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Sync your Android phone with Banshee

Recently I finally managed to get rid of my iPhone for a much more Linux-geek friendly mobile – the HTC Hero. One of my issues with the iPhone was that, in order to do ANY syncing, you had to use iTunes, which I really didn’t like. And although the HTC Hero has yet to be [...]

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Categories: Google, Google Android, Hardware, Linux, Mobiles, Music and Video, Open Source, Tutorials Basic

Let your medical practice go open source with Gnumed

Gnumed is an open source management tool for medical practices. If your practice (or a practice you do IT for) is in need of an electronic record-keeping system, and you do not want to have to shell out your entire IT budget for a proprietary solution, Gnumed might be the perfect tool for you.
Gnumed is [...]

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Categories: Advice, Linux, Open Source, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 20th, 2009
  • Comments: 15

Open Office 3.2 Beta

Open Office 3.2 Beta has been released yesterday which gives users and developers a preview of the final Open Office 3.2 release which is slated for a December release. A list of changes and additions to this version of the Open Source Microsoft Office alternative has been posted at the official website. The list format [...]

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Categories: Linux, Mac, Windows, software

Hulu desktop for Linux

I’m sure by now everyone here knows about Hulu. If not, Hulu is a rather huge collection of television programs that can be viewed on line, for free, with few commercial interruptions. It’s brilliant. You can watch old reruns of What’s Happenin? or Mork and Mindy or Alf! Yes, Alf! But many of you may [...]

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Categories: Browsing, Desktop Manager, Entertainment, Linux, Music and Video, The Web, software

  • Author: Martin
  • Published: Oct 19th, 2009
  • Comments: 1

Google Stress App Test

Google recently published a study in corporation with the University of Toronto that came to the conclusion that computer memory error rates are higher than previously suspected. The study, conducted over the course of 2.5 years on tens of thousands of Google servers, revealed that a third of all machines in the test experienced at [...]

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Categories: Linux, software

Troubleshoot networking problems with GNOME’s Nettools

How many times have you had networking issues and not known exactly where to start? With Linux there are so many tools you can choose from. Add to that the choice between console and GUI and you have the making for a rather confusing start. Most new Linux users (and many of those who have [...]

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Categories: Advice, Hardware, Linux, Networks, Open Source, Server, Tutorials Basic, software, troubleshooting

Five handy secure shell tips and tricks

I use secure shell a LOT, every day. So much so that I often take for granted how important this tool is. Not only does it allow me to log into remote machines to handle management of said machine, it can do other things as well – X tunneling being one of the most useful features. But [...]

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Categories: Advice, Linux, Networks, Open Source, Security, Server, Tutorials Basic

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