Install Xfce 4.8 in Ubuntu 10.04 &10.10from PPA

Published in January 31st, 2011

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Xfce 4.8 stable was released few days ago. Release note read here.

For Ubuntu 10.04 32-bit and Ubuntu 10.10 both 32&64-bit, there are two PPA integ[......]

Install latest kernel 2.6.37 & 2.6.38 in Ubuntu 10.04 from PPA

Published in January 30th, 2011

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Ubuntu 11.04 Natty will use Linux Kernel 2.6.38 as its default kernel. And if you want to try this kernel & the latest 2.6.37 in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, you[......]

Install Skype on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal (32&64-bit)

Published in January 29th, 2011

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Skype for Linux now is officially in the Ubuntu repository after Lucid just by enable partner repo. Also there’s an alternative if you want to try the[......]

Subtitle Editor – A subtitle editor based on GStreamer and GTK+ in Ubuntu

Published in January 28th, 2011

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Subtitle Editor is a GTK+2 tool to edit subtitles. It can be used for new subtitles or as a tool to transform, edit, correct and refine existing subt[......]

Install Latest Mplayer &x264 video encoder in Ubuntu from PPA

Published in January 28th, 2011

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As a special service for Ubuntu users, the mplayer project now provides packages for various versions of Ubuntu. The packages are built twice a week f[......]

KDE 4.6.0 released today(PPA for Karmic and Maverick included)

Published in January 27th, 2011

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On 26th January 2011, KDE has released 4.6.0, containing compelling new features and improvements to the Plasma Workspaces, the KDE Applicationsand th[......]

Apache-Switch – Ubuntu panel indicator to Turn on/off/Restart Apache

Published in January 26th, 2011

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Apache-Switch is an indicator on Ubuntu panel to easy start, stop, or restart Apache web server. It runs on Gnome, KDE, and Xfce so far, and KDE must[......]

Nokia Mobile Phone Send SMS in Ubuntu via Gnokii

Published in January 24th, 2011

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Gnokii is a suite of programs that allows communication with mobile phones. It currently supports many Nokia mobile phones, all AT capable ones as wel[......]

Puddletag – A Powerful Mp3 tag editor for Ubuntu Linux

Published in January 24th, 2011

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puddletag is an audio tag editor (primarily created for) GNU/Linux similar to Windows program Mp3tag. Unlike most taggers for GNU/Linux, it uses a spr[......]

Gnome Applet to Quick Prevent monitor/screen from going to sleep/screensaver while watching movies

Published in January 23rd, 2011

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I was aways setting Gnome Power Manager to stop the display from going to sleep or screensaver when I was going to watch movies. But it is annoying to[......]

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