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GPS, Or Why Men STILL Won't Ask for Directions...

New KDE project aims at tablets, mixed UIs

How To Configure PureFTPd To Accept TLS Sessions On CentOS 5.5

Ubuntu Unity vs. GNOME 3: Which is Better?

Knoppix 2011 6.4 Review

The Major Open-Source ATI Improvements Over Two Years

VMware Launches Open Source Cloud Foundry

Turnkey Linux Uses Ubuntu as a Foundation

Wine 1.2.3 update fixes bugs

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Ubuntu Unity vs. GNOME 3: Which is Better?
Apr 13, 2011, 20 :07 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (2508 reads)
(Other stories by Bruce Byfield)

[ Thanks to James Maguire for this link. ]

"The largest difference between the two interfaces is that GNOME 3 uses a minimum of two screens: one in which open windows displays, and the overview in which the system is configured and applications chosen and run.

"By contrast, Unity remains oriented towards a single screen unless you use virtual workspaces. For light usage, this setup is less confusing and tiresome; in GNOME 3, it can sometimes seems like you are changing screens every few seconds. However, on a netbook in particular, Unity opens many windows full-screen -- or near enough to make no difference. If you work with more than a couple of windows open at the same time, the effect is not much different than working in GNOME 3.

"Where most people are likely to notice the differences between GNOME 3 and Unity is in their implementation of similar features."

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Create a Cheap and Effective Monitoring System with Ubuntu Linux and webcam_server
Mar 8, 2011, 14 :35 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (1392 reads)
(Other stories by Jack Wallen)

"On a tight budget, but want to monitor your business, home, or maybe just your baby's room? Using Linux and the webcam_server project, you can set up a poor man's monitoring solution quickly and easily.

"Setting up a system to broadcast pics or video from a Webcam may sound like quite a challenge. Believe it or not, it's really fairly easy to get up and running. All you need is a Linux machine (In this case, Ubuntu), a Web server (Apache), a webcam, and a little tool called webcam_server. Once you are done, you can point that Webcam to your target and then view it from within a browser. If your machine housing the server is available to the outside world, you can share that link or view it from anywhere you have access to a Web browser, including your mobile device!

"Let's get this up and running."

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Canonical intelligently reinvents the scrollbar for Ubuntu
Mar 8, 2011, 13 :35 UTC (1 Talkback[s]) (2518 reads)
(Other stories by Matthew Humphries)

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"Graphical user interfaces on the PC are a pretty standard affair when it comes to interaction. They all have windows you can open, close, resize, and move around. There's minimize, maximize, and close buttons, toolbars, scrollbars, and menu systems. We all know how to use them and rely on them for navigation everyday.

"With the advent of mobile devices and touchscreens some of those interaction methods have had to be rethought due to screen size limitations and a lack of keyboard or mouse input. One of those interactions is page or window scrolling using a scrollbar. You simply don't need them on a touchscreen device as it is easier and quicker to touch and drag anywhere on the display instead.

"Such a lack of scrollbars gave the design team at Canonical an idea. Could they remove the permanent scrollbars at the edge of windows in Ubuntu to free up more space for content while still allowing them to work with a cursor? The answer was a definite yes, and the re-design is now being experimented with."

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"Believe it or not, OpenStack, the extremely popular open-source software cloud stack is just over six-months old. Someone new to cloud-computing might find that hard to believe since today, February 3rd, Cisco, the 800-pound gorilla of networking, and Canonical, parent of Ubuntu Linux, have both joined forces with OpenStack.

"Historically, Canonical has been allied with the other popular open-source cloud stack, Eucalyptus since it began working in clouds. Indeed, Canonical, in partnership with Dell, has just launched a private cloud server package using the Eucalyptus cloud platform.

"Be that as it may, Canonical?s Cloud Solutions Lead, Nick Barcet, announced that Canonical was including the latest OpenStack software release, Bexar ?in the repositories for Ubuntu 11.04 as well as officially joining the community."

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"On 20 October 2004, the first version of a new and unknown project called Ubuntu was released. It was called the Warty Warthog. The only thing that most Linux users knew about Ubuntu was that it was based on Debian and bankrolled by some millionaire they had never heard of.

"Little did anyone know that said millionaire, Mark Shuttleworth, would invest so significantly in a much needed aspect of open source ? the user experience. I'm not going to talk about how Ubuntu was formed, the impact it's had on Linux or the growth of the project and community; much of that has already been said.

"Instead, I'm going to tell the story of Ayatana, the design project that powers Ubuntu, sharing some of the behind-the-scenes stories of what went on. So grab a cup of coffee, sit back and let's talk about how Ayatana might revolutionise Linux and bring it to the masses."

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Howto install LTSP in Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick) ? Reuse your Old computers with ou
Dec 9, 2010, 20 :03 UTC (0 Talkback[s]) (1129 reads)

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"If you Like to use Linux in your Internet Cafe, LTSP is the best solution, You can also reuse your old computers even with out harddisk and also use low cost thin clients. For using old computers, you need some technical knowledge for installing Boot ROMs in your Network card. If you using a newer machine with PXE boot, Just install LTSP server and and set PXE Boot to tour Client.

"Here i am going to show you, how to install/setup LTSP on top of an already running desktop system

"You need to set up one static network interface where you will attach the thin clients, install two packages and run one command."

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