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May 14th, 2008

Fedora 9 released

Fedora 9 has the following features:

FreeIPA - for managing identities and authentication
support for resizing ext2, ext3 and NTFS partitions during install
support for creating and installing to encrypted file systems
unified installer of packages via PackageKit

Desktop environments such as GNOME 2.22 and KDE4 are available so you could choose either.
I guess that for people who are dual-booting […]

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April 29th, 2008

Surf the ‘net on the terminal via w3m

Looking for a way to surf the ‘net on the terminal? Use w3m!
I’ve used w3m time and again because it’s quaint that way. ;) I usually use it as an Emacs macro/extension. It’s nice! I could read webpages while in Emacs, aside from the terminal.
You could look it in Synaptic if you’re […]

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April 2nd, 2008

Open docx files in OpenOffice.org

Have you been finding it a hassle to open docx files from your co-workers and/or clients? Ubuntu Geek helps us with this: Use the ODF Converter!
There’s a .deb package which you could download and install on your Debian-powered machines. Also, there’s an RPM file for SUSE.
Though the Novell RPM file is said […]

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March 19th, 2008

References on using the GIMP

The GIMP is usually installed as the graphics editing tool in Linux distributions. You might be looking for ways to use it and you might have tried it already and thought it felt really weird. It’s because it’s different from the default graphics app in Windows which is Paint. It has more […]

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March 14th, 2008

Windows games on Linux using PlayOnLinux

If you have been dual-booting at home because of the games you play, there might be a better option. It’s PlayOnLinux. PlayOnLinux is basically a script that lets you run games on Wine. Wine on the other hand lets you run Windows apps in general.
As such, you first need to install Wine. […]

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March 13th, 2008

1-2-3: Say Cheese!

It’s a common expression when people are taking pictures and maybe you would probably end up saying it a lot with the new release of Gnome. There’s an application called “Cheese” which basically lets you play around with images taken by your webcam. (Who says it’s just the MacBook Pro owners who have […]

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March 4th, 2008

Remember to pay your bills with BillReminder

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Maybe you’re the type who needs to get reminded of your tasks and other such important things. And your bills probably get affected by your forgetfulness and you end up not having internet access or outgoing calls. Worry no more! You have […]

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