Tags: linux
Tags: linux
Beeswax: command-line productivity app
Posted Thursday July 3, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old at Download Squad
Filed under: Text, Utilities, Linux, Productivity, Freeware, Unix One of the longest ongoing debates in the productivity/Getting Things Done crowd is about which app works best for keeping tasks in order. Basically, you have to-do items, and you have categories.
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Hot enough for ya? Ubuntu Satanic Edition
Posted Tuesday July 1, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old at Download Squad
Unlike the (now on temporary hiatus) Ubuntu Christian Edition and (active) Ubuntu Muslim Edition, which both have religion-specific applications, the Satanic Edition is simply a collection of themes, wallpapers (some NSFW), sound effects and splash screens.
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Ubuntu 8.10 alpha 1 packs a new theme (finally)
Posted Monday June 30, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old at Download Squad
Filed under: OS Updates, Linux, Open Source, Canonical Never one to rest on their laurels, the Ubuntu team is hard at work on the next cutting edge version of their popular distro, Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex (who the heck names these releases?).
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Linux Mint Elyssa: Ubuntu Hardy with a fresh aftertaste
Posted Friday June 27, 2008, 1:04 am, Over one day old at Download Squad
For those already familiar with Mint, this new version may not seem very different at first glance, but one big difference between this release and pretty much every other Linux distro is the inclusion of Flash 10 beta.
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Flipping the Linux switch: Linux web tools, Pt. 3 - Intro to HTML editors
Posted Thursday June 26, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old at Download Squad
They have many tools to make editing XHTML (and other bits of code geared specifically for web use) faster and easier, but there's nothing says you need to use an XHTML editor for web coding. There are quite a few of them, and we'll be touching on more of them next week.
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Tiny XP Rev 09: Windows XP with cuise control
Posted Wednesday June 25, 2008, 12:56 am, Over one day old at Download Squad
Although Windows XP comes with a basic set of drivers, there's a good chance you'll have to dig out the driver disc for some of your hardware, or scour the Internet for the appropriate files. With Tiny XP, cumbersome installs are a thing of the past.
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Foxes on fire, and other entertainment
Posted Tuesday June 24, 2008, 4:16 pm, Over one day old at The Tao of Mac
Nah.? 1 Go Linux! 2 For the nitpickers, the score was 310MB for Safari (four windows, thirteen tabs), 35MB for Camino (two windows, six tabs) and 72MB for Firefox (one window, three tabs). 3 For those of you complaining that Firebug doesn?t work, yes it does.
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Entertainer
Posted Wednesday June 18, 2008, 5:02 pm, Over one day old at The Tao of Mac
Pretty neat Python-based media center. I don?t think anything can beat the PS3 or Apple TV, but it?s nice to see alternatives develop (YouTube). Technorati Tags: links, linux, mediacenter, multimedia, opengl, playstation 3, python, tv@
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My new budget camera
Posted Thursday June 12, 2008, 1:09 pm, Over one day old at The Tao of Mac
If the FX35 was available and inside my budget, I?d probably have plumped for it, but then again I don?t need HD video (plus the practical difference between 8.1 and 10 megapixels is pretty much nil in a compact? you need better optics to take advantage of it).
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Huawei E220
Posted Sunday May 25, 2008, 1:11 am, Over one day old at The Tao of Mac
The Huawei E220 is a 7.2Mbps HSDPA modem that provides a standard USB serial device interface and (in some models) a storage device containing operator-specific Plug-and-Play software required for it to work (usually for Windows ).
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