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By default OpenSuse 11.2 comes with Firefox 3.5.4 and when you run the upgrade you’ll end up having Firefox 3.5.8. However, as we all know there’s Firefox 3.6 available for sometime now. So I decided to update my Firefox to 3.6 on my OpenSuse machine. Following is what I did to upgrade to Firefox 3.6.
1. [...]
IceCat is a GPL version of Mozilla Firefox. Which means it’s totally free and does not have the non-free Firefox art work. Another reason to have IceCat on your machine is because you can have another browser to open side by side Firefox which has the same features as that of Firefox. You can install [...]
Yesterday I did a post on how to install grub 2 on Jaunty Jackalope machine. And I started getting comments that it was as ugly as it’s predecessor. And I could not agree more on that. Following which I started looking for way to pimp up grub 2 to look a little more eye candy. [...]
Flock is a great browser especially when it comes to using it for your social needs. We did a post sometime back on how to install flock on your Ubuntu machine. However, what’s the fun in having a browser that cannot play flash or let’s say video files from youtube. That’s right by default your [...]
Download Managers have become and important part of our Internet usage. With amazing Internet speeds a download manager comes in really handy. Although I must confess that Linux, still lacks a good GUI based Download Manager. D4X also called as Downloader for X is a decent alternative. However, I can say that it’s no where [...]
Opera has sustained the test of time as a browser and is going to continue to gain market share. If there was a really good complete browser, email client and RSS feed reader, then Opera leads the chart. What makes a good software is it being independent of Operating System and this applies to Opera. [...]
I can call my self a semi-geek as I use almost 6 browser on my machine at the same time. Flock happens to be the second choice after Firefox. I use flock because it’s not just a browser but it’s also a platform to unleash your social media needs. You can configure it with facebook, [...]
Cairo Dock is a docking application for Linux. It’s quite awesome and makes a wonderful addition to your Linux’s look and feel. Let’s see how to install this lovely utility in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx).
But before we get into the details of installing it. Let’s see how it looks like on Ubuntu 10.04.
Let’s get on [...]
Skype is one of the most popular voip service out there and is available across various platforms including Linux. We have earlier covered Installing Skype on Ubuntu on LinuxHub. Today we are going to see how to install skype on Opensuse. This is how you install it.
Install the following packages before installing skype.
libqt4-x11
libqt4-dbus-1
libsigc++2
To install these [...]
Upgrades are very important for any operating system. It keeps running things smoothly and ensures the security of your machine. Let’s see how to upgrade packages and softwares in OpenSuse 11.2. This is pretty simple to achieve.
Go to Computer > Install Software
Select the tab that reads Upgrades.
Click the first package and click CTRL+A to select [...]
We all love the infamous cube in Linux. Actually to be frank this is what drove me to start using Linux. Today we are going to see how to install Nvidia graphic drivers in OpenSuse 11.2 and then enable the desktop effects to get the infamous 3D cube.
Install Nvidia graphic drivers in OpenSuse 11.2 with [...]
I am pretty excited that I now have OpenSuse on my machine which means that I will be covering OpenSuse related articles here on Linux Hub meaning more number of articles. To begin with after installing OpenSuse 11.2 (With Gnome Desktop), the first thing I needed was KSnapshot because it makes my job very easy [...]
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