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Create an Offline Dictionary with Gnome Dictionary

admin — Tue, 02 Feb 2010 15:30:43 +0000

Gnome Dictionary, a useful office application included by default in the Ubuntu distribution, as an application for defining words by connecting to an online dictionary database. Creating an offline dictionary database is quite simple, which will be mighty useful for those who don’t enjoy always on internet.Making Gnome Dictionary work offline:

1. Install the required server packages

sudo apt-get install dictd dict-gcide

2. Install the dictionary database:

sudo apt-get install dict-moby-thesaurus

3. Configure Gnome Dictionary to connect to your local dictionary database, in the edit > preferences section, under the source tab enter your local dictionary:

Name: My Local Dictionary
Hostname: 127.0.0.1
Port: 2628

Save and exit

4. Restart your dictionary service to use the new dictionary database

sudo service dictd restart

Now you have access to a complete dictionary without having to rely on an internet connection

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Getting Skype On Your Ubuntu Computer

admin — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 13:36:40 +0000

Skype is undoubtedly a world leader in internet telephony. Skype offers free Skype to Skype calls and also has the ability to call out to standard phones, around the world. Installing and using Skype on your Ubuntu machine is no longer a hassle as Skype has being putting effort into their Linux version of their Internet softphone.

There are two ways of installing skype on your PC, The graphical user interface method, or a quick terminal method.

Graphical User Interface Method:

1. Head over to Skype.com and download the Skype .deb package for Ubuntu

2. Double click the downloaded package and follow the installation prompts

Via The Terminal

1. Download the Skype package

“wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-32″

2. Install the Skype package

“sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-intrepid_2.1.0.81-1_i386.deb”

This will install the downloaded skype package onto your system

The Skype package also resides in the Medibuntu repository, if you would prefer to have the system’s software package manager deal with the skype installation and update it automatically, you may install it via the Synaptic Package Manager, you will, however, need to add the Medibuntu repository to your software sources.

1. Open a terminal and enter the following

“sudo wget –output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get –quiet update && sudo apt-get –yes –quiet –allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get –quiet update”

This will add the Medibuntu Repository to your system and also it’s required GPG key

2. Install Skype:

“sudo apt-get install skype”

The system will download and install Skype, creating a launcher under Applications > Internet

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How To Install Google Chrome On Ubuntu

admin — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:33:52 +0000

The Google Chrome Browser has managed, in a short time, to make major inroads into the vicious browser war, it has recently surpassed Apple’s Safari browser in terms of market share and it’s popularity is constantly climbing. Google Chrome is available for Linux and it’s Linux version has recently become stable.

Installing Google Chrome on Ubuntu requires a simple repository addition.

Installing Google Chrome on Ubuntu:

1. In the System > Administration > Software Sources application add the following repository

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

Alternatively you may edit your software sources file directly

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following line to the end of the opened file

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

2. Add the Google Chrome repository GPG key

sudo add-apt-key ppa:chromium-daily/ppa

Update your software index

sudo apt-get update

3. Install the Google Chrome browser, browse to the System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager, search for Google Chrome, select it and apply. To do this quickly via the terminal enter the following command:

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

Once installed you may add various extensions such as a Gmail checker , an ad blocker and many more.

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Installing GIMP 2.7 Single Window Interface on Ubuntu

admin — Sun, 10 Jan 2010 08:08:53 +0000

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Create A Local Repository

admin — Fri, 08 Jan 2010 09:56:46 +0000

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Gnome Global Menu

admin — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 21:17:40 +0000

Global Menu is an application for linux that emulates the Mac OSX menu in the top panel. A global menu is handy in saving horizontal screen space and utilizaing otherwise wasted space on the top Gnome panel.This works with all GTK application, therefore it won’t work with KDE based applications, Firefox, and Open Office.

Installation

Detailed Installation Instructions

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