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What does Disney, PS3 and Kindle have in common?

Yes, there is one binding power behind these three entirely different media and is known simply as Linux. Linux is omnipotent today, present on anything and everything that is remotely a technology. Unfortunately, the common user is unable to recognise that it is not the paid for proprietary software behind any technology that he is using but the world‘s greatest experiment in Free open source software solutions Linux that is the technology.

31 Great Tutorials for Inkscape!

Inkscape is an open source vector graphics editor. Inkscape is cross-platform and runs on Unix based OS, Windows and Mac (typically under X11). In this post we have attempted to gather some best tutorials around the web, categorizing them into various groups, organized from novice users to advance level. If you have not installed inkscape then you can follow the following tutorial.

 

How to add Medibuntu repository in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise pangolin and 11.10| Via Terminal and GUI

Updated 10/03/2012  Medibuntu is a packaging project dedicated to distributing software that cannot be included in Ubuntu for various reasons, related to geographical  variations in legislation regarding intellectual property, security and other issues:

 

Mandriva 2011 Beta 2 is Available for Testing| Screenshots Tour

Mandriva 2011 beta 2 was supposed to be released a week ago, but the release schedule was delayed by last minute defects discovered by the development and mandriva-tuxtesting teams. In order to get hold of beta 2, you can visit your favorite Mandriva mirror and check devel/iso/2011.

VirtualBox 4.0.6 is released! PPA Debian and Ubuntu 11.04 Natty

Oracle released VirtualBox 4.0.6, a maintenance release of VirtualBox 4.0. that come to improves stability and fixes regressions.  virtualbox

Special mention for Special purpose Debain-Med distro

A medical industry acclaimed open source distro, Debain-Med is pioneering Open Source Bioinformatics software that brings enriched medical software for licensed or free use. The idea behind FOSS or Free Open Source Software solutions for the Medical world is to offer Custom Debian Distribution for medical and biological issues, as non-proprietary software, which is cutting-edge, sophisticated and reliable.


FAENZA-FRESH EXTENSION PACK

Faenza Fresh currently includes about 50 icons for applications, with many new icons (which Faenza doesn’t include yet) such as Fontmatrix, Code::Blocks or Kompozer, but also many reworked Faenza icons such as Firefox, LibreOffice (well, not exactly; my Faenza Libreoffice icons existed before the official ones), Pidgin, Banshee or Inkscape.

Fixing a few common grub errors | Broken Bootloader and error 17/15

Grub is short for GNU GRand Unified Bootloader. To be simply put, it’s a boot loader package from the GNU Linux project. It’s the common and reference implementation of a multiboot Linux system. It allows you to choose which operating system or specific kernel to boot into.
In this article, we’ll be looking into figuring out some common grub errors and hopefully, work out a fix for them.

Try 2 Non-Debian Grandchildren this Summer

April is raining Ubuntu and its family and open source world seems over loaded on Debian distros, what with Canonical adopting a bi-annual release this month forwards. Debian and its derivatives appear to be the flavour of the month but there are far too many Linux distros that are apt for Summer.

Cairo dock 2.3 comes with better compiz integration , new themes, system monitor applet and more

Cairo Dock or GLX-2.3.0 is released, this new release comes with many new features and fixed many bugs. It features  a System Monitor applet, a logout applet, Better layout for the menus, slider is much faster, better compiz and Kwin integration and more.

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Fedora 15 Beta is here | With screenshots Tours

Good news for the generation X! Dennis Gilmore, the release engineer for Fedora project has made the announcement of releasing Fedora 15 for beta testers. The betaFedora-logo version now features Gnome shell and Gnome3, LibreOffice instead of legacy OpenOffice, BoxGrinder for virtualization, dynamic firewall mode for changing the firewall settings without the need of restarting the operating environment, and many more version updates to a large number of packages. Simultaneously, Xfce and LXDE versions of Fedora have been updated to reflect the mainstream updates and enhancements.

A Check list for Choosing Distros

 A very fundamental thumb rule of choosing an open source distro will depend on two things, how hands-on you are with open source software and the purpose you will be using it. Fortunately, Open Source world in inundated with options and more options for distros especially for established software such as Debain, Open SuSe, Mandriva and the list goes on. Here is a brief look on the specialized art of choosing Distros.

LibreOffice3.4 Beta1 is released!

The first beta release of LibreOffice 3.4 is available, The upcoming 3.4 will be the second major release of the LibreOffice project, and comes with many exciting new features.

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Find Your chakra Linux 2011.04 | With screenshots Tour

Phil Miller proudly announced the last milestone for Chakra the GNU/2011.04 a powerful Arch Linux distro last week.  The Chakra Project, today, remains a milestone for Arch Linux and is as important as Ubuntu has become for Debian. It was born out of need for an Arch Linux distribution but with simple project principles combing the

How to move back from Unity to gnome2 classic in ubuntu 11.04 natty narwhal

If you installed ubuntu 11.04 and you didn`t like the new look!!,  The system works too slow with Unity or you missed the old look of ubuntu.  You decided to go back to the old look but you don`t know how to do that?

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It is very easy, To make Gnome 2 your default desktop instead of unity , just  follow the following steps:

How to install the thunderbird launcher for Unity 64bit

Thunderbird is the one-stop mail solution for many of us. Mozilla corporation had provided a really nice extension for 32bit(x86) Ubuntu users for integrating it with Ubuntu’s new unity launcher.

3 Reasons Why Open Source Brings Better ROI for Businesses

Quite often businesses view alternatives if products or services offer better Return on Investment. Open Source is one such option that is often debated in terms of better returns, lower operational costs and of course minimum breakeven time depending on the size of your organization etc. However, delving a little deeper into open source capabilities reveals great returns far beyond the initial investment in terms of time, investments etc and migrating to greener Open Source makes great practical sense. Some of these returns are subtle, some paradigm shifts from propriety sources but all effective and productive to every business. Here is a look at some of the top returns.

Howto install puppet Master and client in ubuntu

Puppet is a tool to manage the configuration of Unix-like systems declaratively. The developer provides Puppet templates to describe parts of the system, and, when these templates are deployed, the runtime puts the managed systems into the declared state.