Wednesday, 16 March 2011

Linux 2.6.38 Boosts Performance

New Linux kernel takes big steps forward to make the open source operating system faster than ever.
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Internet explorer 7 working on linux using playonlinux

Internet explorer 7 working on linux using playonlinux How to find "playonlinux" Go to Applications=Ubuntu software center and then search "playonlinux"

Author: MissAnythingCall
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Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Linux Leaders, Part II: Fedora and Red Hat Derivative Distros

Datamation: "Fedora and Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) are the most influential distributions that use the Red Hat Package Manager. Although their influence lags behind that of Debian and Ubuntu, it is still strong enough that Fedora remains consistently in the top three..."
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Installing Flash on Linux from tarball

This video demonstrates how to install Adobe Flash Player on Linux from the tarball download available on the Adobe's website. This video is aimed to be neutral to all distributions. Slight details may vary.

Author: grandmaster1fc
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Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Linux Backup Server: Refining Rsync, Passwordless Authentication

Linux Planet: "At last here are the final two parts of this series. Today we learn how to tell rsync which files to include or exclude, set up passwordless login on the backup server, and safely test everything."
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22 Seconds Of Mind Control Meme

(reupload because something messed up :X ) (Frame drops made me improve the video with extra frames and stuff. Here's hoping it works.) (Edit: Yay! It looks like it has! =3 ) Original by Hawkfire44: www.youtube.com I felt kinda cheeky, so I advertised a bunch of stuff that you can't actually 'buy', 'cause it's all open-source. =3 Things advertised: Linux (in general) Ubuntu (Linux distro) Fedora (Linux distro) Paint.net (I use it for all my animating so far, Windows-only for now) OpenOffice.org (I've used it for years and years and it's awesome) aMSN (Alvaro's Messenger, a clone of the original MSN Messenger that works lightyears better than the 'official' MSN client, which sucks terribly, and aMSN is OS-independent, it works on almost all of them) Firefox (If you're not using it, you should be... unless you've got a mac, Safari's alright, but Firefox is best =3 ) FreeBSD (I haven't actually used it, but I did install it once; I couldn't figure it out D: ) Open Source (Turns out, Open Source as a movement has its own logo, interestingly) Programs Used: Paint.net (www.getpaint.net) Microsoft Windows Movie Maker (not Open-Source, but free if you use Windows :X )

Author: IamCoalfoot
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