Linux folks may know about a great piece of software called gParted, the Gnome Partition Editor. While booted into Linux, gParted works great for managing partitions on a hard drive. Windows users don’t have any good (read free) utilities like this, and the built-in Windows partition manager leaves much to be desired.
gParted Live is a [...]
Partition a Hard Drive Using a gParted Live CD
October 30th, 2008 · Comments Off
Under Review: gTwitter
September 17th, 2008 · Comments Off
gTwitter is a Twitter client for Linux written in Mono/C# and uses GTK+ for the GUI, which was inspired by the Mac client Twitterific. The version being tested is 1.0 beta, released in June 2007. According to the project’s homepage, gTwitter is currently “under heavy development”.
I wrote a text review of the gTwitter application over [...]
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How To Install Laconica
September 15th, 2008 · 5 Comments
If you’re interested in setting up a Laconica 0.5.0 instance of your own, you can follow the directions I’ve outlined below. I got the general outline from decafbad.com but had to do some modifications of my own to get it running. This how-to requires you to be fairly knowledgeable with web systems and databases. If [...]
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Under Review: Twitux
September 2nd, 2008 · Comments Off
Twitux is a Twitter client designed for use in Linux. The application is written in C and uses GTK+ for the GUI. The name Twitux is presumably a mashup of Twitter and Tux, the traditionally heralded Linux mascot. The current release of Twitux is version 0.62, which was released on April 29, 2008.
I wrote a [...]
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Launchy Comes to Linux
July 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Launchy is a quick way to launch applications in Windows, and now it has made its way over to the Linux world. Launchy can be installed from source or as a .deb. Launchy depends on the libqt4 libraries, so be sure to install them first. If you try installing from the .deb, [...]
Featured Linux App: PCMan FM
July 11th, 2008 · Comments Off
PCMan File Manager is a fast, lightweight file manager for Linux. It’s based on Nautilus, Konqueror, Firefox, and many other programs. Its main use is on machines that have limited resources and cannot dedicate much to a file manager.
PCMan supports a wide array of features, such as tabbed browsing, volume management through HAL, [...]
