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The
popular photo organizer Google Picasa has
been updated to build 70.71 recently. The latest version of Picasa can
be downloaded directly from the official homepage for Linux or Microsoft
Windows XP or Windows Vista.
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Date: 2010-06-19
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It supports Twitter, Jaiku, Identi.ca,
Facebook, Flickr, Digg, and RSS, with support for more services
being added all the time. Gwibber allows
you to post updates, read updates, reblog, retweet, send
personal messages and view public timelines – all from your
desktop! No need to open your browser! Gwibber
also uses Jaunty’s notification system to display new messages,
so you don’t even need to have the main window open to keep
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Date: 2010-06-19
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Ubuntu Software Center (previously
called Ubuntu Software Store, originally codenamed AppCenter)
is a computer programfor browsing,
installing and removing software. Based upon theGNOME application, gnome-app-install, which is similar in
function and appearance, it serves as a GTK+
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Date: 2010-06-19
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The final version of OpenOffice 3 is out , and if you're looking
to save yourself plenty of money, download it instead of buying
Microsoft Office --- you could save yourself hundreds of dollars, and
not lose out on many features. I put the Windows version through its paces, and am about to
download the Linux version as well. The suite has six full-blown
applications: the Writer word processor, Calc spreadsheet, Impress
presentations program, Base database program, Math equation editor, and
Draw graphics pro
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Date: 2010-06-19
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Step by step: Hacking
an iPhone 3GS with Ubuntu
Bad news for anyone with an
iPhone 3GS: even if you have the latest OS, even if you have a PIN
number, even if it isn't jailbroken - it can be hacked by anyone using a
computer running Ubuntu Lucid Lynx. I wouldn't ordinarily reveal
exactly how to hack an iPhone within a news story such as this, but what
the heck, here's all the gory detail revealed, step by step. *
Step 1 - Take a powered down iPhone 3GS and connect it to your computer
running a fully up to date version of Ubuntu Lucid Lynx.
* Step 2 -
See Step 1. Seriously, that really is all it takes according to
security blogger Bernd Marienfeldt who reckons that the way Ubuntu
Lucid Lynx handles the iPhone means that a ton of data is accessible,
even if that iPhone is PIN protected and running the very latest version
of the OS. How much data exactly? Well how about all your Google safe
browsing databases, game content, music, photos and videos,
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I've Installed Linux,
Now What?
Time to enter the Wayback
(WABAC) Machine to an experience I had with a new Linux user and compare
it to today's more tech savvy audience. The year was 1997 and I had
settled in for the evening with my favorite beverage and a bit of
channel flipping, when I received a telephone call from a guy who'd
installed Linux on his computer. He didn't know what else to do from
there, except call someone who did know what to do, me. The conversation
began with him saying, "I've installed Linux, now what?" I was in
business for myself, at the time, as a computer consultant. I, along
with two of my friends, installed networks, repaired computers, setup
servers and desktops and did end user support. Evening calls
were standard fare for me at the time and so I answered the ringing
without hesitation. This one time, I wish I had ignored it. But, why
should I have felt that way when Linux, then and now, is my favorite
computer topic? I
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About Ubuntu 10.04 :
It’s almost that time again – time to start chatting up the next
release coming out of the Ubuntu-verse. I know, I know…it seems the
tires of 9.10 were just kicked. They were. Ubuntu 9.10 was well
received, but now something bigger and better is coming around the
corner. But what should be expected of Ubuntu? How can they one-up
themselves, after the hat-trick they pulled with 9.10? Well, I have
taken a peek under the hood of Lucid Lynx and I really liked what I saw.
As you may know, Ubuntu has a very regular release schedule.
Some say this prolific schedule gets in the way of users growing
accustomed to the distribution. The minute a release gains a modicum of
familiarity, Ubuntu releases another, better version. On the other hand,
Ubuntu offers what is called a Long Term Support version. LTS releases
happen every two years and enjoys support for 3 years. So instead of
jumping on every r
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Date: 2010-06-19
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About GIMP
Introduction to GIMP
GIMP is an acronym for GNU Image Manipulation Program. It is a
freely distributed program for such tasks as photo retouching, image
composition and image authoring. It has many capabilities. It can be
used as a simple paint program, an expert quality photo retouching
program, an online batch processing system, a mass production image
renderer, an image format converter, etc. GIMP is expandable and
extensible. It is designed to be augmented with plug-ins and extensions
to do just about anything. The advanced scripting interface allows
everything from the simplest task to the most complex image manipulation
procedures to be easily scripted. GIMP is written and developed
under X11 on UNIX p
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Date: 2010-06-19
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1. K3bNot many can argue
against this one. K3b is the
most popular burning application for Linux, and although it uses KDE3
libraries, many GNOME users prefer it too over native GTK burners.
K3b 1.0.5 running in Debian Lenny
The
version I'm going to talk about is 1.0.5 for KDE3, but K3b 2.0 for KDE4
is in the works, and the second alpha was made availa
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Date: 2010-06-19
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RecordMyDesktop
is a command-line tool which allows to record your entire Linux desktop
and save it as a Theora Ogg video. It has GTK and Qt frontends too, and
in Ubuntu gtk-recordmydesktop
is available in the repositories. To install recordmydesktop in Ubuntu,
just type in the GNOME Terminal:
sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop
And
if you want the GTK frontend, use:
sudo apt-get install gtk-recordmydesktop
The
simplest way to record your desktop is to run the command recordmydesktop without any parameters
inside a terminal, then do whatever you wanted to do, and when you feel
the screencast is over, type Ctrl+C in the terminal
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