Linux Jumps To 13.4 Percent Of The Stalling Server Market

According to IDC, Linux is booming. At just 9.4 percent of the overall server market in terms of revenue in 2007, Linux has now climbed to 13.4%of the overall server market, with Unix at 7.7% and Windows at 36.5%. If Linux server vendors want to continue to grow, at some point they're going to have to come to grips with Windows

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10 "Really Cool" Icon Sets for Ubuntu/GNOME Desktop

I’m going to share to you some of my favorite set of icons. These are specifically made for Ubuntu, as well as any other Linux distro with a GNOME desktop. So here they are:

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Be a Productive Linux User

5 ways to increase your productivity and enhance your Linux user experience.

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25 killer Linux apps

The very best software for your Linux machine.

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What Ubuntu 8.10 SHOULD look like.

This is a mockup that was put together for a possible look and feel for the next Ubuntu release (Intrepid Ibex), which is due out in October. And it looks amazing. And, in all reality, it is very easily doable. If Ubuntu 8.10 does not look like this... it will be a crime against humanity.

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Ubuntu Documentation Students

I did apply on the Ubuntu Community as a documentation student. The idea is to contribute something to the community and at the same time learning new things about Ubuntu. My application was approved recently . . .

Hello Chito Relampagos,

The status of your membership in the team Ubuntu Documentation Students
(ubuntu-doc-students) was changed by Phil Bull (philbull) from Proposed to Approved.
<https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-doc-students>

Welcome to the team! How would you like to help out with the documentation? You can find some ideas and information on our wiki page [1], but if it's running Windows applications that you're interested in you might like to consider contributing to the wiki's Wine documentation [2].

Please let us know if we can help in any way.

Thanks,

Phil

[1] - https://wiki.ubuntu.com/DocumentationTeam
[2] - https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Wine

Hack Your Wii for Homebrew Apps and DVD Playback

Despite the fact that it ships with a DVD drive, for whatever godforsaken reason, the Nintendo Wii doesn't support DVD playback—until last week, that is, when a homebrew hacker released a tool that enables DVD playback on your Wii.

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If it's animation or special effects, it's Linux

Like the special effects in Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull; 300; The Golden Compass; Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix; and I Am Legend? The animation in Star Wars: The Clone Wars; WALL-E; or Ratatouille? You can thank Linux for all of them.

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9 Linux Myth Debunked

When it comes to Linux there are 3 kinds of people, those who never heard of it, those who are afraid of it, and those who hate it and spread falsities about it.

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How To: Rotate Desktop Backgrounds in Ubuntu

I get bored with my desktop wallpaper pretty easily, especially in Ubuntu Linux, where it's nearly the only thing on my desktop. Until recently, that meant scouring theming sites for great artwork, opening the Appearance tab and re-scaling and choosing background colors for each picture, and just general unproductive knob-twiddling.

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Powerful graphical tools for Ubuntu Linux

Linux has a bad reputation of having to use the Command Line Interface (CLI) to do anything really useful. In this article I will talk about some graphical interfaces for tools to get those "useful" things done

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