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Shutter: Best screenshot application for Linux

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It’s been a while I blogged because few things have kept me busy. I plan to get back to blogging on a regular basis. Up untill now I was using ksnapshot for screenshots in Ubuntu and I was pretty satisfied More >

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Unix time will be 1234567890 on 13 Feb 2009

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Was reading a post and thought it’s worth sharing on the blog. On Feb 13, 2009, at 11:31:30pm UTC Unix time will reach 1,234,567,890.

Unix time (POSIX time) is a system for describing points in time, More >

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Free Ubuntu Guide

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A very quick post. Although I don’t feel the need for a book to handle my Ubuntu but if anyone is interested in downloading a guide for Ubuntu, you can get it here. So if you ever face More >

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Cleanup disk space in Ubuntu using Bleachbit

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It’s not just windows that bloats up over a period of time, but also linux (Ubuntu). There are countless utilities for disk cleanup in Windows but I never ventured into finding one for Ubuntu. However, when my free disk space was reducing, I More >

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Adding Facebook chat to pidgin: Pidgin-facebookchat plugin

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If you are on Linux (Ubuntu), I am sure you must have tried your hands on Pidgin, one of the most popular and powerful IM client. The beauty of this client is that it supports almost all the More >

tasque

Tasque: A simple but powerful to-do list and task manager for Ubuntu

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To-do lists have become the norm today irrespective of what operating system you are using. And it’s a good reason to be organized when you that you spend so much time doing so many things in a day; courtesy Internet and Social Media paranoia. I was hit upon More >

bareftp

BareFTP: Not just another FTP client for Ubuntu 8.10

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Filezilla is the FTP client that comes to my mind when I think of an FTP whether it is Windows or whether is Ubuntu. Not to forget the import FireFTP extension. However, I thought I’ll try out something new on More >

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Installing and setting up Java 6 JDK in Intrepid Ibex

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We have earlier seen how to install Java Run Time Environment in Intrepid Ibex (Ubuntu 8.10). We achieved the installation of JRE using 2 methods:

1. Installing normally

2. Installing JRE with one click More >

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Mounting and Unmounting ISO files in Ubuntu using Gmount-iso [Ubuntu How-to]

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I am not sure how many of you felt the need to mount an ISO disc on Ubuntu or similar debian based linux distros. I did and hence I explored to  find that there are various ways to mount an ISO file on More >

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How to upgrade to Jaunty Jackalope!

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With a 6 month release cycle of Ubuntu, the excitement never goes down. I remember not too long ago I installed Intrepid Ibex on my machine and right now I am using Jaunty Jackalope Alpha 2. I am also very excited about 15 Jan More >

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How to install and run emerald window decorator in Ubuntu 8.10

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I know this looks very trivial, but I am sure a lot of you would be facing the issue of installing emerald and switching it to your default window decorator. By default in Ubuntu GTK Window Decorator is the More >

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Ubuntu 8.10: Upgrading from OpenOffice 2.4 to OpenOffice 3 in 2 easy steps

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I am sure there is a reason for Ubuntu 8.10 not coming pre packed with OpenOffice 3. However, if you do not know the reason, in most cases ignorance can lead to a post like this one. We’ll see how More >

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