CheckPlaces Firefox extension was originally built to clean-up your Firefox bookmarks by detecting and deleting duplicate bookmarks, empty folders and dead or failed (invalid) web pages. CheckPlaces version 2.1 now has the option to compact and optimize your Firefox databases, vacuuming is now part and parcel of this must-have Firefox extension. More»
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That Google Chrome is sometimes is a memory hog is a well known fact, but what Linux users of Chrome and Chromium might have missed is that Dev Channels of these browsers like their Windows counterpart now have a memory purger that when used in some cases drastically reduces the memory in use by Chrome/Chromium.
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Mozilla has dropped support for the 1.x series of its all-in-one internet application suite, SeaMonkey. SeaMonkey 1.0 was released four years ago and v1.1 came a year later (v.1.1 is three years old). Today, SeaMonkey project hasdecided to discontinue the 1.x series in favor of the more modern and secure SeaMonkey 2.x. More»
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On installing Gnome Gmail on your Ubuntu Desktop you get the option to set Gmail as your default mail reader in Preferred Applications. In other words, with Gnome Gmail, Gmail becomes an email desktop client like Thunderbird or Evolution. Its supports “To:”, “Subject:”, “body”, “CC:”, and “BCC: fields, so when you click on an email link in your web browser Gmail readily comes-up, you can right-click a file, select “Send to” to attach the file and place it in your Drafts folder, naturally you’ll have to emit your Gmail username and password. More»
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The open source music player Amarok takes a big leap from version 2.2.2 to version 2.3.0. Amarok 2.3 codenamed “Clear Light” comes with many bug fixes and several noticeable changes that made its developers opt for a new label name that skips the nomenclature. The new condensed experimental main toolbar displays only one control button at a time – the next and previous control buttons display the names of the respective track. The old slim toolbar is still available at View -> Slim Toolbar. More»
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