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Firefox v4 Beta 1 Available Now!
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Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Alpha 2 Released!
02 July 2010 9:10 AM | 1 Comment - Podcast Automation with gPodder & Ubuntu Linux
02 July 2010 5:00 AM | No Comments - Opera 10.60 Officially Released For Linux, Windows And MacOS X
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New Ubuntu Unity Launcher Video And More Info
26 June 2010 2:48 AM | No Comments - Compiz Shortcuts in Ubuntu 10.04
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How To Install nVidia 256.35 Display Drivers In Ubuntu (From A PPA Repository)
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Tip: Generate A List of Installed Packages For Easy Reinstall
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How to Install Nvidia Video Drivers In 10.04 Lucid Lynx
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Install Cario Dock 2.1
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Proper Install of Flash for x64 Ubuntu
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Upgrade Ubuntu Server to 10.04 LTS
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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid Lynx Released
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Official Ubuntu Manual Released
28 April 2010 5:29 PM | 1 Comment
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Play wormux on Ubuntu
Posted on June 5, 2010 | No CommentsWormix is a clone of classic arcade game worm. It is under active development under a free licence. Recently, wormix project has released version 0.9.1 of this beautiful game. It is available for ubuntu on a PPA. You can try out wormix installing it from PPA.
Then update the packages and install wormix.sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wormux/ppa sudo apt-add-ppa repository: wormux / ppa
$sudo apt-get update & & sudo apt-get install wormux
A demo of wormix can be seen on the following video.
Monitoring System Usage with systat
Posted on June 3, 2010 | No CommentsAn overburdened CPU is another obvious place to look for performance problems on your system. Similarly io can be a bottleneck in proper system performance. You can watch various parameters if you install sysstat package.Nautilus Image Converter
Posted on June 3, 2010 | No CommentsA nautilus extension to mass resize or rotate images.tar.gz, tgz and tar.bz2
Posted on June 2, 2010 | 1 CommentOn linux distributions we commonly see files named tar, tgz, tar.gz and tar.bz2. This note tries to explain common operations on such files.
tar
tar is used to create a Tape ARchive. ( tar is from the old unix era) The resulting file is known as a tarball. A tar ball concatenates files to a a sin get the files out of a tarball, you can extract a tarball usingtar -xvf something.tar
To create a tar archive , the following command can be used.
tar -c /home/mydir > mydir.tar
tgz and tar.gz
If the tarball has also been gzipped (compressed), the file will be named tar.gz or tgz .You can use the following command to extract it.
If you want to create a tgz as below.tar -xvfz something.tar.gz
tar czvf myfolder.tar.gz myfolder/
tar.bz2
A tar.bz2 uses bzip2 compression on a tarball. Generally the size will be less that a tar.gz file .If you have a .tar.bz2 file , issue this command: ( You need bzip2 installed)
tar -xvjf file-1.0.tar.bz2
If you want to create a tar.bz2 as below.tar cjvf myfolder.tar.bz2 myfolder/
Clearing junk with BleachBit
Posted on June 2, 2010 | 1 CommentBleach bit is a utility which can free disk space, removes hidden junk, and easily guards your privacy. It can erase cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, remove unused localizations, shred logs, and delete temporary files.ZFS And The Sexieness That Follows
Posted on May 12, 2010 | 1 CommentFirst off I’d like to apologize for the lack of updates lately, I’ve been dealing with some dire problems on my file server. Good news is however all my data is safe so, I’ll be able to focus again without that frighting thought in the...PostgreSQL 9 Beta 1 Released!
Posted on May 3, 2010 | No CommentsThe first beta release of PostgreSQL version 9.0 is now available. Version 9.0 is the first version of PostgreSQL to include built-in real-time binary database replication with query scale-out, consisting of two features, Hot Standby and Streaming Replication. Combined with its other major features, version 9.0 will expand adoption of PostgreSQL by new users and in new types of applications.Fix Spotify 0.4.3 To Work With Ubuntu (Facebook And Local Files Not Playing)
Posted on May 3, 2010 | 2 CommentsAs most of you probably know, Spotify released a new version of its client - 0.4.3 (more info, here) which now includes Facebook and local files support (among other things). But using the Windows Spotify client under Ubuntu using Wine, you won't be ab...Install Nautilus Elementary 2.30 Via PPA Repository for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Only
Posted on May 3, 2010 | 4 CommentsWe already covered Nautilus Elementary and how to install it in Lucid but the instructions in that post required you to compile it.But starting a few minutes ago, Nautilus Elementary 2.30 is available to install for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx users via a ...Install JDownloader Via PPA Repository
Posted on May 3, 2010 | No CommentsJDownloader is a a java-based tool that completely automates the downloading process. It can be very helpful for websites such as Rapidshare.com or Megaupload.com for both premium and free users.Among JDownloader features are: captcha recognition, mult...
