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I loved the Openbox edition, so I didn't bother trying the Xfce edition...until now. Surprisingly, the Xfce edition has all the good parts of the Openbox edition while fixing some of Openbox's shortcomings, making it even better!

DesktopNova is an application that automatically changes your desktop wallpaper after a preset period of time. It works with Gnome amd Xfce desktops. This tutorial shows how to use DesktopNova on an Ubuntu 11.04 desktop with the Classic Gnome interface.

Atom Zombie Smasher now available on the Ubuntu Software Center

Nokia unveiled the N9, its first MeeGo-based smartphone, at an event in June. Although the device is impressive, Nokia is setting it up for failure. Nokia's commitment to a new platform strategy that revolves around Windows Phone 7 raises questions about the extent to which its first—and probably last—MeeGo device will be supported...

Buried in the late-June "Bits from the Release Team" minutes is the news that the Debian Project will aim for a time-based freeze for the next stable release, Wheezy. At the moment that date is June 2012.

Verizon has begun blocking customers who use workarounds to tether their mobile devices without a Verizon-approved tethering plan, Boy Genius Report reported Monday. The move comes days after AT&T announced it will start forcing tetherers onto approved tethering plans, and just as the debate ramps up on whether curtailing tethering apps violates certain rules Verizon agreed to when it licensed a chunk of 700MHz spectrum for 4G use.

Atmel announced five new versions of its ARM926-based SAM9 family of Linux- and Android-ready embedded processors -- now featuring $6 pricetags and a new soft modem from Conexant. The 400MHz SAM9G15, SAM9G25, SAM9G35, SAM9X25, and SAM9X35 processors feature 100mW consumption plus support for DDR2 and NAND flash memory, and some models offer LCD touchscreen support and CAN interfaces....

Summer vacation, what's that? This week's developments in the Linux kernel, Linux distros and Linux desktop options demonstrate that the pace never really slows down for open source developers.

I'm in the same situation now with Debian Squeeze that I was in back when Debian Lenny was the stable release: I can't think of a system that allows me to do so much, so efficiently and without trouble as Debian Stable. It works without complaint. And that means I work without complaint.

In preparation for taking the Linux Professional Institute Certification exam LPI-302 for systems administrators, learn how to set up printers and share them between Linux and Microsoft clients.

Hi - my name is Matthew, and I am a copy-and-paste addict. I have no idea how I would use a PC without a clipboard, and when I was on Windows Clipmate was one of my favorite utilities. I have tried over the years to find open source alternatives, but nothing has come close. One script that I did come across recently allows you to copy the contents of files selected in the Nautilus Gnome file browser to the clipboard. This is great for copying things like code snippets and customized email signatures for those applications that don't natively offer that functionality.

In the middle of July, Adobe released the first Flash Player 11 beta, which had updated the Linux version too. The Flash Player 11 release notably incorporated native 64-bit support, once again, after the earlier "Square" 64-bit beta had lagged behind in terms of updates. Shortly following the Flash Player 11 Beta 1 release I had carried out some Linux benchmarks, but those results never seemed to make it out the door. Here are those results for anyone interested in seeing how the CPU usage and system power consumption differ between Flash 11 with and without VDPAU rendering and then against the open-source Gnash Flash Player.

Why you can't really rely on your cloud provider for data security

Few weeks back I made out the basic of the snake game in python and released it on the Web under the file name “hungry.py”. Now I have Upgraded it into a 3 Level Game. I test it on windows and its working completely fine over there too. Download the “Game.Zip” file to play all the three levels and “hungry.py” to play the basic version. Releasing this under GPLv3 :) Try it out and feedback would be gr8. Here’s the download link http://code.google.com/p/hungry-snakes/downloads/list . Thanks Ankur Aggarwal

We're used to a hue and cry each time a data center goes down, so I was little surprised by the muted reaction when Amazon and Microsoft lost power at their data centers in Dublin this week.

The Serial ATA International Organization (SATA-IO) announced a new standard for embedded solid state drives (SSDs). The SATA ?SSD standard eliminates module connectors, allowing drives to be manufactured in single ball grid array (BGA) packages that sit directly on a motherboard, the organization says....

A friend of mine dared me to hack his Administrator account, so I did, in 30 seconds, and this is how I did it:

You need a Live Linux (CD, DVD, USB, Diskette, who cares) and the application chntpw

A bit of theory: Windows stores its local user accounts in the C:\windows\system32\config\SAM file. If you want to change ANYTHING that is related to the user accounts you do it from this file, but it is of course encrypted. Not a problem! While we can’t read the file and see what password is already assigned to a user, we can sure as h#ll overwrite it.

HTC released a software developer kit for its Sense UI skin for Android. The OpenSense SDK offers APIs that let developers harness the GUI's look and feel, as well as a stereoscopic 3D display (available on the Evo 3D 4G smartphone) and a stylus pen (available with the HTC Flyer and Evo View 4G tablets)....

Two months ago there was a mention of Moto on Phoronix as being a place for a wonderful (and tasty) high-tech dinner. At the time it was mentioned just for their use of interesting technologies to make wonderful dishes, and partnerships with NASA and other organizations to conduct food research. Come to find out, my favorite American restaurant is also entering the open-source software business. The restaurant is working on some interesting open-source code... In particular, they're hoping to revolutionize restaurant management software with this project they have been working on, dubbed Moto Matrix...

I got some great feedback on my post about Linux configuration anarchy -- so here are some thanks and a few rebuttals on the topic.