Doin' It For The Noob - Takin' It From The Top
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| That folks, concludes our mini series on "Doin' It For The Noob." As I am not
| the Omni-Smart Advocate, there are probably many things I may have
| overlooked...but again, that's why I write. I don't do this because I think
| you need to know what I think.
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http://linuxlock.blogspot.com/2008/04/doin-it-for-noob-takin-it-from-top.html
Why are Windows and OS X delivered in the very same state to programmers and
9-year-old kids? Can anyone justify this at all?
Related:
Indian schools to use homebrew Debian distro
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| IT@School GNU/Linux is a customized, single-CD distribution that includes
| the applications typically required by a high school student or teacher,
| according to the project. Apart from a wide range of typical desktop
| software, it also contains educational programs such as TuxPaint,
| Ghemical, Kalzium, DrGeo, and Gcompris, school spokesperson Vimal Joseph
| told DesktopLinux.com.
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http://www.desktoplinux.com/news/NS8687173118.html
Hands on: Change your PC's graphical look
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| There is no doubt that you get a lot of choice with Linux. This follows
| through to the desktop environment.
| While in OS X and Windows you are stuck with whatever Apple or Microsoft
| gives you, with Linux you can choose your desktop environment.
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| The two main options are KDE and Gnome, both mature and complete desktops. In
| the past KDE has proved more popular, offering many more advanced features
| and a big selection of powerful applications.
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| However, while the developers have been concentrating on the upcoming KDE4
| for some time, the Gnome developers haven’t been idle. Gnome follows a
| six-month release cycle, each version adding extra features, better
| performance and more polish.
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http://www.itweek.co.uk/personal-computer-world/features/2206276/look-feel-different-3579028
Salesforce.com CEO: Customization is king
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| Marc Benioff argues that Apex will let customers diverge further
| from one-size-fits-all hosted applications approach.
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http://news.com.com/2100-1012_3-6124153.html?part=rss&tag=6124153&subj=news
Customized spins of Fedora
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| When Fedora 7 was released, one of the big features that we talked about was
| the idea of customized spins of the distribution.
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| Now that Fedora 8 is on the way, it’s useful to look and see how we have
| done, and what sort of custom spins have been created.
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http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2007/09/28/customized-spins-of-fedora/
Build a Fedora Live CD
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| Learn how to build your own custom and easy-to-use Live CDs using a
| rewrite of Pilgrim, the Fedora Live CD creation tool.
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http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-fedora-livecd/index.html?ca=drs-
http://tinyurl.com/yswvko
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