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Esprimo Mobile v5535 and Ubuntu 10.10
So I ended up picking up a cheap Esprimo Mobile v5535 a few days ago, long story short; laptop broke, Argos have sent it off for repairs that will take 2-3 weeks, don’t buy a laptop from Argos! Anyway the Esprimo Mobile isn’t exactly a cutting edge laptop, if you said it was outdated you [...]
Saving Your Windows PC From Virus Infections with Linux
Often you get a friend or other times a client who has gotten themselves locked out of their system by a virus. I’m talking about the seriously nasty virus’s out there that will just corrupt every .dll file they can get their hands on so the minute you try to open any program, your reopening [...]
Jelly SMS – Use your web texts from your desktop
One program I’ve been using a while now and is a serious lifesaver for when I’m out of credit is “Jelly SMS” [previously just jSMS]. You need to have the latest Java installed for it to work but it is cross-platform. It basically lets you send web texts from your desktop without having to login [...]
Earcandy in Ubuntu Jaunty
What is Earcandy? EarCandy is a volume manager for PulseAudio that fades applications in and out based on your current activity. Meaning it can do handy things like muting your music playing when you decide to turn on a youtube video. EarCandy can sniff out applications to tell what kind of application they are Some [...]
Got kUbuntu 9.04 on disc!
My address has finally been sorted, there was some confusion with the post man and where I lived since moving into the newly built apartment, but today kubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty Jackalope” came through the door! With its world-renowned Ubuntu core and the KDE 4.2 desktop, Kubuntu 9.04 gives users a well-rounded, feature-filled and elegant desktop. [...]
Google Chrome on Ubuntu
If your using Ubuntu you can now start using Chrome, or Chromium as its known amongst the linux community. Daily builds of Chromium can be got from here. You’ll need to add the following repositories to get Chromium: Note: Substitute interpid with jaunty or hardy as needed! deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main [...]
The One Page Linux Manual
This one page linux manual has anything you will need while working any distro.. Everything from Starting and Stopping to User Administration and Little Known Tips & Tricks! Download and post on your wall! This is the ultimate of cheat sheets!
Screenshot & Workspace for '09
Kind of a fun post, been without one of these for too long.. Workspace: As you can see, taken with a shoddy phone camera my workspace that has been thrown together! There’s my WIT calender in the background.. Desktop Here you can see my desktop. Click it if you want a bigger version, just can’t [...]
Autoinstalling .Debs on Firefox
I was trying to use a get .debs website the other day and with alot of fustration of firefox saying “Firefox does not have the correct protocol to open this file [.apt]” I finally figured out that I did not have “apt-url” installed by default on kUbuntu. This can be fixed by simply opening a [...]
Linux Comic
Saw this and thought it was a laugh! Here you go! Mac and PC- Linux. by ~alpha-art on deviantART