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The trouble with Linux: there's too much choice

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 18:03

techradar.com: Those of you not familiar with Linux won't be familiar with the way it lets you install new software. After 12 years with Linux, neither am I.

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The GNOME Journal September 2010

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 18:01
  • Writing simple, real-time games for GNOME
  • Should I get involved?
  • Behind the Scenes with Joanmarie Diggs
  • Grilo: Integrating Multimedia Content in Your Application
  • Interview with Bradley Kuhn of the GNOME Advisory Board

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This was the year of desktop Linux

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 15:38

zdnet.com/blog: Before Israel was founded in 1948 it made sense to conclude a Passover seder with the words “Next year in Jerusalem.” With Israel a reality the arguments over the phrase have changed. Yet they endure. Desktop Linux is the same sort of deal.

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Phoronix 2010 Linux Graphics Survey

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 15:36

phoronix.com: For the past three years we have hosted an annual Linux Graphics Survey in which we ask tens of thousands of users each time their video card preferences, driver information, and other questions about their view of the Linux graphics stack. This year we are hosting the survey once again.

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2 Smart Backup Apps Show You the Way to Go Home

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 15:34

linuxinsider.com: The sudden loss of PC data can be a gut-wrenching experience, but it can also be easily avoided by proper use of automatic backup software.

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Larry The Cow Graphics Contest

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 15:33

gentoo.org: Larry the cow is our prized mascot and he is not getting the respect he deserves. Just about every other Linux distribution, their mascot is adorned on t-shirts and other types of schwag, but not our Larry, he cannot even decide his gender. Please help up fix this.

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The Death of Firefox 3.5

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 15:30

softpedia.com: According to the download page for Firefox 3.5, Mozilla has already killed off this browser version.

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today's leftovers:

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 06:55
  • Samsung N150 Plus Netbook -> UNE
  • One Click FTP, Create FTP Server Transfer Profiles
  • Default Wallpaper for Ubuntu 10.10
  • Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter #208
  • Aussie gamer loses Playstation court fight
  • KDE and the Masters of the Universe – 2010-08-31
  • Fedora 14 Preupgrade Test Day this Thursday
  • Hands-On With Stream TV’s Surprising, Open Source-Friendly Tablet
  • PCLinuxOS Complaints
  • What Paul Allen and Larry Ellison Have in Common
  • SchilliX 0.7.1 Released Atop The Final OpenSolaris Code
  • BE: Political party moving to a complete open source desktop
  • Top 10 Open Source Bug Tracking Systems
  • Is your company afraid of Linux?, Part 2, Part 1
  • State of Gentoo Prefix
  • EU: Rise in use of EUPL for publishing open source software
  • Vera Blanc Episode 2 “Ghost In The Castle” Is Out!
  • A New Commodore 64?

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some howtos:

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 04:35
  • Running Windows Music & Sound Applications Under Wine 1.2
  • Ubuntu 10.04 fix for USB Drive not mounting on pc with Floppy Drive
  • Juniper NSM Tip: starting and stopping
  • relocate device logs on juniper NSM server
  • Drive and partition backups with dd
  • Project management the open source way
  • ftpfs in gentoo (curlftpfs)
  • Measuring and monitoring system performances through sysstat

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3 Amazing Ubuntu Wallpapers

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 04:31
  • 3 Amazing Ubuntu 10.10 Wallpapers
  • Pidgin Guifications theme for Gnome
  • This sound menu is way to cute
  • Chakra GNU/Linux 0.2.0 Screenshots

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Ksplice Now Free for Fedora Users

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 00:51

crunchgear.com: Ksplice, the technology that allows Linux kernel updates without a reboot, is now free for users of the Fedora distribution

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NVIDIA 256.53 Stable Linux Driver Release

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 00:49

phoronix.com: Over the weekend there was a new Linux binary driver release from NVIDIA that was the 256.52 driver in a pre-release state. Today this driver has been released as stable after being branded the NVIDIA 256.53 driver.

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Time for IBM to become an open source hero

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 00:47

zdnet.com/blog: Over at his other job, our David Gewirtz suggests that, with the absorption of Sun into Oracle, open source badly needs an open source patron and that IBM should apply.

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A day of failure with Debian

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 00:46

andym3.wordpress: Today, I tried installing Debian on my HP ProBook 4510S. Three times.

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Gigolo – it mounts what it’s told to

TuxMachines - Wed, 09/01/2010 - 00:44

openattitude.com: Okay, before we go any further I need to make it clear that we’re not talking about the latest adult video release, but rather a networking utility for Linux. Sorry. That cheeky tagline comes straight from the author. And it’s true!

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Increased Clientele for Red Hat

TuxMachines - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 21:45
  • Increased Clientele for Red Hat
  • As Novell’s Woes Continue, Red Hat Is the Beneficiary
  • You can help the defenders

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Two magic words: “merged upstream”

TuxMachines - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 21:43

blog.flameeyes.eu: The lives of distributions packagers are full of words that make them cringe – backport, regression, hotfix, custom patch, … – but there are two that can make your day truly shine:

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Flip: A Simple Camera Done Right

TuxMachines - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 21:41

freesoftwaremagazine.com: Sometime back I gave a pretty strong pan review of a couple of “toys” that were not compatible with GNU/Linux. Recently, I fully expected to repeat this depressing experience when my brother-in-law gave my son a “Flip” digital video camera, but I was pleasantly surprised:

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My Linux Experience

TuxMachines - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 21:39

montanalinux.org: In the vein of recent posts, I thought I might take a second to explain how I came to use Ubuntu. My first Linux experience was with Red Hat 5 or 6 I believe. I got CD out of the back of one of those Teach your Linux books. I was probably 16.

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Corporate America's Cruel Linux Hoax

TuxMachines - Tue, 08/31/2010 - 19:07

linuxinsider.com: I propose companies take a closer look at the Linux desktop and consider its potential return juxtaposed with the return they see from Linux servers in the back room.

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