Articles from March 2009



Eeebuntu: The official site

The Eeebuntu distribution has its official web site, www.eeebuntu.org. This site contains help and tricks to make Eeebuntu work on the ASUS EeePC.

xrandr: Change X display resolution on-the-fly

The xrandr command can be used to change the resolution of the X display. the “xrandr -s” command will set the resolution, while the xrandr command by itself will list the available resolotions for the connected devices.

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Protected: Another test using Flash

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File to share

Just to show that I can upload and download files using WordPress and a simple browser. The only requirements of WordPress are a Linux box, a MySQL server and the PHP scripting capability. os-phptut1-pdf

Firefox: Make YouTube an MP3

With this firefox extension, you can convert a YouTube video and make it an MP3. This is a simple extension for Firefox that you download and install. This add-on will add a link to download the MP3 from the video clip, once it is converted, and this may take some time. Please note that this [...]

Foxmarks is now XMarks

Old news, I agree, but I just discovered it. Foxmarks, the service that will let you store your bookmarks online, share them and sync them between your installations of Firefox, is now known as xmarks. Their web site is now www.xmarks.com. The software seems to work the same, and there are still traces of the [...]

Get OpenOffice 3 under Ubuntu 8.10

Here’s how you can get Open Office.org 3.0 under Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10): 1. Add the Repository under Synaptics as a third-party. Click Add, and paste the following line: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main 2. Import this key file, by saving it on the desktop. 3. Back to Synaptics, go to the “Authentication tab”  and import [...]