Question: A friend of mine has Linux installed at home, and he's always gloating about how he never pays for software anymore. I'm not ready to make that jump yet, so as a Windows user, what can I get for free?
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Howto Install artwiz fonts in Ubuntu
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The artwiz fonts are a set of small futuristic fonts for x11, created by Artwiz,TigerT,and Daniel Erat.These fonts are most popular with openbox/fluxbox users.
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Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter - Issue51
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The Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #51 for the week July 29th - August 4th, 2007 is now available. In this issue we cover job opportunities at Canonical, potential system issues caused by Automatix, the upcoming fourth alpha release of Gutsy Gibbon, coverage of the US LoCo Teams Project and meetup, and much much more.
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Portable Social Networking is coming
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OpenID is well on the way to being the defacto standard for identifying yourself across the Internet. With that settled, people are really starting to look hard at the next things we can do now that we know who everyone is. My favorite one (and one of the main reasons I got into this OpenID stuff) is portable social networking.
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Freespire - a new step towards freedom
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Generally I avoid reviewing distributions that as in beta phase. It seems like commenting on half cooked solution, when everyone knows that it is not finished yet. But I would like to make an excetpion in case of Freespire.
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Why PCLinuxOS?...
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PCLinuxOS is another rising star in the Linux constellation. Based on Mandriva, PCLinuxOS aims to be a simple distribution that reaches to the masses, allowing Windows users to easily and painlessly convert.
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Configure Local and Remote System Logging : Ubuntu
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A linux machine has a logging system which keeps track of what everything is doing. Anytime you authorize with sudo it gets logged. Anytime you (or someone else) connects via ssh it gets logged.
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Using Amarok to Transfer Music to a BlackBerry Curve
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Now that I have a memory card installed in my BlackBerry Curve, it's time to load some music. Amarok is my player of choice so I decided to focus my efforts on syncing using it.
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openSUSE 10.3 Alpha 7 report
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openSUSE 10.3 Alpha 7 was released a few days ago, little over two weeks since Alpha 6, and it's an exciting release for sure. We have new eye candy and it was working wonderfully here. The dvd delta iso was about a 650 MB download and it came in quite fast using the torrent. It emerged with no problems. So, from start to finish, here's my report.
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Vector Linux 5.8.6rc1 Released
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It appears that Vector Linux is moving to a faster release schedule. Vector Linux SOHO 5.8 is only a few months old but the first release candidate of Vector Linux SOHO 5.8.6 has been announced:
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Poky Linux 3.0 Released
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Poky is an embedded Linux build system, distribution and developer environment which builds upon OpenEmbedded technologies.
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Web 2.0 Colors CSS Template
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When you are in the design phase, you may find that while your layout and flow is perfect, the colors still need to be tweaked.. and often.
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Fail to prepare or prepare to fail- backing up your Master Boot Record (MBR)
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You should backup many things: the files in your home directory, configurations files in /etc, (and there are many excellent graphical tools to do the job) but one of the simplest and best things you can do is to backup your boot master boot record (MBR).
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Make an ISO image from a folder of files
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ISO image files are everywhere. When you download a new Linux distribution, you’ll probably be given one of these files which you then burn the contents of to disc. You aren’t just restricted to burning them, though, and it’s actually a really simple process to make your own ISO images.
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No such thing as free, but these come close
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David Pogue rounds up the options for making free phone calls in this excellent piece from the New York Times.
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