If you ever used or seen some screenshots of Linux Mint, I'm sure you noticed how amazing it's menu is. Here is how to install it in Ubuntu from a PPA (and stay up to date with the latest MintMenu versions).
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Download YouTube Videos in Ubuntu Without Any Dedicated Application
How to download YouTube videos in Ubuntu is probably among the first things a newbie Ubuntu user will ask for. There are simply a number of application to do the same, but there is an even better way. Downloading YouTube videos is Ubuntu is not the right keyword, you can actually copy-paste the YouTube video.
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Community Counts: Another Advantage to Linux Mint
A few months back I listed five reasons I thought Linux Mint is a better choice than Ubuntu for a Linux distro. Today I would like to add another reason to that list.
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Just how popular is Chrome/ium on Linux?
Google Chrome for Linux will be one year old on Friday 4th June. To mark this relatively minor milestone I’ve decided to take a look at how Google Chrome’s growth on Linux has, well, grown in that time. I can only base my findings on my blog as a whole with some outside context provided by net statistic providers.
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REVIEW: Puppy Arcade 8
Puppy Arcade is one of the few Linux distro’s that Openbytes tries to keep following. Since version 5, Puppy Arcade has not only been a favorite with friends and colleagues, but also has a home on a few of my machines around the house that would otherwise be obsolete.
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Slackware Linux 13.1 screenshots
If you've grown tired of all the hand-holding utilities in Ubuntu or Fedora, then look no further than Slackware.
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Google open sources My Tracks GPS app for Android
Google has released the source code for its My Tracks application for Android powered devices that lets users record their GPS coordinates, visualise the routes they've taken and view live statistics
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Miro Video Converter 2.0 supports WebM/VP8
The Miro developers have released version 2.0 of their open source Miro Video Converter video transcoding utility, making it the first converter to support the new open WebM / VP8 video format introduced by Google with the WebM Project
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Transmission 2.00b1 is available
New beta release of free software cross-platform BitTorrent client, containing an big amount of changes. Better scheduling of connections, peer exchange working in local networks, handling of tracker errors and many user-interface changes.
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How to install globalmenu in Ubuntu 10.04(Lucid)/9.10(Karmic)
Global Menu is the globally-shared menu bar of all applications launched in your desktop session.
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How to Make Awesome Wallpapers in the Gimp
GIMP is my image editor/creator of choice on both Windows and Linux however I prefer Photoshop on Mac. If you have any experience of Photoshop you will know how to use these tools, brushes and effects in it.
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winetricks 20100526 released
winetricks 20100526 was released today: new verbs alldlls=builtin, forcemono, mmdevapi=disabled, utorrent.. Steam now defaults to embedded chrome instead of ie, so we don't need as many prereqs. Update Mono to 2.6.4. See the changelog for a full list of changes in this release.
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GNOME desktop navigation guide – Orca
For those who are less than fortunate and have severe vision problems, using a computer can be a task that is nearly impossible without either the help of others or some form of assisted technology. One of those technologies is Orca.
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Wine 1.2 gets a first release candidate
The Wine developers have released a first release candidate for version 1.2 of their Windows API implementation, marking the beginning of the code freeze period
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gThumb 2.11.x Development Build Adds Photobucket Exporting Capabilities
I'm a bit sad gThumb 2.11.x (photo manager) was removed from the Ubuntu 10.04 official repositories because the 2.11.x development branch is amazing! gThumb 2.11.x can now export your photos to PicasaWeb, Facebook, Flickr and a few days ago it also added Photobucket to the list.
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