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The BEST way to make a custom launcher in KDE without adding anything extra...

OWNI.EU Claims that the NSA is on the verge of manufacturing and selling an Android smartphone. I don't think so...

Get Aero-style transparent windows in KDE 4.8!

Tivoization is a term coined by Richard Stallman and the Free Software Foundation (FSF) to refer to what they believe is a violation of the GNU Public License’s (GPL) spirit, if not it’s actual wording. In response to Tivoization, as well as a few other concerns, the Free Software Foundation released a third version of the GPL in 2007. The wording of the GPLv3 is considerably stricter than that of the GPLv2 and other software licenses, and has been criticized by many in the open source community. The stricter language of the GPLv3 has even been blamed for the current migration from the GPL to less restrictive licenses such as the BSD or Apache licences.

Here is a guide for how to get going with Turbo-Duo games on your Ubuntu setup. Finally, play import classics like Rondo of Blood!

Shutter is the best screenshot tool in Linux. I'll show you how to

Here is a nice hack to play the classic Warcraft III @ 1920x1080

Piers Anthony has been writing complete novels in Linux for 12 years. We interview him at The Powerbase.

Does HTML 5 spell the end for Java in the mobile space? Yeah, probably... I wanted to call this piece Life, the Universe and Everything. If you’re an avid sci-fi reader, or you’ve at least read Hitch-hiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, then those words might mean something to you, but this argument is not about the book, or Douglas Adams. Allow me to explain.

Not only does it ship with Linux, It's one of the most powerful 14" laptops available. At first glance, the Alto 3880 will not strike envy into the hearts of any. Like any standard PC laptop, it’s dressed in glossy, molded plastic pieces. The design decisions here are almost certainly OEM driven as the laptop takes a 3-tone neutral color scheme that presents itself in a bit of an awkward way. The lid emulates a brushed metal look with an attractive ZaReason screen-print right in the center. This is the first of a couple nice touches on ZaReason’s behalf. If this unit is closed on your coffee table, your guests will probably ask you, “What’s a ZaReason?”. In this respect, I think it’s quite effective. The brushed metal look for laptop lids is a little dated now, so this will not trend well in the vanity department.

Now, I’m no stranger to ebooks. Long before the release of the first generation Amazon Kindle, I read Dracula on a Handspring Visor. Once I moved into the world of smart-phones with the Palm Treo, I read many great books with the excellent offline reader Plucker. In fact, I’ve been dissing paper quite vocally since as early as 1999. That said, I love reading on my Barnes & Noble Nook Simple Touch.

Does Oneiric have you down? Is your hardware not up to snuff? Well, what are you going to do about it? Ubuntu 10.04 is almost 2 years old now, but you can teach it the electric slide even if all it knows how to do is the funky chicken.

This tutorial will show you how to add DOS games, with icons, to Ubuntu so that they may be accessed from the Dash or stored in the launcher.