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Tutorial: Install Opera Widgets on Ubuntu 11.10

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Opera Widgets, unlike most other browser plugins, can be downloaded to serve as browser-independent desktop widgets. These are managed through Opera Widget Manager, so the Opera process remains open (without running the browser). This tutorial explains how to use Opera Widgets as desktop widgets on Ubuntu 11.10. read more...

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permapage | score:9966 | -falko, February 10, 2012

Install appmenu-qt HUD on Linux Mint 12 KDE

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Many articles have already been written about Ubuntu’s HUD, or Head-Up Display, a feature that is expected on future versions of the popular distribution. It is intended to replace the menu as we know it, with voice capabilities built-in. You may read the original article by Mark Shuttleworth, the founder of Ubuntu, here.

If you use a distribution running the K Desktop Environment, there is an application that offers HUD’s promised functionality, minus the voice part, that you can install now. That application is called Appmenu-qt.

This article shows how to install it on Linux Mint 12 KDE. read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9966 | -finid, February 14, 2012

Installing Webuzo Wordpress Stack

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Webuzo Wordpress Stack is a free-quick-install package that allows bundling of all software (dependency) necessary to run Wordpress for development or production purposes. It includes the latest updated version of Wordpress and is pre-configured and ready-to-run. read more...

permapage | score:9958 | -falko, February 9, 2012

Tutorial: Run latest Firefox on Debian 6

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We all know that Debian is a production like GNU/Linux operating system, thus the software available by default in the repository servers is not always the newest version. I created this tutorial to help those interested in running the latest version of the graphical Internet browser Mozilla Firefox. read more...

permapage | score:9957 | -falko, February 11, 2012

Bouncer: Evict malware from Android

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From the description, Bouncer is like a security agent that scans the marketplace for malware, relying on signatures of known malware to do its job. Besides looking for malicious applications, Bouncer also analyzes “new developer accounts to help prevent malicious and repeat-offending developers from coming back.”

The idea, as Hiroshi described it, is to provide an “automated scanning of Android Market for potentially malicious software without disrupting the user experience of Android Market or requiring developers to go through an application approval process.” Sounds good to me. read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9954 | -finid, February 4, 2012

Tutorial: Make DuckDuckGo the default search engine in Chromium

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The folks behind DuckDuckGo have been deftly positioning the search engine as one you should be using, if you are tired or want to avoid snooping by Google and others like it. It is a message that I have bought into, and I think you will too, once you get to know how Google and other search engines track and bubble you.

Ok, so Chromium’s developers have not recognized DuckDuckGo as a major search engine, but that should not stop you from adding it to the list of search engines in Chromium and making it your default (search engine). This brief tutorial shows you the simple steps to make it happen. read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9945 | -finid, February 9, 2012

Tutorial: Run Simple Groupware on Nginx on Debian 6, Ubuntu 11.10

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This tutorial shows how you can install and run Simple Groupware on a Debian Squeeze or Ubuntu 11.10 system that has nginx installed instead of Apache (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). Simple Groupware is an open source enterprise groupware that offers email, calendaring, contacts, tasks, document management, project management, synchronization with Outlook and cell phones, full-text search, extensions and many more. nginx is a HTTP server that uses much less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot of faster, especially static files. read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9944 | -falko, February 7, 2012

Install Quick Access on Linux Mint 12 KDE

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I am always looking for tools and applications that make the desktop a lot more fun to use, while boosting my productivity at the same time. Such tools should accomplish those objectives without getting in the way. I have already written about two of them in 2 cool reasons to use the K Desktop Environment. In this article, steps you need to install another one of such applications in Linux Mint 12 KDE are presented read more...

permapage | score:9885 | -finid, January 23, 2012

Install Takeoff Launcher on Fedora 16 KDE

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Takeoff Launcher is one of my favorite menu styles and I consider it one of 2 cool reasons to use the K Desktop Environment. Though it is not in Fedora’s repository, there is an rpm package that you can install from the project’s website. In this tutorial, you will read about the steps necessary to install and customize it on Fedora 16 KDE, a Fedora Spin that was previously reviewed on this website. read more...

permapage | score:9884 | -finid, January 24, 2012

Run Unity desktop on Linux Mint 12

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The combination of GNOME 3 and MGSE is an attempted to improve on the user-experience of a stock GNOME 3 installation, however, it still leaves the user fighting the desktop just to get things done, and MATE is not yet ready for prime time.

