Chromium is the open-source version of the Google Chrome web browser. It excludes some of the URL-tracking stuff in Chrome.
Here’s how to install it on Ubuntu.
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The Ubuntu Panel is a system panel that appears at the top of the screen in Ubuntu. Unlike Windows, Ubuntu has two panels: one on top, and one on the bottom.
I have the top panel set to auto-hide. But, the other day, it hung for some reason. Here’s how to fix it.
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Mads Rosendahl created a great little video explaing the Ubuntu release schedule in very simple terms.
Ubuntu Release Schedule
One thing I didn’t know was that, according to the video, if an Ubuntu release is delayed, it’s year-month version (like 9.10 for Ubuntu Karmic released in October 2009), is also changed. I had been under the impression [...]
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Some reasons you might want to lowercase your filenames include:
1. Most webservers are case-sensitive. Because of this, most websites stick to the rule of having all files in a single case, namely lower.
2. If you’re using the command line to manipulate files, it’s easier when all the files are lower case. It’s a lot faster [...]
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The Ubuntu Linux distribution is dropping the GIMP graphics program from its installation CD. While it won’t be installed on fresh installations, the program will be able to be installed via Ubuntu Software Center. Users who have the GIMP installed will continue to have it installed after future Ubuntu upgrades.
This move had generated quite a [...]
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KDE is undergoing a marketing exercise in renaming itself and its various products:
The phrase “K Desktop Environment” won’t be used
KDE means the community and an overarching brand
Various KDE products’ new names:
KDE Plasma Desktop and KDE Plasma Netbook
KDE technologies become the KDE Platform
The KDE Applications remain the same
KDE 4.3 will be called “KDE Software Compilation 4.4″ [...]
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The latest release of Ubuntu, the easy-to-use Linux distribution, is out. With a version number of 9.10 (which stands for October, 2009), it’s code-named Karmic Koala.
Some features of the new release include:
The Ubuntu Software Center. This is an application that replaces the old Application Add/Remove. It’s nice for browsing available software, and you can install [...]
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I talked yesterday on how RedHat made a change to Fedora 12 to allow normal users to install any piece of (signed) software from the Fedora repositories without a root password. Slashdot reports that RedHat reversed the policy after an onslaught of community criticism. Owen Taylor (longtime employee of RedHat) made what seems to me [...]
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The latest version of RedHat’s Fedora Linux distribution features the ability for users to install software packages without having root privileges. On the one hand, RedHat employees are saying this is only due changes upstream from PolicyKit, but on the other hand, those same employees defended the decision saying that turning off this ability requires [...]
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