Linux Tutorials on the topic “desktop”
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The Perfect Desktop - PC-BSD 1.5
Author: o.meyer • Tags: desktop, other • Comments: 0The Perfect Desktop - PC-BSD 1.5 This document describes how to set up PC-BSD v1.5. This release is based upon FreeBSD 6.3 and uses KDE 3.5.8 as default desktop environment. Taken from the PC-BSD page: PC-BSD is a complete desktop operating system, which has been designed with the "casual" computer user in mind. It offers the stability and security that only a BSD-based operating system can bring, while as the same time providing a comfortable user experience, allowing you to get the most out of your computing time. With PC-BSD you can spend less time working to fix viruses or spyware and instead have the computer work for you.
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Speed Up Your System With Preload On Fedora 8
Author: o.meyer • Tags: desktop, fedora • Comments: 1Speed Up Your System With Preload On Fedora 8 This document describes how to install preload on Fedora 8. Preload is an adaptive readahead daemon - it will monitor which programs you use at the most. Parts of these programs will be cached to speed up their load time.
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Installing The Amazon MP3 Downloader On Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 0Installing The Amazon MP3 Downloader On Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon This short guide explains how to install the Amazon MP3 Downloader on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon). The Amazon MP3 Downloader is required for album purchases on Amazon.com, and makes downloading songs fast and easy.
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Creating Snapshot-Backups with BackerUpper On Ubuntu 7.10
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: backup, desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 0Creating Snapshot-Backups with BackerUpper On Ubuntu 7.10 BackerUpper is a tool similar to Apple's TimeMachine. It is intended to create snapshot-backups of selected directories or even your full hard drive. From the BackerUpper project page: "Backerupper is a simple program for backing up selected directories over a local network. Its main intended purpose is backing up a user's personal data." This article shows how to install and use BackerUpper on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon).
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Osmo Personal Organizer On Fedora 8
Author: o.meyer • Tags: desktop, fedora • Comments: 1Osmo Personal Organizer On Fedora 8 This document describes how to install and use Osmo on Fedora 8. Taken from the Osmo web page: "Osmo is a handy personal organizer, which includes calendar, tasks manager and address book modules. It was designed to be a small, easy to use and good looking PIM tool to help to manage personal information. In its current state the organizer is quite convenient to use - for example, the user can perform nearly all operations using the keyboard. Also, a lot of parameters are configurable to meet the user's preferences. On the technical side, Osmo is GTK+ based tool which uses a plain XML database to store all personal data."
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Back Up Your Files With Fwbackups On Fedora 8
Author: o.meyer • Tags: backup, desktop, fedora • Comments: 0Back Up Your Files With Fwbackups On Fedora 8 This document describes how to set up, configure and use Fwbackups on a Fedora 8 desktop. The result is an easy-to-use backup system for desktop usage. Fwbackups creates partial backups which can be stored locally or on a removable device. You have also the option to run scheduled backups.
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Creating Snapshot-Backups with FlyBack On Ubuntu 7.10
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: backup, desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 1Creating Snapshot-Backups with FlyBack On Ubuntu 7.10 FlyBack is a tool similar to Apple's TimeMachine. It is intended to create snapshot-backups of selected directories or even your full hard drive. From the FlyBack project page: "FlyBack is a snapshot-based backup tool based on rsync. It creates successive backup directories mirroring the files you wish to backup, but hard-links unchanged files to the previous backup. This prevents wasting disk space while providing you with full access to all your files without any sort of recovery program. If your machine crashes, just move your external drive to your new machine and copy the latest backup using whatever file browser you normally use." This article shows how to install and use FlyBack on Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon).
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Tweaking Hidden Ubuntu Settings With Ubuntu Tweak
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: ubuntu, desktop • Comments: 0Tweaking Hidden Ubuntu Settings With Ubuntu Tweak Ubuntu Tweak is a tool that lets you change hidden Ubuntu settings, for example: hide or change the splash screen, show or hide the Computer, Home, Trash, and Network icons, change Metacity, Nautilus, power management, and security settings, etc. Currently Ubuntu Tweak is available only for the Ubuntu GNOME desktop, i.e., it will not work on Kubuntu or Xubuntu. This short guide shows how to install and use Ubuntu Tweak.
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Installing Apple's Safari Browser On Ubuntu 7.10 With PlayOnLinux
Author: Falko Timme • Tags: ubuntu, desktop • Comments: 0Installing Apple's Safari Browser On Ubuntu 7.10 With PlayOnLinux This guide explains how you can install Apple's Safari browser on Ubuntu 7.10. As there is no Linux version of Safari, we will run it under Wine. We will use a tool called PlayOnLinux to install Safari under Wine. With PlayOnLinux you can install lots of Windows games and some Windows applications (such as Office 2003, IE6, MS Money, etc.) on Linux. Installing Safari on Linux is good for people such as web designers who have switched to Linux but still need to test their web sites in other browsers.
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TrueCrypt With GUI On Ubuntu 7.10
Author: o.meyer • Tags: desktop, security, ubuntu • Comments: 1TrueCrypt With GUI On Ubuntu 7.10 This document describes how to set up TrueCrypt with GUI on Ubuntu 7.10. TrueCrypt is a free open-source encryption software for desktop usage.
