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This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to install and setup Netbook Remix on your Eee PC. Netbook Remix is an alternate interface of the standard Ubuntu 8.04 desktop. It’s an interface that allows you to work more easily on a smaller screen devices (such as the Asus Eee PC).
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This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to dual boot your Asus Eee PC with Windows XP and Ubuntu Linux. [click to continue...]
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Now that you’ve installed Ubuntu on your Asus Eee PC, you’ll want to customize it a bit. Though the following instructions apply to any new installation of Ubuntu, they’re particularly helpful if you’re using an Eee PC.
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This tutorial will take you every single step of the way through installing Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) on your Asus Eee PC. The steps are specific for the Eee PC 900 (16GB flash SSD model), but will be similar for other Eee PC’s. [click to continue...]
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Ever since I wrote about backing up your files online using Mozy (and then the OS X version), I’ve been approached by folks from BackBlaze, SugarSync and quite a few others. Most I just ignore now - often they’re lesser versions (in terms of features, storage space and cost) of software/products I’ve already written about. SpiderOak is different. In a lot of ways. Most notably, they’re the first that I know of to offer a Linux client. Keep reading for plenty of screenshots, setup instructions for the Linux client, and why I think this might be the best online storage solution so far. [click to continue...]
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This tutorial will guide you through installing, setting up and using Gnome Do (v0.4.2.0) in Ubuntu Linux. From the Ubuntu Wiki on Gnome Do:
GNOME Do is an intelligent launcher tool that makes performing common tasks on your computer simple and efficient. Do not only allows you to search for items in your desktop environment (e.g. applications, contacts, bookmarks, files, music), it also allows you to specify actions to perform on search results (e.g. run, open, email, chat, play).
Though the installation steps are specific to Linux, the setup and usage is the same for all versions of Linux that Gnome Do supports. [click to continue...]
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rEFIt is a boot menu and maintenance toolkit for EFI-based computers like the Intel Macs. You can use it to boot multiple operating systems easily, including triple-boot setups with Boot Camp. It allows you to avoid having to hold down the option key in order to select the OS you want to boot into as your Mac starts up, and provides a nice graphical interface instead.
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The days of confusing Linux firewalls are now over. Firestarter provides a very easy to use GUI for most Linux systems, allowing you to create specific firewall rules based on IP addresses, hosts or specific services (FTP, SSH, etc). Continue reading for a complete walk-through on using Firestarter. [click to continue...]
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Banshee is a media player that includes the following features: listen to music, watch videos, rip and burn CDs, displays cover art, tons of plugins, controllable via keyboard shortcuts, smart playlists, the ability to rate your music and manage your iPod and/or MP3 player. Banshee recently hit version 1.0, and this guide will walk you through installing it in Ubuntu linux.
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This brief tutorial will explain how to increase the number of screen resolutions available to you when using Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) in Parallels 3.x. [click to continue...]
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This tutorial will guide you through the steps required to search for and play YouTube videos from directly inside of the Ubuntu Totem Media Player. Also included are the steps required to watch the higher quality H264 videos that YouTube now includes. [click to continue...]
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This tutorial will guide you in downloading, installing and setting up conky, a free, light-weight system monitor for X11 that displays system information on your desktop. And it’s also worth noting that the title is slightly misleading, conky also works in various BSD and X11 supported operating systems as well.
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Using BananaSplitter you can split .avi files (divx or xvid) in Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP/Vista), Linux/BSD/UNIX or OS X. BananaSplitter works across all these platforms because it’s written in Java, so you will need to have Java installed. [click to continue...]
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Below you’ll find a series of screenshots from the recently released gOS - a linux based operating system that’s found on low-priced PC’s at a retailer I’d rather not mention. If you like what you see you can download a copy for yourself and take it for a spin.
gOS is heavily based on Ubuntu 7.10 and Enlightenment, and it integrates every Google service you can imagine. You can find out more details on gOS here.
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gOS boot screen
gOS boot menu
gOS Desktop
gOS quick-launch menu
gOS right-click menu
gOS games list
edit gOS Favorites Menu
gOS settings
gOS desktop web search
gOS “Start” menu
Firefox in gOS
gOS file manager
gOS shutdown menu
