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InstallCDCustomization - Community Ubuntu Documentation
The process of customizing or “remastering” Ubuntu install CDs is not especially complex, but it is a little tedious and finicky.
(tags: ubuntu Linux howto)

GP2X Standards
GP2X Standards brings you suggested guidelines for your GP2X projects. These guidelines are the result of discussion with developers around the GP2X dev scene.
(tags: gp2x linux development)

Installing [...]

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TextMate Easter Egg

Originally uploaded by mike3k.

When I opened TextMate today, I noticed it was showing this special icon for Halloween.

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Steady as a rock » Blog Archive » How healthy is your Ubuntu system?
Now that edgy is released, many people again are complaining about having a hard time upgrading. And as with every release most of the issues found are caused by unhealthy systems.
(tags: ubuntu linux)

Building Debian Installer images with a custom kernel
So you want [...]

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My server is back up running Edgy Eft and it seems stable so far. I installed Edgy under Parallels and found it very reliable, although it looks like upgrading a Dapper system seems to cause problems for a lot of people.
The project I mentioned a few days ago is XPressLinux, which is just getting started. [...]

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Yesterday I attempted to upgrade my server from Ubuntu 6.06 (dapper) to 6.10 (edgy eft) with disastrous results. The upgrade was incomplete & after it finished X11 wouldn’t start. I booted up in recovery mode and completed the install and was able to start X11 and have most things working. Unfortunately it got worse from [...]

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I started a new project related to Linux, which I can’t say too much about. I’ll post more details as it progresses.

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MacOnLinuxHowto - Community Ubuntu Documentation
I installed Ubuntu on my G4 and I’ve been trying to get MOL working on it.
(tags: linux ubuntu)

Microsoft Mirth
(tags: windows microsoft humor)

How to steal an election by hacking the vote
Just plain scary
(tags: politics security)

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Ubuntu Linux 6.10, known as Edgy Eft, was officially released today. I’ve been running the release candidate on several machines for a while. I find that Parallels Desktop is great for testing out a new release like this. I’m still running 6.06 (Dapper) on my server, though.

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Mac On Linux

Originally uploaded by mike3k.

I installed Ubuntu Linux on my G4 minitower, which I now have set up to boot OS X 10.2, 10.3, 10.4, as well as Mac OS 9. I also got MacOnLinux running and was able to boot Tiger while running [...]

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Test your web design in different browsers - Browsershots
Browsershots is a free online platform where you can test your web design in different browsers.

(tags: web design tools)

Free Wonderful Computer Applications
A collection of great freeware applications.
(tags: free software)

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On October 24 last year, Hurricane Wilma hit us. We were without electricity for 10 days, many roofs were damaged, and we lost a lot of trees. Several roofs have already been replaced, but we’re still waiting for the rest of them. Thankfully we had no major storms this season.

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Understanding Apple’s Binary Protection in Mac OS X
Apple uses protected binaries for some critical applications such as the Finder on Intel to prevent OS X from being run on standard PCs.
(tags: macosx hacks)

Why Apple Failed
A look at the reason for Apple’s crisis in the 1990s and why they’re poised for success now.
(tags: Apple history)

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Via Newsvine: A company headed by President Bush’s brother and partly owned by his parents is benefiting from Republican connections and federal dollars targeted for economically disadvantaged students under the No Child Left Behind Act.
With investments from his parents, George H.W. and Barbara Bush, and other backers, Neil Bush’s company, Ignite! Learning, has placed its [...]

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bbPress is new forum software from the creators of WordPress, which they’ve been using all along for their own forums. It looks very interesting, much nicer than either phpBB or Drupal’s forum module.

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Thanks to Oliver Willis.

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LKML: Avi Kivity: [PATCH 0/7] KVM: Kernel-based Virtual Machine
Using this driver, one can start multiple virtual machines on a host. Each
virtual machine is a process on the host; a virtual cpu is a thread in that
process. kill(1), nice(1), top(1) work as expected.
(tags: linux hacks)

Main Page - Wikiality
Welcome to Wikiality, the Wiki dedicated to [...]

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Gnawa
An article about Gnawa music, traditional music from the Sahara.
(tags: music)

Ubuntuness
(tags: ubuntu linux)

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Hybrid Synergy View
New Toyota site for hybrid car owners
(tags: toyota prius)

(mt) Media Temple - (gs) Grid-Server
This looks like it could be a good alternative if DreamHost has too many problems.
(tags: hosting network drupal PHP rubyonrails)

Best Stuff in the World!
(tags: blog web2.0 community)

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OpenDNS | Providing A Safer And Faster DNS
OpenDNS provides a safer, faster, more reliable and smarter DNS service free to any Internet user.
(tags: network free tools)

FreeSoftware Mac User Group — FreeSMUG
(tags: free mac opensource software)

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Here are some very nice enhancements for Linux desktops using an accelerated video driver. Unfortunately it won’t work with the old ATI Radeon card in my Linux box. I’ve been using Baghira with KDE for a nice Mac-like desktop.

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