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The security researcher that uncovered a host of X.Org security issues went beyond just evaluating the X.Org libraries and looked at other Linux desktop packages too. There’s many security-related bugs outstanding within the Linux desktop ecosystem and Ilja van Sprundel believes “things could be better by several orders of magnitude.”..
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Linux Advocate Dietrich Schmitz reviews the newest piece of technology to come out of Google I/O 2013, Google Voice Search. Available today in Chrome 27.
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The Linux Mint project yesterday unveiled version 15 of the increasingly popular desktop operating system, with upgrades to the MATE and Cinnamon desktop environments as well as new applications for managing software and drivers.Code-named “Olivia,” Linux Mint 15 is based on the most recent version of Ubuntu and will be supported until January 2014. Linux Mint 15 is in the Release Candidate stage, with a final release coming later.
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cd ~/kernel
sudo dpkg -i *.debsudo ln -s /usr/lib/tuxonice-userui/tuxoniceui /usr/local/sbin/tuxoniceui_textThat’s all you need to do for TuxOnIce to work (if hibernate is working on your machine, obviously).
And finally, restart your computer.
pfkernel=$ (dpkg --get-selections | grep linux-.*pf | sed -e 's/-pf.*/-pf/g')
sudo apt-get remove $ pfkernelAnd then restart the computer.
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| Recoll 1.19 advanced search filters and user interface preferences |
Recoll supports wildcards (*, ?, []) as well as advanced searches such as:
For more info, see the Recoll user manual (chapter “3.5. The query language”).
Ubuntu users can install the latest Recoll by using its official PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:recoll-backports/recoll-1.15-on
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install recoll
To also install the Recoll Unity Lens, use the following command:
sudo apt-get install recoll-lensThe Recoll Lens doesn’t support Dash Previews yet and in Ubuntu 13.04 on which I’ve tested the latest version on, the icons that show up in the lens have an ugly black background – hopefully this will be fixed soon.
For other Linux distributions, see the Recoll downloads page.
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sudo apt-get install conky-all
sudo fc-cache -fv |
| Conky Google Now dark |
Now go to weather.yahoo.com, search for your city (under “Enter city or zip code”), and once you reach your city weather page, note down the numbers (this is the WOEID) from the end of the URL, e.g., in my case, the URL is: “http://weather.yahoo.com/romania/bucuresti/bucharest-868274/” so the WOEID is “868274″. Now open the ~/.conkyrc file, search for “2294941″ (without the quotes) and replace it with your WOEID, then save the file.
Now, to run conky, simply open a terminal or type ALT + F2 and enter: “conky”.
Then, you need to update the font cache:
sudo fc-cache -fvsudo apt-get install lm-sensors hddtempThen, set up lm-sensors using the following command:
sudo sensors-detect- Ubuntu 13.04 and newer:
sudo service kmod start- Ubuntu versions older than 13.04:
sudo service module-init-tools startsudo chmod u+s /usr/sbin/hddtemp#! /bin/bash
sleep 20
conkychmod +x ~/scripts/start_conkyFor more Conky configurations, browse our Conky tag.
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Cinnamon, the popular GNOME Shell fork developed by the Linux Mint crew, has released a major update to their software stack…
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We’re so busy seeking release from Windows that we overlooked all the ways Linux had already freed us
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The Perfect Desktop – Ubuntu 13.04 (Raring Ringtail)
This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 13.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.
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