Wallpaper Clocks can be used to display various wallpapers with a real-time working clock blended into the wallpaper. Basically, the website to which I linked doesn't provide an application for it, but there are several apps which can make use of the Wallpaper Clocks provided by that website.
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Use Gmail To Send Emails From A Terminal (Shell)
We've seen how to check Gmail using the terminal (shell) in Linux and Mac but how about sending emails from a shell?
This is actually pretty easy, here's what you have to do:
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Setting up a MySQL Cluster for your Linux desktop
So, what is MySQL Cluster? It is a database solution which tries to solve high availability issues by using multiple synchronous masters (for the lack of a better phrase) in a shared-nothing environment. In order to solve a lot of the latency issues associated with multiple masters, it keeps all the indexed data in memory to enable fast processing of the data.
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What's Your Main Operating System
Lifehacker is running a poll asking for the operating system you use. I just voted and Linux was at 14% vs. 13% for WinXP. Go on over to Lifehacker and let them know how great Linux is.
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Report: Where is Linux's Answer to Microsoft's Small Business Server?
It's funny isn't it? By default, any Linux distribution comes with business server functionality like an e-mail, file, and print serving, but Microsoft still gets the lion's share of the small business server world. Steve J. Vaughan-Nichols wonders what's going on here?
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5 Free Linux Apps You Can't Do Without
Like a digital Swiss Army knife, these are the Linux utilities and tools that are so useful you won't know how you ever did without them.
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Review: Linux in a Nutshell, 6th Edition
Linux in a Nutshell is considered a classic by anyone's standards, so it's expected to review well. In fact, the prior editions have reviewed extremely well so, in this case, turning in a bad review on the latest edition would mean that the authors and publisher must have completely rewritten the book and done a poor job of it. Fortunately, that's not the case here.
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Scanning in Linux with iscan and XSane
If you are one of those that depends upon a scanner for your daily work, and you want to handle this task using the Linux operating system, you are in luck.
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DistroWatch Weekly, Issue 327, 2 November 2009
Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu.... the talk of the Internet has been revolving around all the new *buntu flavours since version 9.10 finally started showing up on download servers last Thursday. But while the choice is always good, the number of variants can be confusing, especially for those who are new to the world of Linux.
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Ten clicks to install Ubuntu 9.04
To install Ubuntu 9.04 no more than 10 clicks is necessary,... it's not much.
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Citibank Doesn't Want Your Business, Linux User
For some reason, Citibank won't let customers using Linux computers log in to their online accounts. Adam argues that in 2009 this doesn't make sense, especially when no other major corporate website blocks him like this.
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Make Linux faster and lighter
With just a few tweaks, your Linux box can be lighter, sprightlier and quicker than ever before. Read on for the best ways to speed up your boot sequence, optimise KDE and Gnome, and get better performance from your favourite apps. We've also got some top tips from our favourite free software gurus...
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PlayOnLinux 3.7 has been released
The changes brought by PlayOnLinux 3.7 are:
- Right-clicking directly on A application is now possible.
- The ability to change an application's icon.
- The ability to access very quickly the installation directory of an application.
- The ability to stop all the applications run by PlayOnLinux at once.
10 things I like about Ubuntu 9.10
Ubuntu 9.10 "Karmic Koala" is finally here and has brought a lot of new changes — some of which really caught my eye.
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More Firefox 3.7 And 4.0 Mockups, This Time For Linux Too
We've seen Fireofx 3.7 and 4.0 mockups for Windows, but let's take a look at some more mockups, but this time for Linux and some more info on the future of Firefox.
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