Mike's Ubuntu Blog

Libre Office 3 In Ubuntu 11.04

mike — Thu, 28 Jul 2011 23:28:10 +0000

The latest version of Ubuntu now ships with LibreOffice 3. At first glance, it doesn’t seem to offer much different from its OpenOffice predecessor other than a classy new loading screen. Hopefully improvements keep rolling in!

Colemak

mike — Mon, 15 Nov 2010 21:26:34 +0000

Colemak is a popular alternative to the QWERTY keyboard layout. Why even consider switching? The QWERTY layout was designed in the 19th century to allow typewriter salesmen to easily type the word “typewriter” and to prevent typebars from sticking. We’ve been stuck with QWERTY ever since. Colemak is a modern alternative to the QWERTY and [...]

A Bit of Housekeeping

mike — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 00:12:46 +0000

Mike’s Ubuntu Blog now has a Facebook page to help keep you updated. If you’re interested in staying in the loop, get on board.

Cardapio: Simple and Powerful Menu

mike — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 13:50:55 +0000

I have been a fan of Gnome-Do for a long time. Mac users have been used to having programs just a few keystrokes away with Quicksilver search, and Windows joined the fun with its newly designed start menu in Vista and 7. Cardapio simultaneously simplifies the gnome menu and delivers easy hotkey searching. From Cardapio’s [...]

Elegant GNOME Pack: Stylish Theme

mike — Sat, 25 Sep 2010 21:52:06 +0000

The aptly named Elegant GNOME Pack transforms the Linux desktop into a design experience. The icons are sleek, classy, and easy on the eyes. The wallpaper reads “Great Design isn’t Good Enough”. This pack hits the nail on the head: I want my Linux desktop to look awesome, and I want it to be dead simple [...]

MyNotex: Note-taking, plain and simple.

mike — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 13:07:30 +0000

MyNotex is a cool little program for note taking. I have been searching for a program like this. I would just use Google Notebook, but not all of my classes are in areas with WiFi. I have experimented with many open source note taking applications, but I haven’t been thrilled with them. They usually feel [...]

Guacamole: Open Source + HTML 5 VNC

mike — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 11:48:57 +0000

Guacamole is a very promising-looking HTML 5 VNC program. The latest stable release is 0.2.6, and is only available in source code. If you don’t mind getting your hands a little dirty, dig in. It has quite an impressive list of features. Near-native performance Pure JavaScript/HTML5 client-side viewer CopyRect encoding (if supported by VNC server) [...]

Calvin & Hobbes + Daily NASA Photo Wallpaper

mike — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 18:52:51 +0000

Haven’t you always wanted Calvin & Hobbes stargazing at the daily NASA Astronomy Picture of the Day for your wallpaper? I know I have. Now we can. In this tutorial I will show you how to set that up. First, just double check you have these installed. I think most users will already. sudo apt-get [...]

Awesome Ubuntu Theme

mike — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 05:40:08 +0000

I came across a post in the Ubuntu Forums that had an amazing theme. Check it out. As far as I know, this is the same guy who makes Pinguy OS. I first read about Pinguy OS on this Reddit post. I’ve just put together a gtk-metacity and iconset. Could someone give it ago and tell [...]

How to Change Grub Boot Order

mike — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 19:09:45 +0000

Let’s say you have Ubuntu and Windows installed side-by-side, and you usually use Windows. By default, Ubuntu is the first option, so you have to scroll down to select windows every. time. you. power. on. your. computer. Might as well try to change the order once and for all. To do this, install a little [...]