Way to Use Google on Unix

This google-interface behaves similar to a unix-shell.You type commands and the results are shown on this page.goosh is written by Stefan Grothkopp it is NOT an official google product!Your language has been set to: en (use lang to change it)COMMANDS THAT WILL HELP YOU IN USING GOOSH

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Installing MySQL on Ubuntu (the NSFW way)

If you’re a pro at this type of thing already, if you’re impatient, or just feeling lucky, just shut the fuck up and read through to the end. It’s not that complicated, and nobody cares about your l33t skillz anyway.

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PCMan Lightweight Alternative File Manager

PCManFM’s main features are tabbed browsing similar to a web browser’s (which Nautilus will be getting soon), a clean interface, and high speed.

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Firebird 2.1 in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

Firebird 2.1 will be included by default in the next Ubuntu release named Intrepid Ibex that will be released in 30 October.

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Installing Citrix ICA client On Ubuntu 7.10

I connect to office system when i am at home and to do so i need to connect via citrix session.
So this is how you can get it working on Ubuntu.

1) Get the client from the link below in tar.gz format.

http://www.citrix.com/English/SS/downloads/details.asp?dID=2755&downloadID=3323&pID=186#top

2) Once it is downloaded right click and choose "Extract Here".
3) Change the directory. Open the terminal (Applications-Accessories-Terminal)
Copy - paste this --- cd Desktop/en.linuxx86
4) Copy - paste into the terminal - ./setupwfc

Follow the instructions on the terminal and you are all set to use the citrix session.

Whats up with this "OS WAR"?

These days the hottest discussion on blogs and Internet is "War of the Os's".
With evolution of Vista and reportedly it being bad and year 2007 being hailed as the year of Linux and Mac's OS(Leopard) dropping everyone's jaws with its innovation and technology , the war is just heating up.


But frankly speaking i just dun get it. Why do we use an OS :

• We need an interface to interact.
• We want to get our work done.
• We want a software which makes our life easier.
  

Microsoft rules the world there is no doubt about it,Apple's OS is definitely the most innovative OS around and one can mould Linux as per his/her needs.Different individuals have different needs and they use software's depending upon that and so one can use what suits him best.There is no point arguing which OS is best as there are issues with every OS and these issues might come up depending upon the usage by a particular user.

I use XP and Ubuntu everyday and haven't got the chance to play around with OS-X yet and i am pretty much doing what i like.The point i am trying to make is just do what you like dude and help others if you would like to -
So just cut this OS WAR crap.

Enabling speed dial in Opera 9 series

Opera 9 series offers a very handy feature called "Speed Dial" which enables thumbnail previews of your favourite sites. There are 9 previews on the new tab and you can edit them and add your favourite websites there and you get to see the preview pics of those sites. Click on them and then site opens. Sometimes this feature is disabled for some reason.

Wondering how to fix this - here it is - Launch opera and paste this in the address bar -
opera:config#UserPrefs|UseThumbnailsinWindowCycle


Search for the entry - Speed Dial State.
Change it to 1 from 0 and then save the changes and open a new tab and you have the speed dial feature enabled now.