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For apple there is Dashboard and for PC there is Konfabulator so whats the alternative app for linux ? I hear you ask. Well , there is screenlets . Some people will argue gDesklet is Old-time stable appl but I find it really OLD .Visit http://screenlets.org to get the Latest file and download it , installing is not that easy as there is no BINARY installer yet (like rpm or .deb) and Still have

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Inside Google Desktop: Google Desktop for Linux 1.1 BetaI upgraded my previous installation of Fedora 7 easily by using command rpm -Uvh google-desktop-linux-current.rpm .

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Now, Windows has its own protocol called RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) specially created for admins who want to connect to Windows machines located remotely. But if you are Linux desktop user, you dont have any application from Microsoft (obviously!) so there is native app to accomplish this.Try the following command.==========================================sudo yum install tsclient=============

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So you have access to Linux box without GUI or Linux server located remotely and you only have username access with SSH service running on Linux box, the fastest and most secure way to transfer is using sftp (or secure ftp tunneled on ssh).Check out the video how I use winscp application on Windows XP to transfer files back and forth between the two operating systems.NOTE:- the video quality is

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You can share folders between windows machines and Linux machines which are on same network or have access to each other through network providing firewall is not blocking them.Below is how I show configuring such "network sharing setup" using SAMBA application without use of single command line provided its installed already.if its not installed , go to ADD-REMOVE to install or by following

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Video: Bill Gates on Open SourceNever saw this.

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This is tekzilla, webtv episodes for people with good internet connection, Enjoy.

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Whenever you get that auto-updater warning pop, and you go ahead for updating, Do try to pull the extended view, gives you details and even URL's for complete report for that particular update. nice stuff.PS:- Due to many things going offline in my life, I am not getting time to update here, But there are PLENTY of topics for me to cover , so do visit again to check.

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VMware Server 1.0.4 Build: 56528 is just released in past week. It has HUGE list of fixes specially for Fedora 7 (thanks vmware) and lots of other security related fixes, so Its MUST upgrade version. Check vmware.com/support/server/doc/releasenotes_server.html for complete read.I thought today on weekend is good time to upgrade it. It went really simple. ( No reboot needed and all virtual

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So you want to use legacy windows-only applications and have no other options and instead of keeping separate machine or installing Complete OS on another partition just for such moments is waste of resources.Then you can use VMWARE products to do this, the preferred application is VMware Workstation, but I have seen you can install it via freeware VMware server too. Below is demo on how you

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So I had to quickly add NEW disk space to my Linux operating system (Fedora7 distro) ,now this new space is nothing but unallocated disk lying dormant.The app here I used is Gparted , installing it with a single command and within minutes adding(mounting) it to my list of partitions. check video if you really want to see how does it operate. really handy tool.NOTE:- at end what you dont see in

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OpenCompositing CompizFusion is opensource project to run window manager in OpenGL mode drawing everything from Graphic cards, this is slated to be introduced in Fedora 8 (next release). Thought to show you some demo if you haven't heard of it. This is still in beta and work-in-progress but its very stable and I cannot work without it :)

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In my previous post Winamp For Linux? I mentioned how Winamp does not make any port (version) for Linux and its officially not allowed to ASK developers there to make one (ya its weird!).So I showed how to use Winamp2 old skins in XMMS, but lets face it, new Winamp Modern skins are real deal and using old skins is really lame (tm). So just to scratch my intellectual itch (this whole blog is

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Semi-Final Update:-----------------------------------------------------------------------------Spending almost close to 5-6 hours in LiveCD environment was something new and nice.I installed Flashplugin, Opera alpha browser and kept doing my daily work (ssh, firefox, doc/pdf reading etc, Evolution email etc) to see all is working. kept checking all my hardware was recognized or not etc.I think

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So you just downloaded application for your Desktop and its .bin file, double clicking opens text editor and you have no idea how to install it. so here is how to install such applications, lets take case of GoogleEarth, the file you have to download is GoogleEarthLinux.bin and to install do the following.Download the application from Earth.google.com and open Gnome-Terminal at your desktop (if

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VMware Server is prominently to run SERVER OS , which is very different from Desktop OS, you also get OPTION to run in HEADLESS mode, which means no VGA output thereby freeing up more resources. But even Desktop Linux distro like Slackware or Fedora or other operating systems like Solaris, WindowsXP etc can be installed.I am running Fedora 7 as base OS on my HP Laptop (centrino duo , 1.5gb ram

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If you have single machine but want to start using another machine just to test,learn,use another OS occasionally then you have some options like installing that operating system with dual boot optionor get second machine and install your OS but you can try another alternative too here.You can install OS VIRTUALLY. Main advantage of using Virtual os is, you do not have to REBOOT to get into

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So I am going to try Email clients for Linux called Evolution and Thunderbird. Both of this applications will work same in any Linux Distro , I am using Fedora7.I will be using FREE MAIL provider GMAIL to configure this clients and fetch my email. Check video on how this goes.1) Installing Evolution :- Following command will install Evolution client for you.---------------------------------------

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If you have migrated from Windows to Linux and whenever you are working in Linux, you miss some windows-only apps so much that you just can't see yourself using Linux alternative applications.Like, Say if you are hardcore Macromedia Dreamweaver user you will hardly be impressed with Bluefish editor .So don't loose hope, you can use WINE to get windows applications running directly in Linux. Not

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I got Linksys WRT 54G router with Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG card.------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------[anshu@Fedora7 ~]$ lspci | grep Network02:00.0 Network controller: Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (rev 02)------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Setting up Wireless

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Of course, there is no Winamp for Linux , :)So, there is alternative app in Linux, in fact there are LOTS of alternative mp3 players in Linux but in this guide I will focus just getting winamp-like player called XMMS ( I use fedora but application is same for all other distro too.).one nice thing about XMMS is , its among the most OLDEST Project so its really lightweight and stable plus it also

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In this video guide, I explain usage of Middle-Click to create shortcuts_to_desktop for file/folders when browsing your system via Nautilus(file-browser).

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If you caught my previous post on Powering Gnome , I mentioned how you can install it, and the video is obviously too fast =) to catch details of Gnome-Slab-Menu system. so here is proper video only on SLAB and how to use it.PS:- the menu layout is not that huge for 1024x786 or 1280,1024 resolution screen, it did not resize for my 800x600 screen as seen in video.

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Check the clip, how google used its Google maps api showing collaboration when making a video. nice stuff.GmailBlog.blogspot.com

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So here is my way of making gnome more usable. The Default gnome is really simple, less cluttery and does the job of managing your desktop perfectly, the tweaks here will allow you to do 'things' in less steps with more ease of use. So here we go!* Tweaking Fonts.Go to System > Preferences > Look and Feel > Font . Here you can adjust the rendering of fonts to suit either your CRT monitor or LCD,

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