"I usually check the net to make sure new devices I buy have a good track record for working with Linux, but this time it was an impulse buy and I figured I could return it if I had problems." So how long did it take to install on Windows and GNU/Linux
Read more »Installing A New Printer. Windows vs. Linux
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Songbird is Now Available
"The Songbird open-source media player that is built using Firefox technology and XUL Runner is now available in a early beta release..."
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Eight top OpenID providers comparison
"...The comparison table below lists each OpenID provider and gives a comparison of the most important features these providers (should) support..."
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Using TrueCrypt on Ubuntu for Encryption
TrueCrypt is open source software for on-the-fly encryption. TrueCrypt can use an encrypted file or partition and mount it for use transparently by any application. The Windows version has a fancy GUI, but on Linux there is a good command line interface.
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Thunderbird productivity guide
Using Thunderbird’s advanced features and a few nifty extensions, you can turn a humble email client into a fine-tuned productivity tool. The following guide shows you how.
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How to get fastest Ubuntu apt-get repository server with Synaptic : mypapit gnu/linux blog
Downloading software from repositories can be a long and daunting task especially when you are downloading from a repository server which is far from your location.
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Screenshots of Zenwalk Linux 4.8 Beta.
It looks like XFCE is being used more often than expected. Just take a look at the result of the 2007 Desktop Linux Survey. In this article I will show you lots of interesting screenshots of Zenwalk 4.8 Beta.
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Getting acquainted with GNU screen
GNU screen is a very neat tool that’s included in most Unix-like operating systems. It’s a utility that acts as a basic command line window manager, so you can maintain several open terminal sessions within one physical terminal.
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Too many Linux distros? Actually, not really.
One of the things that's been repeated over and over and over again, and mostly by critics of Linux, is that Linux has too many distributions, which supposedly causes confusion which in turn scares away potential new users when they look at what's available and try to choose a distribution for themselves. Honestly, that's not really true.
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Open Source Gaming Review: Battle Tanks
Battle Tanks is a fun little arcade style combat game that takes an old cliched concept and makes it more fun. At first it seems like one of those cheap little popcap games you briefly entertain yourself with, but quickly grow bored of. Battle Tanks is not that kind of game. It got so addictive I had to literally force myself to put it down.
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Miro Public Preview 2 (0.9.9) Released!
"We have just released a major update to Miro– Public Preview 2 (0.9.9). This version has a ton of bug fixes and a few nice new features. Most notably, we’ve added menus for OPML import and export (our most requested feature!)..."
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OpenSolaris will challenge Linux says Sun
Sun seeks to apply the lessons of Linux and turn open source Solaris into an operating system to rival Linux and to be as commonly used as Java.
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Mozilla keeps Eudora alive, releases new version based on Thunderbird
The Eudora team might have called it quits on commercial aspirations and released the product as open source some time ago, but that doesn't mean you should get the trash bin out just yet.
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Damn Small Linux V4.0 RC3 released
The latest version, V4.0 RC3, of Damn Small Linux was released today and it is really very small indeed. Described as a 50Mb mini-desktop oriented Linux OS, DSL is actually small enough to fit and boot from a business card CD as a live Linux distribution.
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Set up a system tray temperature monitor with KSensors
he CPU inside your computer is a very complex bit of electronics that can probably do an awful lot of number crunching. All this mathematical muscle generates heat, though, and a hot processor isn’t a happy processor. Keeping an eye on your CPU temperature (and other temperatures in your system if you can) is a useful thing to do.
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