For starters, Adbard is a new advertising network for technology based websites based upon the promotion of Free, Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) friendly products and services. Adbard had the blessings of Free Software Foundation(FSF) which described Adbard as "ethical alternative to ad networks that promote proprietary software". Read the full article by FSF on Adbard.
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If you dont want any software that contain Mono to get installed in your Ubuntu machine, Mononono is what you want. Mononono introduces artificial conflict with mono packages and thus will let you know if the software is based on Mono or not. Just consider the case of Banshee Multimedia Player which is based on Mono. Most of the users are unaware of this fact while installing.
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Ubuntu Satanic Edition is a must for all the \m/etal heads out there. It is basically an Ubuntu distro extensively themed and modified to get a dark metal look and feel. I recommend this distro to those who like dark themes as well. As the Ubuntu Satanic Team puts it, this distro  brings together the best of free software and free metal music. The latest edition Ubuntu Satanic 666.6 is officially released. Go ahead and give it a try.
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If your Pidgin is failing to connect to yahoo recently, dont worry, you are not alone. This was due to discontinued support to Yahoo protocol 16. Check pidgin changelog for more info. You need not worry about this problem. All you have to do is to upgrade your version of Pidgin to the latest edition Pidgin 2.5.7.
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Pidgin is an open source multiplatform internet chat client. It is one of most widely used chat client among Linux users. In Ubuntu, it comes as default installation and with its easy-to-use interface, is an instant hit among the newbie Ubuntu users. But pidgin has its share a drawbacks as well. The non availability of good emoticons like that in Yahoo or MSN messenger being one among the major drawbacks. But we do have a work around here. You could install Yahoo and MSN messenger emoticons in Pidgin. Here is how the installation works.
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Microsoft Windows 7 is an oppurtunity for Linux, according to the Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical foundation, the official backer of Ubuntu operating system. Ubuntu 9.04 aka Jaunty Jackalope is latest among Ubuntu releases and is ready to debue on April 20, 2009. It has many new features and you can also get your copy of Ubuntu 9.04 for free. In his interview with Internetnews Shuttleworth said, "The benefits to consumers and industry of having an alternative are very substantial. Any change in the status quo is an opportunity."
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World of Goo is a puzzle game with a highly efficient physics engine. It has won many accolades from across the world since its release. It was initially available for Wii, Windows and Mac, but lately, its available for Linux as well.
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Most of us might have heard about the picture preview plugin in different file browsers like explorer in WIndows or nautilus  in GNU/Linux. But you probably haven't heard about audio preview plugin with Nautilus. Yes, you heard it right. Interested?  Then read along.
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Nautilus is the default file browser in Ubuntu. Nautilus by default doesn't shows the size of the file. But if you need to show the size of file in Ubuntu, a simple tweak to Nautilus will do the trick. Here we have listed the different steps required. Take a look.
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SCP or Secure Copy is used for  securely transferring files between a local and a remote host or between two remote hosts.  SCP is similar to RCP in many ways. RCP is also an important tool or command in Unix/Linux based systems for transeffering files remotely.
But SCP has a much improved security.
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