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In theory, a Dell machine with Linux is $50 cheaper… but the free RAM/HDD upgrade (a $275 value) is only for Windows customers. But wait, there’s more!

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Oh, dear and holy Lazyweb, help! My pen drive mounts automatically — I don’t want that. I temporarily disabled the media manager service in the KDE Control Center service manager; but I want to keep it on, with automounting off (in GNOME this is the default). How do I do that?

…and you can see pictures of them here! Fantastic!

In case you missed it, Dell is selling computers with Ubuntu preloaded. Fantastic news!

Need to start the day with a smile? See the first bugs in Ubuntu’s and OLPC’s bug trackers.

Better late than never! The first question I’m answering in the Month of Linux answers series is: Would it be best for people considering moving to linux to start using open source software on their Windows computers first?

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Yes, I changed to KUbuntu a few hours ago.

And it’s surprisingly good. After a decade of using RPM-based distributions (first Red Hat 5.2, then Mandrake, then Red Hat 9, then Fedora), I’m now using a Debian-based distro.

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Scott James Remnant, the Upstart developer, graces us with an interview. (more…)

We all want to run Linux on 64 MB of RAM. But Ubuntu Lite’s way is not the right one.

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