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Top 5 Must Have Firefox Extensions
The thing that makes Firefox such a brilliant piece of software (and even a memory hog at times) is the abundance of extensions available to users. You can literally extend it to perform a bunch of tasks that are not expected from a browser. They also help improve usability, increase productivity and also provide security. [...]
File Permissions in Ubuntu
Ability to set file permissions for individual users or user-groups is one of the most sought after features of Linux. If you are system admin for a school, college or a company you work for then proper file permission setting is among the most vital tasks. The command used to modify file permissions is chmod, [...]
Export Birthdays from Facebook
One of the great features of Facebook is the birthday reminders. Let’s face it – there are many of us who aren’t very good at remembering birthdays. This habit of forgetting can be dangerous (especially if you have a girlfriend/wife). To avoid any injuries, mental stress and a lot of mess – Facebook has given [...]
DOSBox – A DOS Emulator for Linux
Today’s gaming industry is growing wildly. With the advent of MEMS Systems – all those Accelerometers, Gyroscopes and the likes – the gaming today is taking a more natural interface than ever before. Now you can just swing the remote and hit a ball, tilt your phone and the car just skids across the screen. [...]
Top Free CAPTCHA Solutions
Internet is growing faster than it has ever been. As more and more people use, develop and deploy their applications on the Internet, the threat of spammers and bots is also increasing at an alarming rate. CAPTCHA tries to minimize the spamming problems encountered by most developers. CAPTCHA stands for Completely Automated Public Turing to [...]
Setting Up WiFi Connection Using WiCD
Often times Linux users find themselves wanting more from the network manager, especially laptop users on the move find it difficult to manage all the different networks they have access to. WiCD is one of the best tools for people wanting more. It’s gtk based network configuration tool, especially meant for wireless networks written in [...]
Magic SysRq Key
It doesn’t happen quite often but when it does – it’s a pain in the… Nevermind that, I am of course talking about system freezes on Linux. Freezes are rare but if you are like us and install, use and test beta versions of software or operating systems themselves, there is a significant chance you [...]
Surf the Web Anonymously Now
With more and more censorship clouding the Internet, users are finding it difficult to remain anonymous and away from the prying eyes of governments, ISPs, attackers and potential threats. Anyone from citizens of countries with heavy censorship right up to the people who don’t wish to be found (for illegal reasons as well) can now [...]
Using wget like a pro
Wget is a great tool to download files using Linux. There are certain… errr… occasions (Yeah, that’s it. You are right) when people want to download entire directories from websites and they are too lazy to go into each directory and download separate files. Fear not my friends, wget is here. You can use wget [...]
How to install EXE files on Ubuntu
The major problem new Linux users face is ‘how do I install XYZ.exe here?’, ‘Why can’t I run exe files?’. The question is phrased in many different ways, but the essence is always the same – how to install Windows applications on Linux machines? First, Linux machines do not have a fixed extension for any [...]
