Linux text to speech with Festival
There are many reasons why you would want to enable a text to speech feature on a computer.
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Change the window controls from left to right in Ubuntu
According to Ubuntu >= 10.
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Setting your computer time in Ubuntu
You computer's clock does more than just tell you the time.
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Install LibreOffice on Fedora and Ubuntu
You've probably already heard the news.
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Upgrade Ubuntu from 10.04 to 10.10
If you are currently using Ubuntu 10.
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A walk around KDE 4.5
Recently I did an introductory "walk around" GNOME (see "A walk around the GNOME desktop") which offered the new users to Linux a look from the ground level at
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A walk around the GNOME desktop
Recently I had a reader request a bit of a "how to" on the GNOME desktop.
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Queue music into Rhythmbox from Nautilus
Nautilus is one versatile file manager.
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Free-form note taking with Xournal
If you keep a journal you know that some times you just wish your note taking or journaling tool could be a little more free form.
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Let RedNoteBook be your daily journal
There are those of us who like to keep a daily journal.
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Linux Live USB Creator
One of the greatest options to test out a Linux distribution is to create a Live CD and use that to boot the operating system from.
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Clean up Gconf database with GConf Cleaner
If you are a Windows user you are probably accustomed to cleaning up your registry on a regular basis.
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Get back CTRL-ALT-Backspace in Fedora and Ubuntu
Being an old-school Linux user, one of the things that bothers me is that in some of the new distributions the CTRL-ALT-Backspace key combination (the combinati
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Google's Picasa 3 on Linux
Let's face it, the photo management tools for Linux can tend to be either too complex for the average user or offer nothing in the way of modern features.
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Track satellites with Gpredict
Are you a space junkie? Do you follow NASA as if it were the only real source of science and information? Or are do you just have a need to know where […
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Easily share files on LAN with fellow Ubuntu users with Giver
Have you ever just wanted to quickly hand a file off to a fellow user on a LAN without having to resort to using an email client or shared folder? Wouldn't it [
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View websites offline with WebHTTrack
There are reasons why you would want to view a web site off line.
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Solutions for KDE 4.5 glitches
I thought I would re-visit one of my favorite topics of late, KDE 4.
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Get organized with Getting Things GNOME
Getting organized is, for some, a constant struggle.
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Manage your digital camera in Linux with DigiKam
For those of you who thought managing external devices like digital cameras in Linux was a challenge, I give you DigiKam.
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Extend Thunar's "Send To" menu and media tags
In my recent exploration of various file managers I realized that my favorite of the lot hadn't received the attention it deserves.
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vifm: Fast, lightweight, old school file manager
Recently I have been covering some of the lighter weight file managers for the Linux operating system.
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emelFM2: Another fast file manager
Today I'm going to take a look at another lightweight Linux (and UNIX-like) file manager (and this time I WON'T get the name wrong) called emelFM2.
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Compile your own Linux kernel
Back in the old days, the compiling of a Linux kernel was often a necessity.
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Get to know Linux: Using grep
If you use Linux long enough, you are going to wind up getting to know (and using) the command line.
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Add desktop icons to KDE and GNOME
Although I am one to prefer a clutter-free, minimalist desktop, I know the majority of users prefer a much more standard, fast-access type of desktop.
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Ubuntu 10.10 sneak peak
It's almost that time everyone.
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PCMan File Manager: Another light weight file manager
In the seemingly never-ending quest to find the perfect, light weight graphical file manager, I have gone through just about every one I can find.
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KDE 4.5 Window tiling
You've probably seen the advertisements for Windows 7 and the tiling windows feature.
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Kontact: How does it compare to the competition?
With all of this talk about KDE 4.
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Securely delete files with secure-delete
There are times when you need to delete a file.
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Create a repository with subversion
In my last article I illustrated how to install Enlightenment by checking out the most recent code from the Enlightenment Subversion Server (see "Installing Enl
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Installing Enlightenment E17 using Subversion
If you've spent enough time around Linux you might have come across an installation process that requires the use of SVN.
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Make use of the KDE 4.5 Clipboard
Klipper is the KDE 4.
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Working with KDE desktop effects
So you've followed the latest series on KDE 4.
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Batch rename in Linux with GPRename
Do you create or manage a LOT of files? Do you have image files taken from cameras that are all named IMG_XXX.
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The KDE 4.5 Notification Area
With KDE 4.
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The KDE 4.5 Semantic Desktop
My last article I spoke about the new KDE Activities features Search and Launch Containment Activity (see my article "Using the KDE 4.
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Using the KDE 4.5 Search and Launch Containment Activity
In my last post ("KDE Desktop Activities explained") I set out to help you understand just what KDE Desktop Activities are.
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KDE Desktop Activities explained
With the release of KDE 4 a new feature was added that, at first, seemed to be more confusing than anything else.
