Linux Talks: They talked about Linux

Some links for this weekend:

5 Wallpaper Changer Apps For Linux
Kubuntu 8.10 ‘Intrepid Ibex’ Beta Screenshots Tour
WINE Developers Start On Direct3D 10 Support
Dell first ad - All About Ubuntu Linux
Fedora 10 - A Detailed Discussion on 13 Prime Features
Linux Foundation values Linux at $10.8 billion, kernel at $1.4 billion
Mac OS is better than Ubuntu Linux: A [...]

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Fun with Linux Commands-II - With Power Comes Responsibility

Happy Linux Commanding! But be careful!
The heading is self-explanatory. Linux Terminal seems dump but nothing is more clever than it. Linux is powerful and fun. When it is about something’s strength remember what Uncle Ben said.
When you are new to Linux you often seek to get help from others and almost most of the advices [...]

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Linux Talks: They talked about Linux

Hey Tux lovers, here are some good articles:

Advanced Tips For The ps Command
How to Find duplicate copies of files Using fdupes in Ubuntu
Ubuntu 8.10 Coming Soon
5 Things I Wish Linux Had
Making The Switch To Linux - Keep In Mind … (10 Ubuntu Tips)
Three Cool 3D Car Racing Games for Linux
Quick Look at KDE 4.2-SVN
Switch to [...]

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Run your virtual OS directly from GDM in Ubuntu

If you regularly run a couple of OS from your VirtualBox and want to login to those OS directly from GDM session, here is a quick way to do it. For this to work you should have already set up your VirtualBox. Here we won’t be talking about how to setup VirtualBox but only how to login to a virtual OS from GDM session.

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Open Office 3.0 final officially announced; expect a record downloads

As expected, Open Office 3.0 has been officially released today and due to heavy demand for the new release, only a couple of links are available for downloading the packages. The official site is down (literally) and only a plain page appears with a couple of links for downloading the packages.

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Switch to Linux Today! bsod Linux Flier

There are many reasons to switch to Linux, but this is one of them - to get rid of BSOD!

Download it, print it and paste it on your college flier board if you ever need to show your Linux love, Windows hatred, and bsod anger.

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Install OpenOffice 3.0 Final in Ubuntu

OpenOffice 3.0 Final is to be officially released on Monday, October 13 it has already been uploaded in many servers. If you can’t wait a couple of more days to get it installed in your Ubuntu box, here is a quick way to install it.

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Tweet your ‘apt-get’! Let Twitter keep track of whatever you install in Ubuntu
If you are like me who often likes to test one of the thousand applications available for Ubuntu and like to keep track of whatever you install or remove, here is a script for you. This script, tapt, tweets whatever you install, remove [...]

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Tweet your ‘apt-get’! Let Twitter keep track of whatever you install in Ubuntu

This script, tapt, tweets whatever you install, remove or perform other operations with ‘apt-get’ in Ubuntu to your Tweeter account.

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Ubuntu 8.10 hits beta; the look lets the fans down again

Ubuntu 8.10 intrepid Ibex hit the market today but its appearance ONCE AGAIN came as a great disappointment. Since this is a beta version, we can’t expect any change in the features now. All the works, which will be done until the final version hits the market on 30th October, will be only to fix the bugs. So, just keep your finger corssed until Jaunty Jackalope is released. If you are disappointed with the current appearance of your favorite Linux distro, here are some ways to give it a new fancy life again.

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