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May
17th

Linux Mint 13 RC Cinnamon Screenshot Tour

Author: Marius Nestor | Files under syndicated

The Release Candidate of Linux Mint 13 was announced on May 16th, it is powered by Linux kernel 3.2 and based on the recently released Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (Precise Pangolin) operating system.


May
17th

A Tale of Two Suites: Do We Still Need OpenOffice.org?

Author: Katherine Noyes | Files under syndicated

Would a rose by any other name still smell as sweet? Or would it, perhaps, end up sweeter? That, essentially, is the question at the heart of the forking process, which in turn is at the heart of a key situation today. Namely: Now that we have LibreOff…


May
17th

File Thingie: A No-Nonsense Web-Based File Manager

Author: Dmitri Popov | Files under syndicated

File Thingie is not the sleekest or feature-richest web-based file manager out there, but it’s a perfect fit for those who need a no-frills solution that is easy to deploy and use. This is not to say that File Thingie skimps on features. All the essent…


May
17th

Intel Glamor Acceleration Compared To SNA, UXA

Author: bob@lxer.com | Files under syndicated

Going back to last year there’s been the "Glamor Acceleration" project out of Intel to accelerate the 2D operations within X using OpenGL on Mesa. This is similar to the Xorg state tracker approach and while it’s not yet enabled by default, Intel OTC developers have been making much progress in recent months. In this article is a look at the recent Glamor update while comparing it to the stock Intel UXA acceleration as well as to the other experimental acceleration option: Intel SNA.


May
17th

Linux Mint 13 Release Candidate is a Precise alternative

Author: Rob Zwetsloot | Files under syndicated

Linux Mint 13 has jumped straight to a release candidate, hot on the heels of Ubuntu 12.04s release, and with a controversial switch to Yahoo search…


May
17th

The Porteus Team: We consider ourselves a "Portable Linux Community"

Author: DarkDuck | Files under syndicated

I think it’s fair to say that Porteus is optimized to run from a CD or USB flash drive, but it’s also just as easy to install Porteus on a hard drive for use as a primary OS. In fact, it will probably boot and run even faster this way. One of our chief…


May
17th

Xfce 4 Desktop Customization

Author: bob@lxer.com | Files under syndicated

The Xfce 4 desktop offers a vast array of customization options that will leave your desktop looking nothing like the default. Take advantage of all the excellent graphical user interfaces offered for all of your options, settings, and preferences.


May
17th

Does Skype Have a Fugure on Linux?

Author: Christopher Tozzi | Files under syndicated

If the steadily growing user base and market share of Skype are any indication, the service, which is now nearly a decade old, will remain widespread on PCs, smartphones and other devices for a long time to come. But for Linux users, the future of Skyp…


May
17th

Does Skype Have a Future on Linux?

Author: Christopher Tozzi | Files under syndicated

If the steadily growing user base and market share of Skype are any indication, the service, which is now nearly a decade old, will remain widespread on PCs, smartphones and other devices for a long time to come. But for Linux users, the future of Skyp…


May
17th

Open Source Startup Inktank Embraces Ubuntu Server

Author: Christopher Tozzi | Files under syndicated

As a company, Inktank, one of the open source ecosystem’s newest commercial enterprises, is only days old. But it has already made a determined foray into the Linux server market with the announcement this week of integration of the Ceph distributed …