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The Xbox Media Center arrived in 2004 and became popular so quickly that it became clear more ports would be needed. So the XBMC team allowed this tool to evolve into a cross platform media center that would run on just about anything you can think of. But, of course, the purpose of this article is to install XBMC on Linux. Although XBMC can be installed on most Linux distributions, the Ubuntu installation is the least painful. I’ll first illustrate the installation on Ubuntu and then on Fedora. Once installed, you will find XBMC meets many (if not all) of your media center needs ... Read Full Story

I’ve detailed ways of installing Linux on your PC or Mac without loosing your Mac or Windows operating system here before, so I won’t go into how easy it is again - but I think Gutsy Gibbon, the name of the latest release of Ubuntu Linux, is perhaps the best excuse ordinary people have ever had to ditch Windows altogether. It’s also a great partner to Mac OS if you run it in a Parallels Virtual Machine, as per these screen-shots of it installed on my machine… Download Gutsy Gibbon or have it delivered on DVD A clean look and feel as standard, but ... Read Full Story

I started using Ubuntu 4 months back, and since then I’ve been looking for ways to customize and tweak it to make Ubuntu more productive and look good. During my search, I came across many cool themes from various sources that I’d like to share with you all. These themes are all available for free download from Gnome Art. Do try them out and let me know if you like them. If you have more cool Ubuntu themes, let me know below in the comments. I love eye candy! Murrina Triomphe Download Hardy Theme 2.0 Download Bamboo Zen Download Lux Theme Download Burnt Orange ... Read Full Story

I started using Ubuntu 4 months back, and since then I’ve been looking for ways to customize and tweak it to make Ubuntu more productive and look good. During my search, I came across many cool themes from various sources that I’d like to share with you all. These themes are all available for free download from Gnome Art. Do try them out and let me know if you like them. If you have more cool Ubuntu themes, let me know below in the comments. I love eye candy! Murrina Triomphe Download Hardy Theme 2.0 Download Bamboo Zen Download Lux Theme Download Burnt Orange ... Read Full Story

Arial, Times New Roman, Impact and Verdana are some of the most commonly used fonts. They are so widely used in fact that whenever you open a Word document from any computer, you immediately expect to find their presence. However, on your newly installed Ubuntu (and many other Linux distros), you will find that there is absolutely no trace of any of these fonts. Ubuntu, by default, does not include the commonly used Microsoft core fonts in its installation. The set of fonts that it uses is not supported in Windows or Mac. This means that if you create a document and send to ... Read Full Story