Easily Install Windows Applications In Linux With Wine-doors

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Easily Install Windows Applications In Linux With Wine-doors
By now, you should have already heard of the popular Wine software that allows you to install Windows applications in Linux. There is also another paid application – CrossOver that utilities Wine and comes with a simplified GUI to help you get the [...]

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How to install KDE Software Compilation 4.4 from PPA in ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

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How to install KDE Software Compilation 4.4 from PPA in ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
KDE announces the immediate availability of the KDE Software Compilation 4.4 on 9th feb 2010, “Caikaku”, bringing an innovative collection of applications to Free Software users. Major new technologies have been introduced, including social networking and online collaboration [...]

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Install Quantum GIS in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)

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Install Quantum GIS in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)
Quantum GIS (QGIS) is a cross-platform Geographic Information System (GIS). It offers support for vector and raster formats, including spatially enabled tables in PostgreSQL using PostGIS, common GIS vector formats such as Shapefiles, and geo-referenced rasters (TIFF, PNG, and GEOTIFF). Many plugins are available [...]

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Install Skype for Linux Beta v2.1.0.81 on Ubuntu 9.10

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Install Skype for Linux Beta v2.1.0.81 on Ubuntu 9.10
Skype just recently released an updated version of their desktop client for Linux, Skype Beta v2.1.0.81. This release fixes some major bugs and well as introduces some new features previously unavailable on the Linux release. I am very happy to see this [...]

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How to install Firefox 3.6 in Ubuntu Karmic/Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy

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How to install Firefox 3.6 in Ubuntu Karmic/Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy
Firefox v.3.6, released January 21st, 2010.Firefox 3.6  is built on Mozilla’s Gecko 1.9.2 web rendering platform, which has been under development since early 2009 and contains many improvements for web developers, add-on developers, and users. This version is also faster and more responsive [...]

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How to Take Perfect Screenshots with KSnapshot

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How to Take Perfect Screenshots with KSnapshot
Writers at MakeTechEasier taken more screen shots than many other computer users will take in their lifetimes. We all use our favorite programs and usually do not give them a second thought. The user who might occasionally want to give an instructional lesson or [...]

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Howto install PlayOnLinux in Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy

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Howto install PlayOnLinux in Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy
PlayOnLinux is a piece of sofware which allows you to easily install and use numerous games and softwares designed to run with Microsoft®’s Windows®.
Few games are compatible with GNU/Linux at the moment and it certainly is a factor preventing the migration to this system. PlayOnLinux brings [...]

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Automatic Dialer With Asterisk And GNUDialer

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This document describes the installation of the Automatic Dialer GNUDialer, this is an alternative dialer to VICIDial, with more
lightweight scripts and a far more easier GUI, it uses Asterisk and MySQL for its operation./p
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gummi – Simple LaTeX editor written in Python/GTK

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gummi – Simple LaTeX editor written in Python/GTK

Gummi is a lightweight LaTeX editor written in Python/GTK+ released as open-source software under a dual MIT/Beerware license.
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Amarok 2.1 is out Installing Amarok 2.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty

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Amarok 2.1 is out Installing Amarok 2.1 on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty
I was catching up on some feeds yesterday, and this piece of news caught my eye – Amarok 2.1 released. Being a long time Amarok fan ( heck Amarok itself was catalyst to make me use my SUSE 10.0 [...]

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Disable Pidgin Pop-Up Notification System

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I’ll admit that, so far, I’m not a big fan of the 9.04 notification system. It does remind me a lot of OS X “Growl”, but the lack of customization options make it frustrating at times. I do hope that the developers continue to improve on the system as I think it could be a [...]

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Virtual Hosting With PureFTPd And MySQL (Incl. Quota And Bandwidth Management) On Fedora 11

Posted by suvi under Fedora, Software, Webserver

This document describes how to install a PureFTPd server that uses
virtual users from a MySQL database instead of real system users. This
is much more performant and allows to have thousands of ftp users on a
single machine. In addition to that I will show the use of quota and
upload/download bandwidth limits with this setup. Passwords will [...]

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Howto install Skype 2.1 beta in Ubuntu

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Skype is a software application that allows users to make voice calls over the Internet. Calls to other users of the service and, in some countries, to free-of-charge numbers are free, while calls to other landlines and mobile phones can be made for a fee. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing.
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Magento 1.3.2.3 Installer For Ubuntu 9.04

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This script automates the installation of Magento 1.3.2.3 on Ubuntu 9.0.4 Server and Desktop. Magento is an Open Source ecommerce web application.
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OpenERP 5.0.3 All-In-One Installer For Ubuntu

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This script
automates the installation of openerp-server-5.0.3 &
openerp-client-5.0.3 & openerp-web-5.0.3 on Ubuntu 8.04.3 LTS
(server and desktop). The goal is to provide an all-in-one installer of OpenERP for Linux.
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