The following applications are ones that I have loaded to try on my Ubuntu system. I will try to provide comments on each whether or not they seem worth it. MediaVLC Media Player: This is a must have media player. It plays everything (.mp4, .avi, .iso, .bin, .flv, ….) Educationgalculator: new UtilitiesMetamorphose: NewKompozer: Newglabels: newhardinfo: [...]
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Software Loaded on My Gutsy Ubuntu System
Posted in Linux, Open Source, Software on March 11, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Google Toolbar Not Working in Gutsy
Posted in Linux, Ubuntu on March 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I did a fresh install of Gutsy and my Google Toolbar stopped downloading bookmarks. Actually, another Gusty install is doing the same thing. I found a suggestion to install the libstdc++5 app and then reinstall the Toolbar. It had mixed reviews, but it worked for me. I’ll try it on the other computer soon.
Adding Sytem Information To Your Desktop – Using Conky
Posted in Linux, Ubuntu on March 2, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I was looking through the latest Edition (Issue #10) of Full Circle Magazine and someone had written in asking how to add system information to your desktop. I was wondering this myself, seeing it in many screen shots of Linux systems. There was a nice tutorial written which can be found here in the Ubuntu [...]
Virtualization
Posted in Linux, Ubuntu, Virtualization on February 26, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
I have been using VirtualBox for testing various Linux Distributions on my laptop, running Windows XP. This has been a great way to look at how different distributions install and how they run once they are set up. I currently have the following distributions set up in VirtualBox to play around with: Desktop BSD, [...]
