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Complete Guide to Playing Movies and Music on Linux
maximumpc.com - 7/17/2009
Complete Guide to Playing Movies and Music on Linux
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One of the caveats that many people have with using Linux is the current state of media support. While media playback on Linux is presently much better than it has ever been before, it still requires a little bit of know-how and tweaking to get everything working properly. This guide will go ...
SUSE Studio: The Do-it-Yourself Linux
techgage.com - 7/24/2009
SUSE Studio: The Do-it-Yourself Linux
— techgage.com — Introduction If you've ever dreamed of building your own Linux distro, or have given it a try... in the past but found it to be too complicated, then the service that SUSE Studio avails is bound to intrigue you. Well, as long as you're perfectly happy ... (more) SUSE Studio: The Do-it-Yourself Linux

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[Phoronix] Netbook Performance: Ubuntu vs. OpenSolaris
phoronix.com - 7/16/2009
[Phoronix] Netbook Performance: Ubuntu vs. OpenSolaris
— phoronix.com — In the past we have published OpenSolaris vs. Linux Kernel benchmarks and similar articles looking at the... performance of Sun's OpenSolaris up against popular Linux distributions. We have looked at the performance on high-end AMD workstations , but we ... (more) [Phoronix] Netbook Performance: Ubuntu vs. OpenSolaris

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[Phoronix] Intel Celeron Dual-Core Linux Performance Review
phoronix.com - 7/25/2009
[Phoronix] Intel Celeron Dual-Core Linux Performance Review
— phoronix.com — While nearly all of Intel's attention is focused on their newer LGA-1366 platform with the high-end Core... i7 processors and then the forthcoming Core i5 series, there are still plenty of viable processors left for the LGA-775 motherboards. There are of ... (more) [Phoronix] Intel Celeron Dual-Core Linux Performance Review

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