Though you can usually manage your network settings via the GUI in most Linux distros these days, it's always good to be familiar with the command-line tools. So we're going to review some select commands from a couple of tools that are typically included in the popular Linux distros. Remember, if you want full details on the tool and its options, refer to its man page: type man followed by the tool name. Now bring up a terminal and let's get started!

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Out of the Park Baseball has recently been developed with support for Linux in mind. This program is not available free of charge and is sold for 39.00 per download.The lack of games available for Linux is a factor that have kept some from making the switch from Windows to Linux.

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"I’m not going to make a detailed post, just a screen-shot based overview of the new features you can expect in KDE 4.5."

Read the full thing at http://ivan.fomentgroup.org/blog/2010/04/15/4-5-updates-so-far/

No one is better qualified to talk about the state of the KDE desktop than Aaron Seigo. A former member of the board of KDE e.V, the German non-profit that oversees the project, Seigo is a lead developer on the desktop. Last weekend, I interviewed him at the Calgary Open Source Systems Festival, COSSFest, in front of an audience, on where KDE is today and where it is heading.

Read the full thing at http://itmanagement.earthweb.com/osrc/article.php/12068_3876246_1/Aaron-Seigo-on-the-Future-of-KDE.htm

The KDE SC does not include a standard FTP client as you may know it from other platforms. There are some third party applications like Kasablanca or KFTPgrabber but they are not yet fully ported to the KDE SC 4. The good news however is, you don't need such an application to manage your remote servers. The KDE SC features a way more powerfull technique for dealing with such situations.

Read the full thing at http://userbase.kde.org/File_transfers

The following table lists package management tasks in the four most popular distribution groups – Debian (including Ubuntu, Linux Mint, KNOPPIX, sidux and other Debian derivatives), openSUSE, Fedora (including Red Hat Enterprise Linux, CentOS, Scientific Linux and other Fedora-based distributions), and Mandriva Linux.

Read the full thing at http://lpilinux.com/package-management-cheatsheet.html

While Linux is a power to be reckoned with in the enterprise server room it continues to struggle for acceptance on the consumer desktop. On the desktop the most popular distributions, far and away, are Ubuntu and Fedora. Which one is more popular is an ongoing debate between Canonical and Red Hat, the companies which produce the two distributions.

Read the full thing at http://broadcast.oreilly.com/2010/04/ubuntu-is-a-poor-standard-bear.html

Some manufacturers are using Linux for their television sets, Sony for instance has a impressive list of tv's which are running Linux.

There are also some televisions which can actually be hacked into to unlock extra features. Sounds cool? It is!

Read the full thing at http://www.handlewithlinux.com/televison-runs-linux

Another area of hardware support that has caused much grief for users has been with printer support. Printers are not nearly as complex as a modern-day graphics processor, but the different vendors have not been quick to offer up any Linux support -- and binary-only drivers frequently back the ones that do. There is one printer manufacturer though that as of last year has begun supporting Linux from top to bottom with their entire line-up of printers. Not only are they providing CUPS drivers, but also they are even printing Tux in the corner of every box they ship right besides the Windows and Apple logos. Do you know who we are talking about? Probably not, but it's Lexmark.

Read the full thing at http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=lexmark_linux&num=1

Time has came for first beta release for 2010 Spring version of Mandriva Linux. It’s now available through 32 and 64 DVD isos, as well as live-CD isos for GNOME and KDE on public mirrors

Read the full thing at http://blog.mandriva.com/2010/04/02/mandriva-linux-2010-spring-beta-1-available/