Archive for April, 2008
Ubuntu 8.04 – How to Setup the World Clock Applet?
Ubuntu Hardy Heron sports an improved system clocks applet that now supports viewing of time in multiple locations. Further, the clock applet on Ubuntu 8.04 can also give you Weather details about the location. This new feature may come really handy for some users that work with distant bosses who’re in a different timezone 
In case you’re wondering how to tap the full potential of the improved world clock tool in Ubuntu 8.04, here’s a quick, step-by-step walk through on how you can go about using it.
Five Softwares to Install in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron [Recommendation]
The much-awaited 8.04 version of the Ubuntu Desktop named ‘Hardy Heron’ was released yesterday. I downloaded the 699 MB ISO and managed to install it today. There have been really worthy improvements. We can only hope that this latest version brings a lot of users into the Linux World.
Ubuntu comes with functional and free software for all your needs, but still I’d like to recommend you the following five software that’ll make it even more better:
How to convert files to PDF using OpenOffice?
OpenOffice comes with a little inbuilt tool that lets you convert your documents and create PDF files out of them. OpenOffice lets you import many types of documents, including .doc files created by Microsoft Word, so it’s possible for you to convert not just the files made by OpenOffice.org to PDF format, but also those created by other office suites like MS Office.
Generate Lorem Ipsum Text in Microsoft Word
If you’re working on MS Word and need to insert a sample piece of pseudo text to demonstrate something, there’s a quick way to do so. Just by typing in a command and pressing enter, you can fill up your document with sample, lorem ipsum paragraphs easily.
Here’s how:
Thank You, Fellow Bloggers
Darren declared today as Blogger Appreciation Day, and I think it’s a great way to acknowledge other fellow bloggers and the support that they’ve rendered to the growth of my blogs.
So, in no definite order here goes a list of my very close friends in the blogiverse who’ve always offered their kind help to me!
Run Internet Explorer and Firefox without Addons
If you’ve run into a problem with an IE addon, and want to be able to use Internet Explorer as usual, you can disable the addons and run Internet Explorer without any addons.
Distraction-Free Writing Environment With Q10
This is a guest post by Sumesh (see end of this post for details about him)
Writing quickly and efficiently (without compromising on quality) is one of the challenges that every writer faces (blogger in this specific example). Computers can be notorious in causing distractions, what with all the hundreds of desktop applications, various websites/services and music.
How to edit EXIF tags in photos to change the date?
A few weeks ago, I took a few snaps of my friends and unfortunately all those photos were tagged with the wrong date. This is because I didn’t set the correct date and time in my camera. Now I needed a tool to edit this EXIF metadata tags in photos to change the date when the photo was taken.
Disable ‘Safely Remove Hardware’ Balloon Popup Notification in Windows
If you’re frequently interrupted by warnings and notifications coming from the system tray on Windows XP when you insert a new USB disk drive, you can easily disable it.
Turn on ClearType like Smooth Text in Ubuntu Linux
Turning on ClearType mode if you’re using an LCD monitor helps a lot in improving readability. Ubuntu, by default, doesn’t have ClearType turned on. However, you could achieve really nice font smoothing by just choosing an option in the settings.
In order to turn text smoothing on in Ubuntu, do the following:
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