PhoroLinux

Ubuntu Tweak is a tweak utility for Ubuntu. This HOWTO shows how you can install Ubuntu Tweak 0.4.0 on Ubuntu.

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With Launchy, you can quickly launch your programs, documents, project files, folders, and bookmarks with just a few keystrokes!

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Download Flash Player 10 beta 2 for Linux from here. Save the .tar.gz file to your desktop.
Open your terminal, go to Desktop folder:
cd ~/Desktop
Unpackage the .tar.gz file:
tar zxvf flashplayer10_install_linux_070208.tar.gz
Go to install_flash_player_10_linux folder:
cd install_flash_player_10_linux
Installing Flash Player 10 beta 2:
cp libflashplayer.so ~/.mozilla/plugins/

That’s it. Restart Firefox.

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The first alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10 (codename Intrepid Ibex) has been released. This release includes massive merge from Debian, pre-release version of Linux kernel 2.6.26, GNOME 2.23.4, a new NewHuman theme, Firefox 3.0, GIMP 2.4.6, OpenOffice.org 2.4.1, and so on. The following are some screenshots of Ubuntu 8.10 alpha 1.

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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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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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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 (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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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 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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