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How to install Workaholic 0.1.0 on Ubuntu

February 20th, 2008 · 4 Comments

Workaholic can be used to remind you to take a break. It will show you a transparent window with a progress bar. You can walk away from the computer for a while.

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Installing Instantbird 0.1 on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon

February 9th, 2008 · 3 Comments

Instantbird is a multi-protocol Instant Messaging client that allows you connect to all your different IM accounts. It supports AIM, MSN, Gadu-Gadu, QQ, Google Talk, XMPP, ICQ, Yahoo!, and so on. Instantbird is based on Mozilla technologies and Pidgin libpurple library. Here’s how to run it on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon.

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How to install TrueCrypt 5.0 on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon)

February 6th, 2008 · 4 Comments

If you’re looking for free open-source disk encryption software, TrueCrypt is worth trying out. TrueCrypt supports Windows, Linux, and Mac OS X platform. With TrueCrypt, you can encrypt an entire hard disk partition. In addition, you can also create a virtual encrypted disk and mount it.

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Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Alpha 3 Screenshots

January 13th, 2008 · 7 Comments

Ubuntu 8.04 (codename Hardy Heron) Alpha 3 has been released. This release includes Linux kernel 2.6.24, Xorg 7.3, PulseAudio, PolicyKit, Firefox 3 Beta 2 and so on. The following are some screenshots of Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 3.

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How To Install Parcellite 0.4.1 on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

January 2nd, 2008 · 2 Comments

Parcellite is a lightweight GTK+ clipboard manager. This how to shows how you can install Parcellite 0.4.1 on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.

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Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Alpha 2 Screenshots

December 23rd, 2007 · 2 Comments

Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) alpha 2 has been released. This release includes Kernel 2.6.24, X.org 7.3, GNOME 2.21.4, PulseAudio, OpenOffice.org 2.3.0, GIMP 2.4.2, Firefox 2.0.0.10, Pidgin 2.2.2 and so on. You can download desktop and server CD installation images from here. The following are some screenshots of Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 2.

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Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Alpha 1 Screenshots

December 1st, 2007 · 4 Comments

Ubuntu 8.04 (codename Hardy Heron) alpha 1 has officially released. This release includes Kernel 2.6.22, X.org 7.3, GNOME 2.21.2, GIMP 2.4.2, Firefox 2.0.0.10, Pidgin 2.2.2 and so on. You can download desktop and server CD installation images from here. The following are some screenshots of Ubuntu 8.04 alpha 1.

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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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How To Install Compiz Fusion 0.6.0 from Sources on Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon

October 22nd, 2007 · 42 Comments

Note: This guide has a lot of problems. Please do not use this guide.
Version 0.6.0 of Compiz Fusion has been released. This is the first stable release of Compiz Fusion. Compiz Fusion 0.6.0 not only has fixed many bugs, but also added a ton of new features. This HOWTO shows how you can install […]

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Ubuntu Studio 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) Installation Guide

October 21st, 2007 · 2 Comments

Ubuntu Studio is an Ubuntu-based desktop Linux distribution designed for audio, video and graphic enthusiast. It uses GNOME desktop environment and includes lots of open-source applications for multimedia creation. For instance, Ardou, Audacity, GIMP, Inkscape, Blender, PiTiVi, Kino, Cinepaint and so on. This installation guide will help you install Ubuntu Studio 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon.

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