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    How to Rip Audio CD in Linux

    Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 16:00
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    rip-audio-mainAs MP3 players and mobile devices become very common, more and more people are beginning to convert their audio CD collection to music files so they will listen to them while on the move. In Windows and Mac, the conversion can be done automatically with Windows Media Player or iTunes. What about Linux? Let’s take a look. /> id="more-20023">

    Rhythmbox

    Rhythmbox is the default player in Ubuntu. Like many other media player, it comes with the capability to import audio CD into your library.

    Open your Rhythmbox. Before you start to import your audio CD, it is best to configure the location of the imported files and the song format.

    Go to Edit -> Preferences. Click on the Music tab.

    In the “Music Files are placed in” field, select the location of the folder where the imported music will be stored.

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    Next, you may want to configure how the folder hierarchy of the album.

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    Renewed hope for Steam on Linux: Valve job boards looking for engineer to port Windows games

    Submitted by admin on Thu, 09/02/2010 - 13:30
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    [Snippet] Ubntu: Backup Your Applications Easily With A Single Command

    Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 14:00
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    ubuntu-app-backupInstalling applications in Ubuntu is as easy as the app store in iPhone. Hit the Ubuntu Software Center, find the application you want and click Install. Due to this convenience, most of the time, you won’t need to backup the applications itself.

    However, there are times when you want to restore the newly formatted machine to the original state and you find it a chores to manually install all the applications again. This is when the backup is useful.

    When we say “backup” in this case, we don’t really mean backing up the actual application. What we are going to do is to export the list of all your installed app onto a text file. Next time, we can just get the system to reinstall the apps listed in the text file. /> id="more-20622">

    Backing up your Apps

    (Optional) To list all your installed applications, open a terminal and type:

    sudo dpkg --list

    To backup your list of applications to a text file:

    sudo dpkg --get-selections > app-backup-list.txt
     

    This will create a text file of the name “app-backup-list.txt” in your Home folder.

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    How to Use KDE Plasma Activities

    Submitted by admin on Wed, 09/01/2010 - 07:00
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    Plasma cashew iconThe concept of activities is a new feature introduced with KDE 4. In the old desktop model of KDE 3, the desktop was a program called “kdesktop”, which gave users the ability to have a number of virtual desktops. Although other tools like Superkaramba could be used to add more features, the essential KDE desktop ended there.

    When activities were introduced into KDE 4, they did not make much sense in isolation. In addition to having virtual desktops, there were activities, which the user could create and configure to have different wallpapers and different widgets. Much of the virtual desktop functionality of KDE 3 was absent and not directly connected to Plasma activities.

    With the release of KDE 4.5, Plasma has reached a much higher level of maturity, and activities can now be integrated with virtual desktops, dual monitor screens, and with the Dashboard feature. /> id="more-20579">

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    Review of Qimo: Linux for Kids

    Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/26/2010 - 07:00
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    qimo-desktop-smallWe’ve talked about Linux software for kids a few times here at MakeTechEasier, but so far we’ve never actually sat down to take a closer look at whole distributions intended for children. Many people are familiar with Edubuntu, the Ubuntu spinoff intended for school and other educational institutions, but you may not know much about Qimo. Unlike Edubuntu, which is designed for a client-server network model, Qimo is intended for a sole desktop user – in this case children 3 years old and up. It uses a customized version of the XFCE desktop, with large icons and simple menus, to make it easy to navigate. Included are many of the top titles in kids software for Linux, such as GCompris and TuxPaint. Today we’ll take a look at what Qimo has to offer, and submit it to the ultimate test: a real live toddler. /> id="more-20290">

    Download and Installation

    ISO files for Qimo (pronounced “kim-oh”, as in “eskimo”) can be found on their Downloads page.

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    Last Tab Standing Keeps Chrome Alive After You Close the Last Tab [Downloads]

    Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 07:15
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    Windows/Linux (with Chrome): By default, Google Chrome exits the entire program when you've closed the last tab. Chrome extension Last Tab Standing prevents this from happening by opening an empty new tab page when you close your last tab. More »

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    How to Make Incremental Backups With Rsync

    Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/25/2010 - 07:00
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    Grsync icon - two arrowsBacking up your information is very important to you, or at least it should be. One of my college professors once told me, “It is not a question of if your hard drive will crash; it is when your hard drive will crash.”

    Rsync is a tool that allows you to keep two distinct directories in sync, either locally (two locations on the same machine, including attached devices) or remotely (local computer to server or even server to backup server). It is free and open source software and runs on Linux and most other Unix-like operating systems, including FreeBSD and Mac OS X.

    Furthermore, those who prefer not to get their fingers dirty on the command line can use Grsync, a graphical frontend for rsync, available in most Linux distribution repositories. /> id="more-20248">

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    Gmail Voice and Video Chat Comes to Linux

    Submitted by admin on Fri, 08/20/2010 - 02:54
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  • Chrome Beta Updates with Extension Sync, Form Autofill (Including Credit Card Info), and More [Beta Beat]

    Submitted by admin on Wed, 08/11/2010 - 17:45
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    Click here to read Chrome Beta Updates with Extension Sync, Form Autofill (Including Credit Card Info), and More

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    F. B. Purity Hides Annoying Facebook Applications and News Feed Updates

    Submitted by admin on Thu, 08/05/2010 - 08:00
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    Most Browsers (Greasemonkey): If your Facebook News Feed is still clogged with annoying applications and unimportant updates, simple user script F. B. Purity can seriously narrow it down to just the important stuff. More »

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    Peppermint Ice is like Chrome OS without sacrificing local apps

    Submitted by admin on Wed, 07/21/2010 - 12:00
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    Plenty of people scoffed at the original Google announcement about Chrome OS. It's just another minimalist Linux distro, they said -- but that's actually not quite true. Unlike most lightweight Linux distributions, there won't be any traditional local apps apart from the Chrome browser.

