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Linux_Downloads. Note: The package architecture has to match the Linux kernel architecture, that is, if you are running a 64-bit kernel, install the appropriate AMD64 package (it does not matter if you have an Intel or an AMD CPU).

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Mixed installations (e.g. Debian/Lenny ships an AMD64 kernel with 32-bit packages) are not supported. To install VirtualBox anyway you need to setup a 64-bit chroot environment. The VirtualBox base package binaries are released under the terms of the GPL version 2. Please choose the appropriate package for your Linux distribution. 11.10 - Prevent gnome-shell's dash from listing Recent Items. Autohide Top Bar Extension Finally Available For GNOME Shell 3.2 (Bonus: Hamster And Overlay Icons Extensions) WebUpd8 reader KRK has updated the GNOME Shell Autohide Top Bar extension for GNOME Shell 3.2.

Autohide Top Bar Extension Finally Available For GNOME Shell 3.2 (Bonus: Hamster And Overlay Icons Extensions)

The extension, initially created by fpmurphy, lets you hide the GNOME Shell top bar by double clicking it. To disable autohiding, double click the top bar again. Here's a video I've recorded a while back demoing GNOME Shell Autohide Top Bar extension - it's an old video, but the updated extension works in the same way: The extension is available in the WebUpd8 GNOME 3 PPA - add the PPA and install it using the commands below: Turn Kubuntu Oneric into Mint 12 by adding Mint Repos? Give Ubuntu a New Look with the ‘Edgebound Desktop’ Want your desktop to look totally different to others?

Give Ubuntu a New Look with the ‘Edgebound Desktop’

Meet the ‘Edgebound’ desktop set-up. This marvellous-looking mash-up by DeviantArt user ~techunit, combines elements of Unity-2D and GNOME 3 with the Avant Window Navigator (AWN) into one slick-looking whole. GNOME 3 Classic Session as the ‘desktop’Unity 2D launcher for managing and launching appsAWN ‘wingpanels’ in place of GNOME/Unity panels Getting The Edgebound Desktop To recreate the ‘Edgebound‘ look on your own desktop you’ll need a couple of things: Main Page - GNOME Do Wiki.

Guavi.com. Installing User guide Installing VPNCheck for Linux is based on the Mono cross-platform .net framework.

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Add 7z (7-Zip) File Archive Support to Ubuntu. The 7z (7-Zip) archive format offers good compression ratios and is an open source format.

Add 7z (7-Zip) File Archive Support to Ubuntu

This and the favored 7-Zip graphical file archive tool for Windows have popularized the format. A default Ubuntu installation can’t extract or create 7z files. A package is available in the universe repositories that makes working for these files seamless with Ubuntu’s existing archive tools. Install 7z file archive support from the package p7zip (click the link to install), or by running the command below in your terminal:sudo apt-get install p7zip.

Quick Tip: How to Disable IPv6 in Ubuntu For Better Internet Speed ~ Ubuntu Vibes. For most Ubuntu users, disabling IPv6 can increase the Internet speed on their system if they feel that it is slower than what it used to be on Windows or Mac.

Quick Tip: How to Disable IPv6 in Ubuntu For Better Internet Speed ~ Ubuntu Vibes

Follow the instructions: First check that your Internet connection makes use of IPv4 or not. Go to ip-lookup.net and click on Conversations. It will tell you if you are using IPv4 or not. WiTopia™ Customer Activation. Home about us products & services WiTopia blog support contact us. [How to] Install ‘Marlin’ File Browser in Ubuntu 11.10. Best Linux Software. GParted Live on Hard Disk. In addition to writing the GParted Live image to CD and to USB media, the GParted Live image can also be placed on a hard disk drive.

GParted Live on Hard Disk

The following sections describe how to do this for the GRUB and LILO boot loaders. Contents. Music notation for everyone: LilyPond... music notation for everyone. Bugzilla – Bug 15755 – Some applications do not correctly detect administrative privileges. TICKR - Feed Reader. Help Known issues in last stable version Building from source HOWTO Getting started Full list of parameters Known issues in last stable version (0.6.4) - Segfault when running 'tickr NON_EXISTING_TEXT_FILE' from command line (stupidly because of a missing test.)

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News – Scrolling RSS ticker for your desktop. Solutions Center : Brother Driver for Linux Distributions. Mount a Buffalo Linkstation NAS in Linux. Mount a Buffalo Linkstation NAS Network Attached Storage or NAS for short is basically an external hard disk drive that is connected to the network using a LAN cable rather than a computer via a USB lead.

Mount a Buffalo Linkstation NAS in Linux

It works pretty much the same way though and you can access the NAS disk drive as if it was directly attached to the computer. It will be a bit slower if you use a wireless connection because of the limited speed of Wi-Fi, but if the drive has a 1Gbit/s network interface and you plug it into a router with 1Gbit/s sockets and then connect your PC with a 1Gbit/s then it really flies. So how do you access NAS from Linux? After spending an hour on the internet searching for a way to do this and trying varous Terminal commands, I discovered that it is actually a lot simpler than I thought. How to Clear and Disable Totem’s recent history in Ubuntu 11.04 Unity.

If you’re using the Totem movie player in Ubuntu 11.04 Unity to play movies, you may find that there’s no option in its menu to clear the playing history.

How to Clear and Disable Totem’s recent history in Ubuntu 11.04 Unity

Then what if you don’t want anyone to know you’ve watched? Following are how to temporarily clear totem’s history and permanently stop totem showing history. To clear recent history from totem movie player: Launch Home Folder, press Ctrl+H to show hidden files, then navigate to find out and delete “recently-used.xbel” file under . /local/share/. Or just run this command: Publisher to PDF Free Online. Namebench-1.3.1-source.tgz - namebench - namebench 1.3.1 source code (requires Python 2.4 - 2.7) - Open-source DNS Benchmark Utility. Can't use scanner on Brother DCP 7020. Clear/Prevent Recent Documents under Files & Folders in Ubuntu Unity.

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