I’ve been itching for this for a long time but never got up the steam to actually go find out how to do it until today. You can type special characters (accented characters, special punctuation, etc.) directly from the keyboard by following this handy guide. (Shift+AltGr means press the Left Shift and Right Alt key [...]
Update: Thanks for your help, everybody. No more testers needed. I’ll be releasing it soon.
Over the weekend I created a photo uploader for Linux, specifically for Gnome desktop users:
I’m looking for some people who can install and try the package out before I release it publicly. Ideally I’d like several people to run the installer [...]
I’ll try to keep this brief but I wanted to post it because I couldn’t find exactly this procedure anywhere online. Here’s my situation: when I installed Ubuntu I didn’t just repartition my Windows drive—I added a whole new hard drive for it. So I ended up with Windows XP on /dev/sda1 and Ubuntu on [...]
On January 30th 2007 I installed Ubuntu Linux on my computer intending to use it as my primary operating system. I wrote about the surprises of that switch (both happy and vexing) in a four-part series (part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4) in March.
It’s been very nearly a year now and I’m happy [...]
[ On January 30th I installed Ubuntu Linux and decided to give it a serious try. Read Part 1 for an introduction including my reasons for doing this. Part 2 covers my installation experience. And Part 3 was all about finding and using replacement applications. ]
Folks, it’s been a fun and sometimes woolly [...]
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