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How Ubuntu’s Version Numbering Works

So the latest codename for next year’s first planned Ubuntu release has been revealed as being Natty Narwhal, not perhaps the most awe-inspiring of codenames but one I guess which will work. Continue reading

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How to Install Webmin on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Server

Installing Webmin in Ubuntu is not exactly a quick win thanks to Webmin’s reliance on a deprecated PERL package (an MD5 wrapper to be exact) that Ubuntu and the like just don’t want to include any more, but never fear, following these steps one by one will have you up and running in absolutely no time! Continue reading

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Ubuntu Lucid Lynx: JDownloader for Easy File Download from MegaUpload

If you enjoy downloading files from those useful but not always so user friendly online dump sites like megaupload.com, rapidshare.com or mediafire.com to name a few (be it as a premium OR free member), then taking a look at the clever file downloader named JDownloader might well be worth your while. Continue reading

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Ubuntu Lucid Lynx: How to Run and Adobe AIR App

To run any one of the brilliantly useful Adobe AIR applications floating around there on your shiny new Ubuntu Lucid Lynx installation is actually pretty easy, thanks in the most part to Adobe’s releasing a Debian installer package for the Adobe AIR Application Installer. Continue reading

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Ubuntu Lucid Lynx: Remote Desktop and VNC Viewer

I have two Ubuntu desktop installations, one monitor and no KVM switch. Annoying, but thanks to the ridiculously simple and powerful combined Remote Desktop and VNC Viewer functionalities, controlling my second, “blind and dumb” machine is so simple that a child could do it. Continue reading

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