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Kde 4.7 Released And In The Wild

By Michael Reed 

July saw the release of KDE SC 4.7. Like all recent KDE releases, this is a combination of updates to the bundled applications, underlying desktop and associated technologies. Canonical have already pushed 4.7 through to Kubuntu desktops. more>>

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Managing Your Dead Tree Library

By Shawn Powers 

If you're an e-book reader, chances are you already use the wonderful Calibre software. If not, see Dan Sawyer's article in the April 2011 issue. Like many avid readers, however, I still find something soothing about a book made from dead trees. more>>

VirtualBox 4.1 Introduces Cloning Amongst Other Features

By Michael Reed 

We first covered the release of VirtualBox 4.0 back in January. Amongst other improvements and new features, 4.1 adds VM cloning and a nascent PCI passthrough feature. more>>

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Getting Help from Linux - Part 1 Man Pages

By Jayson Broughton 

man woman

No manual entry for woman more>>

Oooh, I just know I'm going to hear it in the comments for that one. But you know what? Just how many of you have tried something similar with other words? You know you have at least once or twice. Go ahead, try one or two..you might be surprised.

Linvo GNU/Linux

Spotlight on Linux: Linvo GNU/Linux

By Susan Linton 

After an earlier quick look, it seemed Linvo GNU/Linux was worthy of a spotlight. Linvo is a Slackware-based distribution featuring GNOME 2.32 and is shipped as a live image. The desktop is pretty and features a handy set of applications. In addition, additional applications are available through a popular one-click format. more>>

Super Collision At Studio Dave: The New World of SuperCollider3, Part 1

By Dave Phillips 

SuperCollider3 more>>

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OSCON Will Stream Keynotes and More Online

By Katherine Druckman 

 Can't make it to OSCON this year?  You can still catch keynotes, interviews and news via live streaming video.  

Check back right here during the conference July 25-29, 2011 to enjoy some great content virtually.

Keynotes are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 9am Pacific. more>>

Albert Einstein

Numeric Relativity with the Einstein Toolkit

By Joey Bernard 

This post finds us at the cutting edge of physics, numerical general relativity. Because we haven't perfected mind-to-mind transmission of information, we won't actually be able to cover in any real detail how this all works. more>>

iSCSI Lab

Creating Software-backed iSCSI Targets in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

By Pete Vargas Mas 

Studying for certification exams can be an adventure. Even more so when the certification exam is a hands-on, performance-based exam. The quandry most people I know fall into, is that to effectively study for such an exam, you need access to a lab environment with elements that may be beyond the scope of the average Linux enthusiast. One such element is iSCSI.  more>>

Aptosid - An Overview

By Michael Reed 

aptosid might sound like a package management tool, but it's actually a desktop-orientated (KDE4 or XFCE) Debian derived Linux distro. It's more than a mere respin of Debian, but does it have what it takes to distinguish it from all of the other desktop distros? more>>

Mageia Linux

Mageia 2 Release Details Revealed

By Susan Linton 

After an extensive discussion with the community on the Mageia developmental mailing list, Anne Nicolas revealed the results concerning Mageia release and support cycles as well as the release schedule for Mageia 2. The consensus was to use basically the same cycle used in Mageia 1. more>>

What is your favorite open source CMS?

By LJ Staff 
Drupal Joomla WordPress MODx TYPO3 Plone other (please tell us which one in comments)
Maxima

Maximum Calculus with Maxima

By Joey Bernard 

We looked at Maxima in the February 2011 issue to do algebra and rearrange some equations. But those aren't the only tricks up Maxima's sleeve. This month, I describe how Maxima can help with differential equations, but I'm going to leave out some of the intermediate results to save some space. more>>

Secondary Window Tools in Scribus

By Bruce Byfield 

Scribus is designed so that the main window shows only the document you are designing. Other tools are positioned to secondary windows, where they have all the room they need for detailed settings. You may discover some of these secondary windows via menus and toolbars as you work, but not all. more>>

Gnome 3 Desktop

The Linux Desktop: We've Arrived.

By Kevin Bush 

Linux Desktop articles are all over the place. I can hardly open up a browser without tripping over one. Most of them are negative whine-fests, complaining that Linux is too hard for new users, or has become too dumbed-down for technical users, or the fonts are ugly, or the next generation desktop environments are too different, or... well I could go on, but I think you get the point. more>>

Linux Gaming: OpenClonk

By Michael Reed 

Until recently, I had presumed that a Clonk was the sound that my hard drive made just before I realized that I hadn't backed it up properly. However, in this case, a Clonk is a tiny chap who can jump, climb and fire weapons in the service of reaching his goal. OpenClonk runs on Linux and is the latest in a series of side-view platform games that started life as a DOS shareware series. more>>

Minecraft. Not free.

Friday Fun: Minecraft

By Shawn Powers 

This week's game is one that isn't free. In any sense. It is closed source, and requires payment to even try it out. Why would we mention such a game here at Linux Journal? 2 reasons:

1) It works quite well in Linux more>>

Archiving CDs to ISO from the Command Line

By Jayson Broughton 

A few weeks ago I was working on a PC when I needed to grab the motherboard driver CD.  In a perfect world, the CD would be located in a nice protective sleeve, safely kept away from the nasty elements that encompass the IT tech area (read: coffee, scratches, and the occasional jelly doughnut).  But in this case, it appeared someone had taken this CD and wiped it a more>>

Safer Access without Passwords

By Johan Thelin 

How do you make sure that your passwords are safe? You can make them longer, complicate them by adding odd characters, making sure to use different passwords for each user account that you have. Or, you can simply skip them all together. more>>

Webian Shell: Prototype Web-Based Shell

By Michael Reed 

Webian Shell is a web-based shell that is designed to run full-screen and function as the primary user interface for your computer. At the moment, it's still at the proof of concept stage, but 0.1 is runnable without making any modifications to your system. As it features some interesting ideas, it's worth having a play around with. more>>

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