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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on June 14, 2008

Google now provides Linux users with Google Gadget support. If you are not familiar with how gadgets work, it is similar to Yahoo! gadgets and the Mac's dashboard widgets, i.e., small...

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SugarLabs Lives Title: SugarLabs Lives
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on May 24, 2008

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More tweets from you Title: More tweets from you
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on April 06, 2008

I featured a couple of Twitter applications last year. Twelve months after, we have more Twitter applications for Linux users. A blog article from Fsckin.com features a total of twelve Twitter...

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My XO sour graping Title: My XO sour graping
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on December 30, 2007

The Give One, Get One program of the One-Laptop-Per-Child (OLPC) is about to end tomorrow and I have yet to get my hands on one. My main contention is WHY is it only available in North America? I...

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KDE 4.0 rocks! Title: KDE 4.0 rocks!
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on December 15, 2007

KDE just released version 4.0 release candidate 2 of its desktop environment. This is the second to the last release candidate before it is released for distribution. This version claims to be up to...

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Why SWAP? Title: Why SWAP?
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on December 08, 2007

Switchers from non-UNIX-based users are baffled why there is a need for a swap partition and/or file. Little did they know that most modern OS have their own way of doing this and it is just that in...

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Creating your own LiveCD Title: Creating your own LiveCD
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on December 08, 2007

Several years ago, I gave the task of creating a home-grown LiveCD to a couple of students hoping that the distribution will be used by the university. The students were able to finish it but the time...

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What Christmas gift to give to a Linux geek? Title: What Christmas gift to give to a Linux geek?
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on November 24, 2007

Inspired by Selena Frye's "Highly superior gifts for the Linux geek", I figured that each one of us has a wish-list of sorts. So here's my not-so-complete-yet list for this year:...

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Kile, the document processor for nerds Title: Kile, the document processor for nerds
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on November 17, 2007

As the second semester of the academic year 2007-2008 starts in the Philippines, Computer Science students start to master LaTeX for their papers. Whilst most of them would rather use their favorite...

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Features in Apple's Leopard that are in Linux Title: Features in Apple's Leopard that are in Linux
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on October 27, 2007

Speaking of Apple's new Mac OS X 10.5 aka Leopard, why is it that people give a big deal when Microsoft or Apple releases a feature that has been in Linux for so long already? I mean, take the...

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Linux for the real road warrior Title: Linux for the real road warrior
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on October 19, 2007

Not until recently that we start getting laptop manufacturers to start bundling Linux instead of Microsoft Windows as its pre-installed OS, the laptop with pre-installed Linux market is dominated by a...

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Linux embedded in your motherboard Title: Linux embedded in your motherboard
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on October 06, 2007

Michael Larabel of Phoronix reviews the new Asus motherboard that comes embedded with Linux, a web browser (Firefox) and a VoIP client (Skype). Whilst this may be overkill to some, it simply makes...

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What is an IT event without Linux? Title: What is an IT event without Linux?
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on September 15, 2007

Last week, I have spent 3 days at the Philippine Youth Congress in Information Technology, aka Y4IT, where I was one of the speakers. My topic was not related to Linux or FOSS but I was expecting...

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Linux gets Walt Mossberg's attention Title: Linux gets Walt Mossberg's attention
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on September 15, 2007

Wall Street Journal's Walt Mossberg writes about Ubuntu on his All Things Digital column. He says "Linux's Free System Is Now Easier to Use, But Not for Everyone". I agree with him,...

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On "Windows is Free" Title: On "Windows is Free"
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on August 18, 2007

Tokyo Linux Users Group's Dave Gutteridge writes "Windows is Free: The impact of pirated software on free software" as a reaction to a May 2007 ZDNet article by Adrian Kingsley-Hughes....

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Keeping tab of what's wrong with Linux Title: Keeping tab of what's wrong with Linux
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on August 18, 2007

In another one of those top 10 of sorts articles on what's best or what's wrong with Linux, here's another take at the Top 12 wrong reasons Unices have for desktops. As stated by the...

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Stand up and be heard Title: Stand up and be heard
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on August 18, 2007

DesktopLinux.com is holding its annual desktop Linux survey to measure the preferred Linux distribution, desktop, e-mail client, web browser, etc. Is Ubuntu still the most popular distribution or has...

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SCO loses! Title: SCO loses!
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on August 11, 2007

I do not know if there is a single Linux user who believed SCO's claim over IBM regarding copyrights on Unix to be legit. Well, if there is one single soul (or does s/he even has a soul? haha)......

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More Linux Eye Candy Title: More Linux Eye Candy
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on July 26, 2007

The merger of Compiz and Beryl is starting to give users tons of new eye-candy for the Linux desktop. (will definitely be useless on the servers, yeah?) Anyway, I am wondering if the developers are...

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Pyro melds native and web-based apps together Title: Pyro melds native and web-based apps together
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on July 21, 2007

There is an influx of web-based applications prompting projects that try to create an entire operating system that is based on the web, i.e., WebOS. Examples of WebOS are eyeOS, Goowy and WebDesk....

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One Classmate Per Child? Title: One Classmate Per Child?
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on July 13, 2007

The One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project of Dr. Nicholas Negroponte and Intel finally reached some sort of an agreement that they will collaborate. This is really great news for those who are waiting...

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Switching to Linux? Look before you leap Title: Switching to Linux? Look before you leap
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on July 09, 2007

I found this blog entry, "Confessions of a Linux Fan: 10 Things You Might Want To Know Before Switching Over To Linux", and I could not help but react. I am not saying that the list is...

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Getting Started with Virtualization Title: Getting Started with Virtualization
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Filed in archive Misc by Rom Feria on June 16, 2007

Now that you know what virtualization is all about, it is time to find out if virtualization is indeed what you need. Jonathan Hassell, of LinuxInsider, writes a short guide to determine if...

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