Ubuntu
Google Chrome’s bookmark syncing feature (without installing any plug-ins) has been available for the Windows beta version of Chrome 4. This same feature has now been dropped on Chromium builds for Linux. Chromium is the open source project behind Google Chrome. If you often update your Chromium builds for Linux, you should have noticed the ‘Sync my Bookmarks’ in wrench menu – this un-enabled sync feature was mentioned on this blog about 10 days ago. More»
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For Windows, Mac and Linux: Sun Microsystem has released the beta version of VirtualBox 3.1. Given that VirtualBox 3.1 is going to be a major update, this beta is a useful way to evaluate all the new features that might be present in the VirtualBox 3.1 final.
Virtualbox 3.1 beta comes with; Teleportation (live migration), that is, you can move a running virtual machine session from one computer to another. Enabled 2D video acceleration for Windows guests that uses the host video hardware for overlay stretching and colour conversion. The network attachment type can be changed while the virtual machine is running, that is you can switch from LAN to Wifi without having to re-start the virtual machine. More»
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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.
Posted in Linux Packages, Linux Tips and Tricks, Open-Source, Ubuntu | 2 Comments »
If you love the Pin Tab feature in Chromium and Google Chrome browsers that crops tabs down to favicon-size, so you gain more tab bar space and would like to give it a try in Firefox, then grab the App Tabs Firefox extension. Pinning tabs doesn’t mean holding them down to a fix position, pinned-tabs can still be shuffled within the pinned tab area. More»
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SopCast Player makes use of the P2P(Peer-to-Peer) technology to bring live streaming video and audio to your Ubuntu. Getting it installed on Ubuntu 9.04 was rather tricky: How to Setup P2P Tv with gtk-SopCast on Ubuntu 9.04 , but that was then. More»
Posted in Multimedia, Open-Source, Ubuntu, Video | 7 Comments »
