Wacom Control Panel - Easily configure wacom tablet
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Linux Mint 9 offers new software manager, backup tool
The Linux Mint team has released the final version of Linux Mint 9 ("Isadora"), based on Ubuntu 10.04. Linux Mint 9 features a new software manager with 30,000 packages, a new backup tool, and menu and interface improvements, says the team.
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Gnash 0.8.8: A Huge Improvement Over Previous Versions
Early this week Gnash 0.8.8 was released. Despite the small increment in version number, which would make this seem like a minor maintenance release, the difference between version 0.8.8 and the earlier 0.8.7 is like night and day.
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Record Installed .deb Packages In A Text File (Ubuntu/Debian)
This short guide shows two methods of recording all your installed .deb packages in a text file that you can then use on another computer to install the same packages there. This is useful if you want to install the same set of packages on more than one computer.
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Kontact: How does it compare to the competition?
With all of this talk about KDE 4.5 lately, I thought I should take a moment to mention a tool that hasn’t had much (or any) talk here on Ghacks. That tool is Kontact. But what is Kontact?
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Painless Panorama Stitching in Linux with Hugin
A previous article described how to make small panoramas with fotoxx. But when you get serious about panoramas on Linux, there's really only one answer: Hugin.
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digiKam 1.4.0 released
DigiKam is an advanced digital photo management application. The new version brings new Remove Doubles feature and a lot of bug fixes
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Why Firefox 4 is now the browser to beat
The latest Firefox beta is a very impressive piece of work, in large part because of its new Panorama feature. It's clearly become the top browser of all. Here's why Chrome, Internet Explorer, and all the rest have a lot of catching up to do.
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KDE 4.5: Your New Desktop Awaits
Jack Wallen writes: "Not only is KDE 4.5 a far superior desktop to its predecessor, I would go as far to say that it has finally surpassed 3.5 in both usability and performance. That's a bold statement considering how the desktop has evolved."
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Ubuntu 10.10 Software Center - Application That Received Maximum Attention Perhaps
Ubuntu Software Center is something we all overlooked for long. Even while writing tutorials about installing different applications in this blog, I prefer to provide command line instructions only. But a lot of Ubuntu users are new comers and Software Center means a lot to them.
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