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KDE 4 Krash Packages on Mac OS X, SuSE and Kubuntu

09/15/2006  
Relevance: 6.89
Packages for the first KDE 4 developers snapshot"Krash" have started appearing. Most exciting is packages for a whole new platform, Mac OS X. More details are on Benjamin Reed's blog. For the traditionalists packages are available from openSUSE and Kubuntu. If you are a KDE application developer, this is the easiest way to start porting your application to KDE 4.
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Create custom portable Ubuntu package repositories with APTonCD

08/27/2007  
Relevance: 6.68
I recently discovered APTonCD, a utility that makes it easy to store Ubuntu packages on a CD or DVD so that they can be installed again later without having to download the packages again. You can download the packages you want once and then install them all on as many computers as you want. It's also a pretty useful way to get packages onto computers with slow or unreliable Internet connections.
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An Early Look At KDE 4.1

03/17/2008  
Relevance: 6.52
The first alpha release of KDE 4.1 isn't planned until the end of April, but this past weekend the OpenSuSE team had updated their KDE Four Live spin against the latest KDE 4.0.66 snapshot packages. The KDE 4.0.66 development packages contain new Kickoff and Plasma features along with much other work to the numerous packages that will ultimately make up this first major update to KDE 4.
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Converting .rpm Packages To Debian/Ubuntu .deb

10/23/2006  
Relevance: 6.40
This article shows how you can convert .rpm packages to .deb packages with a tool called alien so that you can easily install them on Debian and Ubuntu systems.
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An Early Look At KDE 4.1

03/17/2008  
Relevance: 6.20
The first alpha release of KDE 4.1 isn't planned until the end of April, but this past weekend the OpenSuSE team had updated their KDE Four Live spin against the latest KDE 4.0.66 snapshot packages. The KDE 4.0.66 development packages contain new Kickoff and Plasma features along with much other work to the numerous packages that will ultimately make up this first major update to KDE 4.
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Customize RPMs with rpmrebuild

06/02/2007  
Relevance: 6.13
Building packages is usually hard work, and best left to distro developers who have the time and patience to work the appropriate magic. However, if you're an admin or user with a need to rebuild existing packages, rpmrebuild takes the pain out of creating new RPMs from installed packages.
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A spotter's guide to open-source Linux package formats

01/17/2008  
Relevance: 6.00
Want to find open source tools? Linux distros have long had the tradition that software is bundled into easily-installed packages. Yet, finding packages can be less than intuitively obvious and even then they may not appear to be available for your flavour of choice. Here's how to get the most out of Linux packages.
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Make your own packages for Debian-based systems

02/23/2007  
Relevance: 5.97
For the uninitiated, creating Debian packages is a mysterious process that looks much harder than it really is. To make it a little less mysterious, let's take a look at two methods of building Debian packages: using standard Debian packaging tools and the CheckInstall utility.
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Linux Evolution Reveals Origins of Curious Mathematical Phenomenon

12/03/2008  
Relevance: 5.95
The team studied Debian Linux, a free operating system continuously being developed by more than 1,000 volunteers from around the world. Developers create software packages, such as text editors or music players, that are added to the system. Beginning with 474 packages in 1996, Debian Linux has expanded to include more than 18,000 packages today. The packages form an intricate network, with some packages having greater connectivity than others, as defined by how many other packages depend on a given package."Open source offers a unique opportunity provided by the high completeness of data concerning open source (thanks to the disclosure policy of the open source terms of license)," lead author Thomas Maillart of ETH Z?rich told PhysOrg.com."Debian Linux allowed us to retrieve exhaustive information from several years ago. Many other complex systems are not so well'documented.'"
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Appnr - Synaptic For Your Browser (Ubuntu)

10/29/2008  
Relevance: 5.87
Appnr is a web-based directory for Ubuntu packages (including the official repositories and third-party packages from Medibuntu, Google, and the Canonical Partner repository). You can use it to browse and install packages directly from your browser. It is like Synaptic for your browser.
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