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Ask Slashdot: How To Shop For a Laptop?

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jakooistra writes "My sister recently asked me for a laptop recommendation. I said, 'Sure, what are techie brothers for,' and diligently started my search for her perfect laptop. Two days later, I feel like I've aged two years. Every laptop ve ...
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Write a simple launcher using Zenity

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Nowadays, we mostly interact with our computers using a Graphical User Interface. The operating system as a whole uses several elements of the GUI to make the user experience more human-like. Can users get to unleash some of the GUI's power? ...
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QuiEdit: An Editor for Anyone Who wants a Quiet Life

Source: LXer

Editors, like file managers and browsers, are legion. To carve out a niche for itself an editor needs to have some compelling or unique feature(s). QuiEdit is unique. No, really. It is. If you want to write, unplugged from the di ...
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Ask Slashdot: Why Not Linux For Security?

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An anonymous reader writes "In Friday's story about IBM's ban on Cloud storage there was much agreement, such as: 'My company deals with financial services. We are not allowed to access Dropbox either.' S ...
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Return of the geek

Source: Vancouver Sun

CLICK FOR PHOTOS OF FAMOUS GEEKS Today marks the 35th anniversary of the release of Star Wars. And if you already knew that, chances are you're a geek. Better yet, today is your day. The good folks at Wikipedia -- geeks, every single o ...
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Screenage wasteland

Source: Rough Type: Nicolas Carr Blog

In 1993, the band Cracker released a terrific album called Kerosene Hat - the opening track, "Low," was an alternative radio staple - and I became a fan. I remember checking out the group's message board on Ame ...
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What to do when Google PR0s Your Business

Source: Hacker News

Today, we woke up to one of the most frightening scenarios imaginable for young entrepreneurs trying to bootstrap. Google had completely removed the PageRank rating from our site https://www.privateinternetac ...
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From The Chronicle Archives: Golden Gate Bridge

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