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Install LibreOffice on Ubuntu using PPA
4LibreOffice the forked open source suit emerging from Open Office is now available in Launch pad PPA. The current version of LibreOffice 3.3 RC 2 can now be installed using a PPA on Ubuntu.
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uTorrent for linux
0For a lot of time, the one of the most popular bitorrent download manager was available for only one majorĀ platform that is Windows. The mac version being released some time back, uTorrent is now available for all three major platforms with this new release for Linux.
Finally Linux get Spotify: Install Spotify on Ubuntu
0Spotify is now available for Linux. We did a quick post on how to install it on Ubuntu 10.04 on our Linux Blog. It’s still not available for free users and only premium users can use it. The reason being the fact that spotify developers haven’t still integrated More >
OSD Lyrics brings floating lyrics to Linux
0Do you like singing along while a song is playing and sometimes miss out on lyrics. You might face this more so on Linux as Windows has fairly good options for a lyrics finder. OSD-Lyrics tries to fill this gap by allowing you to download lyrics. More over it supports More >
DownloadHelper: A nifty Firefox addon for downloading Audio and Video from a website
1Download Helper is a nifty addon to download any video/audio/image that you may be viewing on a website. After installing the addon you get a small three balled icon in your toolbar.
The icon becomes animated if there is some More >
Top 5 Twitter Clients for Linux
1Twitter is definitely come up in a huge way and boasts of most number of users in the social media segment. Most of the users out of them do not use twitter from the original website of twitter. They use twitter clients made for their specific OS be it through More >
Differentiate between spammers and real followers on Twitter
0Twitter is fast becoming one of the most popular networking and micro blogging site on the internet. As a user of the same you also must have seen a multifold increase in the number of followers you have on it But how many of them are genuine users More >
Installing Restricted Hardware (Graphic) Drivers on Ubuntu (Jaunty): How-To
0The 3D cube brought about a new revolution in Linux. Frankly, the eye candy effects have come off ages and actually are far more advanced and better than that of Windows. In order to get compiz running on your Jaunty (Ubuntu) machine, you’ll need to first enable the More >
Installing free BitDefender Anti-Virus on Ubuntu 9.04
40In most cases you won’t need an Anti-Virus for your Linux machine. But it’s always safe than to be sorry and hence getting some protection is never a bad idea. Today we’ll see how to install BitDefender Anti-Virus on More >
Free AVG Anti-Virus for Ubuntu
37One of the reason apart from other 1000 for me to use Linux is that I don’t have to worry about installing an Anti-Virus. Not that it’s totally protected from viruses but if you are smart you wont end up getting one. Just More >
Social Brainstorming and MindMapping using XMind in Ubuntu
1Being a student and in research, I have always tried to use technology for making a point and this statement is used with literal connotation. One of my favorite way of engaging an audience is to use mindmaps. In this tutorial we’ll see how to get an open More >
Google Chrome Alpha on Ubuntu: A step by step installation guide!
15I use chrome for general purpose browsing on Windows. I mean seriously I don’t see it as a complete browser at least for someone like me who can’t live without extensions. As a result of which my favorite is still Firefox. However, I cannot ignore the utility of More >
