Today we turn to Fast User Switching which allows you to easily share your computer with others.
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15 Lesser Known Open Source Applications
Sure, some open source projects get all the glory, like, say, Audacity or Gallery. Everyone knows about them and they’ve been downloaded 17 gazillion times. But what about the unsung heroes? Here are 15 who deserve a bit more attention. Give ‘em some love, huh?
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GIMP tricks: Teeth whitening
Here is another article of our “GIMP tricks” series. This time you are going to learn a simple trick: how to make your teeth look really white on a photograph. By the way, perhaps it’s the right time to visit a dentist?
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12 Tips for KDE Users
Whenever you're dealing with a piece of software as large as a desktop, some features are going to be hard to find. To help new users get up and running, here are twelve tips for getting more out of KDE. Many are available from the KDE Control Center, a centralized configuration window with a daunting array of options, but others are located elsewhere.
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10 Rocking Features in 10 Days: Day 2: Bulletproof X and Graphical X configuration
Yesterday we kicked this whole thing off and took a look at Deskbar and Tracker. Today we turn our attention to X, the graphical subsystem of any Ubuntu (or Linux or Unix machine). As any existing Ubuntu user knows, not only do you need to configure X, but breakages can happen.
Read more »Nautilus vs. Dolphin vs. Konqueror
when the KDE team decided to replace Konqueror with Dolphin everything changed. Because, at least for now, Dolphin is a lot like Nautilus and has little to do with what KDE users were accustomed to.
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UFO:AI pre-2.2 Review
Overall UFO:AI is shaping up nicely and is definitely one of the best Free games around. However, there were a few things that bothered me.
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DarkWorld 0.2.1 Released
DarkWorld is a free space based massively multiplayer realtime strategy game. Each player starts off with their own home planet. From there they can build ships, start exploring the universe, colonize other planets, and attack other players.
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Master your domain with Linux
Every web site needs a domain name. Every domain name needs DNS. Yet, it’s often overlooked and misunderstood. If you own a domain you need to understand DNS. And here’s the low-down as well as some helpful Linux tools.
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Linux fights back with user experience
Beryl v. Vista aero, with a video. Beryl is looking slick.
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Mandriva Linux 2008 now available
The result of six months of heavy development and testing, 2008 includes all the latest software and many enhancements over previous Mandriva Linux releases.
Read more »KDE's Windows weapon: KOffice 2.0
While the industry is distracted by the ongoing tussle between Microsoft and OpenOffice.org over document formats, the KDE project is quietly preparing the next generation of its own office suite, KOffice, for Linux, Windows, and Mac OS X.
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Firefox extensions for tab addicts
For Firefox users who are constantly referring to multiple pages, tabbed browsing is not a feature, but a way of life. There are enough of us that the Firefox addon page lists more than 110 extensions related to tabs.
Read more »Kubuntu: Nothing much has changed in 2 years
If you're reading this on Kubuntu, then I honestly feel sorry for you. It's not that I hate KDE (in fact, I love it, even v3.5), it's just how badly misused it is in Kubuntu.
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The Great Showdown: MS Office vs. OpenOffice
"OpenOffice works on Linux, Windows and Mac. It also supports a wider range of languages for its interface, and it's free software so you can adapt it to your needs or easily write add-ons," Matías Bellone, analyst at Kayote Networks in Argentina, told LinuxInsider. "I have to admit though, that its interface is still sub-par.
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