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Lancelot reaches Holy Grail of KDE menu

Saturday, September 13th, 2008

 
KDE 4 is barely eight months old, and already it has three options for a main menu. Until now, users have either used the default Kickoff, which makes for awkward navigation of the menu tree, or reverted to the familiar but unwieldy classic menu. Now, with the first full release of Lancelot, users have another [...]

Installing Flash Player 9 On 64Bit Linux (x86_64)

Thursday, September 4th, 2008

Installing Flash Player 9 On 64Bit Linux (x86_64) | HowtoForge - Linux Howtos and Tutorials
Someone said, Flash Player 9 doesn’t run on 64 bit Linux, but sure it does… and you can install it, just follow the simple steps below.
If you can’t view or open Flash charts or are not able to play Flash in [...]

Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition - Jamie’s Random Musings on Video IM - J.A. Watson’s Blog at ZDNet.co.uk Community
Open Office vs. MS Office - the Other Key to Windows/Linux Transition
Posted by J.A. Watson
As I have been going around alternately prodding my friends and family to try Linux, or [...]

IBM pushes “Microsoft-free” desktops

Saturday, August 16th, 2008

IBM pushes “Microsoft-free” desktops
IBM announced a partnership with Canonical, Novell, and Red Hat to sell “Microsoft-free desktops,” says an eWeek story by Chris Preimesberger. The Linux software giants will work with hardware manufacturers to market custom-designed PCs preloaded with Lotus word processing and collaboration software, says the story.
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Better Than Beach Reading: A Linux Starter Kit

Monday, August 4th, 2008

 
Ah, August. It’s the beginning of the end of summer, and the time when we must all start shaking the sand out of our ears once more. The real world wants us back! This week, we here at LinuxInsider felt it our duty to help those who are fed up with Redmond to find [...]

Distro Surfing

Friday, August 1st, 2008

Well I know it has been a while since I posted but as you read the weather hit me hard and then I had a computer take a dump. So I was surfing distros when a good friend suggested I try Kubuntu(Okay it was LinuxChick) and the last time I tried it I had a [...]

Confessions of a LinuxChick

Saturday, July 26th, 2008

Kubuntu | linux for human beings | Kubuntu
What is Kubuntu?
Kubuntu is a free, user-friendly operating system based on the K Desktop Environment and on the award winning Ubuntu operating system. With a biannual release cycle and at least 18 months of free security updates for each release, it is the secure, stable computing environment you’ve [...]

Linux 2.6.26 enhances desktop Linux

Thursday, July 24th, 2008

 
A new stable kernel is out. Three months in the making, Linux 2.6.26 boasts read-only bind mounts, better USB webcam support, 802.11s mesh WiFi, virtualization and paravirtualization improvements, and a ton of new peripheral drivers.
Darn and it even fixed a couple of hardware problems I had gotta love it, Baldy

Linux 2.6.26 enhances desktop Linux
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Linus Has Something on His Mind

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Linus Torvalds — founder, creator, and general master of all things Linux — is not exactly known for being bashful or slow to share his thoughts. To quote the man himself: “I’m a bastard. I have absolutely no clue why people can ever think otherwise.” This week, though, he’s gotten an extra share of attention.
The [...]

Dell is serious about Ubuntu: Launches first consumer Linux PCs

Sunday, July 20th, 2008

Dell today flipped the switched and is now officially offering consumer desktop and notebook PCs with Ubuntu 8.04 pre-installed. Two notebooks and one desktop join two desktop systems in Dell’s open-source product portfolio.

There is no denying that Linux recently has gained traction in the consumer space and Microsoft may have to look a little more [...]

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