Google Chrome is an open source web browser developed by Google. The name is derived from the graphical user interface frame, or “chrome”, of web browsers.Chromium is the name of the open source project behind Google Chrome,released under the BSD license. (...)Read the rest of Install google chrome with wine in Ubuntu (329 words) © admin for [...]

When a program in Ubuntu such as crontab -e or dch -i, is used to edit a file, it uses a helper program called sensible-editor. (...)Read the rest of Howto select Per-user Editor in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) (232 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, 2008. | Permalink | No comment | Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these [...]

Playdeb, the repository of games for Ubuntu has been launched in 1st september 2008.who package recent games and applications for Ubuntu. With Playdeb, games are easy to install and will be updated when new versions are available.Playdeb includes an APT software repository, and a games list that can be used to install games simply by [...]

The contents of /etc/motd are displayed by login after a successful login but just before it executes the login shell. (...)Read the rest of How to change message of the day (MOTD) in Ubuntu server (268 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, 2008. | Permalink | 5 comments | Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? [...]

A graphical tool to make file backup simpler. Provides a user-friendly interface which allows you to back up your files easily to an archive, to a CD/DVD or to a remote location using SSH. (...)Read the rest of Pybackpack - A user friendly file backup tool for Ubuntu Linux Desktop (189 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, [...]

Have you ever been chatting on a website forum and been totally unable to describe an action you’ve performed on Ubuntu? “Click the top bar—the grey thing at the top, you know. And then drag the icon. The blue icon. Drag it to the desktop…” The fact is that it can be hard describing in words [...]

An e-mail client, aka Mail User Agent (MUA), aka e-mail reader is a frontend computer program used to manage e-mail. (...)Read the rest of List of Email Clients Available in Ubuntu Linux (1,495 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, 2008. | Permalink | 15 comments | Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse the archive [...]

Flock is a web browser that specializes in providing social networking and other Web 2.0 features built into its interface. The browser is built on Mozilla’s Firefox codebase. (...)Read the rest of How to Install flock web browser in Ubuntu Hardy (276 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, 2008. | Permalink | 4 comments | Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking [...]

An ISO, IMG, BIN, MDF and NRG Image management utility for the Gnome Desktop Environment. (...)Read the rest of Furius ISO Mount - Mount and Unmount ISO images with GUI Tool in Ubuntu Linux (214 words) © admin for Ubuntu Geek, 2008. | Permalink | 15 comments | Add to del.icio.us digg Who's linking ? Technorati BlogPulse Google Want more on these topics ? Browse [...]

Any user that has physical access to the keyboard can simply use the Ctrl+Alt+Delete key combination to reboot the server without having to log on. Sure, someone could simply unplug the power source, but you should still prevent the use of this key combination on a production server. This forces an attacker to take more [...]