Archive | July, 2009

Easily Install Chromium Daily Builds on Ubuntu

There has been a lot of talk about Google Chrome since it was released last September. Google has promised a Linux version of Chrome, but it’s still not here. Some people have found ways to run the Windows version of Chrome using wine, but we want to see a native Linux version. Enter Chromium, the [...]

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Stream Music with the Last.fm Client on Ubuntu

For Ubuntu 10.04 instructions, read our updated post here
These days, it seems like we’re doing more and more important work inside our browsers. We’re checking our email, Facebook, Twitter, writing documents, listening to music, watching videos, etc. Sometimes, this increased use of the browser can lead to a serious slowdown or even browser crashes. Not [...]

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Linux is Losing to Windows XP in Netbooks

The Linux community was very excited when the first netbooks came out from Asus and they were running Linux and not Windows. These days, however, it seems that Linux has all but lost the netbook space. There are many theories out there about why Microsoft is taking over the netbook market. Sure, they’re probably playing [...]

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$250 Desktop Runs Ubuntu, Windows 7 and OS X?

I recently wanted to get a new desktop computer to use for some programming projects. Seeing that I have a bunch of old computer parts laying around, I wanted to build my own computer. I started out by looking at some of the newest top-end Intel and AMD processors and motherboards, but the total price [...]

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