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Entries from November 2007

Apt-get & Aptitude Quick Reference

November 22nd, 2007 · No Comments

Here’s a quick reference list of Apt-get commands and Aptitude commands. This quick reference is quite useful for new Debian and Ubuntu users. For more information, go here and here.

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Tags: CLI

How To Install Epiphany with the Webkit backend on Ubuntu 7.10

November 21st, 2007 · 5 Comments

Epiphany is the web browser for the GNOME desktop. Epiphany added support for the Webkit engine since version 2.19.6. This short article will help you install Epiphany with the Webkit backend on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.

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Tags: How-Tos

Installing Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

November 20th, 2007 · 7 Comments

Mozilla has released Firefox 3.0 Beta 1. Firefox 3.0 Beta 1 is based on the new Gecko 1.9 web rendering platform, and includes new bookmarks and history organizer, new download manager, support full page zoom, tab bar and location bar improvements etc. For more information, read release notes.

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Tags: How-Tos

How To Install Aurora Gtk Engine 1.3 on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

November 20th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Aurora is an excellent Gtk 2 theme engine. It looks very great. The latest version of Aurora Gtk Engine is 1.3. This HOWTO shows how you can install it on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.

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Tags: Ubuntu · How-Tos

Linux Mint 4.0 Screenshots

November 18th, 2007 · 3 Comments

A few days ago, Linux Mint 4.0 (codename Daryna) has been released. Version 4.0 of Linux Mint is based on Celena and compatible with Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) and its repositories. This release features include mintDesktop, mintAssistant, mintInstall, mintUpdate and so on. The following are some screenshots of Linux Mint 4.0. You can download Linux […]

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Tags: Screenshots

Quick Tip: Configuring Menu Transparency in Compiz Fusion

November 16th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Have you installed Compiz Fusion on Linux? Here’s a quite useful tip. With it, you can make applications menu transparency. That’s look very cool. This quick tip shows how you can configure menu transparency in Compiz Fusion.

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Tags: Tips

KuFtp — A Graphical FTP Client for KDE

November 14th, 2007 · No Comments

KuFtp is a graphical FTP client for KDE. It features include Tab sessions like Firefox, bookmark manager, history recording, queue manager and so on.

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Tags: KDE · Cool Apps

Batch Rename Files and Folders with Métamorphose

November 9th, 2007 · 2 Comments

Métamorphose is a free, open source and cross-platform batch files and folders renaming utility. This program features include support renaming operations like prefix, suffix, replacement/modification/move by character/position/regular expression, insertion by position or every (number) characters, length modifications etc. In addition, Métamorphose can also support use combination of user text, numbering, id3 tags, date, and time. […]

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Tags: Cool Apps

Fedora 8 Released

November 8th, 2007 · No Comments

Fedora 8 has been released. What’s new in Fedora 8? Read the release notes. Get it here.

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Tags: News

Tile Racer — A 3D Racing Game

November 8th, 2007 · 6 Comments

Tile Racer is a 3D racing game. It supports Windows and Linux. Tile Racer features contain realistic car physics and an in game track editor to create new maps to race on. This game is very interesting. The latest version of Tile Racer is 0.6. You can download it here.

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Tags: Games