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Twitux and gTwitter: Twitter Clients for Ubuntu Linux

by nazham on December 30th, 2008

Following my previous post nazham.com on Twitter, I’ve just beginning to get involved with Twitter.
Below are a couple of Twitter clients that I’ve used in Ubuntu:
Twitux
A Twitter client for GNOME.
Twitux is a lightweight client for the twitter messaging service, featuring time-line auto updating, a tray area icon and notification of new messages.

gTwitter
Client for tracking and [...]

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Installing Google Gadgets on Ubuntu 8.10

by nazham on December 27th, 2008

Google Desktop gadgets are interactive mini-applications that can be placed anywhere on the user’s desktop to show new email, weather, photos, personalized news or other desired information. Google offers a gallery of pre-built gadgets for download on the official website.
To install Google Gadgets on Ubuntu 8.10:
1. Download the .deb package.
2. Install the package using the [...]

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Delay Print Screen in Ubuntu

by nazham on November 29th, 2008

in Ubuntu, when there’s menu active or visible, pushing ‘Print Screen’ won’t have any effect. It applies to taskbar, context menus, right-click and other menus. But I have a workaround on this one:
Simply let Gnome automatically take the screenshot, and delay the action.
In your terminal, type:
gnome-screenshot –delay=5
The number 5 represents the number of seconds before [...]

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Easier VPN Setup with Ubuntu 8.10

by nazham on November 6th, 2008

Quite a while ago I’ve posted a way to setup your VPN access using VPNC in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron. Now with Ubuntu 8.10 Interprid Ibex, things will become much more easier, by using the NetworkManager applet in Gnome.
When you have not yet installed any VPN manager, the “Add” button for VPN connections in the [...]

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Ubuntu 8.10 on Dell XPS M1530

by nazham on November 4th, 2008

Following my previous post, finally I got the new Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex on my Dell XPS M1530 laptop. The verdict: Pure Awesomeness. The installation is very quick and simple (it just that it took me a while to write this post). Almost everything works out of the box. The driver support is better. The [...]

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