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The Perfect Desktop - Kubuntu 9.10

This tutorial shows how you can set up a Kubuntu 9.10 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops.

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The Perfect Desktop - Mandriva One 2010.0 With GNOME

This tutorial shows how you can set up a Mandriva One 2010.0 desktop (with the GNOME desktop environment) that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e.

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The Benefits of Virtual PC Desktop with Telephony

NEC's Virtual PC Center (VPCC) is a leading thin client solution that provides a secure computing platform for your enterprise data with significant multimedia capabilities. With VPCC, your desktop instantaneously and securely follows you throughout the enterprise. Learn more about NEC's VPCC and its benefits in this whitepaper.



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How To Upgrade Ubuntu 9.04 To 9.10 (Desktop & Server)

Yesterday the new Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) was released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 9.04 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 9.10.

| How-to | Open Source | 10/30/09 at 9:33 am |


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Neither Netbooks Nor Desktops Are “The Answer”

Why do some IT people get so upset about netbooks? Story after story from “real IT” people accuse netbooks of trying to take over the world by fraud or trickery or magic. What IT pundits, like the writer of Forget Netbooks, Desktops Rule, forget is that "normal” people don't care about ideology when they buy a netbook, they care about price, portability, and getting their work done. If a netbook does that for them, why does that upset the IT people?



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