Category: Ubuntu
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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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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
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Meet Elisa
Been a while since I’ve posted, hasn’t it? But that just means that there’s even more cool stuff to nail now that I’m back. To kick off, here’s a video showing the latest and greatest from Fluendo’s Elisa media centre. Having watched all that, I do have to admit that Elisa is still a little
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11 Ways Nautilus Could be Improved
Yep, okay, I admit it – this was originally called “11 Things I Hate About Nautilus”. But when I think about it a little longer, so that the adrenaline fueled red-mist dies down a little, I don’t actually hate Nautilus. In fact, I really, really like it. It’s because I like it so much that the
