Keep a terminal application open all the time? A drop-down terminal such as Guake might suit you better. A drop-down, or Quake-style, terminal stays hidden until you call it up with a key combination. Guake is easy to configure, supports tabs, and works fine with Compiz desktop effects turned on. I’ve also written before about [...]

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A few months ago I wrote about a feature-rich open source application for monitoring your Gmail inbox – CheckGmail. I know a few of you, like me, have been continuing to use it since. Unfortunately, a few days ago CheckGmail stopped working with a Error: Incorrect username or password dialog. I’ve found a solution for [...]

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Adobe has released Flash Player 10 Beta 2 (10.0.0.525) for Linux. On top of features from Beta 1, this Flash 10 release adds windowless mode (transparency and page elements on top of a Flash applet), better Linux webcam support, new languages, and speed/stability improvements. Previously I tested the first beta of Flash 10 and was [...]

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The 7z (7-Zip) archive format offers good compression ratios and is an open source format. This and the favored 7-Zip graphical file archive tool for Windows have popularized the format. A default Ubuntu installation can’t extract or create 7z files. A package is available in the universe repositories that makes working for these files seamless [...]

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After my two week break from blogging for school work last month, I wasn’t expecting to be torn away again so soon and for so long. Thank you for staying subscribed even while Tombuntu seemed to be frozen in time. A lot has happened in the Ubuntu world since my unexpected hiatus, but now I’m [...]

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