Download Ubuntu 11.04 aka Natty Narwal

Ubuntu 11.04 code named Natty Narwhal has been released. Natty (11.04) brings a new desktop experience through the Unity project. Unity delivers a consistent user experience for the desktop and netbook users by redesigning the desktop and incorporating new technologies thus optimizing the experience for touch, consistency and collaboration.
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Linux Foundation Is Celebrating 20 Years Of Linux - Are you ?

Linux is turning 20. And to commemorate this happy occasion, the Linux Foundation is celebrating 20 years of Linux with a slew of special events which includes Gala dinner, Video contest,a T-Shirt contest, Linux Scholarships et al.

The Linux Foundation has also released this nice infographic which depicts the major milestones of Linux development.
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Emacs Editor - 11 Tips For The Road To Mastery

Emacs is a very powerful text editor used by geeks the world over. Now I am not trying to fuel a Emacs vs Vi war but mastering Emacs editor will definitely make you more productive and save time, compared to doing the same tasks using a more common text editor. What is more, Emacs is available cross platform which means, no matter which operating system you use, a native version of Emacs is available for your OS.

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Two Classic Games Developed Using Sed

Sed is a command line tool used for pattern recognition and substitution in one or more text files. Sed is also called a stream editor. It is a very powerful tool which when mastered can help you in near-magic modifications to your files - all with just a few tap of your fingers.

One of the frequent uses of Sed is in text substitution. For example, if you want to change all the occurrences of the word "train" with the word "car" in your file "myfile.txt", you can do it easily using sed as follows.
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How To Create A Screencast In GNOME 3

GNOME 3 has an inbuilt software that allows you to record your desktop. This makes it very easy to create a screencast in GNOME 3. Here is how you do it ...
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GNOME 3.0 Has Been Officially Released

GNOME 3.0 has been officially released. Ushering in a radical desktop experience, GNOME 3.0 is all about usability, and it promises a distraction free computing experience for end users.

GNOME 3.0 desktop is designed in such a way that it can run on a variety of modern computing devices including PCs, tablets, cell phones, and what not. The defining technology for GNOME 3.0 user experience is the GNOME Shell.

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