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Try Google Chrome in Linux

artiomix — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 13:44:26 +0000

There is still no native Linux support of newly unveiled browser Google Chrome but guys from CodeWeavers prepared the port of Chromium (official name of Google Chome for Linux). This staff is already available for downloading as DEB packages for Ubuntu (32-bit and 64-bit), as RPM for RedHat, Fedora, CentOS etc. as well as self installable script for any other Linux distribution.

Well, after quick testings there are no doubts that it is not a good option if you wish to have quick and stable alternative for Firefox… But of course it is good for evaluation purposes or for those people who CAN’T wait for official release of Chrome for Linux Certainly the port is based on Windows copy run by Wine (don’t forget to upgrade it). Actually CodeWeavers says that this is just a proof of concept, for fun, and to showcase what Wine can do.

Web app. of the day: interactive Linux kernel map

artiomix — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 22:13:14 +0000

As it comes from name of the post, here is interactive Linux kernel map I recently came across. It’s available as web application as well as html version. I think you understand who it may be useful for… Good luck in programming!

VectorLinux – Slackware based lighterweight distribution

artiomix — Fri, 21 Sep 2007 19:41:41 +0000

Few days ago I came across rather interesting Linux distro:

Speed, performance, stability are attributes that set VectorLinux apart in the crowded field of Linux distributions. VectorLinux is a lighterweight, fast, Linux operating system for Intel-AMD x86 compatible systems and is based upon Slackware, one of the original Linux distributions. Slackware is the true ‘Unix’ of Linux distributions and its popularity stems from the fact that it is a robust, versatile and almost unbreakable system. VectorLinux has improved Slackware to produce a bloat free, easy to install, configure and maintain operating system that is second to none. We include automatic hardware configuration, unique administration tools and easy software package management via the Gslapt/slapt-get system. VectorLinux is considered to be the fastest, non-source Linux distribution on the planet!

Actually there are 4 editions of VectorLinux available: standard, Deluxe, SOHO and Live. All except Deluxe are freely downlodable.

Linux pop-up terminal/console utilities

artiomix — Thu, 13 Sep 2007 10:20:07 +0000

Few days ago I’ve got the quickest way to run console commands in Gnome. There are three utilities known providing pop-up console: YaKuake, Tilda and Yeahconsole. All of them are included into Ubuntu apt repository and can be installed by corresponding commands:

sudo aptitude install yakuake
sudo aptitude install tilda
sudo aptitude install yeahconsole

At the next screenshot you can see all three utilities run at my laptop. Of course I don’t them all at once but prefer Tilda as the most comfortable for me. YaKuake is designed for KDE and uses konsole to emulate terminal. Tilda and YaKuake have GUI configuration tool when Yeahconsole is configured by editing configuration file /usr/X11/Xresourses.

Review of sticky notes applications for GNOME

artiomix — Tue, 11 Sep 2007 10:15:53 +0000

Few will deny that applications allowing to create notes at Linux Desktop are very useful to plan one’s working/education process. As for me I use such applications in order not to forget something I want to do like blog posts came to my mind when I hadn’t access to Internet, everyday system administrating tasks and others.

I tried several sticky notes applications for this purpose but only one seems to be the most suitable for me. It’s xpad. There are also some apps that can do the same, like KDE knotes, Tomboy Notes, gdesklet notes and other. You can see apps I tried at the next screen (top right is xpad).

To install xpad in Ubuntu, just execute:

sudo aptitude install xpad -y

Don’t forget to make xpad starting automatically when you login by adding it to Gnome sessions.

Ubuntu Feisty Fawn at Dell Inspiron 1501

artiomix — Mon, 16 Jul 2007 20:45:00 +0000

Ubuntu now works perfectly at my just bought Dell Inspiron 1501 laptop that has the following characteristics: AMD Turion 64 X2 1600 Mhz, 512 Mb RAM, 80 Gb HDD, Broadcom Wi-Fi adapter, 15.4” wide screen display… 32-bit Fiesty has been installed without any problems and provides all needed hardware support for the laptop. I really recommend this operating system to be installed onto Desktops and Laptops. ubuntu1501.blogspot.com contains all necessary information and provided invaluable help.
In case you have any problems and/or questions regarding this laptop running Ubuntu feel free to contact me at artiomix{at}gmail.com.

FC6 on desktop PC

artiomix — Sun, 08 Apr 2007 13:41:00 +0000

Few days ago I moved from Ubuntu 6.10 to Fedora Core 6 at my personal desktop and first problem I met was nvidia geforce4 video card support. Let me mention that Fedora works fine with embedded driver ‘nv’ but it doesn’t rocks (too slowly). But sakes alive! There is repository livna.org which includes compiled binary ‘nvidia’ modules for different Fedora Core versions and kernels: to enable this repo just execute the following command with root rights:

su -; rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/yum http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm

sudo rpm -Uvh http://www.fedorafaq.org/yum http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm

After this tons of additional software for your FC6 are available for downloading!
To install nvidia Geforce4 support you can do:
yum install kmod-nvidia-96xx xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx

Please note that Geforce4 and Geforce2 aren’t supported by latest 1.0-97xx nvidia driver series and you should install 96xx one. That’s why I installed kmod-nvidia-96xx and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-96xx instead of kmod-nvidia and xorg-x11-drv-nvidia.
Hope it helps somebody!

Aver Media 305 works fine under FC6 too: