Archive for the ‘Applications’ Category

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How to install Google Chrome (Chronium) in Ubuntu 9.10

Lately I had a few crashes in Firefox, plus the browser was really slow at some sites. Anyway Chrome for linux is stable at the moment, and even that it is a little buggy (still on beta) it worths a try. To be honest I’ve switched to Chronium(Chrome for linux) to all my pcs as […]

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The easiest way to try Ubuntu

As Ubuntu is going more into mainstream, many people around the world want to try this great operating system, but not many of them actually want to install it on their hard drives just for a preview or they are just afraid of that as an inexperienced user could possibly harm a system by doing […]

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Transmission, a lightweight bit torrent client for linux

Transmission is a lightweight but yet very powerful bit torrent client that you can use with any operating system besides windows. The cool thing about transmission is that it is full of features (web interface, cli support, encryption support, global and per torrent limits, etc) while it uses minimal system resources – it is written […]

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Tilda an alternative terminal

Tilda is a small application that can be used instead of the classic terminal. Bellow are a few reasons that I prefer it from the classic terminal (Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal) It opens/closes just by pressing the F1 button. Stays always on top, so it is easy to use it with an open firefox. […]