From all of the new programs and releases that came out in 2009, a few particular programs deserve some extra recognition for their amazing work and progress.
Read more »Top 9 Linux Applications of 2009
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GDM 2 GUI Configuration Tool
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GDM (Gnome Display Manager) is the graphical login program which you see when you log-in to your Linux computer. GDM used to support themes and a lot of other customizations - all available through the "Login Screen" option under System > Administration - but the new GDM2 (2.28) which comes with Ubuntu Karmic for instance, doesn't support all this unfortunately.
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Avidemux 2.5.2 Ubuntu Karmic .deb
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Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.
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Companies That Facilitate Microsoft’s Linux Extortion Still Close Partners of Microsoft
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The attack on the freedom of Linux continues to appear to be coming from Microsoft allies, not Linux companies
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15 game-changing Linux moments of the decade
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If you were sat at your Linux computer one dark evening in late 1999, things would have been considerably different. But things have changed. Linux is now an operating system anyone can install and use, and it's growing stronger every year. Here's how it happened.
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Sometimes It Won't Work (III)
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kde respects bugs. bugs in kde3 have their equivalent in kde4. rule of thumb in developing kde is 'we do not fix bugs. ever.' the worst part is that important bugs in kde3 were not fixed in several years.
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Speculation is a part of technical news as prophecy is to religion. Its only important, valid or genius if it turns out to be true. However, we dare not have technical news without any speculation at all since this will surely hinder the creativeness of individuals and corporations to explore avenues influenced by ideas expressed in speculation. If any of that made sense to you, good.
Read more »Download Digikam 1.0 Final .deb For Ubuntu Karmic Koala
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DigiKam 1.0 final is currently only available in source files or pre-compiled with KDE-Windows installer, but there are some .deb files available for Ubuntu Karmic you can install if you can't wait to take the new DigiKam 1.0 final for a spin
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DNS Benchmark with Wine
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Internet browsing is a huge part our daily lives. No matter where we are we are bound to have contact with the internet in one form or another, and thus when we need it we want/need it to be as fast and as responsive as possible.
Before I get into how to find the fastest DNS for you, you need to know what a DNS is. DNS stands for Dynamic Naming Service.
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Linux 2.6.33-rc2 Kernel Released
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As a Christmas (or holiday) gift to all Linux users, Linus Torvalds last night put out the Linux 2.6.33-rc2 kernel release.
Read more »TuxArena's 10 Most Popular Tips in 2009
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Following the most popular TuxArena articles in 2009 post, here are the 10 most popular tips published here at TuxArena in 2009:
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10 Useful Linux Commands
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Here's a list of 10 commands which may come handy when using the command line in Linux:
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Vienna: Windows and Linux to coexist
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Based on the results of a recently announcedPDF study it has been decided that the municipal authority of the City of Vienna will not at present be shifting entirely to open source for its software needs.
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Round-Up: Most Popular TuxArena Articles in 2009
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Since it's Christmas and 2010 is knocking at the door, it's time to put up a round-up of the most popular articles published at TuxArena in 2009. This post is divided in two parts: a list of most popular tutorials and a list of most popular reviews (selected exclusively by number of views according to Google Analytics, from which I made a selection).
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VideoLAN Movie Creator Pre-Release Coming Very Soon [Screenshot]
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The VLC team has been working (or actually, they call it "support" so they might not do this entirely on themselves) on a new project for quite some time, called VideoLAN Movie Creator, a free video editing software offering features to realize semi-professional quality movies, but with the aim to stays simple and user-friendly.
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