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How to install Gnome 3 on ubuntu 12.04

Post last modified:May 14, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

To install gnome 3 on ubuntu 12.04

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field. And click Terminal.

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3

3.Type your ubuntu password if needed.

4.Then press enter to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding the ppa.

5.Type below command and hit enter

sudo apt-get update

6.Then type below command and press enter
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DeaDBeeF 0.5.4 Released

Post last modified:May 14, 2012
Post category:Linux Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

DeaDBeeF 0.5.4 is now available for download.DeaDBeeF (as in 0xDEADBEEF) is an audio player for GNU/Linux, BSD, OpenSolaris and probably other UNIX-like systems.

What’s new in this release?

fixed starting the player using “deadbeef” command without path
fixed missing ; in deadbeef.desktop
fixed big-endian support in sndfile plugin
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Mother’s Day google doodle 2012

Post last modified:May 13, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Google is celebrating Mother’s Day with a new animated mother and 2 kids doodle on its homepage.
Mother’s Day is a celebration that honors mothers and motherhood, maternal bonds, and the influence of mothers in society. It is celebrated on various days in many parts of the world, most commonly in March, April, or May
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Ubuntu tweak 0.7.1 released

Post last modified:May 12, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Ubuntu Tweak 0.6.1 is now available for download.Ubuntu Tweak is an application to config Ubuntu easier.

what’s new in this version?

New Compositing Manager- makes Unity 2D desktop with some desktop effects like drop-down shadow
Number of workspaces
disable the overlay scrollbars
QuickLists Editor adds the support for locale
Show Desktop icon in Launcher

Fixed bugs:
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MailStore Home – Free Email Archiving and Email Backup

Post last modified:May 12, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

MailStore Home is a free Free Email Archiving and Email Backup software for windows.It supports Gmail,Yahoo Mail, Microsoft Outlook Express,Microsoft Outlook,Thunderbird,SeaMonkey and more.

Main features:

create a single archive for all emails.
able to manage large amounts of data.
full-text search feature
All archived emails can be restored from the archive at any time.
reply to or forward emails by opening them with a single click.
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OSFMount – mount local disk image files

Post last modified:May 12, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

OSFMount is a free windows software to mount local disk image files (bit-for-bit copies of a disk partition) in Windows with a drive letter.

Main features:

supports the creation of RAM disks.
supports mounting images of CDs in .ISO format
Supports .DD,.IMG,.BIN and more
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Opera 11.64 released

Post last modified:May 11, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Opera 11.64 is now available for download.what’s new in this release?

Stability improvements
Resolved a handshake failure on https://autoupdate.opera.com
Fixed an error where an on-demand-plugin placeholder could lower the security status of a secure site to insecure
Fixed an issue with some secure pages not loading – PayPal, Ebay
dojotoolkit.org: Errors when using the dojo amd loader have been resolved
rts.rs: A JavaScript error has been resolved
Fixed an issue where certain URL constructs could allow arbitrary code execution
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Firebug 1.9.2 released

Post last modified:May 11, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Firebug 1.9.2 is now available for download. This is a maintenance release. what’s new in this release?

Now firebug 1.9.2 is compatible with Firefox 6 to 13.
Fixed Edit element style from computed style does nothing
Fixed ‘Enable JavaScript and Refresh’ doesn’t work
Fixed ‘Break On This Error’ missing from the context menu
Fixed Half-rendered panel shown off-place when clicking magnifier in search field
Fixed Ctrl-0 zoom requests are intercepted by Firebug
Fixed HTML panel doesn’t get updated, if nodes are changed at another panel
Fixed Display of Style side panel fails for invalid character in string
Fixed domplate issue with BR() in it
Fixed FF nightly (Apr-05) broke DOM inspector
Fixed Further avoidance of Ci.nsIScriptError2
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Base64Encoder

Post last modified:May 11, 2012
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

Base64Encoder is a free windows tool to encode any file types in base64.

Main features:

Encodes ANY TYPE of files (txt, exe)
Drag and Drop compatibility
Base64 Image Decoder
Lowered .NET dependency to 2.0
Includes 32bit & 64bit Versions
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Best time to share on Facebook and Twitter

Post last modified:October 3, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

According to bitly,

Posting links to Twitter between the hours of 1 pm and 3pm EST will give you the highest click count.Posting after 8 pm should be avoided.The peak traffic times for Twitter are 9am through 3pm, Monday through Thursday.Avoid posting on the weekends.

Posting links to facebook between the hours of 1 pm and 4pm EST give you the highest click count.The peak time of the week was on Wednesday at 3pm.Avoid posting on the weekends.
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