Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Turpial 1.3.4, new stable version

Turpial, native twitter client for Linux that I never tire of recommending announced arrival of new stable version 1.3.4 with new features among which are following:Support for languages (English, Spanish, Portuguese, Traditional Chinese, Taiwanese, French and German)
Option 'Reply All' in tweets
Spelling checker
Dialog to add friends from a list
Support for services Yfrog, img.ly, Mobypicture

How to install VLC on Ubuntu

Was recently released a new version of VLC, one of best players for linux. Some of features of new version are:Fixed bug with Taglib
Fixes for FTP
Corrections and modular DVD Podcast
Updated Add-ons and scripts
Several fixes in interface
Updated translations
Many other bugs fixed
To install on Ubuntu using PPA are three simple commands in console:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:

Install KDE 4.5 in Ubuntu/Kubuntu 10.04

I recently came out of KDE SC 4.5 version with these developments:Major changes in notification area. Monochromatic icons are now used to provide visual clarity and redesigned pop-up notifications.
The window manager Kwin now supports Tilling mode, allowing to organize windows on desktop without overlapping. Besides, now you can move windows by dragging a blank area of same (currently only works

Fedora 14 Alpha released

With a week late, but completely ready, has been released Alpha for Fedora 14, codenamed "Laughlin."

As you know is not a stable version, so installation is not recommended unless you are going to use it as a developer or testing.

Puesde download it via torrent from : here

Or through mirrors : here

The following releases are:Fedora 14 Beta (28 September, 2010)
Fedora 14 Final

Monday, August 23, 2010

Speed up Openoffice


We all suffer from slow running programs OpenOffice, and this looks like a nightmare for those who used on a daily basis and lasting

In this theme we will modify some default settings to get desired result :

Open program (openoffice writer)
Go to (Tools - Options)
And choose from contextual menu (Memory)
And adjust following values:Number Of Steps: 20
Use for OpenOffice.org:

Sunday, August 22, 2010

Where to download images. VDI to use in Virtualbox


Virtualbox is perhaps most famous existing virtualization software.

Thanks to him, you can try operating systems within your own system, for example, people who use Windows and have virtualized a Linux distro. Or vice versa.

To install an operating system you can download an image virtualbox. Iso and burn to a CD or DVD or you can be. Iso saved, but perhaps one of best ways is to have an image

Ubuntu One in Kubuntu 10.10


KDE developer Harald Sitter did a front-end Ubuntu for Kubuntu 10.10 One is a first version in alpha state, and probably an improved version of that which we had already spoken, who are testing next version of Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat may install application by adding PPA repository.sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apachelogger/ubuntuone-kde
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install