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[Sneak Peek] Vivaldi Content Store Shows Ankles For The Cinematograph

[Sneak Peek] Vivaldi Content Store Shows Ankles For The Cinematograph

Dean Howell May 8, 2012 1

Our good friends over at opentablets.org have posted a video from aseigo’s blog demoing the beginnings of the Make-Play-Live content store.  No word yet on whether that name is official, but it does drape

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[How to] Install Faenza Icons In Ubuntu 12.04

[How to] Install Faenza Icons In Ubuntu 12.04

Dean Howell May 5, 2012 3

Regardless of how you feel about Unity, there is one thing about the latest release, 12.04 Precise Pangolin, that cannot be ignored.  It really is beautiful.  Of course, just like the pretty girl who

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From Lucid To Precise: An Upgrade Diary

From Lucid To Precise: An Upgrade Diary

Dean Howell April 29, 2012 8

This upgrade is directly inspired from an article by Joey Sneddon over at OMG! Ubuntu.  Joey upgrades a 10.04 installation to 12.04 and gets some really great results.  The jump from Lucid to Precise

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Kubuntu Finds Sponsor, Lives On

Kubuntu Finds Sponsor, Lives On

Dean Howell April 10, 2012 6

Well of course it lives on!  When Canonical cut the proverbial cord, it simply meant that Jonathon Riddell and the Kubuntu community would have to continue outside of business hours.  Regardless of the time

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KDE 5.0: 4 Things We Want To See

KDE 5.0: 4 Things We Want To See

Dean Howell April 5, 2012 20

KDE 5.0, The Future Is The Past As you probably already know, Qt 5 Alpha has been released for your consumption by Nokia labs.  As we move closer to mid-life for KDE 4.8, we

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The Gnome 3 Meteor: Revisited

The Gnome 3 Meteor: Revisited

Dean Howell March 31, 2012 14

This article was originally published on 09/20/11 at Muktware.com Foreword I want to revisit this article for a couple of reasons.  First and foremost, I think enough has changed in the last 6 months

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Gimp 2.8: So Close, Yet So Far, Yet So Close

Gimp 2.8: So Close, Yet So Far, Yet So Close

Dean Howell March 29, 2012 17

  The long-awaited and much anticipated 2.8 release of GIMP is right around the corner!  Wait, I know, you’ve heard this before.  You were expecting it at the end of 2010, and then in

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OpenTablets.org: A Brand New Community For Mobile Open Source!

OpenTablets.org: A Brand New Community For Mobile Open Source!

Dean Howell March 28, 2012 6

A fresh new community has recently come together in the form of OpenTablets.org.  The brain-child of Matthias Lee, the community’s primary effort centers around MakePlayLive’s premier tablet, Vivaldi.  There is a lot of productive

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Shotwell Reaches 0.12.0, Finally Gets Support For GTK3

Shotwell Reaches 0.12.0, Finally Gets Support For GTK3

Dean Howell March 28, 2012 7

Finally In what seems like an eternity, the group over at Yorba.org unleashed Shotwell version 0.12.0 today after a period of stagnation that could only be exceeded by F-Spot or Duke Nukem Forever.  The

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Meet Vivaldi:  It’s Got A Real “Spark” For Open-Source!

Meet Vivaldi: It’s Got A Real “Spark” For Open-Source!

Dean Howell March 25, 2012 6

Meet Vivaldi, the new opensource tablet from the gang over at MakePlayLive.  You might already know a thing or two about the Vivaldi, because it used to be called the KDE ‘Spark’ Tablet.  What

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