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10 Best KDE Applications - Reloaded
15.07.2008 23:18
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<b>Echoes:</b> "This article is a continuation of the 10 Best KDE Applications Not Included in KDE which I wrote a while ago. In the first article I reviewed Amarok, KTorrent, K3b, Gwenview, KVirc, Kaffeine, KDevelop, Kid3, DigiKam and Yakuake. In this second part I'll add 10 more applications which I consider to be full-featured and to have a high quality. I included the screenshots at the end of the article. So, here goes the list..."
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Xfe Review - Wonderful File Manager
15.07.2008 21:10
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<b>Echoes:</b> "The first impression Xfe gave me was of a solid, full-featured, powerful and good-looking file manager. I have to admit, I was really impressed by this application, and I've never used it before. Since I'm a KDE guy, my file manager of choice was always Konqueror and I was never able to get used to Nautilus, Krusader, Thunar or ROX-Filer. But Xfe is a completely new and pleasant experience. Let me tell you what I've found so nice about it..."
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Myah OS: Not quite ready
15.07.2008 20:14
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<b>Linux.com:</b> "Myah OS is a desktop-oriented distribution built from the ground up around a custom package manager. When things go right, it has the potential to be an easy to use, simplistic deskop operating system. As you will see, however, not everything always goes right."
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Benchmarking Hardware RAID vs. Linux Kernel Software RAID
15.07.2008 19:12
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<b>Linux.com:</b> "Want to get an idea of what speed advantage adding an expensive hardware RAID card to your new server is likely to give you? You can benchmark the performance difference between running a RAID using the Linux kernel software RAID and a hardware RAID card. My own tests of the two alternatives yielded some interesting results."
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Exploring Space with Celestia
15.07.2008 19:12
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<b>Linux Journal:</b> "If I had to choose only one tool to learn or teach Astronomy, it would be Celestia. Celestia is a program that lets you get up close and personal with the planets and their moons, asteroids, stars and galaxies. You can even follow the International Space Station as it orbits the earth."
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Flaws Found in BSD, Linux Software Updaters
15.07.2008 18:13
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<b>ZDNet:</b> "The software update mechanisms used by most BSD and Linux operating systems can be tricked into installing buggy or known-to-be-compromised software on users' systems, creating serious security risks, according to new research."
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Windows Wins Another Small Battle over Mac OS X and Ubuntu Linux
15.07.2008 17:16
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<b>Softpedia</b> ""It turns out that Microsoft wins this one hands down. Their Windows software update was available 100% of the time," a Pingdom representative stated.""
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After Nine RCs, Linux 2.6.26 is Here
15.07.2008 16:23
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<b>Techworld:</b> "In announcing the release on the Linux Kernel Mailing List, Torvalds said the 87 days since 2.6.25 makes 2.6.26 a longer-than-usual release cycle."
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Lost your laptop? Find it Using a Free Open-Source Laptop Tracking System
15.07.2008 15:16
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<b> PC World:</b> "On Monday, they plan to launch a new laptop tracking service, called Adeona -- named after the Roman goddess credited with guiding children back to their parents -- that is free uses open-source, and is private."
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Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS vs. 8.10 Alpha 2 Performance
15.07.2008 14:13
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<b>Phoronix:</b> "With Canonical having pulled many new packages into Ubuntu 8.10 from Debian unstable and there being the Linux 2.6.26-rc8 kernel, a near-final version of X.Org 7.4 / Mesa 7.1, and GCC 4.3 among them, we've decided to run a few early benchmarks of Intrepid Ibex. In this article we have enclosed 32 benchmark results from the Phoronix Test Suite comparing Ubuntu 8.04.1 LTS to Ubuntu 8.10 Alpha 2."
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Nominations Open for CEO Vision Awards
15.07.2008 14:13
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<b>Internet News:</b> "We think it's time to call attention to the best in today's business with the InternetNews.com CEO Vision Awards, in which we celebrate visionary chief executives who kept the faith, inspired their troops and made a difference in the industry. They may be toiling quietly behind the scenes on some of the hottest tech changing our world, or they could be comfortable in the spotlight and handling the heat as well."
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Hot skills: Mobile Linux
15.07.2008 13:15
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<b>Computer Weekly:</b> "The initial surge of Linux in the server market has settled down in recent years. But in embedded applications, particularly mobile devices, the open source operating system is soaring."
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Linux Edges One Step Closer to Total World Domination
15.07.2008 13:14
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<b>LinuxInsider:</b> "Microsoft told the world which desktop OS to use, and the business world listened. The innocent little Linux-based smartphone may change all that. As consumers become comfortable with Linux on handheld devices, they will likely influence decisions at their places of employment. This could be the beginning of the end of the Windows world as we know it..."
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A Reader’s Guide to the Firestar Settlement
15.07.2008 12:22
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<b>Red Hat News:</b> "Thus merely combining a non-infringing “Red Hat Product” with unrelated code that does purportedly infringe one of the licensed patents will not by itself immunize the other code from suit. The point here is to disallow “gaming the system” as to code developed and distributed outside the ecosystem that includes Red Hat, Fedora, and JBoss merely by, for example, attaching it to a line of code from within that ecosystem."
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