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Archive for February 2008

February 29th, 2008

Low cost Dell laptops to be available to Asia

Laptop prices have dropped considerably lower over the last two years and it’s even getting lower with the Asus EEE. Dell apparently wants to introduce laptops which will have a competitive price against the Asus EEE. They have Red Flag Linux running on one of their low-end machines.
This sounds great to […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

February 28th, 2008

Get good command line habits

I must confess. I have bad command line habits! I make directories and subdirectories, one directory at a time… Meaning, I make a directory then cd to that then make a subdirectory from it. However, I learned today that I don’t have to do that. Thanks to the article: Learn 10 good UNIX […]

By Clair -- 1 comment

February 28th, 2008

Windows Vista vs. Linux

There’s this long conversation going on in blog.indigio.com about the goodness of Vista and Ubuntu. Actually there are also some comments about the Mac. He also wrote about something that is actually quite debatable on both sides.
I have to admit, I haven’t had any more issues with drivers since November. I guess once […]

By Clair -- 2 comments

February 27th, 2008

Set typing breaks in keyboard preferences

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I might have written about Workrave before but typing breaks are important to everyone so this tip is something you must have. You could set your keyboard typing breaks in Gnome by going to the Preferences menu and selecting Keyboard. One of the tabs under […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

February 23rd, 2008

Faster boot-up time on Linux

The key: hibernate.
For those with laptops, you probably see the option to hibernate a lot. The question is: Do you use it?
I didn’t use hibernate before because it was problematic on the laptop I had before. But now, the laptop I have and the Linux distro I am using seem to be compatible […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

February 23rd, 2008

Inklite: Simplified Inkscape?

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If you’ve been wondering if there’s a lite version of Inkscape, there’s a possibility that there might be one in the future. Bryce Harrington blogged about keeping the toolbars simple and changing some settings. He […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

February 23rd, 2008

My restored system set-up

I own a Lenovo C3000 N100. It’s not that new and I’ve been dual-booting Windows XP Home (it came with that) and Ubuntu Linux since I got it. Over time, I’ve installed Windows apps which I couldn’t uninstall and for some reason or another, my directory containing the shared files of all users […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

February 22nd, 2008

Wanted: Linux desktop users for Adobe Air testing

If you’re developing Adobe Air apps, you could try volunteering as a tester for Adobe Air on Linux. To be part of the pool of testers, just answer the questions below and send your answers to helptesterairlinux at adobe dot com:
1. Are you comfortable working with prerelease software that is not yet feature complete?
2. […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

February 19th, 2008

Fix your desktop shortcuts

Customizing the desktop is one of the fun things you could do. I usually make sure that mine has a nice inspirational background image or something cute to brighten up my day. Aside from that, I also set the number of workspaces I have to what is relevant for me. (If […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

February 19th, 2008

Linux user interface design tools

Trying to come up with a good user interface is not an easy task. But I need to. And what could I use on Linux so I could make suggestions for the improvement of a web app’s user interface?
Some of you might be dependent on things like Photoshop or Illustrator — maybe even […]

By Clair -- 0 comments

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