November 2012
Xubuntu 12.10 review - Very nice
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 30th of November 2012 11:09:31 PM Filed under
dedoimedo.com: This spring, something extraordinary happened. I liked Xubuntu. For the first time ever. This autumn, I will see whether the latest release, Quantal Quetzal, when matched to the Xfce desktop, can achieve the same level of nice.
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How-to: Picking a desktop environment in Linux
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 30th of November 2012 11:08:00 PM Filed under

engadget.com: We've taken you through a tour of Window Managers in Linux, and now it's time to show you the Window Manager's bigger brother: the desktop environment, or DE for short.
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Slax 7.0 RC2 – Mini KDE 4
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 30th of November 2012 09:17:51 PM Filed under
linuxuser.co.uk: The portable Linux distro that you can modify yourself is getting a long awaited update, with KDE 4 and more
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Debian veteran Garbee to keynote at LCA
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 30th of November 2012 09:16:50 PM Filed under
- Debian veteran Garbee to keynote at LCA
- Linux Foundation Announces Holiday Individual Membership Drive
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Why Open Source Software is More Secure
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 30th of November 2012 09:11:31 PM Filed under
- Why Open Source Software is More Secure than Proprietary Software
- Open source software policy is better without open source
- Join the FSF and friends in updating the Free Software Directory
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Desktop Linux needs anti-virus like a fish needs a bicycle
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 30th of November 2012 06:37:38 PM Filed under

dontsurfinthenude.blogspot: You don't need an anti-virus program on Linux: I've said it before, but Don't Surf in the Nude started because of an interest in internet security, so I can't resist trying out anti-virus programs in Linux.
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Going from A to B in KDE, GNOME, and Windows
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 30th of November 2012 06:35:06 PM Filed under


mandrivachronicles.blogspot: As a Linux user, I've learned to appreciate the differences of doing things using the different desktops available. I started thinking of how one can see going from point A to point B in KDE and GNOME.
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Linux Mint Is A Better Distro Than Ubuntu
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 30th of November 2012 06:30:05 PM Filed under

maketecheasier.com: I have been using Ubuntu since 2006 and I always felt that it is one of the easiest to use distro, especially for new Linux users. That was in the past.
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Kernel Log – Coming in 3.7 (Part 5): CPU and platform code
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 30th of November 2012 05:13:32 PM Filed under
h-online.com: Linux 3.7 supports ARM64, the processor used in the Raspberry Pi, and Intel's SMAP security feature. The next kernel release will also include new tools for tracing processes and improved collaboration with Microsoft's hypervisor.
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Fallback mode in KDE Plasma Workspaces
Submitted by srlinuxx on Friday 30th of November 2012 05:11:55 PM Filed under
martin-graesslin.com: Recently there has been a lot of buzz about non-composited fallback modes in various Desktop Shells and of course I have been asked several times about the fallback modes in KDE Plasma workspaces.
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| Red Hat Hires a Blind Software Engineer to Improve Accessibility on Linux Desktop
Accessibility on a Linux desktop is not one of the strongest points to highlight. However, GNOME, one of the best desktop environments, has managed to do better comparatively (I think).
In a blog post by Christian Fredrik Schaller (Director for Desktop/Graphics, Red Hat), he mentions that they are making serious efforts to improve accessibility.
Starting with Red Hat hiring Lukas Tyrychtr, who is a blind software engineer to lead the effort in improving Red Hat Enterprise Linux, and Fedora Workstation in terms of accessibility.
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