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18/07/2014

Redditor Degru shares a method to enable hardware acceleration for YouTube videos. This leads to decreased processor load and therefore lower power consumption and longer battery life (in case of laptops). Try at your own risk, but it worked great for us - 70% CPU load dropped to normal 15-20% while watching videos on YouTube in Firefox! (Ubuntu 14.04 64-bit)

Here are instructions for enabling hardware video acceleration for Flash on the most popular video drivers, compiled into one post. Basically, if you...

10/07/2014

28/05/2014

http://www.instructables.com/id/A-very-Simple-LCD-Backlight-Fix/

Fix any broken LCD backlight with an ordinary light bulb and a dead CRT monitor.Broken LCD monitors basically come in three categories:1) Cracked LCD ...

22/05/2014

Ubuntu AIO DVD Puts All Ubuntu 14.04 Flavors In One DiskMay 18, 2014 By AbhishekLeave a CommentUbuntu has several official flavors based on different desktop environments. The default Ubuntu comes with Unity desktop where as Kubuntu is with KDE, Lubuntu with LXDE, Xubuntu with Xfce. There are some o…

22/05/2014

Learn from , free.
https://www.edx.org/course/linuxfoundationx/linuxfoundationx-lfs101x-introduction-1621 #.U32NN5SSw0g

Develop a good working knowledge of Linux using both the graphical interface and command line, covering the major Linux distribution families.

21/05/2014

Just got http://www.engadget.com/products/acer/chromebook/c720/
for 18000 RS. It's 16gb SSD, replaced ChromeOs with BodhiLinux and it runs well (special builds for c720 here: http://sourceforge.net/projects/bodhilinux/files/?source=navbar) and runs on battery 8hrs. Not bad at all, I'd say =)

It's not the flashiest laptop, and it doesn't have the best display, but Acer's latest Chromebook has a lot of inner beauty to make up for a...

20/05/2014

http://linux.slashdot.org/story/14/05/19/1926213/linux-sucks-video?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed

How do we know Linux sucks? Because Bryan Lunduke says so. How did he become a Linux authority? By using Linux, of course. He has also written a kids Linux book, Linux for Hank, and a grown-up Linux book, Linux is Badass. But wait! That's not all! Bryan is also one of the people behind the infamous…

19/05/2014

http://www.commitstrip.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/05/Strip-Vision-Open-source-650-finalenglish.jpg

15/05/2014

Something to consider (4 words not to use when pushing for FOSS)
http://opensource.com/business/14/5/negotiate-open-source-on-the-job

By choosing my words carefully and avoiding these four words, I successfully brought open source to our team.

07/05/2014

http://ask.xmodulo.com/display-change-welcome-message-linux-terminal.html

03/05/2014

Give an old PC a second life with http://www.bodhilinux.com/

Bodhi Linux, the Minimalist, Enlightened Linux Distribution!

03/05/2014

Lucas123 (935744) writes "SanDisk has announced what it's calling the world's highest capacity 2.5-in SAS SSD, the 4TB Optimus MAX line. The flash drive uses eMLC (enterprise multi-level cell) NAND built with 19nm process technology. The company said it plans on doubling the capacity of its SAS SSDs…