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    Top 21 Ubuntu Wallpapers

    I write for HowToGeek.com and in one of the recent posts have covered 21 Best wallpapers for Ubuntu 10.04. The wallpapers are an effort to bring to you handful of choices if and when you are bored of the default wallpaper that comes with Lucid Lynx. You can find the complete collection at  Desktop Fun: 21 Cool Ubuntu Wallpapers. Also, feel free to subscribe to Howtogeek RSS feeds for future updates.
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    Install IceCat 3.6 on Ubuntu 9.10

    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 IceCat on your Karmic machine using the following command: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnuzilla-team/ppa Once you...
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    How to move window buttons to right on Ubuntu 10.10: GUI Method

    Windows button on Ubuntu 10.04 were moved to left and looks like the same trend will be followed in Ubuntu 10.10 code named Maverick Meerkat. We found a simple GUI script to change the Windows button to right side. This script works for both Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10. The script was written by Alex Eftimie and all the credit/copyright reserves with him. Current Behavior 1. In order to move the windows button to...
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    X-Tile: Tile windows in various style in Linux

    Do you work with many window and want to see all of them at a glance before you choose them then X-Tile is the solution for you. X-tile is a gnome applet for your panel (or optionally a standalone application,working with kde as well) that allowsyou to select a number of windows and tile them in different ways. You can download the Deb package from here. For other distros you can check the page here.
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    OSD Lyrics: A multi-player lyrics finder for Linux

    Do you like singing along while a song is playing and sometimes miss out on lyrics. You might face this more so on Linux as Windows has fairly good options for a lyrics finder. OSD-Lyrics tries to fill this gap by allowing you to download lyrics. More over it supports a large number of media players. OSD Lyrics is inspired by lrcdis. With OSD Lyrics, you can enjoy an OSD lyrics show with various media players in ...
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    Alarm Clock for Ubuntu

    Did you feel a need for alarm clock on your Ubuntu machine? Well most of us don't need it however, if you are just too geeky to use your laptop or computer to have an alarm clock that wakes you up, then you can have one. This alarm clock is called as alarm clock. Alarm Clock project is a simple alarm clock software for the GNOME desktop. You can schedule your tasks in an easy way. In Ubuntu all you have to do is...
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    Install Firefox 4 beta 2 in Ubuntu using PPA

    Firefox 4 has been making some buzz around. With the browser market heating up, none of the companies want to stay behind and Firefox 4 is an effort in such direction by Mozilla. Firefox 4 will be a little more slimmer and will have some neat features including a revamped UI. The beta version of the browser is out though for Linux the version doesn't have any significant UI changes thought the features are slowly...
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    Enable Desktop Effect in Fedora 13

    This post is specific to enabling 3d (desktop effects) in fedora 13 running on Nvidia graphics. I struggled to enable the desktop effect in Fedora 13. But eventually I managed to enable the desktop effects using the following steps. Note: This is a 3 steps process. Please follow all the steps to enable desktop effects in Fedora 13 1. Install Nvidia drivers ( if you have 4Gb of RAM or more you will probably have...
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    Installing Shutter on Fedora 13

    Shutter is one of the best screen taking utility for Linux and it's my default screen capturing tool. I managed to get the new version of Fedora (13) running on my machine and wanted to start off writing about how to install Shutter on Fedora 13. The installation process is fairly easy: Go to System > Administration > Add/Remove Software and search for Shutter. Select the package as shown in the screenshot...
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    Conky: Bringing life to Linux desktop

    Conky is a system monitoring tool for Linux. However, it's a great tool to bring immense amount of information right on your desktop. You can flaunt off some really geeky looking desktop to all your friends stuck with Windows (though there are ways to achieve the same in Windows as well). Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any information on your desktop. Conky is licensed under the...
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How to move window buttons to right on Ubuntu 10.10: GUI Method

Aug 30th

Posted by Vivek in Featured | 197 views

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Share Windows button on Ubuntu 10.04 were moved to left and looks like the same trend will be followed in Ubuntu 10.10 code named Maverick Meerkat. We found a simple GUI script to change the Windows button to right side. This script works for both Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10. The script was written by Alex

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Install Firefox 4 beta 2 on Fedora 13

Aug 1st

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Share Firefox 4 beta 2 has been making some news across the web and I have found it pretty stable for daily use. There are some cool new features. Let’s see how to install Firefox 4 beta 2 on Fedora 13. 1. Open a terminal window and change to root user. 2. Install the Remi

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Install the latest Avant Window Navigator Lucido using PPA on Ubuntu 10.04

Jul 15th

Posted by Vivek in How-to | 1,624 views

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Share Avant Window Navigator is docking application for Linux and is one of my favorites amongst others. With lucido theme, it looks pretty neat. Let’s see how to install Avant Window Navigator Lucido on Ubuntu. 1. If you are using the stable version of AWN, then you should remove it first before installing the trunk

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Install Firefox 4 beta 2 in Ubuntu using PPA

Jul 15th

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Share Firefox 4 has been making some buzz around. With the browser market heating up, none of the companies want to stay behind and Firefox 4 is an effort in such direction by Mozilla. Firefox 4 will be a little more slimmer and will have some neat features including a revamped UI. The beta version

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Linux gets Spotify love: Install Spotify in Ubuntu

Jul 12th

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Share The wait is over and Spotify is now available for Linux. Following is how you can install spotify in Ubuntu 10.04. Note: Because they are not able to run ads on this client, this service is only available for spotify premium users. But we can safely assume that it’s coming soon to free users as well.

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Install NetBeans on Ubuntu 10.04

Jun 23rd

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Share Let’s see a step by step guide to install NetBeans 6.9 on Ubuntu 10.04. But before we start with the installation process let’s see what NetBeans is: The NetBeans IDE is an award-winning integrated development environment available for Windows, Mac, Linux, and Solaris. The NetBeans project consists of anopen-source IDE and an application platform that

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Install Chromium on OpenSuse 11.3

Jun 22nd

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Share Following is a short guide to installing Google’s infamous open source Chromium browser which is said to be the fastest browser on planet. Chromium is the open-source project behind Google Chrome. We invite you to join us in our effort to help build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users

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Enable Desktop Effect in Fedora 13

Jun 20th

Posted by Vivek in Featured | 1,085 views

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Share This post is specific to enabling 3d (desktop effects) in fedora 13 running on Nvidia graphics. I struggled to enable the desktop effect in Fedora 13. But eventually I managed to enable the desktop effects using the following steps. Note: This is a 3 steps process. Please follow all the steps to enable desktop

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