While I am not exactly a fan of Ubuntu’s Unity Desktop, I think it presents a better user-experience than GNOME 3 with MGSE. So, this tutorial shows the steps necessary to install and run Unity Desktop on Linux Mint 12. read more...

permapage | score:9866 | -finid, December 13, 2011

How to compile and install Takeoff Launcher on Linux Mint 12 KDE

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There are several menu styles to choose from in the K Desktop Environment, but my favorite is the Takeoff Launcher, which is why I consider it one of 2 cool reasons to use the K Desktop Environment.

In this article, the steps you need to take to replace Kickoff menu, the default menu style on Linux Mint 12 KDE, are presented in an easy to follow manner. Like everything that goes on the KDE panel, Takeoff Launcher has to be added as a widget. Before you get to the stage to add the widget to the panel, the package has to be compiled or built from source. Why from source? read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9849 | -finid, January 15, 2012

Tutorial: Install Cinnamon on Fedora 16

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Cinnamon is a very recent addition to the list of desktop environments available for Linux, BSD and other UNIX-like operating systems. It was started by Clement Lefebvre and his crew at Linux Mint and it is an attempt to make the GNOME 3 desktop more user-friendly.

If you are not happy with GNOME 3, and are using Fedora 16, that is, the main edition, which uses the GNOME 3 desktop environment, you will find Cinnamon a lot more fun to use. This short tutorial gives the steps on how to install and use it. read more...

mail this link | permapage | score:9843 | -finid, January 4, 2012

How to use bash builtin commands

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The Bash shell contains builtin commands that do not create a fork when they are used. This is a list and description of those builtins.

A builtin command is a command that is built into the shell so that the shell does not fork a new process. The result is that builtins run faster and can alter the environment of the current shell. The shell will always attempt to execute the builtin command before trying to execute a utility with the same name. For more information on the builtins:

info bash

Install Razor-qt on Linux Mint 12 KDE

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Razor-qt is a brand new desktop environment based on Qt framework, the same development framework that KDE is based on. Though it is still in its infancy and, therefore, not as feature-complete as KDE or other well known desktop environments, it has a bright future ahead of it. And from what I have seen so far, it could be taking KDE and the rest to the cleaners in the very near future.

Compared to KDE, one thing it has going for it right now, is that it is fast. How fast? Very. read more...

permapage | score:9831 | -finid, January 18, 2012

Install Cinnamon in Ubuntu 11.10

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Cinnamon is a new desktop environment, forked from GNOME 3 by the developers of Linux Mint. It is intended as an optional desktop for those who have not taken kindly to GNOME 3 or Unity desktop environments. While it is still very rough around the edges, I find it a lot better to use than GNOME 3 and slightly better than Unity. It has nothing on KDE, though.

In this article, the simple steps required to install and use it in Ubuntu 11.10 are presented in an easy to follow manner. read more...

permapage | score:9812 | -finid, January 6, 2012

Three hot extensions for Fedora 16 and GNOME 3 installations

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A default installation of a distribution using GNOME 3 can be a pain to use, but thanks to available extensions, you can make your GNOME 3 installation a little bit more fun to use, or at least closer to the type of desktop environment you are used to.

While there are almost 100 extensions available on the GNOME 3 extensions webpage, I find three of them to be almost indispensable. Do not use GNOME 3 without them! read more...

permapage | score:9805 | -finid, January 16, 2012

Add a kill window applet to the Ubuntu Unity launcher

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This screencast shows you how to add a Kill Window applet to the Unity launcher. This applet is a must have for anyone who was a fan of the kill applet in Gnome 2. read more...

permapage | score:9805 | -mcasperson, December 31, 2011

find with multiple expressions

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The find command can use multiple expressions to enable complex searches which permit multiple criterion in the search. This feature greatly enhances the ability for creating precise searches.

It’s also possible to create more advanced searches by creating compound expressions. It works like Algebra; expressions are evaluated from left to right unless you have some of the terms grouped with parentheses. But, with that, there are a couple of minor catches.

Ubuntu TV?

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Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, the popular Linux distribution for desktops and servers, just announced Ubuntu TV, a version of the distribution targeted at OEMs and ODMs for use in connected TVs.

This is the company’s first step outside its core business segment. The zillion dollar/euro/rouble/rupee/yuan question is, will it fly? read more...

permapage | score:9797 | -finid, January 11, 2012

Encrypt mail with SSL certificates

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This article is about how to use the S/MIME encryption function of common e-mail clients to sign and/or encrypt your mails safely. S/MIME uses SSL certificates which you can either create yourself or let a trusted certificate authority (CA) create one for you. read more...

permapage | score:9785 | -falko, December 12, 2011

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