TuxRadar originals

If you've been too busy playing with [Ubuntu 9.10/OpenSUSE 11.2/Mandriva 2010 - delete as appropriate] to check in with us every day for your latest Linux learnings, never fear: here's our pick of the best that you missed:

• How to be anonymous online with Incognito
• How OpenSolaris compares to Linux
• Cool Linux projects anyone can do
• Qt coding for beginners
• Frequently asked questions for Linux newbies
• Vista vs Windows 7 vs Ubuntu boot speed
• How to make Linux faster in easy steps
• Easy hard drive backup with Clonezilla
• Common Linux problems solved
• How to build your own Linux distro

Plus: Christmas is coming, so it's time to deploy pester power to have your loved ones buy you a year's subscription to the world's best Linux magazine, Linux Format. Yes, we put a lot of content here on TuxRadar every month, but it's only about 1/5th of what we publish in the magazine, and with 13 issues a year delivered to your door it's the easiest way to keep yourself overflowing with new tutorials to try, new apps to play with and new news to be, er, new.

In addition, all our subscribers to get access to over 2000 PDFs from back issues, with new PDFs uploaded as soon as they leave for the printers, plus BitTorrent access to our DVDs.

We have special Christmas subscription rates online for the next ten days, so place your order now to avoid disappointment:

• Click here if you're in the US or Canada
• Click here for the rest of the world

(NB: Some people may find that the subscriptions deal we include in our awesome Linux podcast gives them an even lower price - it pays to shop around, folks!)

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