So you just snapped up that snazzy new keyboard and it’s got some nice shortcut keys up at the top you’d like to use. A mere 3 or 4 years ago, I would have told you to give up; it’s probably a waste of time. These days, though, many keyboards are fully supported under Linux. […]

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People are talking a lot lately about the various ways of emulating the MacOS X Dock. Standouts in discussion include Engage (for the Enlightenment window manager), Kiba-dock, and the Avant Window Navigator. All these are great works-in-progress, and include a lot of juicy eyecandy, but in the end, most are less than stable or (in […]

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So far I’ve had the easiest, smoothest, and best experience ripping DVDs and encoding video ever with Winki The Ripper.
It works fantastically well with a step-by-step interface approach that just works. My ripped dvd came out great–exactly how I wanted it–with no problems whatsoever. And other than a few modifications to the default settings, I […]

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We all the love the cube. It looks cool; it’s great for impressing the non-Linux user population. But think about it…can’t you move so much quicker from workspace to workspace just by clicking on the GNOME/KDE pager? And if this what you’re already doing, why not enable a Beryl plugin that will actually improve […]

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Evolution is the official groupware suite for GNOME, and it has one feature that may make it your primary email client. That feature is the ability to convert emails to tasks on your todo list in four clicks.
Click One: Right click on the message you wish to add to your todo list.
Click Two: Select “Convert […]

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