For newcomers to the open source world, selecting a Linux desktop from the many available choices can seem overwhelming. But don't let that stop you! There's plenty of free expert advice available online to help you narrow the field and figure out which distro is likely to best suit your needs.
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Choosing a Desktop Linux Distro, Part 1: Getting What You Want
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The growth of Linux in developing regions.
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There are many Linux users in developing regions of the world. The population is large and this will increase the Linux user base.
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How to download torrent files from command line(Linux Terminal)
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This can be achieved by using the ultra-lightweight text-based BitTorrent client "rTorrent".
If you are using Ubuntu, you can install
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Parsix 3.0 "Kev" Released and Reviewed
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The Parsix Linux distribution is derived from KANOTIX, based on the Debian testing branch, and developed by a team in Iran. The distro comes as a live CD with English and Persian languages installed by default and many others available.
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Registration Started for Ubuntu 9.10 ( Karmic Koala) Free CD
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The New Version of Ubuntu is available free of charge, you will get a CD of the latest version (9.10 (Karmic Koala)) with no extra cost, but the delivery may take up to ten weeks, so you should consider downloading the CD image if you have a fast Internet connection.Don't Misuse this facility.
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Ubuntu 9.10 UFW Firewall
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UFW or Uncomplicated Firewall, is a text based firewall that works with iptables. UFW is designed to be an easier way to manage a firewall from the command line. Whether this is easier than learning iptables or not, you can decide. But UFW comes partially set up when you install Ubuntu.
Read more »Recover deleted files in linux using Photorec easily
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PhotoRec is a file data recovery software designed to recover lost files including video, documents and archives from Hard Disks and CDRom and lost pictures (thus, its 'Photo Recovery' name) from digital camera memory. PhotoRec ignores the filesystem and goes after the underlying data, so it will still work even if your media's filesystem has been severely damaged or re-formatted.
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Howto record desktop activities in Ubuntu / Debian with Recordmydesktop
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If want to make a simple video tutorial, you can easily do it with a simple utility RecordMyDesktop. This will record all the screen activities with sound. You can control quality of video and audio. when you press on record button it will start recording, disappear the windows and appear an icon shown bow in taskbar. Output file format is .ogv. You can convert it to any format like avi, 3gp etc..
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Create deb file of packages installed in your system
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You can create .deb file of any installed package on your system.
For this you will need the package
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How to create an ISO disk image of a CD or DVD from command line
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The attempt to copy the entire disk image using cp may omit the final block if it is an unexpected length; dd will always complete the copy if possible.
We can use the dd command to create an ISO disk image of a CD or DVD.
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The Ubuntu Installation Guide
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This Ubuntu installation guide is available to anyone for free. Once you've completed this guide you'll be able to install Ubuntu and have a good understanding of the options on each step of the install. Users should also be able to perform a manual installation of Ubuntu after using this Ubuntu installation guide. A step by step video tutorial is included with this guide.
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Article for wide review: Choosing a language tag
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"Comments are being sought on this article prior to final release. Please send any comments to www-international at w3 dot org. We expect to publish a final version in one to two weeks..."
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Accessing remote computers via XDMCP
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You can login to a remote computer via XDMCP if it is configured to allow XDMCP logins. I will explain how I did it on two Ubuntu machines running gdm.
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This Linux thing is getting out of hand.
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Ten years ago most people didn't even know what Linux is. However, today this is not the case anymore.
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dmesg: Command for Reviewing Boot Messages
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dmesg ("diagnostic message") is a command on Unix-like operating systems that prints the message buffer of the kernel. This buffer contains a lot of important messages from those output during boot, this can be used for diagnostic purpose.
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