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I am using Eclipse now for php dev things. On my laptop I was very unsatisfied with the performance of Eclipse, even though I have enough RAM it was too slow.
This is only because when you install Eclipse with apt-get it uses the slower java-gcj vm. To change this first install the Java VM from [...]

In another post I was mentioning that there is a way to make Beryl run smoother when you change the depth in X11 lower than 24.
Actually by the time I had the feeling it sucks. Well it is faster even you have a lot of eyecandy enabled, but on the other side I didn’t really [...]

Today I came across a very nice tool. With it you can for example integrate your console directly on the desktop. Which looks like this:

For a small tutorial how to achieve this please visit the ubuntu forums.

Google unveiled a new version for the search page. The icons are animated and it doesn’t look that old style anymore.

The first place where you can enjoy this feature is Korea! Even though I am located in Europe, the site is still loading as fast as usual.

I hope they will transfer this redesign to [...]

LinuxDevices is talking about ‘a kind of holy software grail’ when a startup announces “LINA”. This piece of software should enable the possibility to run Linux applications easily in a OS X or Windows environment.
Some keyfeatures are:

Low overhead
Runs without recompiling
Access to Hostsystem resources
Native System integration
No porting necessary
Native look and feel
Support for legacy [...]