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Contents:
1. Preview Issue 116 / July 2010
2. We've Remodeled!
3. Perl Power!
4. Ubuntu User issue #5: Now shipping!
5. Linux Event Calendar
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1. Preview Issue 116 / July 2010
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Ubuntu 10.04 Sixpack
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Ubuntu just rolled out the new version 10.04 “Lucid Lynx”
release, and users around the world are waiting for a look.
This month we bring you six great Lucid Lynx variants on a
single-sided, double-layer DVD.
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Cover Story: Inside KDE's New Desktop
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When we set out to look for emerging technologies that are
making their way into real projects, our focus quickly fell on
the innovative KDE project. We show you the semantic web
technology in KOffice, and we study how to build a custom
plasmoid applet. Then we round out our emerging technology
set with a study of 3D printing.
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Logfile Viewers for the Desktop and Shell
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While users are surfing the web, listening to music, and
writing documents, the kernel and various background daemons
write information to logfiles. KSystemLog, Gnome System Log
Viewer, and MultiTail will help you read and process logfile
data.
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Updates on Technologies, Trends, and Tools
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Welcome to the newly retooled News section!
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Workspace: TreeLine
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The hybrid nature of TreeLine means it offers more than your
typical information manager. An outliner as well as a database,
it allows you to sort and store all kinds of data with ease.
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Projects: Peekabot and Gbrainy
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Building robots is an expensive hobby but too interesting to
leave to a small group of elite researchers. Peekabot saves
you the investment in hardware and simulates a brave new robot
world. Also, we’ll look at Gbrainy, a program to train your
gray matter.
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Community Notebook
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Jon 'maddog' Hall emphasizes the value of Linux
Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier reports from Penguicon 2010
Rikki Kite plans for an eventful summer
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3. Special Edition: Powerhouse Perl
New to Perl? Perl expert Randal L. Schwartz provides an in-depth
introduction. Ready to advance your Perl proficiency?
Perlmeister Mike Schilli explains how to speed up and debug
your scripts.
Also inside: 11 cool projects!
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