Recent Posts Tagged With 'Linux'

• Try The Opera Web Browser On Ubuntu Linux Because It Has Great Ubuntu Support

  Posted on Friday September 25th, 2009 at 02:20 in technology, Linux, open source

  When you get Ubuntu you get firefox as a default web browser and if somehow you don’t - perhaps if you are using a varied flavor of Ubuntu you can get it in a few seconds using apt or your favorite package management program. But… How abo...

• KDE: Use KLinkStatus (KDEWebDev) To Spider A Site To Check For Broken Links

  Posted on Friday September 25th, 2009 at 01:25 in web design, technology, Linux, open source

  KLinkStatus is a handy web spider program is part of the KDEWebDev suite of applications.  KDELinkStatus can recursively follow and check links (both internal and external) in a web site. Once the spidering is completed you can then export the resul...

• Download YouTube Videos On Linux

  Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 02:58 in technology, Linux, open source

  There are a few programs available for downloading YouTube videos on Linux.  Here is a quick exploration of two of them - “youtube-dl” and “clive”. youtube-dl: First you need to download and install the software package usin...

• Malay language Software / Tools for Ubuntu, Kubuntu, KDE

  Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 02:17 in technology, Linux, open source

  Some Malay language tools for KDE. Useful for anyone wanting to use Kubuntu in Malay or work with the Malay language… kde-i18n-ms - Malay internationalized (i18n) files for KDE scim-tables-additional - miscellaneous input method data tables ...

• Euro Currency Converter for KDE keurocalc

  Posted on Thursday September 10th, 2009 at 02:12 in technology, Linux, open source

  keurocalc is a quick and easy currency converter / calculator for Linux computers using KDE. keurocalc is available in 2 flavors. Download and install keurocalc for KDE4: sudo apt-get install keurocalc-kde4 Download and install keurocalc for KDE3...

• Tip: List, View And Edit KDE Keyboard Shortcuts

  Posted on Tuesday September 8th, 2009 at 12:57 in technology, Linux, open source

  Here is yet another really easy and quick tip for KDE.  There are loads of keyboard shortcuts ready to use right away and to view / edit them all you have to do is go to System Settings under the K Menu and then go for the keyboard icon.  The windo...

• KDE4 - Set Konqueror As Default File Manager Instead Of Dolphin

  Posted on Sunday September 6th, 2009 at 09:29 in technology, Linux, open source

  This is easy tip.  In KDE4 the default file manager is Dolphin however if like many people you prefer Konqueror (which was the default in KDE 3.x) you can make Konqueror the default by doing the following: Right click on any folder and then select...

• Marble Desktop Globe For KDE 4

  Posted on Wednesday September 2nd, 2009 at 01:16 in technology, Linux, open source

  Google Earth may be the the leader in the field of interactive mapping, especially with Satellite map data but there are some other alternatives.  I’m currently testing out the free open source Marble application. Marble currently comes in two...

• Tutorial: Edit GRUB Boot Loader Configuration To Set Default Linux Kernel

  Posted on Tuesday September 1st, 2009 at 19:39 in technology, Linux, open source

  How do you change the default Linux kernel version loaded by GRUB at boot? Want to use a different Kernel or OS at boot? Firstly simply open the GRUB configuration file located at /boot/grub/menu.lst as root. sudo nano /boot/grub/menu.lst Her...

• KDE Tutorial: Manage Start-up Services With System Services Program

  Posted on Tuesday June 23rd, 2009 at 09:03 in technology, Linux, open source

  This is a very basic tutorial. If you are familiar with the Windows MSCONFIG utility and the services.msc console snap-in, there is an application with a similar role in KDE. If you use KDE (K Desktop Environment) for your Linux distribution you will...

• Mounting NTFS File Systems With Read And Write Permissions – Revisited

  Posted on Wednesday June 17th, 2009 at 04:27 in technology, Linux, open source

• Job Vacancy - PERL Developer In West Yorkshire, UK

  Posted on Tuesday May 19th, 2009 at 02:48 in web design, technology, Linux, open source, united kingdom, jobs available

  Job Vacancy Details: My client based in West Yorkshire, UK is seeking an experienced PERL developer to join their successful financial company. They are looking for people who want to join a fun and exciting company and be involved in some high profi...

• How To Enable Mod_Rewrite (Mod Rewrite) On A Linux Server

  Posted on Thursday April 2nd, 2009 at 03:03 in web design, technology, Linux, open source

  If mod rewrite is not working you may have to go under the bonnet of your server and try sparking a few cables with Apache web server. First check if mod rewrite is already present an ready to go - apache2ctl -M If it’s not in the resulting li...

• Web Design On Linux

  Posted on Saturday October 25th, 2008 at 07:11 in web design, technology, Linux, open source

  The perfect system for web designers is based on Linux.  Every program you need and use is free or charge and 99% of them are open source.  You can have an advanced and fully functional system up and ready to start building websites in less than tw...

• SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 Registration

  Posted on Sunday October 5th, 2008 at 02:24 in Linux, open source

  Having just bought a new HP laptop (mini-note 2133) with SUSE Linux Enterprise 10 (SLED 10) pre-loaded I was alarmed to find that Novell is behaving like Microsoft and requires product registration in order to get software updates and install more so...

• KIM KDE Image Menu - A Service Menu For Konqueror For Manipulating Images

  Posted on Saturday August 23rd, 2008 at 11:37 in web design, Linux, open source

  A while back I wrote a blog post about the building of a service menu for KDE / Konqueror that enables the resizing of images using a simple right click & context menu. This is pretty cool - until you discover the hard work some developers have ...

• Free FTP Client Tutorial For Windows & Linux

  Posted on Friday August 22nd, 2008 at 02:02 in web design, Linux, open source

  There is a fast and free FTP client program available out of the box on both Linux and Windows machines.  Surprisingy the program appears to be identical - ie: it’s a free open source program that Microsoft has included on their systems as far...

• I’m Now On Planet Ubuntu Malaysia!

  Posted on Monday July 21st, 2008 at 21:07 in malaysia, Linux, open source

  Thanks to the guys at the Ubuntu Malaysia group, my blog is now syndicated on the new “Planet Ubuntu Malaysia”. As a way of celebrating this I have decided to share with the community some links to Ubuntu wallpapers. These are not norma...