A line of Code that Opens Google Wave inside Thunderbird 3

For Mac, Linux and Windows: This line of code exploits the Content Tabs feature in recently released Thunderbird 3. The Content Tabs feature allows you to display brows-able web content in a new Thunderbird tab – with this line of code created by Joshua Cranmer (Quetzalcoatal blog) you can open Google Wave right inside Thunderbird 3. More»

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Google Chrome for Linux goes Beta

Linux users that want to run Google Chrome on their “healthy” systems no longer have to get the unstable Google Chrome Development Build – Google has provided a less-unstable beta for Linux and Mac users. This beta doesn’t have all the features available to Chrome on Windows like the --purge-memory-button switch that adds a ‘Purge memory’ button to the Task Manager – it helps to free up your memory. Google Chrome for Linux Beta is the same version (4.0.249.30) with the cutting-edge Chrome development builds. More»

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A Single Command that Re-installs Ubuntu

sudo dpkg-reconfigure -phigh -a this simple command can reinstall all of Ubuntu’s distribution packages and reconfigure them. If you ever find it necessary to reinstall Ubuntu, first backup your data then drop this line of code unto the command-line.

It takes about an hour for the whole process to get to an end, but that also depends on your hardware – with modern PCs it takes lesser time. If you run into minor dependency issues then use the renowned sudo apt-get install -f to fix it.

via [Nobody was Born with Linux Knowledge]

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Download National Geographic’s Wallpapers with a Command-Line Script

Lovers of kick-ass wallpapers can grab a whole bunch National Geographic’s professional background photos without even visiting the website. You can download National Geographic’s wallpapers one-by-one from the website or use this simple script to a get a whole-them-all in one move. More»

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GnoMenu 2.0 Released – Now works on Debian and Suse Linux

GnoMenu applications menu hits version 2.0. This new version now works on Debian and Suse Linux desktops. It comes with lots of bug fixes, speed improvements, and new features. GnoMenu 2.0 has two kick-ass features. It can now be launched from AWN and, you can access your Firefox, Opera, Chromium bookmarks, and that of other browsers like Epiphany, Midori, Konkeror directly from this application. More»

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GnoMenu gets ‘wrapped up’ in Avant Window Navigator (AWN) 0.4 Beta

GnoMenu , eye-candy Applications Menu will have version 2.0 out soon, maybe on the 15th of this month and Avant Window Navigator, my favorite dock will soon be releasing version 0.4 with support for non composited Linux desktops. Right now you can get version 0.3.9.1 also considered as AWN 0.4 beta from PPA for Awn Testing Team or simply add this line to your Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic sources.list: ppa:awn-testing/ppa and get updates via the Update Manager.

AWN 0.4 beta (AWN 0.3.9.1) now has an applet for GnoMenu, so after installing GnoMenu (using its new PPA repository) instead of adding it to the gnome-panel, move to “Awn Settings” in Preferences menu, under the “Applets” tab, look for GnoMenu and drag it into “Active Applets”. That will be its new launching spot – great indeed. In the screenshot above AWN “Orientation” is on the right and GnoMenu is “Slab” skinned.

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How to Set the Default Browser on Ubuntu From the Command-Line

My Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty” will soon explode with the growing number of web browsers I dump into it each day and punctually each newly installed web browser has this message when you run it the very first time run it; “Make me your default browser”. I just ignore the message cause I’m never really sure which browser should be the default --at times i change the default twice, thrice a day. The easy way to do it on my Ubuntu is from the command-line, its faster and easier than using the GUI tool. More»

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CrossOver Games 8.0 Released

The guys at CodeWeavers have released an enhanced version 8.0 of CrossOver Games, that like Crossover Chromium is based on Wine (Open Source Software for running Windows applications on other operating systems like Mac and Linux) open source project.
CrossOver Games allows Windows games to be played on Mac and Linux PCs without the need for a Windows operating system license.
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Improve your Clipboard with Parcellite Clipboard Manager

This issue is not present in Ubuntu 9.04 or better still Gnome 2.26; you cut, copy and paste even when the copied source is closed, the clipboard will not be cleared.
In Ubuntu’s prior to Ubuntu 9.04 this issue was often resolved with a clipboard manager.

Clipboard managers like the GTK+ lightweight Parcellite have a clipboard item history. That means it retains all what you put into the clipboard, until you manually order it to empty the clipboard. More»

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