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Install the latest Avant Window Navigator Lucido using PPA on Ubuntu 10.04
Jul 15th
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
Linux gets Spotify love: Install Spotify in Ubuntu
Jul 12th
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.
Install NetBeans on Ubuntu 10.04
Jun 23rd
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
Install Chromium on OpenSuse 11.3
Jun 22nd
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
Enable Desktop Effect in Fedora 13
Jun 20th
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
Benchmark Fedora 13 using HardInfo
Jun 20th
Share Sometimes there is a need to benchmark your machine in order to report bugs or to troubleshoot. In Linux it’s fairly easy to benchmark your system. HardInfo is a small tool which will help you benchmark your system in Fedora 13. HardInfo can gather information about your system’s hardware and operating system, perform benchmarks,
Install Transmission 2.0 in Ubuntu
Jun 19th
Share Transmission is one of the P2P torrent client for Linux and Mac. The interface is quite intuitive and user friendly. Following are some of the features of Transmission 2.0. “Local Peer Discovery” for finding peers on the local network Optimize download requests for the bandwidth available Smarter heuristics when deciding the order to connect to peers
Conky: Bringing life to Linux desktop
Jun 14th
Share 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
