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Links of the Week


Been a while since I’ve composed a post, work’s taken a toll on me and leave me with very little time  
Rather having no updates at all, decided to post some links which I found interesting and made for good read. So here we go!
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Download your complimentary copy of LinuxJournal for free


Read this tweet by LinuxJournal. Downloaded it, and it rocks
Get your free copy, download it from here.
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Linux for Beginners: A podcast on YAPodcast


Couple of days ago, Veetrag informed me that YAPodcast will covering Linux as the topic for this week’s podcast and asked me if I could join. Naturally, I agreed(how can I refuse!). Anyways so here it is: YAPodcast 14: Linux for beginners: Download it.
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Celebrate the Holiday Spirit with some KDE Christmas Wallpapers


The holidays are upon us ‘t is the season to be jolly, and Wade Olson has come up with some amazing Christmas wallpapers with a distinct KDE flavour.
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A Comprehensive List of Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) and Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10) Repositories


Installing Linux software through repositories is the safe bet. In respect with Ubuntu, there are many software in Intrepid Ibex which I feel is crap. For eg: the “Hardware Drivers” does not have drivers for older kernels. On the other hand, there are many software (like Brasero, Transmission,Totem,VLC etc.) in Hardy that needs update, which [...]


[Today Only!] Download your Copy of Crossover for FREE!


Codeweavers’ CrossOver software, which allows you to run Windows programs on your Linux and Mac machines, has a Lame Duck offer in which for today ONLY they’ve put up unlocked builds of Codeweavers’ CrossOver for Mac and Linux, and are allowing you to download them FREE OF COST.
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Get your copy of Sun OpenSolaris For Free


In my previous posts, I’d mentioned about Canonical’s Ship It program, which sends Ubuntu disc for free to your door step, Fedora’s Free Media program, which ships Fedora media wherever you it shipped. .I’d also mentioned Oracle sending their Oracle Unbreakable Linux for free(though to date I haven’t received them). 
Now, Sun Microsystems joins the list [...]


My First Ubiquity Command: Lincr It!


By now, you must’ve heard of Ubiquity. If not, well read on!

Ubiquity is an add-on to Mozilla’s extremely popular Firefox browser. Ubiquity allows you to do things - say search for something, get the latest weather updates,  book reviews, so on and so forth, just by typing the commands into the Ubiquity input box - [...]


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DropBox client now available for Linux!


Dropbox - the awesome online file-storage, and syncing utility finally gets a Linux client! The developers have been promising a Linux client since day one and though it took them a while to get it - it’s finally here!
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New Circular Application Menu Makes Its Appearance: Presenting The Circular Application Menu


It seems the past year has been the season of re-invention of menus. The traditional KDE style menu was majorly redesigned and revamped to give the Slab aka Kickoff menu.
The next style of menus comes from Cole Anste, who’s put forward and implemented his version of Don Hopkin’s version of the Pie Menu.
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