Tag Archives: Linux

Install McAfee Siteadvisor in Linux

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Arun

I wrote about how McAfee sucks with their Linux support and how to install the Firefox addon using Mac link more than a year back. That doesn’t work anymore since that gives you a Mac installation file. I finally found … Continue reading →

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Assigning static IP to wireless printer in Netgear routers

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Arun

I have a Netgear WNR3500L router and I recently purchased HP Photosmart C4780 All-in-One printer with Wi-Fi. The problem I have is, if I turn the power off of the printer or if I restart the router, the IP address … Continue reading →

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Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Alpha 1 released

Posted on June 3, 2010 by Arun

Little more than a month after releasing Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu team has released their 1st alpha of Ubuntu 10.10, code named Maverick Meerkat. As with other alpha 1 releases, there is not a whole lot of changes to Ubuntu 10.10. … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome stable version released for Linux

Posted on May 25, 2010 by Arun

Google has released their first stable release of Google Chrome for Linux and Mac. The stable release brings the following features: Sync bookmarks across multiple computers Sync browser preferences including themes, homepage, startup settings, web content settings, preferred language & … Continue reading →

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Linux Ice Cream Vending Machine

Posted on May 12, 2010 by Arun

MooBella is an ice cream vending machine which runs on Linux. The MooBella is build around off-the-shelf pc hardware and it runs red-hat linux, even it user interface is based on a firefox browser. The machine has a wireless satellite … Continue reading →

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Logitech Quickcam Chat with Skype 2.1 in Ubuntu Linux

Posted on January 21, 2010 by Arun

As you may be aware of, Skype released their 2nd beta of Skype 2.1 for Linux. I have Logitech Quickcam Chat I use with my desktop and it didn’t work with official Skype before. I was using the one from … Continue reading →

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Integrate Firefox notification with Ubuntu notification system

Posted on January 4, 2010 by Arun

FirefoxNotify is a Firefox addon which integrates Firefox notifications with Linux notification system, which allows Firefox to integrate better with Linux OSes. The addon needs Galago compatible notification server which can be enabled by installing libnotify (if it’s not installed … Continue reading →

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Google Chrome (beta) for Linux available now

Posted on December 8, 2009 by Arun

Google has released a beta version of Google Chrome for Linux. The beta version comes after a long delay in introducing it in Linux while Windows has seen couple of versions released already. Google acknowledges that most engineers use Linux … Continue reading →

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Linux takes 90 percent of top 500 super computer for November

Posted on November 20, 2009 by Arun

90% of the top 500 supercomputers run on Linux. Only 1% runs on Windows based. The rest are used by Unix or something else. You might have read my earlier post in June which stated that 472 of the top … Continue reading →

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Microsoft patents sudo

Posted on November 12, 2009 by Arun

This sucks. Read the news here. Technorati Tags: Microsoft, Sudo, Linux

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