A computer running Linux can outperform the same computer running Windows XP or Vista. Even so, you may be able to make your Linux system even faster. Here are three optimizations, at different levels, that can make your Linux system perform better.
Read more »Dzen: pop-up windows from the command-line
I stumbled across an interesting and useful tool recently called dzen, a "general purpose messaging and notification program" written by Rob Manea. Basically, dzen provides an instant-on/instant-off pop-up terminal window, along with a multitude of options that allow you to run just about any command.
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Mac desktops are "smarter money"
"Property asset management company Capital & Regional is evaluating Linux desktops and Apple Macs as a way to reduce its dependency on Microsoft."
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Multi-touch support for MPX - MPX: The Multi-Pointer X Server
MPX already supported multiple input devices. Which blows pretty much all assumptions in user interfaces (input) out of the water. Now I've gone one step further and added support for multi-touch displays. Have a look at this video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olWjnfBoY8E
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Tux Paint gets a face lift
Five years after the debut of its popular open-source drawing program for children, New Breed Software announced the release of Tux Paint 0.9.17.
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Ultralight MEPIS spinoff goes gold
MEPIS on July 9 announced the "Spartacus" release of antiX, a community-built, ultralight derivative of the MEPIS Linux distribution. AntiX (pronounced "Antics") is the personal project of MEPIS community member "anticapitalista," who engineered it as a free version of MEPIS aimed at old 32-bit PC hardware.
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And they're In! iPhone Shell Access Gained
The industrious hackers at the Hackint0sh forums have reached a milestone in iPhone cracking. Using the iPhoneInterface application, forum members have successfully enabled a shell on the iPhone.
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A New Chapter In Judiciary And Information Technology
"Today—for many reasons—is a happy day for us. The Allahabad High Court website is being inaugurated and e-court project is being launched by symbolic distribution of laptops to the Judges of the subordinate judiciary."
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It's All About Freedom
"A debate often heard among FOSS evangelists across the world, is that using software is about "free as in freedom, not free as in beer". The libre vs. gratis argument rings no less true for some of the richest corporations in the world."
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Why I love Linux
"It was a dark and stormy night... Well, not really, but that's how all the classics start, isn't it? This one begins with that most fearsome of technological bugs -- user error. Fortunately the perpetrator (that's me, btw) redeems himself, and his data, in the end all thanks to the friendly penguin. I suppose then, this is really a love story."
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InfoQ: jQuery: A new way to write JavaScript for rich web UI
this is an introduction about jQuery, a JavaScript library written by John Rezig (now working for Mozilla)
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Pardus Linux 2007.2 -- a different GNU/Linux distribution
Pardus is a relatively unknown release funded and developed by the Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey and I was rather impressed with it last time, so let's give it another go and see what improvements have been made. NOTE: I appreciate this is a Release Candidate so it's not a final release, but I'm going to give it a preliminary review anyway.
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Howto: Compiz Fusion on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)
Compiz Fusion is a very exciting new advancement in Desktop Effects. Be that as it may, Compiz Fuzion is NOT for Beginners. It is in development now, and is not stable.
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Help testing online banking and financial sites
"We would like to gather a group of users who would be interesting in confirming that their online banks and financial institutions work with Firefox"
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Air Mozilla
The Air Mozilla video webcast will return on Wednesday 11th July when Mozilla Corporation CEO Mitchell Baker answers questions in a live interview
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