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Entries from September 2007

How to Install iTunes 7.2 in Linux

September 19th, 2007 · 19 Comments

iTunes is a media player. But it is only available for Windows and Mac OS X. You might want to use it in Linux. What should you do? You can use Wine. I have tested wine 0.9.45 and iTunes 7.2. It works perfectly.

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Installing Adobe Reader 8.1.1 in Linux

September 18th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Recently, Adobe released their Adobe Reader 8.1.1 for Linux. This release has added new interface, tools, more options and 3D features. So far, Adobe Reader is still the best PDF documents viewer in Linux.

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Manage and Play Your Music Collection with GMusicBrowser

September 17th, 2007 · No Comments

Everyone love music. How to manage and play your music collection in Linux? GMusicBrowser is my choice. GMusicBrowser is written in Perl. It supports mp3, ogg, flac and mpc files, includes tag editor, mass-renaming and plugin system. You can also custom window layouts of GMusicBrowser.

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Tags: Cool Apps

Installing Pidgin 2.2.0 on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn)

September 16th, 2007 · 18 Comments

A few days ago, multi-protocol instant messaging client Pidgin (a.k.a Gaim) has been upgraded to version 2.2.0. The new version supports MySpaceIM protocol, includes XMPP enhancements and certificate management. As Ubuntu users, installing Pidgin is a breeze on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn).

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Tags: Ubuntu · How-Tos

How to: Installing OpenOffice.org 2.3 on Ubuntu Linux

September 15th, 2007 · 22 Comments

The official OpenOffice.org 2.3 have not yet been released. But it have already availabled for download. Perhaps you might want to try this release. So, this tutorial shows how you can install OpenOffice.org 2.3 on Ubuntu Linux.

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Tags: Ubuntu · How-Tos

Tennix — Funny Tennis Game

September 15th, 2007 · 2 Comments

I’m a game fan. Recently, I have found a funny tennis game, Tennix. Tennix is written in C using the SDL. It features include sound effect, single-player and two-player game mode. Are you interested?

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Tags: Games

Fedora 8 Test 2 Preview

September 14th, 2007 · 1 Comment

Yesterday, the Fedora team has announced the second test release of Fedora 8. What’s new? It includes Linux Kernel 2.6.23 RC, GNOME 2.20 RC, preview of Compiz Fusion, new look and feel Infinity, fresh new GNOME theme Nodoka, PulseAudio, Iced Tea and new graphical firewall configuration tool. The following are some screenshots of Fedora 8 […]

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Tags: Screenshots