Linux Tips and Tricks
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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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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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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The GNOME-Colors project aims at bringing bright and shiny colors to your Gnome Desktop with well polished and elegant themes. If there is a Gnome desktop that really needs this, that is certainly Ubuntu. More»
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The Miro team has released the first Release Candidate of Miro version 2.5. There is not much information on what Miro 2.5 is supposed to be, but it seem much emphasis has been made to make Miro faster to launch and easier to hack on.
This open source, free HD video player has packages of version 2.5 rc1 for Mac OSX, Windows and Source code for those interested in compiling. For now there are no RPM or DEb packages for Linux
I tried compiling it on my Ubuntu 9.04 and it went pretty well.
How to get Miro 2.5 rc1 Up and Running on Ubuntu 9.04
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