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GNOME Office: Is it a viable office suite?
When you think about office suites, two names come to mind: Microsoft Office and OpenOffice.
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Set up a Gnumed backend server
Recently I covered the front-end of the Gnumed software designed for the medical industry (see "Let your medical practice go open source with Gnumed.
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Basic postgresql server setup
So many tool require databases.
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Install OpenGoo for in house collaboration tools
Do you use Google for your collaboration tools? Gmail? Google Documents? Contacts? Although the Google suite is a very nice suite of tools that has grown expone
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Mandriva 2010 installation walk through
Mandriva is another one of the Linux distributions that has been around for quite some time.
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Starting services at boot in Linux
There are plenty of times when you may want to add a new service to start when your Linux machine boots.
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Connect to your Samba server from Linux
I have written a few articles on Samba here on Ghacks.
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Installing CentOS 7
CentOS has not received much attention here on Ghacks, so I thought I would remedy that by introducing this outstanding flavor of Linux not by way of a Live CD
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Scanning in Linux with iscan and XSane
If you are one of those that depends upon a scanner for your daily work, and you want to handle this task using the Linux operating system, you are in luck.
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Gmail at your fingertips on the Linux desktop
When Gmail first came out I wasn't a fan.
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The new Ubuntu Software Center
You may remember my mention of the Ubuntu Software Center in my article "Ubuntu Karmic Koala preview".
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With Ubuntu 9.10 Arrives Wubi 9.10
The Ubuntu development team has just released a new version of their Linux distribution to the public.
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Set up a Linux media server
Do you have multiple machines around your house that would like to share a centralized server for multi-media? Having such a server for music allows for consoli
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Xbox Media Center on Linux
The Xbox Media Center arrived in 2004 and became popular so quickly that it became clear more ports would be needed.
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Konqueror tips and tricks
If you are familar with KDE you know Konqueror.
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File Synchronization With Free File Sync
File synchronization can come in handy in several situations.
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Lotus Symphony on Linux: Install a part of "IBM's Smart Work"
IBM recently announced they are pairing up with Canonical and Red Hat to develop a Windows 7 alternative (see "IBM Client for Smart Work").
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Let your medical practice go open source with Gnumed
Gnumed is an open source management tool for medical practices.
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Hulu desktop for Linux
I'm sure by now everyone here knows about Hulu.
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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 pre
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Linux equivalents to popular Mac apps
In my most recent article ("Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux") I outlined ways to help end-users transfer from the Mac operating system to
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Five tips to help ease the migration from Mac to Linux
In my most recent article "Five ways to ease the migration from Windows to Linux" I examined how you can help new users make the migration from Windows to Linux
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Five ways to ease migration from Windows to Linux
With the ever-maturation of the Linux operating system there are more and more people considering a migration from their operating system of choice to the flags
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Linux Back In Time: Backup made easy
In my recent trend of covering Linux backup tools I have, so far, covered Flyback ("Quick and easy backups with Flyback") and Backerupper ("Simple GUI backup to
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Simple gui backup tool backerupper
In my last article I covered the backup GUI Flyback ("Quick and easy backups with Flyback".
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Quick and easy backups with Flyback
If you're looking for a tool for really simple and quick backups Flyback might just be the tool for you.
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Speed up your IDE/ATA hard drive with hdparm
The Linux operating system has a really nice tool for testing and optimizing your hard drive.
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What makes Ubuntu so user friendly?
Of all the Linux distributions, the consensus is beginning to become clear that Ubuntu is, hands down, the most user friendly of the Linux distributions.
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Install and use Ubuntu One
Recently I previewed the up and coming release of Ubuntu, Karmic Koala ("Ubuntu Karmic Koala Preview".
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Ubuntu Karmic Koala preview
If you've been following the Ubuntu release cycle you know that the .
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Distraction-free writing with PyRoom
Let's face it, sometimes it's just too hard to get work done with so many distractions coming at you on your computer.
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Power searching Linux with SearchMonkey
There are search tools and then there are SEARCH TOOLS.
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OSMO: Your friendly personal organizer
Although integration has become widespread, there are instances when you might want a separate tool for organizing your life.
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Feed your inner chef with Gourmet Recipe Manager
My wife is a really good cook and baker.
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Add CryptKeeper for on-the-fly encrypted folders in Linux
You've more than likely read Martins' piece about the outstanding encryption tool Truecrypt "TrueCrypt 6.
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Use OpenOffice Impress for flash card learning
If you are currently taking classes, or are in any situation where you need to learn a large amount of facts you may have taken it upon yourself (or are wanting
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How to create a bootable USB Ubuntu drive
The Ubuntu desktop distribution is full of nifty tricks.
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Don't search, do - with GNOME Do
Recently I wrote an an article covering the Easystroke mouse gesture tool ("Start applications using mouse gestures with Easystroke".
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Start applications using mouse gestures with Easystroke
Efficiency.
