Notification Area applet is a nifty tool that lets you keep an eye on application activity of your Gnome desktop. Quite often new users tend to accidental it in the applet adding and removing frenzy that we all succumb to one time or other.
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Merge Pst File software allow to merge unlimited PST files to one
single PST file.Software successfully merge all items of multiple PST file
such as contacts, calendars, journals, tasks, email folders to one single PST
file using Pst Merge software Tool.
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Saving to a Microsoft Word Format
Often in order to interface with other offices or friends you will need to save your document in the format they can read with their system. Chose a File Type which corresponds to the document type you need. In this example the file is saved as a Microsoft Word document.
The Automatic file name extension will place the proper file extension to be read by the other program.
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Three Cool 3D Car Racing Games for Linux
My 3 year old son is addicted to race cars, so I decided to look for some 3D racing games that can be played natively under Linux.
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Linux/Unix Want Ads - Humor That's Sad But True
At least I'm not the only person being paid beans to manage myself and the 5 departments I performs all essential functions in ;)
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The 10 Best Linux Distributions
I'm publishing my Top 10 Linux Distributions in reverse order of preference. Ease of installation, commercial support, community support, updates, administrative tools, stability, performance, and to a lesser extent--their ranking on DistroWatch.com.
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Adult Content Warning - Beware The Computer Guy!
Be careful what you do on your work computer - The security admin will get you :)
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Download Pidgin 2.5.2 for Ubuntu Linux (deb package)
Even though the new version of Pidgin (2.5.2) does not appear on http://pidgin.im/, it seems it was released, as you can see here.
Changes:
version 2.5.2 (10/19/2008):
libpurple:
* Fixed a crash on removing a custom buddy icon on a buddy.
* Fixed a crash caused by certain self-signed SSL certificates.
Watching WMV Vidoes with Gstreamer ffmpeg Codec Plugin
Last week, I received an email from a friend, his company Floating weeds has produced their debut film. I rushed to watch the film online and guess what the film was in WMV video format. The standard Ubuntu doesn't ship with proprietary codecs like WMV, you can still watch such videos with just few mouse clicks.
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Making The Switch To Linux - Keep In Mind … (10 Ubuntu Tips)
I’ve moved my desktop at home from a Windows XP to a Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04 - and soon the new Intrepid Ibex), and have had to google a bit to find the answers to my following “problems”.
Here are some of the issues I experienced, and some possible solutions (and as usual, there are several different solutions to each problem).
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Ridiculous Resumes - Unix, Linux and everything in between
This week, we're picking on the employees instead of the employers :)
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OpenOffice.org Tip - Disable the ‘Help Agent’ Popup
OpenOffice.org, while often criticised for its slightly antiquated interface, is arguably the most popular free software and open source office suite and in many cases, a good alternative to Microsoft's ubiquitous software system.
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Pulling Info From IMDB Part One: Goofy Movie Titles
An experiment in what can happen when movie titles get all mixed up and maxxed out :)
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Login Options with Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
Here you can see the default login screen for Ubuntu 8.10. You simply add username and password and you have access to the Desktop. Simple, however, as you will see there are many options that can go with this login process. If you will go to System/Administration and select Login Window you will find that you have a lot of options available for login.
Read more »11 Simple Ways To Recover Your Screen on Linux and Unix
More ways to recover your Linux or Unix terminal session, with reader contributions!
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