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Ubuntu One Detailed Guide for 13.04

Posted on: May 15th, 2013 by No Comments

Ubuntu One Screenshot

Ubuntu 13.04 users are fortunate enough to have a file synchronization tool installed by default. As many of you already know, Ubuntu One is a very convenient cloud file storage service. If you happen to…

KDE PlasMate Software Development Toolkit

Posted on: April 8th, 2013 by No Comments

KDE PlasMate Software Development Toolkit Screenshot

The release of KDE 4.10 includes a new software development toolkit called PlasMate. After briefly testing this SDK, I can say that I am highly impressed. A massive number of features are available and already…

Kate Text Editor Gains Mini-Map Scrolling Ability

Posted on: April 4th, 2013 by No Comments

Kate Text Editor KDE 4.10 Screenshot

The Kate text editor received a large number of bug fixes for the 4.10 release, and some exciting new features. A mini-map scroll bar is now available for Kate users, and an improved notification system….

KDE 4.10 Applications Get Major Overhaul

Posted on: April 1st, 2013 by 2 Comments

KDE 4.10 Picmi Game

KDE 4.10 delivers a long list of application upgrades for this release which cannot be overlooked. There are some new applications available and loads of fun features, meaning more fun for KDE lovers everywhere. Here…

Gnome Boxes Virtual Machine Manager Introduction

Posted on: February 28th, 2013 by No Comments

Fedora 18 Gnome Desktop Screenshot

Gnome 3.4 introduced a new application called Gnome Boxes. The 3.6 release brings many changes for Gnome Boxes, and now here is a hasty preview. The various bug fixes and stability improvements make the 3.6…

Nemo File Manager Introduced for Cinnamon 1.6

Posted on: January 10th, 2013 by No Comments

Linux Mint 14 Cinnamon desktop Screenshot

The Nemo file manager is the latest Cinnamon desktop addition. Nemo has forked from Nautilus 3.4 due to dissatisfaction expressed about the Nautilus 3.6 release. This seems to have sparked enough motivation to prompt another…

Filelight Disk Space Analasys Tool

Posted on: December 22nd, 2012 by No Comments

Filelight Disk Usage Analyzer Screenshot

Filelight will help you find out where your disk space is being wasted. This tool provides a graphical display that is very easy to understand. Use this tool to scan your entire file system, or…

Best Linux Terminal Emulator

Posted on: October 31st, 2012 by 1 Comment

Terminator Terminal Emulator Screenshot

Here you can see some of the best terminal emulators available, along with many of the most impressive features. Many experienced Linux users already have their own preferred command line terminal emulator. Unfortunately most users…

Zeitgeist Event Logger

Posted on: June 7th, 2012 by 2 Comments

zeitgeist-event-logger-1

The Zeitgeist event logger is the tool used to remember virtually everything you do when using the Unity desktop shell. Zeitgeist will most importantly remember all of the files, directories, and applications that you use most frequently.

Using Zeitgeist

You don’t have to use it, the event logger will do all of the work in the background for you. This means the most important data will always be displayed by the Unity desktop dash.

Xfburn CD Burner

Posted on: May 5th, 2012 by 2 Comments

Xfburn CD Burner Screenshot

Xfburn is a convenient CD and DVD burning applications for the Xfce desktop. You can also use the Xfburn tool to create images, audio CD’s, or data CD’s.

Xfburn Advantages

There might be several CD burning tools available for the Linux desktop, but like other Xfce applications Xfburn is also lightweight and well designed. The interface is easy to operate and even new users should have very little trouble.