Better menu for GNOME/Ubuntu

January 15th, 2008 | Ubuntu, Linux by th | 15 Comments

One thing I liked about OpenSuse was the better GNOME start menu. And I was delighted to find out I can easily get it for Ubuntu too! To install new menu in Ubuntu (7.10, gutsy), install package gnome-main-menu using Synaptic (or use: sudo apt-get install gnome-main-menu).  After installing  the package you can right-click on the panel where you want to place the menu, and select Add to panel… and select ‘Main menu’ applet (note: default menu button is also named as ‘main menu’ so make sure you select the right one).

To get Search box to the main menu, install Beagle (from Add/Remove applications). If you decide to use Beagle, remember to disable Tracker indexing from Control Center > Sessions.

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KDE 4.0.0 released!

January 11th, 2008 | Ubuntu, Linux by th | No Comments

The KDE project has just announced availability of KDE 4.0.0! Congratulations KDE team! KDE 4 binaries are also available for Kubuntu Gutsy.

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Ubuntu Notebook - Retro Mod

January 9th, 2008 | Ubuntu, Linux by th | 1 Comment

Now this is one cool laptop hack.

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Top 10 Obscure Google Search Tricks

January 9th, 2008 | Web by th | No Comments

When it comes to the Google search box, you already know the tricks: finding exact phrases matches using quotes like "so say we all" or searching a single site using site:lifehacker.com gmail. But there are many more oblique, clever, and lesser-known search recipes and operators that work from that unassuming little input box.

Apple updates Mac Pro (and Xserves)

January 9th, 2008 | Apple by th | No Comments

Apple has updated Mac Pro and XServe (finally). New specs boost up to two 3.2Ghz quad-core Xeons, 4 terabytes of disk space and 32 gigabytes of RAM. Default option for graphics is Radeon HD2600, with maximum of 4x Radeon 2600HD’s in place which makes possible to use 8 (eight!) 30″ Cinema Displays. Geforce 8800GT and Quadro FX 5600 are also available. Impressive specs indeed. Wonder how Linux would run on this

Is Apple Killing Linux on the Desktop?

January 5th, 2008 | Linux, Apple by th | No Comments

Slashdot is running an interesting article Is Apple Killing Linux on the Desktop? Well, sometimes Linux kills OS X. Don’t forget to read the entertaining flamewar comments.