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How To Switch To WebKit in Konqueror Browser [KDE SC 4.5 / Kubuntu]


How To Switch To WebKit in Konqueror Browser [KDE SC 4.5 / Kubuntu]

With KDE Software Compilation 4.5, you can use WebKit in Konqueror instead of the default KHTML. There are several advantages of using WebKit over KHTML. Although WebKit started out as a fork of KTHML, it has gone ahead of KHTML. It is in fact much faster than with KHTML. I have been trying to figure…

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By Ricky
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Add A Grammar Checker In OpenOffice 3.2


Add A Grammar Checker In OpenOffice 3.2

The absence of grammar checker is a major gripe I always hear against OpenOffice. Yes OpenOffice does not have its own grammar checker, but you can easily add one. After the Deadline is an extension for OpenOffice which can check your grammar. Well, according tho their website, they do not describe it as just a…

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By Ricky

Ubuntu Tweak Adds Reset Button


Ubuntu Tweak Adds Reset Button

This morning when I updated Ubuntu, I got a pleasant surprise in Ubuntu Tweak. They have added new reset buttons in Ubuntu Tweak so that you cal always return back to the default setting if you did something horrible while tweaking Ubuntu.

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By Ricky

KDE SC 4.5 Delayed For One Week


KDE SC 4.5, which was supposed to be released today, has been delayed by a week. A lot of changes were made after the third release candidate and the release team was not comfortable with releasing it without some more testing. This is what the announcement in the kde mailing list says:

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By Ricky
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Firefox 4.0 Beta 2 Released – Brings New UI For Mac


It was originally scheduled to be released last Friday, but got delayed due to last-minute quality assurance check. Nonetheless, the second beta of Firefox 4.0 is now here. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X and Linux, although the features are not uniform throughout (more on that later).

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By Ricky

Gereqi and Pana – Two More Amarok 1.4 Clones


Gereqi and Pana – Two More Amarok 1.4 Clones

It seems like people just cannot have enough of Amarok 1.4. Earlier we have already reviewed Clementine, a port of Amarok 1.4. Now we have two more Amarok 1.4 clones – Gereqi and Pana. Both of them are relatively small projects and if you still want Amarok 1.4 you might want to check them out.

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By Ricky

Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.5 Released – PPA Purge Integrated


Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.5 Released – PPA Purge Integrated

Ubuntu Tweak is one of the most convenient applications for tweaking various aspects of your Ubuntu system. Yesterday, the people behind the project have released a new version of Ubuntu Tweak -Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.5. Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.5 now comes integrated with PPA Purge. PPA Purge allows you to easily remove those extra PPA’s you might…

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By Ricky

How To Install Banshee 1.7.3 In Ubuntu


How To Install Banshee 1.7.3 In Ubuntu

Banshee 1.7.3 has just released with Amazon MP3 Store integrated into it. The Amazon MP3 Store is, however, only in US, UK, France, Switzerland, Germany, Austria and Japan. Other than the Amazon Store, this version of Banshee also has lots visual improvements and lots of bug-fixes. You can check out the changes here.

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By Ricky

Orifli – A Simple Flickr Uploader [Ubuntu]


Orifli – A Simple Flickr Uploader [Ubuntu]

As the post title says, Orifli is a very simple application to upload photos to Flickr – it is so simple that even your grandma can use it. The Orifli interface has only four buttons – Add: to add pictures for upload, Execute: to upload the added pictures, About and Quit: no need to explain…

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By Ricky

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