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I admit it – I love Christmas music. I like the old, traditional stuff. I like some of the funny stuff. I even like some of the new-fangled stuff! Earlier this evening, I was listening to some Christmas tunes while working in my office, and the Twelve Days of Christmas song came on. As I hummed along with this cute little song, I remembered that there’s a “redneck” version, as well. That got me thinking… where’s the Geek version?! Surely there are more than enough gadgets lying around to help inspire us, right? We demand equal representation! If Jeff Foxworthy can sing about redneck gifts, why can’t we sing about Geeky ones?

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I recently asked all of you to submit your screencasts to me for review. The best of the best will be chosen to be featured here, in my various channels and outlets. This provides content of a different perspective for our community, and gives you new exposure for your work! Duncan has submitted an excellect screencast, showing all of us the new Ubuntu 9.1 operating system.

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The World is buzzing with talk of the release of Windows 7 at long last. Heck, even I spent my evening talking to the community about their thoughts on the new OS, including a nice long convo about the security of 7 with my assistant, Kat. Everywhere you look online, people are talking about Windows 7. It’s all over Twitter. It’s on blogs. It’s on both Lockergnome and Geeks. It’s even in the news. So, what are people saying?

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Chances are by now you’ve messed around with Linux. And of course, Linux may have messed around with you. Unless you know what you’re doing, it can be a real mess. So, there are distros you can download to help you along. These distributions are built by other people with different needs and ideas than what you have. So what are you left to do? How can you build your own distro?

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Ok, so maybe they don’t – but they sure are fun! We do live calls on the stream a few nights a week, provided I get enough sponsors. I used to foot the bill for the calls myself on the toll free number. However, in one month alone the bill came up to just over $500.00! That’s crazy, but there you have it.

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Yes, it’s possible to have Linux and Windows installed on the same PC – and why wouldn’t you have both? You can install Linux using a live CD or even a USB drive. You could also use something like VMWare Fusion, as well.

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This is Tyler Condoulo’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my own:

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This is Sam-M’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my own:

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This is PrivateVoid’s submission for the HP Magic Giveaway. Feel free to leave comments for this article as you see fit – your feedback is certainly welcomed! If you’d like to submit your own how-to, what-is, or top-five list, you can send it to me. Views and opinions of this writer are not necessarily my own:

Read more on Reasons to Switch from OS X or Windows to Ubuntu…

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I received the following email the other day from a chat regular who goes by the handle of Woomis:

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Are you thinking about switching Operating Systems? Here are five things to keep in mind prior to making that big move.

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Are you a Linux fan? I know my System Administrator Allan would yell to forget Linux and use FreeBSD. This isn’t a FreeBSD conversation, though, it’s an Ubuntu one. But it’s just funny that Allan came to mind here, since today at work in Canada, he was recognized by someone for being part of my live show. He is a professor at a college up in Canada. Earlier today, he was walking along the hallway when he heard another instructor and a student discussing FreeBSD. Since he is a FreeBSD fanatic, he had to stop and talk with them. As soon as he started talking, the student’s eyes got huge and he blurted “I know you! You’re on Chris Pirillo’s show.” Allan couldn’t believe it, but there you have it. We’re even reaching college students in Canada. While this doesn’t really pertain to this list, I did find it very cool. Now, on with our top five list!

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When I opened the 888-PIRILLO phone line the other night, I had an interesting call with a Linux problem. Let’s take a listen and see how it worked out.

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Steve Sims thinks Linux can win. He sent me the following plan this morning, and it was too interesting to keep to myself…

I’ve used Ubuntu for maybe four months now. Before that I used Windows. I haven’t always been into computers; until a few years ago I still used Yahoo!’s IE shell for web browsing, and then I discovered this blue E that didn’t take forever to sign into. My father later introduced me Firefox but I rejected it at first since I couldn’t figure out how to see pictures (I think he disabled them for some reason). So, unlike old-school Linux users I know what it’s like to not be great with computers. From this experience, here’s what I think Linux needs to dominate PC operating systems:

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Ubuntu keeps generating buzz, and I don’t see enthusiasm subsiding any time soon. Seems to be the only distribution to capture “user” attention – beyond the enterprise.

First, a video covering MP3s On Ubuntu, the OGG Alternative – In this post, Matt shows you how to seriously migrate away from MP3 into using OGG Vorbis, while not leaving your favorite music at home when on the go.

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