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How to print a file from your desktop with one click

By Eli, on July 30th, 2010

Do you have certain files that you print quite often? Would you prefer to be able to just click on a desktop icon, or a panel icon to print the file? This is so much quicker than opening the file in Open Office, Abiword, or whatever, and then printing it.

How to print from the command line

By Eli, on July 29th, 2010

Printing from the command line can let you get things done very quickly. It can also open up a world of one-click printing of files, which we’ll get into with a future post. So, to get started, navigate to http://localhost:631 in your browser. If you have a default Ubuntu installation, you should now be looking [...]

Create a keyboard shortcut for opening & closing the CD/DVD drawer

By Eli, on May 28th, 2010

I posted about this topic a little while ago, while using Ubuntu 8.04. After my installation of the 64 bit version of Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx, my keyboard shortcut didn’t function the way I wanted it to. It would unmount any USB flash drive I had plugged in. This wouldn’t do, so here’s how I [...]

How to remove the mail icon from the indicator applet in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

By Eli, on May 13th, 2010

So, let’s say that you have absolutely no use for the little envelope that is residing next to your volume applet since you installed Lucid Lynx. It is a very useful little guy if you use Evolution, or if you install something like gmail notifier to check your web mail. If not, then here’s how [...]

How to move window buttons to right side in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

By Eli, on April 27th, 2010

The default theme in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx puts the window control buttons (minimize, maximize, & close) on the left side of the title bar. This is really annoying to me, and here’s how you move them back.

Make your system run more efficiently

By Eli, on April 5th, 2010

I hate it when apps hog too much memory, or cpu cycles. In many cases, if you have an application that’s doing this, there’s an alternative out there that is way leaner. There’s an easy way to determine where to trim the fat.

In this example I’m going to be comparing the memory usage of Totem [...]

How to monitor basic system functions with a panel applet

By Eli, on January 21st, 2010

Ubuntu has a built in application, Gnome System Monitor, to help you keep tabs on what’s going on with your machine. You can find it in System > Administration > System Monitor. Once you have it open it has a few tabs, displaying various system information. The Resources tab will show you the cpu usage [...]

How to open & close CD / DVD drawer with your keyboard or mouse

By Eli, on January 18th, 2010

I go through a lot of CDs & DVDs, and constantly reaching over to push that little button on the front of the CD/DVD drive is rather annoying. I do not have one of those nifty keyboards that has those media buttons. So, I looked for a way to open and close my drawer from [...]

How to catalogue & organize your comic book collection with GNOME Comics Organizer

By Eli, on January 17th, 2010

So, do you have a lot of comic books that you want to keep track of? GNOME Comics Organizer can help. This is a little application designed for the purpose of cataloging your comic books.

To get it you must first enable the Universe repositories. Here’s how you can do that. Now that that’s done, you [...]

How to add the Universe & Multiverse repositories graphically

By Eli, on January 17th, 2010

Here’s how to add the universe and multiverse repositories.

Open Software Sources. System > Administration > Software Sources
Check the boxes for Community-maintained Open Source software (universe) & Software restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse)
Click Close. Another box should pop up asking if you want to reload, click Reload.
If you clicked Close, and a window didn’t [...]

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