Extreme Tux Racer is an open source racing game featuring Tux the Linux Penguin. ETRacer continues in the tracks of Tux Racer and its forks.
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Awn Hover effects
Awn has lost of cool new hover effects being created so I will demonstrate them all here including the cpu monitor applet. The hover effects demonstrated in this video are: Classic, Fade, Spotlight, Zoom, Squish, and 3d Turn.
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Musopen: the free music site
This site takes music that is in the public domain, meaning a work that belongs to the community, and has it recorded by individuals and college/community orchestras throughout the United States and stored online so it can be accessed for free through this website.
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AWN Updates: New 3D Effect
AWN is developing so quickly that it is worthwhile updating and recompiling on a daily basis to see the changes. Today brought a new look for the Volume-Control-Applet and a new Icon effect: 3D turn.
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Upgrade Ubuntu from Feisty to Gutsy
Ubuntu Gutsy is the next major release of the most popular Linux distro, due for release in October. Like all Linux distributions you can upgrade to the beta version anytime you want, as long as you don't mind encountering a few bumps in the road.
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Un-Plugged Rant: GNU/Linux & Wireless
Sometimes I just gotta wonder about GNU/Linux and wi-fi...Maybe you can help.
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Does antivirus have a future? A nice perspective.
A nice perspective on security threats- past present and maybe, future. Mostly for those poor wretched Windows users of course. Keep it in mind when you are telling them how good it is to have Linux to use!
And before becoming *too* smug, see that there are some very clever malware peddlers out there. So keep your (linux) security awareness in good working order!
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The Gimp Mockup
This article presents some mockups (or models) for the possible future interface of the GIMP. They arrive following the launching of a project called “GIMP UI Redesign”.
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Firefox Won't Save You from IE Flaws
Users running Firefox are vulnerable to IE flaws via files supported by Windows Media Player, a researcher shows.
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Why use KDE?...
KDE has to be the most correctly integrated environment I’ve seen. Everything just fits and works perfectly with one another.
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The Applets of KDE - Part 2
Welcome to part 2 of our series on the Applets of KDE. So let's continue to look at what's available in KDE.
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Got more than a gig of RAM and 32-bit Linux? Here's how to use it
Nowadays, many machines are running with 2-4 gigabytes of RAM, and their owners are discovering a problem: When they run 32-bit GNU/Linux distributions, their extra RAM is not being used. Fortunately, correcting the problem is only a matter of installing or building a kernel with a few specific parameters enabled or disabled.
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KDE and Xorg, Fonts and DPI
Today, I’d like to share a tip I found out while working with a beta release for a distirbution of Linux with KDE’s 3.5.7 version. As many readers of this blog know, I use PCLinuxOS 2007 as my main desktop and have done so since about 2005.
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Taming the GIMP with KDE window-specific settings
KDE's window-specific settings feature gives you a fine level of control over the way windows behave. It lets you change settings such as minimum/maximum size, position, overlay, and transparency. The GIMP uses multiple windows to select tools, tool options, and other items used in the process of image editing.
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GNOME 2.20 Released
The improvements in GNOME 2.20 include: Improved support for right-to-left languages; desktop search integrated into the file chooser dialog; convenient new features in the Evolution email and calendar client; enhanced browsing of image collections; simplified system preferences; efficient power management and incredibly accurate laptop battery monitoring.
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