Ubuntu popularity rising

Posted by Justin Flood on June 26th, 2007

Slowly but steady, the popularity of Ubuntu (a Debian derived Linux-based operating system) is rising.

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Fantastic Ubuntu Feisty Eye Candy Repository

Posted by Justin Flood on June 26th, 2007

Apt-get repository of the latest svn/cvs/git snapshots of compiz-fusion, beryl, emerald, avant window navigator, kiba dock and many more! makes prettyfication of your ubuntu install nice and easy!

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Ubuntu’d, you’re getting a Dell

Posted by Justin Flood on June 26th, 2007

The perfect high school graduation gift. A new computer. It’ll be a God-send for my daughter when her college starts up in the fall. But what to buy? Seeing that I’ve been running Linux systems for over…

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Geek your Family Tree

Posted by Justin Flood on June 26th, 2007

One of the things I was concerned about when migrating from Windows to Linux was having a continued way to track my research into my Family Tree. I’ve got details over over 400 individuals stretching back in one case to 1066, so this was a big problem if I couldn’t use it any more.

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HDTV reception and network streaming in a sub-$200 Linux box

Posted by Justin Flood on April 27th, 2007

The $169 HDHomeRun is a standalone, dual-tuner HDTV receiver that streams video over the network, & supports Linux right out of the box. A slim 4×7x1 box with just 4 connectors on it: 2 coaxial, 100Base-TX Ethernet, & power supply. It accepts over-the-air antenna or cable HDTV input in numerous formats. It also has a LIRC compatible infrared sensor

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Project aims to bring DX10 gaming to XP, Linux, OS X

Posted by Justin Flood on April 27th, 2007

The Alky project aims to let Windows XP users who don’t want to upgrade to Vista in on the DirectX 10 gaming action. Linux and OS X might come along for the ride. Don’t get your hopes up yet, though.

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Watch: Revolution OS: History of GNU, Linux… (1hr 25 mins)

Posted by Justin Flood on April 23rd, 2007

Really cool film that traces the early history of GNU / Linux. Gotta say I found it really interesting. Give it a watch and let me know what you think!

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Nouveau : Open Source 3D needs you! 95.1% Of all Dumps are needed!

Posted by Justin Flood on April 23rd, 2007

Digg helped the Nouveau project get new dumps over a month ago. Now out of 245 nvidia cards, 112 cards are missing and 121 are old dumps. If you have an nvidia card and linux please help.

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