Over the weekend I played more with Compiz 0.7.6 on Ubuntu. Here’s two more cool new plugins and how to set them up. Reader Exsecrabilus requested that I write about the unique new StackSwitch window switcher for Compiz. StackSwitch tilts your desktop and windows down like a table, and flips up the selected window.
Read more »StackSwitch and Wallpaper Plugins with Compiz 0.7.6
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Dual Boot Ubuntu with Windows Vista/XP (with Printable Guide)
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It’s back to basics for this hybrid printable guide and standard FOSSwire post, detailing how to set up a dual boot installation with Ubuntu 8.04 co-existing alongside Windows Vista or XP.
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Bordeaux 1.4 Released with Microsoft Office 2003 support
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Bordeaux 1.4 was released today and its a significant upgrade over the prior 1.2 release, version 1.4 comes with support for Microsoft Office 2003, Visio 2003 and Project 2003. Version 1.4 has improved Office 2000 menu support and Cellar support fixes.
Read more »The Virtual Richard M. Stallman (vrms) package :)
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"The vrms program will analyze the set of currently-installed packages on a Debian-based system, and report all of the packages from the non-free and contrib trees which are currently installed..."
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CrossOver Games 7.1.0 Released
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I am happy to announce that we have now released version 7.1.0 of CrossOver Games, for both the Mac and for Linux.
This new version is largely an incremental improvement; it fixes a range of bugs in a number of games. It also includes a full merge with the Wine 1.0 code base, so this is now a 'post Wine 1.0' version of CrossOver Games.
A full change log is included, below.
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IRC Clients for Linux - A Review
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Since I'm an IRC addict and I always liked to spend time learning new stuff on IRC, here is a review of several IRC clients for Linux. Some of them are well-known and popular, like XChat, Konversation or Irssi, and others are not so widely used or known, but nevertheless, they deserve mentioning.
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Upgrade WordPress effortlessly with WPAU plugin
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WordPress, one of the most popular blog applications, suffers the same fate as many other open source projects: Users often delay upgrades despite a steady release cycle. That's because upgrading WordPress carries the risk of losing your virtual personality in the case of a botched upgrade.
Read more »Create video animations with Inkscape, ImageMagick and FFmpeg
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Want to create an animation on GNU/Linux and then convert it to a video file?
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GIMP Tricks: Fake Fill Flash
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Today I’m going to teach you a method I use to fake a fill flash. The objective is to lighten the dark areas without blowing out the highlights. Here’s the before and after...
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How To Move Linux to a New Hard Drive
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...one of the computers ran out of hard drive space. So I had a bigger hard drive with four times the disk space handy, and swapped them. The steps:
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17 ways Greasemonkey can revolutionise Firefox
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Do you get frustrated and angry when a poorly designed website doesn’t load quick enough or is only partially visible? Well Greasemonkey, a free Firefox add-on, offers hundreds of free script to improve the functionality of websites and the net, whether its adding must-have features to Gmail, streamlining your social life in Facebook or speeding up your blog posts.
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10 Download Managers Available in Ubuntu
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I have been using Ubuntu for about 3 months and I love it more and more everyday. There are a lot of reasons for this but the most important one is that you can find a lot of alternatives to softwares made for windows and ,what is more, all are free.
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Tabs in file managers
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These days, everyone agrees that tabs belong in webbrowsers. For example, as I’m writing this article, I have nine tabs open, one to write this and eight with the articles I’ll link. Without the tabs, I’d have to alt-tab between nine browser windows, like in the days I used Internet Explorer 6. I think tabs are one of the best things the new generation of web browsers have.
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An Early Look at Amarok 2
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The second alpha release of the inventive Linux media player Amarok has hit the web, and while there's a new look and some cool new tweaks, there's really two big reasons to take a look—namely, Windows and OS X. You heard right: The next full release of Amarok, one of our readers' favorite media players, will be cross-platform.
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Folder View becomes smarter
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After some hacking I have got a nice requested feature for the folder view containment. Mime type filter support. I took some screenshots so you can have a look yourself.
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