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Windows 7 “Snapping” Windows – in Ubuntu Compiz!
May 3rd
As always, Microsoft have done nothing new with their latest OS.
If, however, you like the snapping windows feature – which allows you to use a mouse gesture to move one screen to the left side of the screen and another screen to the right – then this is how that effect can be achieved in Compiz.
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Loading ...Converting video in Ubuntu 10.04
May 2nd
So my problem was simple, I have an OGV file (OGG Video and Audio) recorded from a screencast by GTK-Record my desktop.
What I wanted was a simple MPG file to upload to the internet, etc. How did I manage it… read on More >
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Apr 19th
The saga continues – Many websites are becoming Flash 10 dependent, which is rendering my previous workaround useless:
See:
It seems corporations like Adobe, Google and Apple are not as environmentally friendly as we would hope – as their answers to the Flash 10 support for PPC question is, basically, UPGRADE! Out with the old, in with the new.
Not ideal when the Powerbook is functioning perfectly well on everything else BUT Flash! Plus considering the cost of such a venture, just to work YouTube smoothly.
So why not consider – a life without flash?????? Read on….
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A faster, smarter DNS service
Apr 15th
For those of you that are more technically minded amongst our readers you will already know what DNS is – for those of you that don’t it is what is known as a “Domain Naming Service”.
Effectively what this does is allow humans to type in www.john-willis.com for example into their web browsers. The computer cannot understand where to get this from as computers work best with numbers, this is where the DNS servers come into play. They convert the human readable name to a number which without the service would be impossible for humans to remember (for example 92.35.234.18)
Want to know more about how changing the service you use could speed up the internet, as well as keeping your network safe – then read on! More >
(2 votes, average: 5.00 out of 5) Loading ...Obtaining a list of installed Software – Windows.
Apr 13th
If you ever need to get an “extract” of installed applications on a Windows machine – then of course there is always more than one way to skin a cat!
Have a look at the following methods:
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