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Liferea one of the best Ubuntu RSS readers

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Of course, not everyone wants to read RSS feeds with the browser. The main problem with reading RSS feeds with Firefox is that you get to see only the headline, rather than any actual text. This is where a dedicated RSS reader comes in handy, and Liferea is one of the best. It is not … Read more

Using Synaptic for Software Management in Ubuntu 12.04

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The Add/Remove Applications dialog works just fine for adding applications, but if you need to install something very specific—such as a library—or if you want to reconfigure your installation system, you need to use Synaptic. You can install Synaptic using the Ubuntu Software Center described earlier; it is not installed by default. At first glance, … Read more

Installing Games in Ubuntu Warsow

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Warsow is a free and fast-paced first-person shooter (FPS)game that is available on Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Members of the Ubuntu community have packaged the game and make it available directly and easily for Ubuntu users from the software repositories.

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A Brief History of LibreOffice

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The OpenOffice.org office suite is based on a commercial suite called StarOffice. Originally developed by a German company, StarOffice was purchased by Sun Microsystems in the United States. One of the biggest complaints about the old StarOffice was that all the component applications were integrated under a StarOffice “desktop” that looked very much like a … Read more

Choosing an Email Client: Evolution

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Up until Ubuntu 11.10, Evolution was the standard email client in Ubuntu, although to call it simply an email client is to sincerely underrate its usefulness as an application. Not only does it handle email, but it can also look after contacts and calendars and help you manage your tasks. With Evolution, you can handle … Read more

Make your Ubuntu installations and upgrades up to 26x faster with APT-Fast

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Make your Ubuntu installations and upgrades up to 26x faster without Increasing your Internet speed. The developer Matt Parnell created the apt-fast script which increases the speed of the apt-get command by many times by using multiple sources for one file basically it downloads packages in parallel, with multiple connections per package.. In previous tests … Read more

QRENCODE the QR creation software for UBUNTU

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QR code creation in Ubuntu is very simple. For this we have to install the app ‘qrencode’ which you can install from the software center or just opening your terminal and typing: $ sudo apt-get install qrencode After installation you can create QR codes with the command line using the following structure: $ qrencode-o [AnyNameForYourQRcode.png] … Read more

QRENCODE | Como crear códigos QR con UBUNTU

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La creación de códigos QR en UBUNTU es muy simple. Para esto tenemos que instalar el app ‘qrencode’ el cual podemos hacerlo desde el software center o simplemente abriendo tu terminal y digitando: $ sudo apt-get install qrencode Después de Instalarla puedes crear códigos QR con la línea de comando utilizando la siguiente estructura: $ … Read more