Encrypted Private Directory in Ubuntu 8.10

Published in September 23rd, 2008

Posted by Tom in tips

One feature I’ve been looking forward to in Ubuntu 8.10 is the encrypted private directory. With this feature, you’ll get a folder called Private in your home. Private will work just like a normal folder, but it will be transparently encrypted and automatically locked and unlocked when you log in and out. The encryption is [...]

Install VirtualBox 2 Guest Additions in Ubuntu

Published in September 22nd, 2008

Posted by Tom in tips

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VirtualBox‘s guest additions provide better display drivers, mouse pointer integration, seamless windows, and more. If you’re doing much work in a virtual machine you should have them installed. VirtualBox 2‘s guest additions have been improved over older versions. I wrote a guide awhile ago for VirtualBox 1.5. I wrote this guide with VirtualBox 2.0.2, and [...]

CodeWeavers Releases Chrome Package for Linux

Published in September 17th, 2008

Posted by Tom in software

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CodeWeavers, a company which sells a proprietary version of Wine, has released an easily installable package for running Google Chrome on Linux. CrossOver Chromium is a modified version of Chromium (the open source code which runs Google Chrome) combined with CodeWeaver’s modified version of Wine. Right now the only advantage running CrossOver Chromium over Chrome [...]

Install VLC media player 0.9.2 in Ubuntu

Published in September 16th, 2008

Posted by Tom in software

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A major new version of the VLC media player has been released. 0.9.2 adds a new Qt4 user interface, fullscreen controls, improved playlists, album art support, and new file format support. See the VLC wiki page for all the changes. It’s past the feature-freeze for Ubuntu 8.10, but an exception may be made for this [...]

Share One Keyboard and Mouse Between Multiple Computers

Published in September 15th, 2008

Posted by Tom in software

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Have multiple keyboards and mice on your desk? With Synergy, you can seamlessly share one keyboard, mouse, and clipboard between multiple systems. Have a laptop to the right of your main display? Just move the cursor off the right edge of the screen and it will appear on the laptop. QuickSynergy is a graphical application [...]

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