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Desktop trends in 2013 according to LinuxQuestions

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

06.02.2014
The latest LinuxQuestions Member's Choice Poll suggest some interesting trends on the free desktop
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The Raspberry Pi as a motion-sensing webcam

FEATURES: Big Pi is Watching free

The new PiCam camera for the Raspberry Pi delivers image data with very little overhead, making it ideal for video surveillance applications. We find the bumps in the road you'll encounter and show you how to smooth them out with a few Linux commands and pipes.

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Quick Tip: Word Count in KDE

Productivity Sauce

23.01.2014
Here is a nifty little feature in KDE that I discovered recently: it's possible to view the word count of a text file without actually opening it.
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More Fun with KDE Service Menus

Productivity Sauce

17.01.2014
Using the service menus feature in KDE, you can add all kinds of useful commands to the Actions entry of the context menu.
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9 KDE widgets that add functionality

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

16.01.2014
With over 100 widgets to choose from, KDE has something extra for everyone.
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Integrate Déjà Dup with Dolphin

Productivity Sauce

14.01.2014
If you happen to use the excellent Déjà Dup backup tool on KDE, you'll appreciate a simple hack by Pascal d'Hermilly that integrates the utility into the Dolphin file manager.
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2013 on the Desktop

Off the Beat: Bruce Byfield's Blog

29.12.2013
What happened with the major desktops in 2013?
floss , free software , Gnome , KDE , Linux Mint , Linux New Media
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Setting up Raspberry Pi as a DHCP, NTP, and DNS server

KNOW-HOW: Little Service free

The versatile Raspberry Pi can serve many roles on a home network. We'll show you how to set up the Pi to provide some important network services.

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MakePlayLive Releases New Single-Board System

Open Hardware Collective Takes on the Big Vendors

17.12.2013

The KDE Vivaldi tablet isn’t here yet, but its development team is proposing cooperative businesses and open hardware as the future of free software.

Improv , Improv , KDE , MakePlayLive , open hardware , Tablet
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Intel's powerful new Xeon Phi co-processor

KNOW-HOW: Power Plant free

The Xeon Phi accelerator card from Intel takes an unusual approach: Instead of GPUs, the Xeon Phi features a cluster of CPUs for easier programming.

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