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Free Ubuntu Software Centre Games by EA

2012-05-15T12:38:38Z

Electronic Arts (EA), one of largest video game developers, is now offering free of charge Lord of Ultima and Command & Conquer Tiberium Alliances on the Ubuntu Software Centre, which makes the games appear like regular applications on the Ubuntu Dash and Launcher. ...

Free Ubuntu Software Centre Games by EA originally appeared on About.com Focus on Linux on Tuesday, May 15th, 2012 at 12:38:38.

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Rosegarden Music Editor Version 12.04

2012-05-13T16:13:20Z

The open source music composition tool Rosegarden has been updated. Version 12.04 brings automation of MIDI channel allocation and performance and reliability improvements in the track editor. ...

Rosegarden Music Editor Version 12.04 originally appeared on About.com Focus on Linux on Sunday, May 13th, 2012 at 16:13:20.

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Windows-Linux Connectivity using PuTTY

2012-05-12T13:48:05Z

One of the most popular utilities for connecting to Linux servers from computers running a Microsoft Windows operating system is the open source program PuTTY. It works great as remote terminal for text-based interaction, but is also frequently used to set up SSH connections for supporting remote graphical displays and remote desktop systems. Read more...

Windows-Linux Connectivity using PuTTY originally appeared on About.com Focus on Linux on Saturday, May 12th, 2012 at 13:48:05.

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Remote Desktop Guacamole 0.6.0

2012-05-09T12:02:55Z

The latest version of the remote desktop server Guacomole supports Microsoft's RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) in addition to VNC. ...

Remote Desktop Guacamole 0.6.0 originally appeared on About.com Focus on Linux on Wednesday, May 9th, 2012 at 12:02:55.

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GIMP 2.8 Release

2012-05-07T00:17:55Z

Developers have released a major upgrade of GIMP, the open source image and graphics tool. This version brings a number of significant advancements and new features. In particular, you can now toggle between single-window mode and multi-window mode. Your selection will be saved between sessions. ...

GIMP 2.8 Release originally appeared on About.com Focus on Linux on Monday, May 7th, 2012 at 00:17:55.

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How to Fix a Broken Internet Cable Plug

2012-05-05T17:15:43Z

This issue has caused a lot of people a lot of frustration. The little plastic spring that holds an Internet cable plug (RJ45) in place and presses the metal contacts against those of the receptacle brakes off easily. ...

How to Fix a Broken Internet Cable Plug originally appeared on About.com Focus on Linux on Saturday, May 5th, 2012 at 17:15:43.

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Steam Coming to Linux

2012-05-02T13:19:11Z

After a couple of false starts, Phoronix reports that Valve Corporation is now serious about releasing Stream and the Source gaming engine for Linux. ...

Steam Coming to Linux originally appeared on About.com Focus on Linux on Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 at 13:19:11.

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Ubuntu 12.04 is Out

2012-04-29T01:15:56Z

The Ubuntu team has released the final version of Ubuntu 12.04, also known as Precise Pangolin. This is a Long Term Support (LTS) release, meaning Canonical promises to fix bugs for the next five years.
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Ubuntu 12.04 is Out originally appeared on About.com Focus on Linux on Sunday, April 29th, 2012 at 01:15:56.

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Arithmetic in Bash

2012-04-29T01:12:05Z

Although Bash is a scripting language, it has pretty much all the capabilities of a general purpose programming language. This includes arithmetic functions. There are a number of syntax options you can use to evoke arithmetic evaluation of an expression. Read more...

Arithmetic in Bash originally appeared on About.com Focus on Linux on Sunday, April 29th, 2012 at 01:12:05.

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Xming Updated

2012-04-25T13:48:53Z

The remote access and remote desktop system Xming, which provides easy set-up of X-windows on your Microsoft Windows system with connectivity to Linux servers, has been updated to version 7.5.0.47, and the portable PuTTY version to 7.5.0.48.
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Xming Updated originally appeared on About.com Focus on Linux on Wednesday, April 25th, 2012 at 13:48:53.

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