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YAD: Zenity On Steroids [Display Graphical Dialogs From Shell Scripts] ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/12/yad-zenity-on-steroids-display.html
Ubuntu / Linux news and application reviews. YAD: Zenity On Steroids [Display Graphical Dialogs From Shell Scripts]. December 03, 2010. Those of you who like writing bash scripts. And use Zenity for a GUI should give YAD. Yet Another Dialog) is a fork of Zenity with many improvements. Such as custom buttons, additional dialogs, pop-up menu in notification icon and more. I've been using it for Y PPA Manager so if you want to see it in action, give Y PPA Manager. Instead, it has a - form. Available for Ubu...
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Fix Skype Not Working In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail [For Users With Proprietary Nvidia Or AMD Drivers] ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/fix-skype-not-working-in-ubuntu-1304.html
Ubuntu / Linux news and application reviews. Fix Skype Not Working In Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail [For Users With Proprietary Nvidia Or AMD Drivers]. April 12, 2013. Some Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail users are having. With Skype not starting when using the proprietary Nvidia graphics drivers (it crashes / segfaults). So here's a work-around you can use to get it to work until this is fixed in Ubuntu / Skype. Sudo mv /usr/bin/skype /usr/bin/skype-bin. Now let's create a file called "skype" under /usr/bin/.
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Insync For Linux Gets Nested Selective Sync Support (Unofficial Google Drive Client) ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/11/insync-for-linux-gets-nested-selective.html
Ubuntu / Linux news and application reviews. Insync For Linux Gets Nested Selective Sync Support (Unofficial Google Drive Client). November 27, 2014. Is an unofficial Google Drive client which " extends Drive's web functionality to your desktop by integrating tightly with Windows, Mac and Linux so you can get work done. The app is not free: it costs $15 per Google account (one-time fee) and there are separate plans for 3 Google accounts and for business - see the Insync pricing. Google Docs conversion;.
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Jupiter: Take Advantage Of Asus Super Hybrid Engine (SHE) In Linux [Ubuntu .deb] ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/06/jupiter-take-advantage-of-asus-super.html
Ubuntu / Linux news and application reviews. Jupiter: Take Advantage Of Asus Super Hybrid Engine (SHE) In Linux [Ubuntu .deb]. June 14, 2010. Update: Jupiter has been discontinued. I suggest trying TLP. SHE (Super Hybrid Engine) is a technology created through the redesigning of hardware, software and BIOS and can bring an up to 53% longer battery life for the Asus Netbooks. In addition, the Super Hybrid Engine automatically manages and regulates power distribution based on usage requirements. Note: I've...
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Increased Performance In Linux With zRam (Virtual Swap Compressed in RAM) ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/increased-performance-in-linux-with.html
Ubuntu / Linux news and application reviews. Increased Performance In Linux With zRam (Virtual Swap Compressed in RAM). October 02, 2011. While trying to optimize. Performance, Sergey Davidoff stumbled upon a project called compcache. That creates a RAM based block device which acts as a swap disk, but is compressed and stored in memory. And is now integrated into the Linux kernel. Surprisingly, I got almost the same results on a 6-year-old laptop with Pentium M and 1Gb of RAM! This is especially useful ...
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How To Disable The Overlay Scrollbars In Ubuntu [Quick Tip] ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/how-to-disable-overlay-scrollbars-in.html
Ubuntu / Linux news and application reviews. How To Disable The Overlay Scrollbars In Ubuntu [Quick Tip]. April 10, 2011. About a month ago we wrote about getting all applications to use the new overlay scrollbars in Ubuntu 11.04 but now that the overlay scrollbars are default, we got an email about removing them. So, for everyone searching for this, here's how to disable the overlay scrollbars in Ubuntu. Simply open a terminal and copy/paste the following commands:. For Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10:. Quick Up...
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Get Notified When A Job You Run In A Terminal Is Done, Using NotifyOSD [Ubuntu] ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/07/get-notified-when-job-you-run-in.html
Ubuntu / Linux news and application reviews. Get Notified When A Job You Run In A Terminal Is Done, Using NotifyOSD [Ubuntu]. July 26, 2010. Dustin Kirkland, Core Developer of the Ubuntu Server posted something very interesting on his blog. An alias you can add to your .bashrc file to get notified when a job you run in a terminal is done. A simple solution for something I've been looking for in a long time. To use it, simply edit your /.bashrc file:. And paste this at the end of the file:. To get notifie...
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Test Websites In Internet Explorer 9, 8 and 7 Under Linux / Mac OSX ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/09/test-websites-in-internet-explorer-9-8.html
Ubuntu / Linux news and application reviews. Test Websites In Internet Explorer 9, 8 and 7 Under Linux / Mac OSX. September 07, 2011. Some customized Windows VHDs with the purpose of allowing web designers to test websites in Internet Explorer 9, 8 and 7, for free. To make it easier to set up, xdissent has created a Mac OSX / Linux script. That will download the required files, extract them, install the latest VirtualBox guest additions and so on. So why use it? No Windows license required. You'll also n...
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Make "rm" Move Files To Trash Instead Of Completely Removing Them ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/02/make-rm-move-files-to-trash-instead-of.html
Ubuntu / Linux news and application reviews. Make "rm" Move Files To Trash Instead Of Completely Removing Them. February 19, 2010. To get the "rm" (but you can alias some other command like "del" or keep the original "trash" command! Command to move the file(s) to trash instead of removing them completely, you must install the trash-cli. Utility and set an alias for "rm" to use trash-cli. Which will only remove folders when the "-r" argument is used. In Ubuntu, simply run this command:. Starting with Ubu...
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Prevent Your Laptop From Overheating With Thermald And Intel P-State [Updated] ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
http://www.webupd8.org/2014/04/prevent-your-laptop-from-overheating.html
Ubuntu / Linux news and application reviews. Prevent Your Laptop From Overheating With Thermald And Intel P-State [Updated]. April 08, 2014. Linux Thermal Daemon ( thermald. Is a tool developed by Intel's Open Source Technology Center which monitors and controls the CPU temperature, preventing it from overheating. Thermald tries to prevent the CPU from overheating without a significant impact on performance. Thermald can control cooling using:. Active or passive cooling devices as presented in sysfs.
