Perhaps your X server has crashed. Or you’re working on a shell script. Or you’re SSHed into a headless server. For one reason or another, if you need to fetch a file and a web browser’s not an option, you might want to look into wget. If you’ve used the Linux shell much and worked [...]
Fetching Files with wget originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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Using Linux on a laptop has always been a hit and miss affair. With sometimes obscure proprietary hardware, many laptop manufacturers have showed no interest in supporting the free operating system. Nevertheless, through hard work by developers and support from some hardware manufacturers, Linux now supports a wide variety of laptops and netbooks. Many laptop [...]
How to Change Linux Displays on the Fly with Disper originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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The Dropbox team has recently updated its popular Dropbox software to version 1.0 and shedded its beta tag. This newest version comes with selective sync (choosing which folders to sync on each computer), better bandwidth utilization and memory usage. In Windows/Mac, you just have to download the respective software and uninstall it in your system [...]
How to Upgrade Your Dropbox to Version 1.0 in Ubuntu originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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Like many so-called “power users”, the first thing I do after installing Linux is customize it. I set it to my preferred desktop settings, applications and configuration because I know what I like, and I normally go to great lengths to get it just right. Recently, after setting up a new Ubuntu Maverick install for [...]
Ubuntu as Intended. My Experience Of Using the ‘Default’ Ubuntu originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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If you have used Gnome-Do in Linux, you will find some resemblance in Synapse. The user-interface is the same – activate the launcher, type the search term, press Enter to execute. The only difference is that Synapse makes use of the Zeitgeist engine to display your search result. An appropriate description would be: Synapse is [...]
Synapse: A Useful Zeitgeist-based Application Launcher originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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Part of the free software experience is having the freedom to setup your workspace the way you want it. KDE, the popular free software compilation for Linux and other Unix-like operating systems, offers a plethora of configuration and customization options. Among those options are a number of methods for accessing files quickly and easily. Locations [...]
Configuring Places, Bookmarks, and Locations in KDE originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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Part of the big hype over the release of KDE 4 was its new and improved eye candy, mostly due to the Plasma workspace. Those who liked the changes, loved the new KDE from the beginning. Those who did not are still complaining about it. But like any good desktop environment, you are by no [...]
7 Ways to Beautify Your KDE 4 Desktop originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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Here at MakeTechEasier, we’ve covered Linux desktop issues of all kinds, and we’ve examined desktop environments both well known (Gnome and KDE) as well as somewhat obscure (Window Maker, LXDE). For some reasons, we’ve never taken a close look at the very popular XFCE desktop environment. It’s nearly as feature-rich as Gnome, but with a [...]
A Long Overdue Look at XFCE originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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In the upcoming version of Ubuntu (11.04 Natty Narwhal), Banshee will be replacing Rhythmbox as the default music player. A quick look at our archive and we were surprised that we have not covered Banshee before. It is always better late than never. In this article, we are going to take a closer look at [...]
Banshee: Is It Good Enough To Be The Default Music Player For Ubuntu? originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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As Linux gains more popularity, the number of major commercial game vendors supporting Linux has not increased, but independent developers are certainly taking notice. Here are four more Linux games that are sure to distract you from real work. Be sure to play them only when your boss is not looking. Enjoy! 1. Grappling Hook [...]
4 More Linux Games to Distract You From Work originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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