Linux has always been pretty easy to get your hands on. You just pick out your favorite distro, download it and install. Piece of cake, right?
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rTorrent — console P2P!
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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Slackware 12 review
It should come as no surprise to most of you that I do not like Slackware. It does not behave the way I want a Linux distribution to behave, nor does it follow a philosophy with which I agree.
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Howto upgrade kernel(2.6.22-9-generic) in Feisty Fawn
Currently Feisty Fawn users (7.04) using the generic kernel (which is 2.6.20-16-generic). This tutorial will explain howto upgrade you to kernel version 2.6.22-9-generic(as of 31JUL07).
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GNOME 2.19.6 Released!
This is our sixth development release on our road towards GNOME
2.20.0, which will be released in September 2007. New features are
still arriving, so your mission is simple : Go download it. Go compile
it. Go test it. And go hack on it, document it, translate it, fix it.
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Rough edges mar *nix-style configuration tool
*nix-style is a GNOME graphical interface for configuration options in your system or current user account. It makes no attempt to be comprehensive, nor does it focus on options that are available from the desktop menus or GNOME system utilities. Instead, it concentrates on lesser-known configuration options, such as customizing the bash prompt or suppressing the initial splash screen in GNOME.
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Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 Released
"The Mozilla Corporation has released Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.6. This update fixes two security issues..."
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Startforce - A web based OS
Startforce is a web based operating system. I wanted to give it a try. Once I went to startforce website, I was presented with a login screen as shown below.
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MySpaceIM Pidgin Protocol Plugin
Welcome. This page contains files for the MySpaceIM Protocol Plugin (known as msimprpl for short), which allows you to IM your friends on MySpaceIM using the Pidgin instant messenging program and possibly other programs that use libpurple, in the future.
Read more »CNR has hit the streets
CNR has splashed down. The new service Linspire co. that is aimed to make software installation that much easier on Linux
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Sun unveils open mobile platform
Sun has unveiled a new open mobile platform called JavaFX, which it hopes will bring open rapid open development to the mobile space, an environment long dominated by telcos and cellular carriers.
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Acer clarifies position on Linux PCs
Acer is planning to sell Linux-based PCs to the UK market, the company told ZDNet.co.uk.
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Pidgin 2.1.0 released
Pidgin 2.1.0, which includes a number of compelling user interface improvements, has officially been released.
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Review: Austrumi 1.5.1
Everytime I am about to buy some new shoes I am very impressed with how good the same models look in the version for kids. It is maybe the small size itself that makes these models (even if they are the same as the adults ones) look a lot better.
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Linux and Fonts
Ever since I started to use Linux I have always seen how to's on fixing the look of fonts. All of them claimed to make fonts look smoother and nicer. I never tried any of them because I thought, "my fonts look fine." Also I was to lazy to do any of the fixes...
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