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Minimize to tray for Thunderbird - FireTray

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Here's a quick and easy way to have Thunderbird in the tray, use FireTray !

Last Updated ( Sunday, 07 September 2008 09:21 ) Read more...
 

How to download under Terminal or ssh, using wget

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That's amazing everything you can do under linux, you don't even need to open your internet browser to download a file. Well, when you are connected to your dedicated or private server through ssh, you don't have any desktop.

wget will provide you functions to do almost any kind of HTTP/FTP downloads.

Last Updated ( Monday, 25 August 2008 11:01 ) Read more...
 

Funny Things to do under Linux Terminal

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Getting bored under Linux? How's that even possible? You can do almost anything under Linux. But if you need to have some fun, try these things!
In this tip, I'll show you: cowsay, cowthink, star wars using Telnet, the fun man pages, cmatrix, bb, aafire, pacman4console.
Last Updated ( Wednesday, 13 August 2008 10:58 ) Read more...
 

How to remove the login prompt at start up (Ubuntu)

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If you are totally sure to trust every one who can access your computer, you can follow this tip to remove the login prompt / activate the automatic login.
This might only work for Ubuntu/Gnome.
Last Updated ( Thursday, 11 September 2008 09:41 ) Read more...
 

How to change the gnome-terminal default size (ubuntu)

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On widescreen LCDs, gnome-terminal looks so tiny. Aren't you sick of resizing it everytime you do a ls -al ?
Here's a good solution to this, and will work with any shortcut icon you may use to start Terminal.
Last Updated ( Friday, 12 September 2008 09:02 ) Read more...
 


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Newsflash

The next Ubuntu release, codenamed Intrepid Ibex, version 8.10 beta just released!

If you wish to try it out and find those hidden bugs, go ahead : http://www.ubuntu.com/testing/intrepid/beta

Note: This is a beta release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released on October 30th, 2008.