Cairo Dock: One click install in OpenSuse
We have written already about Cairo Dock and how to install cairo dock in Ubuntu 10.04. Just because we think Cairo dock is such a wonderful addition to your Linux desktop we will see how to get it working in Opensuse. Good part is that the installation is one click install in OpenSuse so there's almost no hassle at all. In order to install cairo dock in OpenSuse 11.2 you'll have to just click the following...

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Install LXDE (Light weight desktop manager) on Ubuntu 10.04
This post is inspired by one of my geek friends. She totally loves Linux and keeps experimenting it. She suggested I try LXDE as my desktop manager on Linux. The "Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment" is an extremely fast-performing and energy-saving desktop environment. I wasn't disappointed when I installed it. It's lightening fast and loads up in no time. Following are some of it's features: Lightweight It...

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Upgrading to Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx
I think I have waited enough and now it's time to upgrade to Ubuntu 10.04 code named Lucid Lynx. If you have just too much of stuff to worry about on previous versions of Ubuntu, I'd suggest to wait for the final release in April. That's right the current release is alpha (not even Beta) so please upgrade at your own risk. Following is what I did to upgrade from Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala to Ubuntu 10.04 Alpha Lucid...

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Upgrade to Firefox 3.6 on OpenSuse 11.2
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. Open a terminal window and type the following command: sudo zypper ar...

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Linux gets Spotify love: Install Spotify in Ubuntu
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. 1. Add repository to your software sources [sourcecode language='bash'] sudo gedit /...

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Fix color issues in videos on Ubuntu 10.04 {Lucid Lynx}
Have you have suffered from color issues on videos in Ubuntu 10.04. Say for example you start playing a video and you see high amounts of blue tinge while playing a video. I ran into this problem today and it wasn't too much of difficulty to fix it back to normal. The issue at hand looks something like this: Let's see how to fix this on the default movie player Totem Movie Player on Ubuntu 10.04 and also VLC ...

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How to install KSnapshot in Linux Mint 9 {Isadora}
There are various screenshot utilities for Linux, but my favorite is Ksnapshot and because I am a big fan of Gnome and don't use much of KDE, I don't get this lovely application installed by default in Linux Mint. So, I have to install it manually. Following is a simple step to install KSnapshot on Linux Mint 9 code named Isadora. 1. Open a terminal window by hitting ALT+F2 and type "gnome-terminal". In the...

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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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15 Most Amazing Gnome themes GTK 2.x
Ubuntu has come a long way in terms of the user interface and design. With a little bit of tweaking, Ubuntu can be turned into a real eye candy. Following is a collection of some beautiful GTK 2.x themes which could be ideal for someone looking for a new look and change. In order to download, click the title of each GTK theme. Zuki Simply Basic Radiance Drakfire Mod absolute Azenis Equinox Variance...

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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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How to open rar files in Ubuntu (Jaunty Jackalope): Install rar!

Jul 1st

Posted by Vivek in Featured | 4,177 views

Share Rar has become a very important compression standard. Sadly it’s closed to be used with default decompression utility in Ubuntu (Jaunty Jackalope). However, you can install the rar utility for the default archive manager to start opening rar files in ubuntu. .rar extension files can be opened using winrar on Windows. Here’s how you