Linux For The Rest Of Us #57 – If There Was No GNU

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[05:22] Basic Basic – GNU/Linux vs Linux.

[11:45] Changing Desktop Appearance On Linux Mint 11 – This tutorial is supposed to show how to change the desktop’s appearance to people who are new to Linux.
(http://www.howtoforge.com/changing-desktop-appearance-on-linux-mint-11)

[14:07] Converting Audio Files On Linux Mint – Converting audio files can be a hard thing to accomplish if one does not have the proper tools to do so, that is why I will also cover a few different applications capable of converting.
(http://www.howtoforge.com/converting-audio-files-on-linux-mint)

[18:39] Raspberry Pi $25 PC runs Quake III.
(http://www.geek.com/articles/chips/raspberry-pi-25-pc-runs-quake-iii-20110829/)

 

[25:03] ScreenConnect – Use ScreenConnect Remote Support Software to quickly and securely access remote users’ screens. With just a few clicks, anyone on any operating system is immediately connected.

(http://www.screenconnect.com/)

 

[29:38] Five Good Reasons to Try Mandriva Linux 2011 – If you’re looking for an alternative to the restrictive Mac vs. Windows world, here are five reasons this latest free Mandriva release is worth checking out.
(http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/239060/five_good_reasons_to_try_mandriva_linux_2011.html)

 

[39:50] Data Deduplication with Linux – Lessfs offers a flexible solution to utilize data deduplication on affordable commodity hardware.
(http://www.linuxjournal.com/content/data-deduplication-linux)

 

[46:47] Ubuntu Download of the Week: Oil Rush – In this fast-paced, real-time naval strategy game, you must not only out-drill your openents for oil, but also amass your army by capturing other platforms and subsequently defending them from invasion tower-defense style.

(http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/08/download-week-oil-rush/)

 

[49:40] How to Turn Your Computer into a Retro Game Arcade – Whether you’re looking to relive the past or experience the origin of gaming you missed in your youth, your Windows, Mac, or Linux PC can take you back to Mario’s salad days, the birth of the Final Fantasy series, and much more. Here’s how to get started with retro game emulation and turn your computer into the ultimate retro arcade in just a few minutes.
(http://lifehacker.com/5835259/how-to-turn-your-computer-into-a-retro-game-arcade)

 

[53:04]Jailbreak Only: Linux – Coming Soon To Your iPhone, iPad – A team of jailbreak developers has recently managed to install the Linux desktop operating system on Apple’s A4 equipped iOS devices.
(http://appadvice.com/appnn/2011/08/jailbreak-only-linux-coming-soon-to-your-ihone-ipad)

 

[57:43] SlowMoVideo Creates Beautiful Slowed Down Videos in Linux.
(http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/08/slowmo-video-timelapse-linux/)

 

[1:00:40] 10 Secure Linux Distributions You Need Know About – With security constantly in the news lately, you can’t help but feel ill at ease and vulnerable — vulnerable to teams of hackers whose only motivations are to expose and attack their victims. Perhaps you think you’ve done due diligence by keeping your patches updated, installing security fixes, and maintaining a corporate firewall. Those methods are effective about 50 percent of the time. For the other 50 percent, you need to do more. You need penetration testing, security audits, intrusion prevention and intrusion detection, and you need to plug security holes that only hackers know about by using the tools they use to compromise your systems.
(http://www.serverwatch.com/server-trends/10-secure-linux-distributions-you-need-know-about.html)

 

[1:02:27] Community Hack Allows Linux/Wine users to experience OnLive
(http://onliveinformer.com/2011/09/04/community-hack-allows-linuxwine-users-to-experience-onlive/)

 

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