Some people prefer nano, maybe pico and the old-school peeps will always tell you about vi/vim. Why vim? You might say vim is the MacGyver of text editors-
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For those of you that have avoided vim in the past due to its fairly steep initial learning curve I thought I would outline [...]

I would like to tell you about how to install the Intel Compiler on a Debian-based system. Installation of this compiler used to be a real pain.
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Most of my regular readers probably know by now that I am developing OpenMP-codes for work. I am also using Linux, more precisely Ubuntu Linux (even [...]

Stephen Schultz at Associated Content is very happy with Ubuntu and Beryl compared to Vista
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In comparing this to Windows Vista, I should mention, this upgrade required no new computer hardware. Granted, I already had a pretty good graphics card (ATI 800Radeon). But the addition of Beryl did not drain my system significantly [...]

Starting as a review of Ubuntu, this blogger ventures into discussing the pro's and con's of Linux.
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But my main desktop – the one I spend all day on every day? I think it is going back to XP – no, not Vista (at least not now).
Why? Because I need [...]

Ubuntu is joining the vendor-specific Linux certification scene alongside Red Hat?s RHCT/RHCE/RHCA/RHCSS and Novell?s CLP and CLE, and they are doing so by building upon the ?vendor-neutral? LPI certifications
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From Q1 2007 delegates will be able to prepare for, and achieve, the qualification by attending two five day courses available via a [...]

Bandwidth in computer networking refers to the data rate supported by a network connection or interface. Here's a list of the misc. tools to be used in Ubuntu.
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Bandwidth represents the capacity of the connection. The greater the capacity, the more likely that greater performance will follow, though overall performance also depends [...]

I recently installed Ubuntu 6.10 on the Panasonic Toughbook CF-18 Tablet PC (model CF-18FDHZBVE) that I had previously installed Ubuntu 5.10 on (you can find that writeup here).
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This model comes in two versions – one with a touchscreen (i.e. you can use your finger) and one with [...]

Every day there are a load of Ubuntu guides, howto's and stuff – Tuxmachines tries to keep up: How to install & play World of Warcraft and Mount Network File systems (NFS,Samba) and 3-4 more guides
They're found here

By setting up your PC to dual-boot, you can easily take Linux for a test-drive. Scott Spanbauer at PCWorld shows us how.
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Creating a dual-boot setup on a Windows machine is as easy as selecting that option when you install Ubuntu. As you switch between the two operating systems in your day-to-day [...]

…with Ver. 6.10, I decided to spend some time working with the finished product looking more at reliability and software that fists the way I use a computer.
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Now, back to the crux of this piece. I am writing this post on the UBUNTU machine. In the 45 or so days [...]

In This Issue: New High Contrast GDM Theme, Kubuntu Community Council Meeting, Mark's Letter to OpenSUSE and much, much more.
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue #25 for the week of Dec 4th – 11th, 2006. In this issue we cover upcoming meetings, the Kubuntu Community Council Meeting, improvements to gdm accessibility, the [...]

I decided to write this howto, because I was unable to find installation and setup guide on one place on the Net.
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I spent 5 hours trying to make beryl works on Dell Latitude D600 laptop's ATI mobility radeon series 9000. As you may imagine problem was not installing and setting up beryl [...]

This tutorial shows how to set up a PXE install server with Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft). A PXE install server allows your client computers to boot and install a Linux distribution over the network, without the need of burning Linux iso images onto a CD/DVD, boot floppy images, etc.
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This is handy if your [...]

The blogger support for howto's and guides for Ubuntu is impressive – the latest on the blog is element 14 with guides on Integrate Thunderbird with Active Directory, Local DNS Cache for Faster Browsing and much more
Start reading here

Ubuntu Linux has an option for font smoothing that isn?t turned on by default for some strange reason. This makes fonts significantly smoother, enough to be very noticable.
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To enable this option, you need to edit the .fonts.conf file in your home directory. To create and open the file, run this command and paste [...]

