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Customizing Your Gnome Desktop (Indroduction)
The Linux desktop is becoming more popular everyday. One of the great advantages of the Linux desktop is that you can customize to your liking, sometimes changing the look to be nothing that resembles what you started with. Continue reading
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Update: Banshee Patch
I just got an email from the lead developer on the Banshee project that my patch would not be used because it was a duplicate and it did not follow the previously discussed layout/options. Yes, I am little upset that my patch did not get accepted, however the bug that I was pointed to was merged in only 10 minutes later, so I at least got the feature I wanted out of the deal. Continue reading
Banshee Patch
This evening I decided that I would start spending some time working on my programming skills and since I have the Banshee source code checked out on my computer, I went ahead and started playing around in it. The end … Continue reading
F-Spot, Cooler Than I Thought
Last night I discovered that I can upload photos to my image gallery via F-Spot. F-Spot is a photo management program for Linux. I think that the interface is based heavily on Google’s Picasa program. It’s written in C# and runs under Mono. Continue reading
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The Problem with Linux Music Player/Organizers
For the past couple of days I have been working on getting my iPod working under Linux. Sure, my iPod connects, is recognized, and mounted correctly in Linux but there are some major issues that need to be addressed before full iPod compatibility is achieved in Linux. Continue reading
Open Source Games
One of the biggest complaints people give about not switching to Linux is gaming. There is a major misconception that you can not use a Linux computer to game. Contrary to what you might have heard, Linux can be used to game. Either by using WINE or playing Linux native games, gaming on Linux just takes some research. Continue reading
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