"We’re very happy to announce the 1.1 release of the Wesabe Firefox Uploader, our open source Firefox extension for Wesabe members. The Firefox Uploader makes it very easy for you to automatically get your financial information from your bank’s or credit card’s web site, and upload that data to Wesabe.
Read more »Get USB devices mounted on your Virtualbox XP machine in Gutsy (Ubuntu 7.10)
There’s nothing more frustrating than not being able to mount your USB devices in your virtual machines. Well, maybe there are lots of things that are more frustrating but this morning my inability to do something that should be simple, easy and fun was driving me nuts.
So I figured out how to do it. It’s not terribly pretty but here’s what you need to do.
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Virtual Browsers: Disposable Security
If users are working on a virtualized PC, or at least a virtualized Web browser, then throwing it out is trivial. So is replacing it with a fresh, uncluttered, uninfected version. Virtual IT is built to be disposable. OK, you've heard about this virtualization magic before. However, it seems too good to be true, and it sounds complicated and expensive.
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Wubi = super easy Linux installation
I don’t have the patience to go through a full install of Ubuntu but I also don’t think that running the Live CD does the operating system justice. If only there were an easy-to-use Windows installer that didn’t "require you to modify the partitions of your PC or to use a different bootloader." Enter Wubi.
Read more »Calendar Weblog: Lightning 0.7 & Sunbird 0.7 have been released
"I am happy to report, that the 0.7 of Lightning and Sunbird has been completed and is now available via AMO and the Calendar Project website..."
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Explanation of Ubuntu Hard Drive Wear and Tear
A recent bug report for Ubuntu Linux has confirmed that both the Feisty and Gutsy versions of Ubuntu cause some unnecessary wear and tear on a hard drive
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MySQL to get injection of Google code
MySQL laid out its software road map through 2009, including code contributed by Google and security improvements due in MySQL 7.0.
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PodSleuth to bring better iPod support to Linux
Banshee developer Aaron Bockover announced the PodSleuth project earlier this week, which is designed to expose iPod metadata through the Linux Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL). PodSleuth replaces the old libipoddevice and is designed to be more adaptable and future-proof.
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Tips from an RHCE: Splitting tar archives on the fly
Splitting big files into pieces is a common task. Another common task is to create a tar archive, and split it into smaller chunks that can be burned onto CD/DVD. The straightforward approach is to create the archive and then use ’split.’ To do this, you will need more free space on your disk. In fact, you’ll need space twice the size of the created archive.
Read more »Ubuntu 7.10 is outstanding
Canonical this month released Ubuntu 7.10, codenamed Gutsy Gibbon. Like the Feisty Fawn release before it, Gutsy is a bleeding-edge distribution with a focus on new features and the newest free software applications. It's a speedy operating system with great new features and only a few minor issues.
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I want to FLAC you like an animal!
So, what is FLAC? FLAC is an acronym that stands for Free Lossless Audio Codec. Flac is completely non-proprietary and free of licensing fees, unlike mp3. Flac is also much higher quality than mp3 or Ogg. This format compresses the data without having to dispense of any data.
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Prism: Integrate Web Applications into the User’s Desktop Experience
"Today Mozilla Labs is announcing a new experiment called Prism. Over the last few months I’ve had a chance to contribute to many of the initial user facing design aspects of Prism, and this is one of the most exciting labs projects I’ve had a chance to work on so far at Mozilla...
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Illustrating 3D looking objects in Inkscape (Basic)
A tutorial on drawing 3D looking simple objects with Inkscape. Pretty simple.
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20 Tips to Tweak Your Tabs
"You owe a lot to your tabs in Firefox. Without them you would have a desktop filled with clutter. So why not do something nice for your tabs and give them a few tweaks? ..."
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New Desktop Face-Off: Gnome 2.20 vs KDE 3.5
With the new features that Gnome and KDE (K Desktop Environment) are adding, each desktop environment is challenging the other for a larger share of the market. .. In this article I will briefly talk about the new features of both Gnome and KDE, and then look at some similarities and important differences between the two desktop environments.
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