Archive for October, 2007
Linux Mint 3.1 Celena Light Edition
Soon after the release of Linux Mint 3.1 “Celena” developers of Linux Mint have released Linux Mint “Celena” Light Edition.
The purpose of the Light Edition is to bring a version of Linux Mint which doesn’t contain:
proprietary software
patented technologies
support for restricted formats
In some countries where the legislation allows software patents to be enforced the Light [...]
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Linux Mint 3.1 Celena
This is Linux Mint 3.1, codename Celena, based on Cassandra and compatible with Ubuntu Feisty and its repositories.
Celena is using Cassandra’s base (kernel 2.6.20-15, Gnome 2.18).
What’s new in Celena
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Some Free Games For Linux
A round-up of fun Linux diversions.
When people talk about computer gaming these days, they invariably mean commercial games running on a Windows platform. Few people realize that Linux can be more than just a very good Web or file server. Even fewer people are aware of the many open-source or otherwise freely available games available [...]
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How To: Rescue Windows Files Using Linux and Python
Problem: Windows Operating System is broken, must be a virus or something; need to rescue important files immediately.
Solution: A Linux Live CD with Python pre-installed; an external storage device; this Python Script:
#!/usr/bin/python
# Filename: backup.py
import os, time
source = ['DIRECTORY OF WINDOWS FILES TO BE BACKED-UP!’]
target_dir = ‘LOCATION OF EXTERNAL STORAGE DEVICE!’
today = target_dir + time.strftime(’%Y%m%d’
now = [...]
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Bhutan Deploys Linux
The Bhutan government liked its first taste of Linux so much that it has come back for seconds, releasing an updated version of its Debian-based operating system that it launched last year.
Launched at the start of this month, Dzongkha Debian Linux is a Debian-based Linux operating system built in and for the national language, Dzongkha. [...]
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New Ubuntu/Kubuntu 7.10: Gutsy Gibbon uncaged
(K)Ubuntu today released it’s latest version of the popular Linux distribution, Gutsy Gibbon. Gutsy features better power management, improved hardware compatability, easier printer configuration and lots of desktop eye candy.
To download it, go here.
To download Kubuntu, go here
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10 Rocking Features in 10 Days: The killer feature - the Ubuntu community
Corey Burger writes in his final part of the 10-part series:
So why is the community the best feature?
Without a community and a rocking one like we have, none of the very cool features we have showcased we even be possible. The community is in nearly every country in the world and has probably carried Ubuntu [...]
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10 Rocking Features in 10 Days: NTFS partition writing
Correy burger writes in his blog:
As we close in on the 7.10 release, today we take a look at NTFS writing, the ability for our Ubuntu machines to write to NTFS formatted partitions, primarily those of Windows XP and Vista.
But couldn’t I do this in previous versions of Ubuntu?
Nope! What you could do was see [...]
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Mozilla Team Needs YOU!
Alexander Sack and the Mozilla Team are working on updated Firefox packages for Dapper, Edgy and Feisty releases and they need YOU to test them! To help you help them, a special QA report page has been created. This Firefox testing effort is a great way to contribute to Ubuntu and is important for helping [...]
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Review: DreamLinux 2.2 MM GL - Multimedia Fan’s Dream Come True
While I was having a discussion on some of the popular Linux distribution on my favorite forum, CHIP TownSquare one of the members(thanks, Aditya ) suggested me to try out DreamLinux. And I did that, downloaded DreamLinux 2.2 Multimedia GL edition. Since I was using my office PC, I couldn’t install this on the physical [...]
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