    If you'd like a Chrome OS-like experience without having to give up apps like Transmission, VLC, or DropBox? Take a look at the new release from the developers behind Peppermint.

    Dubbed Peppermint Ice, the new spin replaces Firefox with Chromium and includes the same selection of web app shortcuts (Facebook, Seesmic, Google Docs, Hulu, Pandora, etc.) and local apps (like DropBox, Tranmission, and XChat). Want to add your own web app shortcuts? It's a snap using the built in Ice tool. And since Peppermint is derived from Linux Mint, apt-get is available via the terminal -- meaning you can install boatloads of other apps if you want to.

    Kendall Weaver, who heads up Peppermint development, told me that on his Core2 notebook with an OCZ Vertex SSD Peppermint Ice boots up in about 6 seconds. That's definitely speedy enough to compete with just about any "instant-on" OS I've tried out. Even on my admittedly poorly-configured, Atom-powered Gateway netbook Peppermint boots in 10 seconds... Nice!

    Peppermint is a solid Linux distribution for people who just want to surf but don't want to give up the flexibility which Linux distros typically provide. The interface is clean and simple, and should be familiar to anyone who's ever used Windows XP. Hey, if my 5-year-old can jump in and find his YouTube favorites on Peppermint, the learning curve can't be too steep (if it even exists).

    Good news if you're a Firefox fan: Kendall also informed me that Peppermint One will be switching to Firefox 4.0 when the second beta arrives. The switch will provide a welcome performance boost, though you might have to deal with some broken extensions temporarily -- although if you're installing Firefox betas you're probably used to that by now...

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    Chrome Nanny Blocks Time-Consuming Sites to Keep You Productive

    Submitted by admin on Wed, 06/30/2010 - 15:00
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    Chrome only: Google Chrome extension Chrome Nanny prevents you from wasting time on distracting web sites, so you can get things done instead of checking Facebook all day long. More »

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    Snippet: How to Make Google Chrome As The Default Browser in Ubuntu

    Submitted by admin on Thu, 06/24/2010 - 14:00
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    Even though Google Chrome is faster and lesser prone to crash, it is still NOT the default browser in Ubuntu. At least until Ubuntu Lucid, Firefox still reign in Linux arena.

    Now, if you have installed Google Chrome and intend to use it as the default browser, won’t it be great if you can set it as the default application for all web links so that your Firefox won’t pop up annoyingly?

    In Ubuntu Lucid, you can easily change the default application by going to System -> Preferences -> Preferred Applications. Under the “Internet” tab and “Web Browser” section, select “Google Chrome” in the dropdown list.

    ubuntu-preferred-app

    Close the window. That’s it.

    In situations where you can’t find Google Chrome in the dropdown option (and you are sure that you have installed it), choose custom from the dropdown list and enter

    /opt/google/chrome/chrome

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    PDF and PowerPoint Viewer Automatically Opens All Documents with Google Docs Viewer

    Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/08/2010 - 12:30
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    Chrome: Docs PDF and PowerPoint Viewer automatically opens linked PDFs, PowerPoint presentations, and Word documents in Google Docs Viewer without requiring you to download the file and open it with a local desktop application on your computer. More »

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    Blank Canvas Script Is Like Greasemonkey for Chrome

    Submitted by admin on Mon, 06/07/2010 - 16:30
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    Chrome: Blank Canvas Script Handler is a user script manager for Google Chrome that makes Greasemonkey scripts more compatible with Chrome while also providing a nice interface for managing those user scripts. More »

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    Trash Can Adds Selective Tab Reopening to Chrome

    Submitted by admin on Tue, 06/01/2010 - 15:00
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    Chrome only: Google Chrome extension Trash Can adds a menu that lets you restore a recently closed tab directly from the main toolbar; useful when you've closed a number of tabs quickly. More »

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    New Tab Redirect Turns Chrome's New Tab Page Into Any Page You Want

    Submitted by admin on Sat, 05/29/2010 - 17:00
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    Google Chrome: Chrome's new tab page is pretty useful, as is the even better, previously mentioned Speed Dial. If you'd prefer to make it a web page, though, New Tab Redirect will let you specify the URL for all newly opened tabs. More »

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    Google Chrome Updates with Stable Release, Finally Leaves Beta on Mac and Linux [Downloads]

    Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/25/2010 - 12:00
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    Click here to read Google Chrome Updates with Stable Release, Finally Leaves Beta on Mac and Linux

    Mac/Linux: If you've been waiting for a stable Google Chrome release befor

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    Keyconfig Customizes a Ridiculous Amount of Keyboard Shortcuts in Chrome

    Submitted by admin on Wed, 05/12/2010 - 13:00
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    Click here to read Keyconfig Customizes a Ridiculous Amount of Keyboard Shortcuts in Chrome

    We love keyboard shortcuts here at Lifehacker, and Chrome's already got more than a few built in. But if you don't like the defaults, or want to add a few of your own, extension Chrome Keyconfig gives you pretty much endless possibilities. More »

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    Recent History Gives Chrome a Better History

    Submitted by admin on Tue, 05/11/2010 - 17:00
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    Click here to read Recent History Gives Chrome a Better History

    Chrome's history menu lists your most visited sites and recently closed tabs, which is different from most other browsers. Extension Recent History gives you the history menu you're used to, listing your most recently viewed pages in a simple drop-down. More »

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