Suspending Compiz

  • March 8, 2008
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    Jacob
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There are times when you find a game that for some reason just doesn't work well with Compiz. It may flicker over other windows, become distorted, or it may crash. The real fix for these comes in new X.Org drivers in the works, but for now the best solution is to suspend Compiz while you run a game.

Let's think of a way to do this. First, we'll obviously want …

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Migrate your Thunderbird emails from Windows to Linux

  • March 4, 2008
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    Peter
    Upfold

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If you're experimenting with Linux, or even moving over to it and you're currently using Thunderbird as your email client on Windows, you might be wondering how to move your emails and profile from Windows over to Linux.

This process can even be used as part of a bigger project, for example to move from Outlook Express or another Windows-only email client on Windows to Thunderbird on Linux. If you …

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Open the full KDE Control Centre in Kubuntu

  • March 3, 2008
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    Peter
    Upfold

Kubuntu (and some other KDE-based distributions) features a special System Settings application which takes the place of the full KDE Control Centre application, which is used for setting all sorts of KDE preferences and changing different settings on the system.

Kubuntu’s System Settings application

However, many people like the older KDE Control Centre layout, especially if you're a longer time KDE user or can't find the option you're looking for in the System Settings …

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SystemRescueCD

  • February 28, 2008
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    Peter
    Upfold

Bad things happen, and sometimes those bad things will happen to your computer, or a computer you are responsible for.

There are quite a few Linux live CDs out there designed for the purpose of rescue systems. The idea is, something bad happens, and you then boot into the CD and use the tools it provides to fix the problem, or hopefully at the very least save your data.

SystemRescueCD …

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