Linux Tutorials on the topic “desktop”

  • Installing Google Desktop On PCLinuxOS 2007 And Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

    Author: Falko TimmeTags: , , Comments: 2

    Installing Google Desktop On PCLinuxOS 2007 And Ubuntu Feisty Fawn This article shows how you can install the Linux version of Google Desktop on a PCLinuxOS 2007 desktop and an Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (Ubuntu 7.04) desktop. Although the program is still marked as beta, Linux users can already search for text inside documents, local email messages, their Web history, and their Gmail accounts.

  • Enabling Beryl On A PCLinuxOS 2007 Desktop

    Author: Falko TimmeTags: , Comments: 2

    Enabling Beryl On A PCLinuxOS 2007 Desktop This tutorial shows how you can enable Beryl on a PCLinuxOS 2007 desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card). With Beryl you can make your desktop use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube.

  • Email Classification (Incl. Spam Classification) With POPFile On Ubuntu Feisty Fawn

    Author: Falko TimmeTags: , , Comments: 0

    Email Classification (Incl. Spam Classification) With POPFile On Ubuntu Feisty Fawn This article shows how you can install and use POPFile to classify incoming emails on an Ubuntu Feisty Fawn desktop. It is a POP3 proxy that fetches your mails from your mail server, classifies them and passes them on to your email client. Of course, POPFile must be trained to properly classify emails.

  • How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With Rhythmbox

    Author: Falko TimmeTags: , Comments: 6

    How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With Rhythmbox This article shows how you can use an iPod on a Linux desktop with the Rhythmbox audio player. It covers how you can upload MP3 files from your desktop to your iPod and delete files on the iPod. Normally, Apple's iTunes software is needed to manage an iPod, but iTunes is not available for Linux. Fortunately, there are Linux alternatives such as Rhythmbox that can handle the task.

  • How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With Amarok

    Author: Falko TimmeTags: , Comments: 1

    How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With Amarok This article shows how you can use an iPod on a Linux desktop with Amarok. It covers how you can upload MP3 files from your desktop to your iPod, download MP3 files from your iPod to your desktop, and how you can delete files on the iPod. Normally, Apple's iTunes software is needed to manage an iPod, but iTunes is not available for Linux. Fortunately, there are Linux alternatives such as Amarok that can handle the task.

  • Installing Beryl On A CentOS 5.0 Desktop

    Author: Falko TimmeTags: , Comments: 2

    Installing Beryl On A CentOS 5.0 Desktop This tutorial shows how you can install and use Beryl on a CentOS 5.0 desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card). With Beryl, you can make your desktop use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube.

  • Dual-Booting Windows XP/Vista And Ubuntu 7.04

    Author: CargoshipTags: , Comments: 16

    Dual-Booting Windows XP/Vista And Ubuntu 7.04 In this tutorial I will teach you how to dual-boot between Windows XP/Vista and Ubuntu. This tutorial will be split up into two parts: Part one for people who have no operating system installed. Part two for people who have Windows XP/Vista installed and do not want to re-install Windows.

  • Using Compiz, Beryl, And Metisse On A Mandriva 2007 Spring Desktop

    Author: Falko TimmeTags: , Comments: 0

    Using Compiz, Beryl, And Metisse On A Mandriva 2007 Spring Desktop This tutorial shows how you can use Compiz, Beryl, and Metisse on a Mandriva 2007 Spring (Mandriva 2007.1) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card). With Compiz, Beryl, and Metisse, you can make your desktop use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube (although the desktop cube isn't available on Metisse).

  • Installing Beryl Or Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 7 Desktop

    Author: Falko TimmeTags: , Comments: 3

    Installing Beryl Or Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 7 Desktop This tutorial shows how you can install and use Beryl or Compiz Fusion on a Fedora 7 desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card). With both Beryl and Compiz Fusion, you can make your desktop use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube.

  • The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 7

    fedora Author: Falko TimmeTags: , Comments: 6

    The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 7 This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 7 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.