The Ubuntu Geek is busy – this howto is only one of many updates on his site this week.
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I have a Thoshiba laptop at home, I was running ?Edgy Eft? (Ubuntu Linux 6.10) But one of the important things about it was its inability to connect to WPA-encrypted [...]

This user discovers that Linux and Ubuntu is an alternative to Windows XP
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Linux is fast becoming my operating system of choice because it lacks the software bloat and high overhead plaguing both Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT) Latest News about Microsoft and Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL) Latest News about Apple computing. Those words do not come easily [...]

Add UbuntuClips.org to the list of helpful sites. This project, not associated with Ubuntu, combines the best of Linux screencasting tools and video-sharing portals to offer audio/video clips that lead new users through common tasks.
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The founders of UbuntuClips.org, Richard Smith and Michael Felczak, serve on the board of the Vancouver [...]

This user at ghacks.net tells us about his first experiences with Kubuntu/Ubuntu.
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The first thing that I noticed was that many programs were already installed on my new Linux system. Some of them, like Firefox and Open Office, were applications that I was using on my Windows operating systems as well. The only thing [...]

My mom?s become an evangelist to some of her friends. She told me that last week she and her lifelong friend had been on the phone talking about how they love their new Ubuntu systems and comparing cool features they?ve discovered.
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Tired of this trend, I decided to install Ubuntu on my mom?s [...]

DVD playback is not a feature that is installed by default due to license restrictions. This tutorial will show you how to install DVD playback capability on your Ubuntu linux machine.
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note: in some areas this is not legal. If that is the case for you you can 1) continue to let some corporation [...]

If you install Ubuntu from a cd-rom, when you try to use apt-get to install new software it will prompt you for the cdrom every time. Kinda frustrating!
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There?s an easy way to fix this problem. Run the following command to open the sources.list file. You can use a different editor if you feel [...]

So today I decided to install Linux on my Dell Inspiron 6400. Then I decided to make it even more interesting by installing VMWare on top of it so that I could install Windows XP Pro on top of that.
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Downloaded VMWare from VMWare.com. Extracted the .tar.gz and attempted to install as a [...]

In This Issue: Ubuntu Open Week, Technalign Chooses Kubuntu, New team members, LoCo News + much more and Mark Shuttleworth says nice things about them
Okay, first praise from Mark Shuttleworth
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Welcome to the Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter, Issue 24, for the week ofNovember 26th – December 3rd, 2006. In this issue, we cover UbuntuOpen Week's smashing success, [...]

More people are downloading Ubuntu open source operating system than both Red Hat and Novell products combined. IT Business in Canada examines.
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I ended up installing a version of Ubuntu, the Linux distribution that was almost unknown two years ago but has become the downloader's favourite. Started by South African millionaire Mark Shuttleworth [...]

Here are two ways to first try and kill just the process on your current terminal (thus allowing you to get back into your machine and at least attempt a ?shutdown -h now? command) and if that fails, to bring your machine down in a more graceful manner than a hard shutdown.
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There [...]

Thanks to TuxMachines for spotting this one – screenshots of Ubuntu on PS3. It might be correct, it might be a hoax.
The utterly short notice on tuxmachines
And here are the screenshots

Matt Hartley ad MadPenguin comments on Mark Shuttleworth's issues since he posted on OpenSUSE's lists.
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Look, Lets Live and Let Live Here. When all is said and done, Shuttleworth made a public apology about this incident. And by doing so, he has actually done what should have happened in the first place – [...]

Recently a friend of mine was asking how to disable locking (prompting for a password) after resuming from closing the laptop lid.
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Well after a little bit of digging & searching through the Ubuntu Forums I think I have found a solution. Below are steps to disable screen locking when you close your laptop [...]

Banshee 0.11.3 was released today and features a bunch small new features and bug fixes, but also includes some pretty big performance enhancements.
It's at the blog at Linux revolution
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If you're a Banshee user, it's definitely worth upgrading to this new release for the speed improvements alone (switching to your library doesn't take a ridiculously long [...]