I did a fresh install of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon Tribe 3 on my laptop on Saturday. It has ATI Mobility Radeon X1600 graphics card. I had problem with the Live CD as usual. The X server didn’t work. I had to use the safe graphics mode in Live CD to get it to work. I then installed Ubuntu from the Live CD.
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Sneak peak, pretty playlist, raw plasma
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I thought it was time to post a screenshot of how Amarok2 development is moving along.
As my focus is on the service integration, I have chosen to show a few of the new things that are happening in this area, as well as some of the more general and cool stuff that is being worked on.
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How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With Rhythmbox
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This article shows how you can use an iPod on a Linux desktop with the Rhythmbox audio player. It covers how you can upload MP3 files from your desktop to your iPod and delete files on the iPod.
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Benji’s “One-Click-Install” Gets Supported by openSUSE Build Service
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The openSUSE Build Service generates .ymp files from now on, which can be used with Benjamin Weber’s One Click Install YaST Module.
This module takes care that all required repositories get used for installation and installs a predefined set of packages. You need no root permissions just to browse the content of a .ymp file.
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Privateer Gemini Gold
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Many of us experienced Privateer in the early 90's, the engaging space piracy and trading game that captured us with mystery and challenges.
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Great Desktop Calender on Linux
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I love Screenlets and Gdesklets all every other widget type thing for Linux, but none of them have a calender for your desktop like this. This post will be review Rainlendar, which your desktop should not live without. This post will review it and tell you how to install i ton Linux, cause boy did I have problems with this guy.....but it was worth it once we figured out what was going on.
Read more »Google Desktop for Linux: Why Do We Need It?
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Like many of you, I feel confused in regards to the advantage of using Google Desktop on my Linux PC. After all, if I needed such a thing, Beagle has been readily available for a long time now. And of course, there are also other alternatives to Beagle as well should the need to index your desktop be something that you are interested in.
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Controlling runaway processes on Linux
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What happens if an application on your Linux machine goes haywire? Here’s how to recover from these dreadful situations, as well as a nice prevention tip.
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The Ultimate Ubuntu Customization Guide
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Open Source has always been 1 step ahead of Windows/OSX as its Open for all and its free .when Gaming is not taken into consideration. There are many OS in Open Source World but choosing the right one is tough , the main dominator’s of Open Source OS department are Open Suse, Ubuntu and Fedora ..
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Laying to Rest the Mandriva/PCLOS Debate
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The one thing about FOSS that I love is that you can take whatever you need from various sources and build what you opine is a better wheel. Take Ubuntu for instance…they took Debian and made it into something that many users are happy with.
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Linux Treo Available Now!
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Independent programmers in the community recently achieved Palm’s goal of running Linux on Palm devices. Linux is an alternative interface to Palm and Windows Mobile operating systems, which allows you to control and navigate basic Palm device functions. The thrust of their efforts have been with Lifedrive and TX.
Read more »Rescuing Linux when it won't start
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Yes, even a Linux machine could suffer from a disaster: whether it's because of a corrupt video configuration, a kernel update gone wrong, or a misconfigured init script, it's inevitable. I've seen it happen on a number of occasions — even on my own machines, mostly from corrupt X configurations — and it's frustrating.
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Handbrake: Open sourcing your video
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If you're not currently using the open-source Handbrake application, your life is woefully incomplete. Handbrake is one of the applications that you will continue to use when you die. Angels are using it, even as I type, to rip their DVDs to their hard-drives so that they can save battery life on long trips (to Redmond, most likely :-).
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The Lesser Apps of KDE - Office
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Some may or may not know that KDE comes with its own built in Office suite known as Koffice. What even fewer people may know is what it actually contains. So in this segment about the Lesser Apps of KDE, we'll be covering Koffice, what it contains and what each part can do for you.
Read more »Linux Treo Available Now!
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Independent programmers in the community recently achieved Palm's goal of running Linux on Palm devices. Linux is an alternative interface to Palm and Windows Mobile operating systems, which allows you to control and navigate basic Palm device functions.
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