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Read more »Laptops designed for Linux: Matt Domsch
Podcast. Now that Dell offers Linux as an option on desktops and notebooks, how does that affect the company's hardware selections? LinuxWorld Conference and Expo speaker Matt Domsch explains how Dell uses vendors' free drivers at kernel.org to help pick the hardware that goes into the next generation of Dell products
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Adventures in Digital Photography With Linux, part 3: Printing
This series has been moving along rather slowly, but it's summer and there are many important things to do. Like go to the lake and take naps a lot. Nevertheless, the show must go on, so here we are at Part 3. (Here are Part 1 and Part 2.)
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Pimp Your FireFox
One of the things I love to see in someone else’s browser is the Extensions/Addon’s they use, I nearly always find a new one that I want to try, and I have almost been highjacked by people who see me do something they’ve never seen and want immediately to find out what it is.
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Linux media center distro rev's up
A project aimed at building a Linux distribution for media center PCs has achieved a major new release. LinuxMCE 0704 is based on Kubuntu, and offers lots of flashy features, such as whole-house high-definition video distribution, optional alpha-blended graphics, gyroscopic remote control, and much more.
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$99 Desktop Comes With Too Many Catches
Zonbu's overall goal is to vastly simplify the process of buying and using a computer. The idea is to make it not only more affordable but also much less of a hassle and much more energy efficient. However, there's a catch -- several catches, in fact.
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Is my hardware Linux-compatible? Find out here
Deciding whether a particular computer is a good candidate for installing GNU/Linux can involve a nightmare of details about hardware compatibility.
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“Green” PC: cheap, and fast enough
I’m still kind of “watching” the market. And though I would like to have a PC with Intel’s open-sourced integrated graphics (a GMA950 or the newer X3000/X3100 chipsets are more than good enough for what I have to do with a PC), Intel processors are still only a second choice. Why?
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How to use Quake-style terminals on GNU/Linux
We know all about how powerful the GNU/Linux terminal is. However, it’s a pain to have to fire up a terminal emulator like Konsole or gnome-terminal, wait for a few seconds for it load, and then have to keep Alt-Tabbing to it.
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Linux in my pocket
The best program I found for doing this was PortableApps, free software that packs a suite of open source applications—including OpenOffice—into a handy menu that runs straight off any USB flash drive.
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FreeCol 0.7.1 Released
Version 0.7.1 of FreeCol, a free/open-source Colonization clone, has been released.
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How to turn your USB key into a bootable PCLinuxOS system
If you're a hardcore Linux geek, you'll want to take Tux with you wherever you go. Even if you're a normal user, you probably wouldn't mind having a penguin in your pocket. These are 100%-tested instructions on installing PCLinuxOS 2007 or later to a gigabyte-or-larger USB key.
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Aptitude vs Apt-Get
Being an Ubuntu/Debian user (yes, I use and advocate both), I have fallen in love with the Advanced Packaging Tool, also known as apt.
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Free Software Sticker Book
"This book includes a set of stickers related to free software projects. Now, you may remove Microsoft sticker from your computer (computers are only not designed for the Microsoft Windows) and choose some sticker of this book to replace it. If you want to participate in Sticker Book Project, you can send your sticker/s to stickers@pikao.org."
http://raro.oreto.inf-cr.uclm.es/apps/stickers/
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Ubuntu Viral Videos
There has been a proposal put forth to start a marketing project similar to the Firefox Flicks campaign for Ubuntu.
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