Monday, July 31, 2006

 

A Classroom for Ubuntu Users

Ubuntu has announced a new project: The Classroom. It is an irc based instructional service that seems focussed on assisting new users in using their new Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Xubuntu systems, although they say that "The Classroom will attempt to have ... read more

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Tuesday, July 25, 2006

 

Configuring a Trash Bin for Xubuntu

If you have read the "Xubuntu Desktop Guide" you know that "Xubuntu does not currently feature a trash bin. Deleted files can not be restored". And after a quick scan to the changelog for xfce4.4 beta2 I think that we have to wait a little more. ... read more

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Sunday, July 23, 2006

 

Getting Sound from Firefox/Thunderbird and Other Programs

The procedure described in my "Multimedia in Xubuntu Made Easy" post is used to play audio and video in standalone players and many other programs. However, there are still many programs, like mozilla firefox/thunderbird that doesn't play anything, ... read more

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Tuesday, July 18, 2006

 

Install win32 Codecs in Xubuntu Without Editing Files

In the previous post we've seen how to get multimedia support in Xubuntu and that there are debian package and tarball formats of w32codecs, the package containing the codecs needed to play most popular formats. Most (if not all) debian packages ... read more

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Monday, July 17, 2006

 

Multimedia in Xubuntu Made Easy

If you use Xubuntu then it's very likely you don't need to read the "Get Multimedia support" chapter in the Xubuntu Desktop Guide to know that "Xubuntu comes with very limited multi-media support". That's because "many popular multimedia formats are ... read more

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Thursday, July 13, 2006

 

Experience Xubuntu

I have installed xubuntu 6.06 LTS in my pc about two weeks ago and, although I have had some problems, the experience was great. It is a totally different piece of software from the old Mandrake 9 that I had previously. This is not a full review, ... read more

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Thursday, July 06, 2006

 

Just the Begining

Hello everybody, this is my first post here.
The idea is to write about technology from the perspective of a non geek person. Although this blog´s is about technology in general, linux subject will be treated in depth.

I think linux is a great ... read more

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