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Zimbra Desktop

The Zimbra Desktop is out of beta and has launched it’s first stable version on all major platforms. Zimbra Desktop is an email client by Yahoo[ READ MORE ]

Fixing some Ubuntu 9.04 annoyances

  • April 28th, 2009
  • Posted in How-to

Ubuntu 9.04 is turning out to be a great upgrade from Ibex (unless you have Intel graphics) but there are some minor annoyances that need tweaking imho[ READ MORE ]

Saving videos from cache

  • March 26th, 2009
  • Posted in How-to

We all know it’s easy to download videos from youtube and other big video sites. There are a multitude of websites and tools for them. But what if you need to save a video from a more obscure source or don’t want to bother with those tools/sites? It’s pretty easy. Let the video load. When [ READ MORE ]

Remove trash in Ubuntu

  • March 5th, 2009
  • Posted in How-to

So you have a file in your Trash and you can’t remove it no matter how many times you tried? The solution is simple! Press “alt+f2″ and enter gksu nautilus Navigate to “/home/yourusername/.local/share/Trash” and delete the contents of both folders[ READ MORE ]

Setting up Evolution Mail (gmail and hotmail)

  • March 4th, 2009
  • Posted in How-to

Like many people I have multiple email addresses. I had a hotmail one and a gmail one, both equally important. Recently hotmail offers free pop access so I thought the time was right to start using a email client. In this how-to I’ll provide step by step instructions on setting up your gmail and hotmail [ READ MORE ]

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