Category: Technical
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Compiz? Rubbish!
All the time, I hear people claiming that the first thing they do with a stock Ubuntu build is turn off “useless” Compiz. Now, I don’t mind that they’re turning it off – it’s their computer. But if these people are truly claiming that Compiz is useless and adds nothing, then they’re extremely ignorant of
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Screenshot Capture with Shutter
Often overlooked, there are a couple of things that Vista got right. Well, okay, one thing then. No, not UAC, I’m talking about the Vista snipping tool. Since I use Vista as work, I know the O/S pretty well and if I had to point out one feature that’s missing from a default Ubuntu build,
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Tagging JPG photos using EXIF properties
I recently decided to install Picasa on my laptop, which runs Ubuntu 9.10. I was both impressed and disappointed. Impressed with the slick user interface, smooth scrolling, silky timeline, spotless import and beautiful fades and zooms. But when I came to tag my pictures using it, I was soon frustrated. First off, although Picasa provdes
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Chromium on Ubuntu
I’ve been properly trying out Chromium (currently 4.0.204.0) on my Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) laptop. It’s been a mixed bag. Here’s some pros: Incredible start up. Really, incredible. Click icon, start using app IMMEDIATELY. I’m really not used to that. Chromium will have started up in half the time it takes Firefox 3.5 to load the
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GRDC – VNC and RDP in one amazing tool
Forget Vinagre, forget Terminal Services Client, because there’s one tool now available that combines the best of both into one : GRDC. It’s a gnome tool that allows you to create a series of VNC and RDP entries (shortcuts if you like) and then launch them with a double-click. I’ve nominated it for sysadmin tool
