2007-08-29

Phideaux

Crossover progressive act. Flash-based streaming samples on their website.

(from ProgArchives.com)

2007-08-27

John Wesley's myspace

John Wesley, guitarist for Porcupine Tree, offers his entire solo catalog for free on his MySpace.

(from ProgArchives.com)

2007-08-15

Update / Install OpenOffice.org in Ubuntu

How to install the latest version of OpenOffice in Ubuntu, starting from the official OOo distribution file.

Fixes a number of nasty bugs affecting the Ubuntu version of the software.

(Tip: it's just a matter of downloading the package, extract it, transform the RPMs packages in DEBs with alien, and install them).

2007-08-13

Error when running Firefox through VNC

If you followed the intructions to set up a vnc server from this post in the Ubuntu forums, you may have experienced some problems trying to run GTK apps like Firefox, Pidgin and so on.

This post in the forums proposes a solution.

2007-08-12

Google for Free Comic Books

How to search for free comic books in Internet with Google.com.

(from LifeHacker.com)

2007-08-09

GnuPG

Come usare i tool GnuPG per creare e gestire una coppia di chiavi (pubblica + privata) di crittografia.

In particolare spiega come compiere tutti i passi necessari a firmare il codice di condotta Ubuntu su Launchpad.

2007-08-07

InterfaceLIFT wallpapers

Link to a big repository of free wallpapers.

(from LifeHacker.com)

2007-08-06

Hands on: Ubuntu Linux – Kubuntu and Xubuntu

Points out to a series of packages to add to a fresh Kubuntu Feisty installation to have a full-featured complete system.

Includes a pointer to the commercial Canonical package repository:
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu feisty-commercial main


(from The Fridge - Ubuntu Newsletter - #51)

2007-08-02

Star Trek all'epoca del cinema muto

Star Trek, silent film style.