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How to Download, Install Old Adobe Air Based TweetDeck Twitter Client on Windows, Mac And Linux. TweetDeck, once the most popular Twitter desktop client is no more in the favorites list for many.

How to Download, Install Old Adobe Air Based TweetDeck Twitter Client on Windows, Mac And Linux

At least for me who was a great fan of the old Adobe Air based client that had more options than the executable Twitter client available now for desktops. Twitter Inc. acquired TweetDeck and later released an updated version that was independent of Adobe Air sacrificing features. On old TweetDeck Twitter app that was available for Windows, Mac and Linux, one could tweak theme, change font color, quickly upload image/ video to many third-party sites, change the way followers/ following handle are displayed etc. Now all these features being removed from TweetDeck users are forced to work within a strict Twitter environment with limited features. But if you want to stay back on the old version of TweetDeck and also install in on other new OS installs then read on. Hard drive - Is there a way to delete Windows 7 from my harddisk without having to completely reinstall Ubuntu.

Use Evernote In Ubuntu With Everpad. Evernote is a fantastic note taking tool that is used by literally millions of people worldwide.

Use Evernote In Ubuntu With Everpad

Personally I rely on it quite heavily, using it for notes on all sorts of things – whilst out and about via the Android app or whilst at my computer. If I’m on my work machine running Windows 7 then this is fine as i have the Evernote app installed. However, when I’m on any of my personal computers were I am running Ubuntu, I can’t use the Evernote app as there isn’t one. There are community created Evernote ‘clones’ such as NixNote, but I don’t like them as they don’t integrate with Unity all that well and quite frankly, they look awful (in my humble opinion of course).

About a week ago my note taking experience in Ubuntu was turned upside down when I installed Everpad. Evernote + Ubuntu = Everpad Everpad is an Evernote tool that integrates extremely well with Unity. From the Everpad app indicator you can create and manage all of your Evernotes from one place. WordPress Installation on Ubuntu with LAMP. This tutorial is how to install WordPress on Ubuntu Linux Desktop using LAMP.

WordPress Installation on Ubuntu with LAMP

Why ? One reason is that you can do a lot of developing (playing around) much quicker as there is no need to use ftp. If You like me, play around with WordPress as a developer (perhaps you create your own theme or plugin), you should install WordPress locally in your Ubuntu Linux Desktop. You do not need to convert your Ubuntu Desktop into Ubuntu Server. How to install xampp in ubuntu. Xampp is an application that helps to run local server in your computer.It is a tedious method to install Apache web server add MYSQL, php, perl and other application.

How to install xampp in ubuntu

There xampp has all the stuff in one package. Therefore xampp make it easy to install all these package from a single application. Xampp is available for all the format including windows , mac and solaris. In compare to windows and mac the installation of xampp is a bit complicated in linux. If you are searching for lampp. you are in right place because xampp is previously called lampp. Wget. Gaming on Linux: A guide for sane people with limited patience. So, you want to play games on your Linux machine.

Gaming on Linux: A guide for sane people with limited patience

Oh, boy. Batten down the hatches, because we're about to show you how to do some real computing. You ever compiled something, kid? You ever compiled something like we did back in the '90s? You ever watched a man compile? Oops, sorry if I frightened you. To prove it, we're going to show you how to play modern PC games on a Linux PC no matter what kind of hardware you own. For the purposes of this guide, we're going to assume that you’ve gotten as far as installing Linux, but that’s it; no special expertise is required beyond a willingness to type commands into a terminal.

We won’t be compiling a thing. 28c3: The coming war on general computation. PirateBox DIY - David Darts Wiki. At the heart of Obama for America success. US presidential elections grab the attention of people the world over.

at the heart of Obama for America success

Media advertising, on-location campaigning, debates, TV appearances and voter engagement through social media, web sites, data polling are absolutely essential to a successful campaign. All those initiatives require a robust, agile IT infrastructure. In the most recent US election, the Obama team came up trumps not only in terms of a winning campaign but also with the much heralded IT infrastructure that powered that campaign. The heart of that infrastructure? Ubuntu, of course. The Obama for America campaign’s relatively small IT team relied heavily on data analytics and digital media. The Obama for America team chose an open, cloud-based IT model.

Harper Reed, the CTO behind the Obama for America spoke with Canonical about project Narwhal, the cloud, Ubuntu, open source and the use of disruptive technologies that supported President Obama’s successful campaign for a second term.

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