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Gnome Do to change Rampantly

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Gnome Do is to get all kickass. Yesterday evening the jolly folk behind launcher-and-then-some GNOME Do held a meeting to set out some goals for the future of the project.

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Designing a Secure Linux System

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So the question is, how do can we most effectively use free software to protect against remote attackers, that means viruses and trojan horses – which includes infected files run from USB devices.

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Nautilus Image Converter

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Nautilus image converter is a nautilus extension to mass resize or rotate images. if installed an additional menu entry will appear when you right click the mouse inside nautilus. It is a convenient utility which can save you lot of effort.

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Download Youtube Videos in Ubuntu Linux the easiest way

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If you are using a linux based operating system like Ubuntu, literally downloading the youtube videos is as easy as just watching it. I mean it when I said it. Anyway here I explain the best and the easiest options I found in downloading the youtube videos.

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Install Softwares in Ubuntu 9.10 without internet connection

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Weeks ago when I was trying to setup Ubuntu in my pc for the first time, installing new software you need in your new pc would be a impossible process without internet or any Repository DVDs. I managed to get a few resources from net and here I will explain it as a step by step procedure.

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Try to navigate up the directory using cd followed by consecutive dots

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In the below example i have show how to navigate up to level 5 using cd......(cd followed by 6 dots).
Here a single dot represents the current directory, 2 dot means 1 level up, 3 dots means 2 level up and so on..

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Toggle SSH Session using SSH Escape Character

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When you’ve logged on to the remotehost using ssh from the localhost, you may want to come back to the localhost to perform some activity and go back to remote host again. In this case, you don’t need to disconnect the ssh session to the remote host. Instead, follow the steps below.

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Getting Started with GTK and GLade for GUI programming

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When starting learning Glade, it is essential to learn the basic concepts of GTK+. Unfortunately there is a misconception that it’s enough to learn Glade for learning GUI designing rather than learning GTK+. Glade is definitely an easier way to implement GTK but it is impossible to create interface for your application with only Glade knowledge.

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How to add GUI for your open source applications ?

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When do you think you are ready for creating your own application ? You have to be good enough with coding but obviously that is not enough.

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Getting started with Blender

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New to Blender? This article will help you to get started with this 3-D modeling tool.

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Clearing junk with BleachBit

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Bleach bit is a utility which can free disk space, removes hidden junk, and easily guards your privacy. It can erase cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, remove unused localizations, shred logs, and delete temporary files.

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How to Watch Internet TV in Ubuntu / Debian Linux with Miro

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A great Utility for Ubuntu / Debian Users. Miro is a free, open source, video player and podcast client It can play almost any video file and offers over 6,000 free internet TV shows and video podcasts.

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Hands-on: Ubuntu goes social, gains Me Menu in 10.04 alpha 3

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Canonical, the company behind the Ubuntu Linux distribution, is planning to overhaul the desktop panel and integrate social networking features in Ubuntu 10.04, codenamed Lucid Lynx. One of the key components of this effort is the Me Menu, which shipped in the Lucid alpha 3 last week.

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Vine Linux 5.1 review

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Vine Linux is an APT-ified, RPM-based, multi-purpose distribution. Because of its Japanese heritage, very few English speaking users have taken a serious look at this distribution. This article provides the very first English language review of the latest stable edition.

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Backup MX with Postfix

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The primary goal of a backup machine for Postfix is that if the first one fails, mail will be collected by the secondary mail server until the primary mail server is back online. When you build the Backup MX be sure to install all of the necessary applications to scan for viruses and check for SPAM as you do not want to overload the primary machine once it comes online.

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