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VectorLinux - The Pefect Installation and Setup

Sunday, 02 September 2007
The VectorLinux Website is promising: “Speed, performance, stability -- these are attributes that set VectorLinux apart in the crowded field of Linux distributions. VectorLinux is a lighterweight, fast, Linux operating system for Intel-AMD x86 compatible systems and is based upon Slackware, one of the original Linux distributions…” Linux-Tip was testing the installation and usage of version 5.8 (Standard Gold).
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KDE 4.0: Revolution or hype?

Wednesday, 29 August 2007
The next-generation of the KDE open source project, version 4.0, has been touted as the beginning of a new era in desktop computing, but only two months from the first release some users are wondering if it's just all hype.
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SmoothWall Express 3 - "Polar" released

Thursday, 23 August 2007
SmoothWall announced the long-awaited final release of the world's favorite network firewall - SmoothWall Express 3.0. (Code-name Polar). Developed by the SmoothWall Open Source Project team, with code contributions from the SmoothWall community at large, this latest version (based on Linux 2.6 Kernel) is a huge advance beyond Version 2.
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Tip: The Ultimate Linux Handheld

Thursday, 16 August 2007
Last year's winner in this category, the Nokia 770, has a younger sibling, and, as oft happens, the kid takes the cake. Nokia's N800, the follow-up to the 770, is smaller, lighter, better-looking, faster and has a larger brain.
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Tip: Is my hardware Linux-compatible? Find out here

Tuesday, 14 August 2007
Deciding whether a particular computer is a good candidate for installing GNU/Linux can involve a nightmare of details about hardware compatibility. Nor is assembling a custom computer on which to run GNU/Linux any easier. In both cases, you need to evaluate video cards, sound cards, printers, scanners, digital camera, wireless cards, and mobile devices for compatibility with the operating system. Fortunately, help is available.
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Tip: Job scheduling with cron and at

Wednesday, 01 August 2007
You need to run a job at midnight when system usage is low, or you need to run jobs daily or weekly, but you would rather be sleeping, or enjoying life in some other way. Other good reasons for scheduling jobs include letting routine tasks happen automatically, or ensuring tasks are handled the same way every time. This tip helps you use the `cron` and `at` capabilities to schedule jobs periodically or at a single future time.
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