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Intel aims parallelism aid at open source fans

http://www.regdeveloper.co.uk

Hoping to inspire people to write code that can run on its multi-core processors, Intel has open sourced one of its development packages.

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rTorrent — console P2P!

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In this article I’d like to describe a text-mode Bittorrent client - rTorrent. It will be helpful to people that share a computer with other household members because it allows them to download files regardless of the logged in user.

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Created by michuk 17 years 10 weeks ago
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Arch Linux Installation Guide

http://www.raiden.net

This is going to be my attempt at a newbies installation guide for Arch Linux. This will be a "take you by the hand and lead you through it step by step" approach. Unlike most lead you by the hand guides that tell you to do this, and do that, I intend to also tell you WHY you are doing what you're doing.

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Created by peacemaker 17 years 10 weeks ago
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Linux Tips for Newbies - Surviving the Internet with Linux

http://www.techpersona.com

In today’s article we will go over some ideas or suggestions for some alternate programs that can be used on the Internet. With these few open source programs, a new Linux user can survive the Internet and not pull his or her hair out. Do you want to know what the best part is? The best part is, it may cost them one tenth or at no charge.

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Created by snotbutter 17 years 10 weeks ago
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E17 as a Desktop — don’t try this at home!

http://polishlinux.org

E17 is a still being developed version of a graphical environment called Enlightenment. E17 has been developed for a long time already. Updates have been appearing often, but they used to become obsolete in a few weeks after releases. Has anything changed suddenly?

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Created by C733tus 17 years 10 weeks ago
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Pardus 2007.2 — new cat in town

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I've already written two Pardus reviews -- 2007 Beta 2 and 2007.1. So it's time for a review of 2007.2 Caracal release. In this article I will focus on the key changes and my personal thoughts concerning this interesting distribution.

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Created by michuk 17 years 11 weeks ago
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Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 In Ubuntu...

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Thunderbird is great. I use it everyday to check my three email accounts, all at once. However, the Thunderbird in Ubuntu Feisty’s repositories is a little outdated...

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Created by TechyStuff 17 years 11 weeks ago
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Liberation Ubuntu Script...

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After recently writing a script to Install Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 in Ubuntu, I’ve decided to write more scripts to complete other tasks. So instead of having to manually run these commands to install Liberation fonts in Ubuntu, you can now run this script to do everything you need.

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Created by TechyStuff 17 years 11 weeks ago
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Linux Distribution Chooser Updated

http://polishlinux.org

Today we updated the data used by the Linux/BSD Distribution Chooser aka distro quiz. The data has been adjusted to the current development status of the included distributions. We also added support for two new systems: NetBSD and KateOS.

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Created by michuk 17 years 11 weeks ago
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Programming Erlang is Shipping

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"...I'm really excited about this book, both because I think Erlang's style of message-passing concurrency is just what we need as we enter the multi-core world, and also because I think its functional roots are an interesting way of thinking about programming...."

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Created by can.axis 17 years 11 weeks ago
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How to take a delayed screen shot using the command line in Ubuntu

http://www.arsgeek.com

If you’ve ever wanted to take a screen shot, but add in a bit of a delay, there’s an easy way to do this via your Command Line Interface.

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Created by ageek 17 years 11 weeks ago
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PUD/GNU Linux to the rescue!

http://kmandla.wordpress.com

One thing I forgot to mention about my thus-far-successful adventure tuning my coworker’s VAIO … Xubuntu ran awfully slow on that machine. The live CD was so sluggish as to be unusable. It was PUD/GNU Linux that saved the day, by letting us boot to an extremely lightweight GUI and salvage files off her hard drive.

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Created by snotbutter 17 years 12 weeks ago
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Ubuntu Guide For Windows Users: How To Check Hard Drive Disk Space

http://www.watchingthenet.com

For Window users switching to Linux or Ubuntu, performing simple tasks can be a challenge. One simple task such as checking free and used hard drive disk space on Ubuntu, is easy using the graphical utility Disk Usage Analyzer or from a Terminal window using the command df.

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Created by snotbutter 17 years 12 weeks ago
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A quick tour of the Linux filesystem for Windows users

http://distrogue.blogspot.com

I had the question asked again. You know the one: "Where's my C:\ drive?". So, to prevent it from happening again, I'm writing a guide to the Linux filesystem for Windows users.

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Created by dave 17 years 12 weeks ago
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Conference looks at open source in mobile phones

http://www.linuxdevices.com

The second annual "Open Source in Mobile" (OSiM) conference has announced its sponsors and program of events. Set for Sep. 18-19 in Madrid, Spain, the event features keynotes from representatives of Nokia, Access, Red Hat, Motorola, Telecom Italia, and HP.

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