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Firefox v4 Beta 1 Available Now!
Posted on July 7, 2010 | No Comments
Check out what’s new, the known issues and frequently asked questions about the latest version of Firefox. Please tell us what you think using the feedback tools provided as part of the beta. We appreciate your input!
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Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Alpha 2 Released!
Posted on July 2, 2010 | 1 Comment
There are no changes to the Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat artwork: no new Light Themes version, wallpaper, no new icons or anything like that - those usually come very late in the development cycle. But there are still some changes since Alpha 1 in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat and Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 worth mentioning
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Podcast Automation with gPodder & Ubuntu Linux
Posted on July 2, 2010 | No Comments
If you’re a fan of podcasts, you’ve probably at some point become fed up with manually finding and downloading your favorites. This can be a real pain for people who count on fresh daily podcasts to make it through the work day, so multiple solutions have been attempted to make this process simpler. One such [...]
How to Automate Your Podcast Downloads with gPodder originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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New Ubuntu Unity Launcher Video And More Info
Posted on June 26, 2010 | No Comments
Unity is the new Ubuntu Netbook Edition interface which will be available for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat.The new Unity Launcher (which they say its not a dock, but still looks like one to me) will use 2 styles: compact and an accordion style so that...
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Compiz Shortcuts in Ubuntu 10.04
Posted on June 26, 2010 | 1 Comment
I couldn’t find much information about keyboard shortcuts for Compiz effects in Ubuntu 10.04. I poked through the default Compiz configuration and found some I didn’t know about, and some that have changed from previous versions of Ubuntu. Some of the following keyboard shortcuts will not work at all if Compiz (visual effects) if turned off. WorkspacesCtrl [...]
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Performing with ImageMagick
Posted on June 25, 2010 | 1 Comment
Whether you know it or not, there’s a good chance you’ve already used ImageMagick, at least if you’re a Linux user. It’s the image processor behind many graphics-related applications, and for good reason. With this one tool, you can perform dozens of common image manipulations and conversions from the command line or within a script/application. [...]
Performing Image Magic with ImageMagick originally published on Make Tech Easier (RSS)
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How To Install nVidia 256.35 Display Drivers In Ubuntu (From A PPA Repository)
Posted on June 24, 2010 | No Comments
nVidia released the new 256.35 display drivers as stable, just 2 days after the release candidate.
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Play wormux on Ubuntu
Posted on June 5, 2010 | No Comments
Wormix 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.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wormux/ppa sudo apt-add-ppa repository: wormux / ppa
Then update the packages and install wormix.

$sudo apt-get update & & sudo apt-get install wormux

A demo of wormix can be seen on the following video.

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Monitoring System Usage with systat
Posted on June 3, 2010 | No Comments
An 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.
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Nautilus Image Converter
Posted on June 3, 2010 | No Comments
A nautilus extension to mass resize or rotate images.
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