Monthly Archives: July 2008

KDE 4.1 with Kubuntu 8.04

Posted on July 30, 2008 by Arun

KDE 4.1 was released yesterday and I read a lot of good review about that release, so I thought I would install it in my laptop and give it a try. I tried KDE 4.0 when it was released, but … Continue reading →

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KDE 4.1 released

Posted on July 29, 2008 by Arun

KDE team has released an upgrade to their new desktop environment, KDE 4.1. This release is the second feature release of the KDE 4 series, sporting new applications and newly developed feature. KDE 4.1 is the first KDE4 release to … Continue reading →

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KDE Utilities website

Posted on July 28, 2008 by Arun

KDE has created a website KDE Utilities with a compilation of various desktop utilities that work under KDE. It currently has very few utilities listed (13 at the time of writing), but I hope it would a be a single … Continue reading →

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An Apple a day…

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Arun

My friend emailed this to me.

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Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Alpha 3 released

Posted on July 25, 2008 by Arun

Ubuntu team has released the 3rd alpha version of Ubuntu 8.10 code named Intrepid Ibex. Alpha 3 has Xorg 7.4 and Linux kernel 2.6.26-4.11. This is an alpha version, so it’s not suitable for regular use. Here are some of … Continue reading →

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Google Blogger hosts 2% of world’s malware

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Arun

Google’s Blogger service is responsible for 2% of the world’s malware hosted on the web, according to a new report from security firm Sophos. The security firm claims hackers are setting up pages on the free blogging service to host … Continue reading →

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Installing guest additions in latest Virtualbox in Ubuntu Linux

Posted on July 23, 2008 by Arun

Installation of Guest Additions (enables seamless mouse movements between host and guest OSes, share folders between host and guest etc) used to be pretty simple and straightforward with the older version of Virtualbox. It all changed with the newer version … Continue reading →

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Deleting files from root’s trash folder in Ubuntu

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Arun

I use Simple Backup program that comes as default with Ubuntu for backing up my home folder. I had problems with this software on and off for the past few months. It fills the var/backup folder sometimes when it can’t … Continue reading →

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How to set permission for a specific website in Firefox

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Arun

There could be more than one way to do this, but I found this easy to do. This method helps you to set specific persmissions like whether a specific site can load image or not, can open pop up window … Continue reading →

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Firefox 3.0.1 released

Posted on July 17, 2008 by Arun

Mozilla has released the first incremental update after releasing the Firefox 3.0 browser a month back. Firefox 3.0.1 has the following fixes: Fixed 3 critical security issues. Fixed stability issues Fixed an issue related to phishing database not getting updated … Continue reading →

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