Improve Google Earth’s Appearance

Published in April 30th, 2008

Posted by Tom in tips

Update: The latest versions of Google Earth seem to be doing this by default now. Google Earth has an official version for Linux and it runs natively unlike Picasa, which uses WINE. But you wouldn’t know looking at Google Earth’s interface in Linux; it looks like an ugly WINE application. I’ve got a how-to if [...]

Install Extra GNOME Themes

Published in April 29th, 2008

Posted by Tom in tips

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Looking for some Ubuntu themes? The GNOME themes extras package provides two excellent themes and some popular icon themes. You’ll need to have the universe repository enabled. Install the package gnome-themes-extras from your package manager, or from the terminal: sudo apt-get install gnome-themes-extras Open System->Preferences->Appearance. You’ll find two new complete themes: Darklooks: Unity: Click the [...]

Workaround for Pink Shadows with Compiz

Published in April 28th, 2008

Posted by Tom in tips

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This is a bug that’s really been bothering me since I installed Ubuntu 8.04 Beta. When using Compiz, window shadows would appear pink, another odd colour, or not at all. Restarting Compiz a few times would usually cause the shadows to stop displaying. This is a bug in the way that the proprietary Nvidia driver [...]

10 Tips for After You Install or Upgrade Ubuntu

Published in April 25th, 2008

Posted by Tom in tips

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Ubuntu is becoming more and more complete and easy to configure. However, like any operating system there’s work to be done after the installation. Here’s a list of 10 tips that you can use after installing or upgrading Ubuntu. Install software faster As a commenter on Slashdot said: I felt a great disturbance in the [...]

Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” Released

Published in April 24th, 2008

Posted by Tom in hardyheron, ubuntunews

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Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” has been released! What’s new in 8.04 Press Release Download and Install from a CD: Download CDs from this page, or from Ubuntu’s download page (seems to be down at the moment). Scroll down for the BitTorrent downloads, will be much faster while everyone else is trying to download the CDs. [...]

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