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Inertia the obstacle to Linux on the desktop

http://www.itpro.co.uk

The Year of the Linux desktop may never come. Instead, there will continue to be significant encroachment into the territory that Microsoft believes to be its own. This will happen for all the reasons you might expect. Linux is cheaper and more versatile and secure than the alternatives, and most of the arguments for not installing Linux don't hold much water.

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Top 10 Linux Distributions for Audio Production

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Have you ever dreamed of building your own music studio? I know you did and it may come true someday (or not), but until then here are some very interesting 100% FREE, Open Source Linux distributions with enhancements and features aimed at music, sound and even video production.

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Nouveau project hacks away at free Nvidia drivers

http://www.linux.com

Currently, GNU/Linux users with Nvidia graphics cards have two choices: Either use the proprietary drivers and violate their free software principles, or use the free nv driver and do without 3-D acceleration. The Nouveau project is working to overcome this dilemma by producing its own set of fully functional free Nvidia drivers.

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Use Songbird, Tor, and Privoxy to Anonymously Stream (or Download) Media Files

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"In case you haven’t heard Songbird is a great open source media organizer and content scraper. With a couple of small tweaks you can set it up to anonymously download (backups of your existing) media or stream media from millions of sources online..."

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The Linux Vault, "The Linux Wikipedia"

http://www.thelinuxvault.net

The Linux Vault is a new wiki project founded with the mission of creating a centralized GNU/Linux information website. It has been just created, so we are begging everybody to take part of it and make it the place for writing guides, HOW-TO's, configurations, administration tips, tricks, tweaks or whatever else related to the GNU/Linux system.

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Conky: highly configurable system monitor for X

http://debaday.debian.net

Conky is one of my favorite applications for all of my Linux distros. It is a light-weight system monitor (according to the project page) that can monitor many different aspects of your computer. You choose what to monitor and you choose where the monitor is displayed on your desktop through use of a configuration file - .conkyrc.

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Awesome Timeline of Unix, Linux and Mac OSX

http://linuxhelp.blogspot.com

A beautifully constructed timeline of Unix which includes modern day Unix descendants such as Solaris and Mac OSX as well as Linux. This timeline is not very much unlike the mind map of Linux I had created a long time back. But this timeline also provides the year when the Unix/Linux flavor was born.

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Open Source vs. Closed Source Support

http://www.encoreopus.com

With proprietary solutions you often get the collective knowledge of the current and past users of that software or service.

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Nokia N800 As an EBook Reader Using FBReader

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Though N800 is an Internet Tablet, it can serve as a very good ebook reader too, for those casual/semi-serious readers who don’t want to invest in a stand-alone ebook reader. But what truly makes it such a good candidate to be used as an ebook reader is the free software (GPL) FBReader.

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Browser betrayals

http://blogs.pcworld.co.nz

Most people don't realise how their browsers betray them. It's not so bad at home, but in a work context it could cost you your job.

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Install any Linux distro directly from hard disk without burning any DVD

http://instantfundas.blogspot.com

After you download any Linux distro from the internet, you have to burn it to a DVD, CD or a number of CDs to install it. You generally only use each CD/DVD once so What a wastage of disks! But with a little trick you can install any Linux directly from the hard disk without burning a single CD or DVD.

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Customize GNOME with Configuration Editor

http://www.maximumpc.com

Whether you're a seasoned Linux user or a newb who's just switched from Windows, getting your Linux experience to run just the way you want it can be a time-consuming chore... but with the GNOME Configuration Editor, you can tweak everything through a single, easy-to-use menu.

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Free ATI drivers for Christmas?

http://www.linux.com

Fully-functional video drivers -- ones capable of handling 3-D acceleration -- remain one of the weak points of free software. The Free Software Foundation has declared them a high-priority project.

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Asustek to launch low-cost laptop

http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au

Cheap laptop to run GNU/Linux.

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Created by lozz 17 years 5 weeks ago – Made popular 17 years 5 weeks ago
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Three MythTV Linux distros compared

http://www.linux.com

A high-level comparison of a few of the myth-based distributions available: Mythdora, Mythbuntu, & Knoppmyth. FTA: "My Series 1 TiVo is getting old, so I am planning an escape route based on MythTV, a free software system that turns an old computer into a personal video recorder."

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