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Both popular music file formats MP3 and AACS are patent encumbered - that means we all end up paying too much for our music one way or another. Time to switch to playing Ogg! Playing Ogg is ethically, legally and technically superior. Download this Ogg friendly media player for Mac and Windows now! (Ogg support comes o'natural for GNU/Linux users)



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Various hacks to boost Ubuntu's performance, such as viewing running processes, identifying resources, finding process startups, tuning kernel parameters, and speeding up boot time.



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A cool tutorial on how to setup a linux media server on an old computer. Access your files from any computer on the network



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Running existing Windows installation on Ubuntu is piece of cake. What you need is Vmware player and 10 minutes of spare time.

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If you want to clean your ubuntu machine you need to follow these simple steps to remove all unnecessary junk files.

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For Feisty Fawn only. PICS. The meta-package is called ubuntu-restricted-extras, and it automatically enables the multiverse and universe repos after warning you. See more info at the wiki https://wiki.ubuntu.com/CommonCustomizations . Enables mp3 playback among others.

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In this article, I'm going to tell you how to download a movie, convert it into a format that your DVD player can read, and then author it.

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A great forum post on the rules and requirements for building a successful VOIP network - from a guy with hand's on experience, who has spent a lot of time with other experts in the VOIP community.

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Build Your Own Debian/Ubuntu LAMP Server - Quick & Easy Do it Yourself Installation

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