For Windows, Mac and Linux: Thunderbird 3 makes it to the final after many preliminary betas, lovers of the open source cross-platform desktop email client can now grab it and enjoy its many new features. More»
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Google has a launched a new service, well that no news, what makes news is that it’s a free DNS (Domain Name System) service called Google Public DNS.
Why will Google offer a service you already have, given that your ISP (Internet Service Provider) automatically handles the switching between easy-to-remember domain names and unique Internet Protocol (IP) numbers? As Google puts it – it aims at a more secure, faster, safer and reliable DNS alternative.
Like OpenDNS, Google Public DNS is free of charge. If you wish to try it full instructions are available for Mac, Windows and Linux (Debian and Ubuntu) platforms.
If you’ve set-up a VPN (virtual private network) in Ubuntu with OpenVPN protocol that uses OpenDNS servers, like Idid here with UltraVPN, you can also switch from OpenDNS to Google Public DNS.
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Windows, Linux and Mac: Print Context Menu is a Firefox extension that adds the Print and Print Preview options to the context menu of your Firefox browser. That’s all.
This little extension adds to Firefox’s right-click menu a feature that most other browsers like Opera, Internet or Google Chrome have out of the box.
Anyway power Firefox users do ctrl+p to get the printing started and when ever they need the Print Preview they hit alt+f, then v
Print Context Menu is a free download for all platforms with Firefox
via [How-To Geek]
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If you’ve got a wide-screen display then the 150 HD-Wallpaper pack is just for you. Its a nice collection of professional wallpapers for your desktop. It includes backgrounds with various resolutions; from minimum 1680 x 1080 to maximum resolution of 2560 x 1600, the majority are 1920 x 1200 wide. Hit the link below to download the package at Le Blog de SckyzO and let Wally do the rest.
If you do not have a wide-screen then grab the National Geographic Wallpapers presented here yesterday.
150 Wallpapers via [Le Blog de SckyzO]
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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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