Launchers are just desktop icons that when double clicked, will execute a given command. They are so useful in a frenzied desktop environment.
In gnome, you can create one by just clicking the right button of your mouse on a free area on the desktop and then selecting “Create a new Launcher”.
However, this practicity often causes a sense of boredom in some uncommon human beings.

Luckily for them, a launcher is just a common file with some simple characteristics and thus it can be made using any familiar unix editor.

Ecco la procedura per installare Google Gadgets sulla vostra Ubuntu Linux (testato su Hardy Heron e Intrepid Ibex).

Here is the full steps to install Google Gadgets on your Ubuntu Linux (tested on Hardy Heron and Intrepid Ibex)

Se non ce la fate piu’ ad aspettare i pacchetti ufficiali aggiornati per Firefox 3 RC1, potete aggiornare il vostro browser preferito con il seguente repository:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/fta/ubuntu hardy main

Aggiungete tale riga al vostro /etc/apt/sources.list e lanciate i seguenti comandi:

sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude safe-upgrade

Ovviamente se avete gia’ Firefox3 installato altrimenti:

sudo aptitude install firefox-3.0

Grazie a OnlyUbuntu

Per esportare tutti i contatti di Evolution, il client di posta Linux piu’ diffuso, basta eseguire il seguente comando e otterrete un file con tutto il vostro addressbook pronto per essere importato in qualsiasi altro programma o tool via web (tipo Gmail):

Formato CSV:

evolution-addressbook-export --format=csv --output=mycontacts.csv

Formato VCARD

evolution-addressbook-export --format=vcf --output=mycontacts.vcf

Synergy has worked well for me over the last couple days, but setting up the connection (although not difficult) required a few steps that I’ve tried to streamline.

The following setup is based on a synergy configuration similar to the following.:

section: screens
desktop:
laptop:
end
section: links
desktop:
right = laptop
laptop:
left = desktop
end

BTW, desktop and laptop are arbitrary names I’ve selected for clarity.

Automatically start the synergy server after logging in to gnome on the “desktop” computer to which the mouse/keyboard is physically connected as follows:

Over the past year and a half I’ve had to relocate my office more times than Milton Waddams, so I’ve become accustomed to traveling light. Each move, however, has required me to adapt to a new desktop arrangement since the office furniture isn’t standard between buildings (or certain locations within them). In the most recent move this past week, I lost about a third of my desktop space and quickly realized I had to modify my cramped arrangement somehow.

Che ne dite se fosse questo il tema ufficiale della nuova release di Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron prevista per Aprile 2008?

A me piace molto, certo il marrone non e’ il massimo ma per il resto e’ un gran bel cambiamento. Tutte le informazioni e come dare una mano potete trovarle nel wiki ufficiale di Ubuntu.

Questi giorni mi sono divertito a creare qualche tema per il mio AWN, la barra in stile Mac OS X da usare con il vostro Ubuntu e Compiz. Scaricate quelli che vi piacciono di piu’ oppure il pacchetto di temi completo:

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