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We have good number of options for reading and aggregating feeds. Some common feed readers are Google reader, newsgator etc. The one I use on windows is feed demon. Today we’ll see platform independent feed reader which can be installed on any OS. However, we’ll see how to install it on Ubuntu.
The reader in question [...]
One of my favourite IMs is Pidgin. Though I don’t use it on my Windows partition, it’s a must piece of software on my Ubuntu partition. With Pidgin, I don’t have to miss gtalk client on Ubuntu. Moreover, I can also configure my facebook chat to see my facebook friends if they are online and [...]
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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