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Archive for March 2007

March 24th, 2007

Love gaming?

If you love gaming, then The Linux Game Tome is the place for you. The Linux Game Tome is a forum-based site that has up to the minute news about gaming as it relates to Linux. The site has news, reviews, guides, and tips for all of your Linux gaming needs. […]

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March 24th, 2007

Easily mount Windows partition in Ubuntu Feisty

The upcoming release of Ubuntu makes it incredibly easy to mount your Windows partition for write and read access. I used to dual boot earlier this year, and I found that it was very annoying (and somewhat difficult) to mount my Windows partition. The Only Ubuntu Linux weblog has a guide jam-packed with […]

By Kyle -- 1 comment

March 17th, 2007

Learn to edit video using Linux

Linux.com has a fantastic tutorial that teaches you how to edit your videos in Linux. In my opinion, this is an area that Linux has been noticeably behind Apple (and Microsoft) for many years. The tutorial at Linux.com is extremely thorough and covers the following topics: grabbing the video, approaching video editing, combining […]

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March 17th, 2007

Create your own Ubuntu Media Server

It seems like we’ve been covering Ubuntu quite a bit recently, but this tutorial was to good to pass up. Rubbervir.us has a tutorial that explains how to turn Ubuntu into a media server. Unfortunately, the tutorial would be a little bit challenging for a newcomer to Linux. If you’ve got plenty […]

By Kyle -- 1 comment

March 17th, 2007

Linux to support flash out of the box

Swfdec is an open-source flash player that was released earlier this week. Although Swfdec is only at version 0.4, it is already having major impacts in the Linux world. Since Swfdec is open-source, once it becomes totally stable, the major distributions (and hopefully Firefox) will be able to have flash support out of […]

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March 17th, 2007

Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn Herd 5 Preview

With the latest release of Ubuntu right around the corner, ZDNet created a screenshot tour of Ubuntu 7.04. If you’ve never tried Linux, the latest release of Ubuntu might be the perfect release to get started on. Head over to ZDNet and check out the screenshots. This will help familiarize you with […]

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March 17th, 2007

Answering Novice Shell Questions

The Sys Admin magazine has an article outlining the specific questions that are typically asked by the Linux beginner about the terminal. The article answers the following questions:

How do you use the exec and eval commands?
How do you combine files using the paste command?
How do you process a string in a shell script one […]

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March 17th, 2007

GNOME 2.18 Released

If you didn’t know, GNOME 2.18 was released earlier this week. If you are anxious to get your hands on it, 2.18 will be included in Fedora 7 test 3 later this month and it will also be included in Ubuntu Feisty Fawn. The Michael Larabel weblog gives a run down of the […]

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March 10th, 2007

Launch the screensaver with a shortcut

You can launch your screensaver in GNOME with the touch of a button. I find this really useful if I am ever traveling and find that curious strangers like looking at my laptop. I’ve noticed that people are particularly drawn to looking at Linux screens because it is something they (probably) have never […]

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March 10th, 2007

20 must-have Firefox extensions

Computer World made a list of the 20 “must-have” Firefox extensions. Their write up is very thurough and this is what they’ve come up with. Head over to Computer World to see the specific reasons they chose each extension:

1. StumbleUpon
2. Gmail Manager & Yahoo Mail Notifier
3. Greasemonkey
4. Firefox Showcase
5. […]

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