Improved Thumbnails In Nautilus
If you’re using Ubuntu 10.04 or newer then you’ve probably seen the borders around your thumbnail pictures and movies. You may like them with a thick white border, but if you’re looking for something a little sharper then give my thumbnail frame tweak a try! The image that you’ll be downloading to use from me [...]
Ubuntu 10.10 Message and Sound Indicator Updates
The indicator menus have seen some more slight improvements in the latest updates and they’re beginning to take shape nicely! Messaging Menu Highlights The new updates to the Messaging Menu have brought highlighted message counts so that new messages can be easily recognized. The updates aren’t final and have caused a slight misalignment (as you [...]
Ubuntu One Music Store..Get a Link!
I just saw this change marked in my updates recently for Rhythmbox in Ubuntu 10.10 and thought I would share whats new so far! The new “Get a link for the current song to the Ubuntu One Music Store” button is now present and functional in Rhythmbox for Ubuntu 10.10. When you click on the [...]
Identify Opera With Your Linux Distro!
If you’ve ever noticed your user agent string before, then you may have noticed that Opera identifies as running on a generic Linux platform. This can be a bit bothersome or annoying if you’re a Linux enthusiast like me. Opera for Windows and Mac both properly identify the platform they are installed on, but Linux [...]
Ubuntu 10.10 Sound Indicator with Album Art!
I just noticed this change in the sound menu and I’ve very pleased so far with the progress! The menu is beginning to take shape nicely, but don’t get too excite just yet. While the back, forward and pause/play buttons do indeed work, they don’t currently have any mouse animations. By this I mean that [...]
Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000 Linux GSPCA Patch
I’ve been in talks with the GSPCA maintainer for a week now discussing possible issues that the Microsoft LifeCam VX-1000 was having in Linux. In case you don’t know (which I didn’t at first either), GSPCA stands for “Generic Software Package for Camera Adapters.” This software package contains drivers to a wealth of webcams and [...]
How-To: Fix Your Ubuntu Boot Screen
If you’re using Ubuntu 10.04 or newer and have installed the proprietary Nvidia or ATI video drivers then you likely know what I’m talking about. The nice Ubuntu boot screen that you saw during the installation is now a low quality image and the resolution is wrong. Fortunately for you and I, there is a fix [...]
Linux: Things I’m Looking Forward To
Open Sourcing Skype Skype is already available in Linux and usually works well. However, Skype to due to release an open source client (keeping the back-end closed source). Fortunately for Linux users, this means that you will likely get to use only one messenger client such as Empathy or Pidgin without ever opening the old [...]
Talks between Steve Jobs & Bill Gates
This is a collection of epic talks between Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. I claim all no credit for these comical pictures, but I’m too lazy to research the original authors so just enjoy.. If you have more, paste a link in the comments and I’ll credit you and add them!
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