[HOW TO] get the damn thing working
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Google Chrome for Linux
Google just released a preview release of Google Chrome.
Not Chromium which is the open source project Chrome is based on, but Google Chrome itself.
I’m not copy pasting the install instruction. Find out about the debs and ppas …
Strip Mono from Ubuntu and prevent it from coming back
I’ve recently heard that a discussion about Ubuntu default media player has taken place at the Karmic UDS.
News is that Banshee will likely take the place of Rhythmbox sooner or later (possibly in time for Karmic Koala).
I don’t really blame the decision, …
Ear Candy .deb and PPA Available !
Ear Candy is a smart PulseAudio manager. It’s fades in and out your music according to other sounds events (videos, skype calls, etc), and manages automatically your USB headsets.
Find out more about EarCandy at this post.
David D. Lowe (Flimm) has been kind enough …
EarCandy 0.4 rules !
I’ve been warned by Jason Taylor that a new release of EarCandy is pretty much ready and, well, it looks awesome !
EarCandy is a PulseAudio volume manager, but a smart one ! It will automatically mute your music when a Movie or a YouTube video starts. And will mute the video when a …
![Fix your NO_PUBKEY PPA’s in a snap (or a script) [HOW TO]](http://www.stefanoforenza.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/1406682449_3a45af2d54-150x150.jpg)
Fix your NO_PUBKEY PPA’s in a snap (or a script) [HOW TO]
Adding a new PPA is quite a pain, and even after you add it, still you get ugly errors complaining the apt key is missing, and signature not being verified (this also leads to …
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Chromium on Ubuntu ! [HOW TO]
Chromium is an open source web browser. The project was founded by Google, which built Google Chrome on top of the code of Chromium. Sadly enough, only a Windows version of Google Chrome as been released, leaving the rest of us in the dust.
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Get Android’s fonts on Ubuntu [HOW TO]
This is a simple how-to to help you install Android’s fonts on your Ubuntu box. Android font’s made for mobile devices, not only look sharp but are more space-savy than Ubuntu’s default fonts.
This is nothing new, but since I didn’t know about it, I …
Iphone and Ipod Touch finally syncable.
Lifehacker recently reported some “Ubuntu Hackers” 
found a way to sync Iphone and Ipod Touch running the latest firmware with Linux.
This is a great news for those that un-cautious enough to buy such a device just to discover right after it’s a cage
Read the update …
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Minimal Firefox [HOW TO]
As stated in a previous post, and since nouman expressed interest, here are the tweaks I use for getting some pixel back from Firefox and maximize my screen real estate while I’m surfing.
This is particularly useful for netbooks, like the eeePc (especially the old 7”), but I also use it on my laptop (which has [...]
![[HOW TO] Candid theme in 2 minutes](http://www.stefanoforenza.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/milky-terminal-150x150.png)
[HOW TO] Candid theme in 2 minutes
When it comes to my desktop, I like simplicity. Ubuntu itself, shipping with a completely empty desktop by default, taught me to appreciate cleanness.
In a time where a lot of people is experimenting with dark themes, I found myself doing the exact opposite. More than an how to this is post is just documenting my [...]
