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4 less-known Linux distros for beginnersview story

http://www.linuxandlife.com – If you are a long time user of Windows or Mac and want to try Linux, there is a high chance that your first distro will be either Ubuntu, Linux Mint or Fedora since these distros are very popular. However, there are some other distros that are more suitable for beginners in my opinion. (Distributions)

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[ubuntu] DeaDBeeF vs Rhythmboxview story

http://ubuntuforums.org – What is your opinion? * Which player capable to manage the file well? * Which player sounds better? Thank you PS: Some say Rhythmbox is bulky, why? Accordance to my opinion, Songbird is more bulky, cos it was merger with a web browser, isn't it? (Hardware)

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Can hardware be accessed directly from user space?view story

http://unix.stackexchange.com – At work we have some embedded devices controlled by DOS software. I have been tasked with the responsibility of assessing the use of Linux as a replacement OS for DOS on a next generation of hardware. (HowTos)

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Judge Richard Posner: There Are Too Many Patents In Americaview story

http://www.talkandroid.com – Tired of all these various conflicts involving patents here in the U.S.? Well, you’re not alone. After dismissing a frivolous suit from Apple against Motorola and expressing his unhappiness on the matter shortly after, Judge Richard Posner recently wrote an opinion expressing his complete and utter disdain of the U.S Patent system. (IT news)

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Legends of Aethereus – Action RPGview story

http://linuxgamingnews.org – I was planning to write about this great game today, but other GNU/Linux gaming websites managed to do it faster…;) So in case you somehow missed it, Legends of Aethereus is an excellent looking hack-n-slash-n-shoot-n-bomb-n-throw-n-destroy cRPG game that will have a GNU/Linux client. $15,000 of the $25,000 already been pledged, and this game deserves much more, so back it up ! If you pledg (Distributions)

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A New 3D Action RPG Game is Coming to Linuxview story

http://www.ubuntuvibes.com – Legends of Aethereus is a 3D Action RPG being made using Unity3D game engine. (HowTos)

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LinuxCon Keynote Q&A: The OSS Behind a Tweetview story

http://www.linuxfoundation.org – The roster of keynote speakers for this year's LinuxCon North America and CloudOpen events is mind blowing. I've got my favorites marked on my schedule and am excited to share a recent conversation I had with one of them. (General)

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How do I uninstall the TuxOnIce kernel in 12.04?view story

http://askubuntu.com – I recently installed tuxonice on a Toshiba z830. I have ubuntu 12.04 (kernel was: 3.2.0-26) I wanted to be able to hibernate, which I consider to be a basic thing a OS should allow you to do. Well, it didn't work...but they already tell you it may not so I removed it. (HowTos)

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Liquorix kernel ? The good, bad ... ugly ?view story

http://crunchbanglinux.org – Just wondering how many crunchers/nixers are using this kernel ? Have your experiences with it been positive, more positive than neg ? Nothing special one way or the other ... or ? Is it worth using in your opinion/experience ?Hoping for some feedback from people who have more experience with this topic. Decided to install it ... if only for the sake of it. (HowTos)

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The Non Sequencer is a powerful real-time, pattern-based MIDI sequencer for Linux--released under the GPL.view story

http://linuxlandit.blogspot.com – The Non Sequencer is a powerful real-time, pattern-based MIDI sequencer for Linux--released under the GPL. Filling the void left by countless DAWs, piano-roll editors, and other purely performance based solutions, it is a compositional tool--one that transforms MIDI music-making on Linux from a complex nightmare into a pleasurable, efficient, and streamlined process. (HowTos)