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How to enable VDPAU acceleration for accelerated Flash video. (x-post from comment on...

Redditor Degru shares a method to enable hardware acceleration for YouTube videos. This leads to decreased processor load and therefore lower power consumption and longer battery life (in case of laptops). Try at your own risk, but it worked great for us - 70% CPU load dropped to normal 15-20% while watching videos on YouTube in Firefox! (Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit)

reddit.com Here are instructions for enabling hardware video acceleration for Flash on the most popular video drivers, compiled into one post. Basically, if you...

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A (very) Simple LCD Backlight Fix

http://www.instructables.com/id/A-very-Simple-LCD-Backlight-Fix/

instructables.com Fix any broken LCD backlight with an ordinary light bulb and a dead CRT monitor.Broken LCD monitors basically come in three categories:1) Cracked LCD ...

Ubuntu AIO DVD Puts All Ubuntu 14.04 Flavors In One Disk

itsfoss.com Ubuntu AIO DVD Puts All Ubuntu 14.04 Flavors In One DiskMay 18, 2014 By AbhishekLeave a CommentUbuntu has several official flavors based on different desktop environments. The default Ubuntu comes with Unity desktop where as Kubuntu is with KDE, Lubuntu with LXDE, Xubuntu with Xfce. There are some o…

Acer Chromebook C720

Just got http://www.engadget.com/products/acer/chromebook/c720/
for 18000 RS. It's 16gb SSD, replaced ChromeOs with BodhiLinux and it runs well (special builds for c720 here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bodhilinux/files/?source=navbar) and runs on battery 8hrs. Not bad at all, I'd say =)

engadget.com It's not the flashiest laptop, and it doesn't have the best display, but Acer's latest Chromebook has a lot of inner beauty to make up for a...

Linux Sucks (Video) - Slashdot

http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/05/19/1926213/linux-sucks-video?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

linux.slashdot.org How do we know Linux sucks? Because Bryan Lunduke says so. How did he become a Linux authority? By using Linux, of course. He has also written a kids Linux book, Linux for Hank, and a grown-up Linux book, Linux is Badass. But wait! That's not all! Bryan is also one of the people behind the infamous…

www.commitstrip.com

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How to approve the use of open source on the job | opensource.com

Something to consider (4 words not to use when pushing for FOSS)
http://opensource.com/business/14/5/negotiate-open-source-on-the-job

opensource.com By choosing my words carefully and avoiding these four words, I successfully brought open source to our team.

http://ask.xmodulo.com/display-change-welcome-message-linux-terminal.html

Bodhi Linux

Give an old PC a second life with http://www.bodhilinux.com/

bodhilinux.com Bodhi Linux, the Minimalist, Enlightened Linux Distribution!

SanDisk Announces 4TB SSD, Plans For 8TB Next Year - Slashdot

hardware.slashdot.org Lucas123 (935744) writes "SanDisk has announced what it's calling the world's highest capacity 2.5-in SAS SSD, the 4TB Optimus MAX line. The flash drive uses eMLC (enterprise multi-level cell) NAND built with 19nm process technology. The company said it plans on doubling the capacity of its SAS SSDs…

Pinguy OS 14.04 Mini Available For Download

Try http://www.webupd8.org/2014/04/pinguy-os-1404-mini-available-for.html if you're too lazy to tweak

webupd8.org Pinguy OS 14.04 Mini, an Ubuntu remaster that comes with a large number of tweaks by default, is available for download. Pinguy OS Mini is a stripped down version of Pinguy OS which comes with all the tweaks and fixes available in the main Pinguy OS version, but without most of the applications inst…

Komodo Edit Downloads - Free PHP, Python, Ruby, Perl, & JavaScript Editor | ActiveState

was looking for a decent plain text/HTML/PHP editor
found totally under-rated http://www.activestate.com/komodo-edit/downloads
cross platform

activestate.com Download Komodo Edit: a free, Open Source editor for PHP, Python, Ruby, Perl, Tcl and Javascript from ActiveState.

Terminology: More Than A Terminal Emulator (Ubuntu Installation Instructions)

a fun terminal for linux

webupd8.org Terminology: More Than A Terminal Emulator (Ubuntu Installation Instructions) ~ Ubuntu / Linux blog

games - ABA Games

sudo apt-get install rrootage noisz2sa torus-trooper

This is all you need to do to get three simple cool shooters to play this weekend on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.
Also available to download for:
Windows: http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~cs8k-cyu/games/index.html
OS X: http://workram.com/games/

asahi-net.or.jp Games Windows Torus Trooper Speeding ship sailing through barrage. Download (English) / Download (Japanese) TUMIKI Fighters Stick more enemies and …

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Open Source Software Quality Outpaces Proprietary Code

coverity.com Coverity Opens Up Access to Free Development Testing Service, Allows Anyone Interested in Open Source Software Quality to View Projects

Folder Color: Easily Change Folder Icon Colors In Nautilus or Nemo

http://www.webupd8.org/2014/04/folder-color-easily-change-folder-icon.html

webupd8.org Folder Color is a Nautilus extension that allows you to easily change any folder icon color to some predefined colors such as blue, pink, black, yellow, violet, orange, green, grey or red. With a small tweak, the extension also works with Nemo (2.2.0) file manager.

Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Dell, Facebook, Fujitsu, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NetApp,...

Amazon Web Services, Cisco, Dell, Facebook, Fujitsu, Google, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, NetApp, Rackspace, VMware and The Linux Foundation Form New Initiative to Support Critical Open Source Projects

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Google Web Designer Available For Linux

http://www.webupd8.org/2014/04/google-web-designer-available-for-linux.html

webupd8.org Google Web Designer, a tool developed by Google which is currently in beta, is finally available for Linux. The following Linux distributions are currently supported: Ubuntu, Debian, OpenSUSE and Fedora.

the empty quarter » Set screen to grayscale with Compiz

http://martinhammer.com/blog/?p=365

You might ask why anyone would want to turn their screen into grayscale, and my answer is: it is a welcome respite for tired eyes, especially when working at night or in a dark environment.

martinhammer.com

Ubuntu 14.04 "Trusty Tahr" Released!

nixspy.com Ubuntu 14.04 LTS "Trusty Tahr" has been released. This is the first time that all community versions of Ubuntu including Ubuntu Desktop, Kubuntu, Lubuntu, Xubuntu, UbuntuKylin and Ubuntu GNOME, have been approved

Snowden Used the Linux Distro

http://yro.slashdot.org/story/14/04/15/1940240/snowden-used-the-linux-distro-designed-for-internet-anonymity?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

yro.slashdot.org Hugh Pickens DOT Com writes: "When Edward Snowden first emailed Glenn Greenwald, he insisted on using email encryption software called PGP for all communications. Now Klint Finley reports that Snowden also used The Amnesic Incognito Live System (Tails) to keep his communications out of the NSA's pr....

'China's Apple' heading to Asia and Latin America

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/04/14/xiaomi_expands_south_east_asia/

theregister.co.uk Xiaomi boss and former Android man Barra leads the charge towards India, Brazil

Gaming on an 8x8x8 LED Cube

http://hackaday.com/2014/04/09/gaming-on-an-8x8x8-led-cube/

hackaday.com Building an LED cube is a great way to learn how to solder, while building something that looks awesome. Without any previous experience with soldering or coding, [Anred] set out to create a simple...

open terminal and run:
xrandr -o inverted

Elementary OS 'Isis' Demos Blistering Speed - OMG! Ubuntu!

http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/04/elementary-os-isis-video-demo-speed?utm_source=feedly&utm_reader=feedly&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=elementary-os-isis-video-demo-speed

omgubuntu.co.uk With Ubuntu placing all of its eggs in a 'convergence' shaped basket, it's left to smaller Linux distributions to push forward the more traditional desktop paradigm that most users are comfortable with.

Whatever Happened To the IPv4 Address Crisis? - Slashdot

http://tech.slashdot.org/story/14/02/17/1319204/whatever-happened-to-the-ipv4-address-crisis?sdsrc=popbyskid

tech.slashdot.org alphadogg writes "In February 2011, the global Internet Assigned Numbers Authority (IANA) allocated the last blocks of IPv4 address space to the five regional Internet registries. At the time, experts warned that within months all available IPv4 addresses in the world would be distributed to ISPs. S...

GOG.com Soon On More Platforms

http://www.gog.com/news/gogcom_soon_on_more_platforms

gog.com Linux support for Ubuntu and Mint coming fall 2014, with at least 100 games at launch.

$2,400 “Introduction to Linux” course will be free and online this summer

http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2014/03/2400-introduction-to-linux-course-will-be-free-and-online-this-summer/

arstechnica.com The Linux Foundation is putting its training materials up on edX's platform.

Modify PDF Files In Linux With Master PDF Editor

often needed tool at any office that uses PDF

webupd8.org Master PDF Editor is a multi-platform application written in Qt that allows you to create, edit and encypt PDF and XPS files. The tool can be used to modify or add text, insert images, split, merge or delete pages from PDF files as well as for annotating PDFs, adding sticky notes and much more.

Free (Gratis) Version of Windows Could Be a Reality Soon - Slashdot

Let's see where we're going with that... =)

tech-beta.slashdot.org An anonymous reader writes "Microsoft is exploring whether to release a free version of Windows to increase the number of computers using the latest operating system. Currently the company seems to be testing a new version of the OS called 'Windows 8.1 with Bing', which will include Microsoft's key…