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Linux and Free Software: 5 tips for Windows users

12-Dec-08

The large movement of users knowing and having contact with Linux for the first time creates a real whirlwind of feelings in users. The main excitement of whom are former Windows users are dissatisfied and despair and even satisfaction for those users more open to observers and changes of [...]


How to disable the option to restore session in Firefox

08-Dec-08

The Firefox browser has a feature to restore the session very interesting. We may have some tabs open when you close the browser, to open it again all the tabs are loaded automatically. For many though this valuable resource can be a nuisance because every time you restore a session some time and [...]


Installing Macromedia Flash 8 in Ubuntu 8:04
How to install Macromedia Flash 8 on Ubuntu 8:04

03-Oct-08

English version: Nowadays is possible run a great variety of Windows applications on Linux. After a long hard work for the more than 15 years, the Wine project get a lot of goals in this area. Wine [1] is the software that enable Linux to run Windows applications without emulation. On Ubuntu we use the wine Wine installing the package (on [...]


Installing packages in graphics mode in Ubuntu

27-Sep-08

The installation of packages and applications on Linux has left something to be a very complicated time. With the wide popularization of the Desktop Linux distributions install applications on your operating system is a task junk. The wide range of applications found ready to install (more than 20,000 in ubuntu, debian and [...]


How to limit the rate of download apt in Ubuntu / Debian and company

12-Jul-08

USA Linux and many who use the network, especially Internet, knows the great efficiency of Linux in the use of bandwidth for data traffic. This is very interesting when we make any comparison, for example choosing a large file any Time and time to download this file in Linux and Windows, you will [...]


Enabling automatic assembly NFTS partition in Ubuntu 8:04

07-Jul-08

With the massive wave of migration of Windows users to the Linux world, many doubt whether they can get to keep the two systems and to access their data by Linux partition. Of course! Linux is not limited to access only your file systems, type FAT partitions he has access to much time, but the partitions [...]


How to bring plugin Google results in Portuguese in Ubuntu 8:04

05-Jul-08

This is a quick tip! One thing has bothered me quite in Firefox 3, besides the incompatibility of some extensions [1], the search through the Google plugin that comes by default (that field in front of the address bar) only search on pages in English. This means that many expected results, when [...]


His mother migrate to Linux?

04-Jul-08

Yesterday (03/07/2008) during the lunch hour of my neighbor's Diary of Nave Linux and colleague Antonio Luciano, all ardent computer users and professionals, we heard and discussed the report of a user in the process of migration. The conversation was very warm, addressed some issues on migration and old discussion "desktop [...]


Google Apps in Ubuntu 8.04 (Picasa, Earth, etc.)

23-Jun-08

How many know the Google (company) supports and uses free software as the basis for your business. Thanks to these initiatives can have a Linux version of software for major applications called Google Desktop for. We will learn to install the four main applications: Picasa [1], Google Earh [2], Google Gadgets [3] [4] and [...]


Ubuntu 8:04 and life of HDs

13-Jun-08

The case for reducing the lifespan of the DH for notebooks, has caused a lot of noise and mistrust of the users of Ubuntu. The issue arose in Ubuntu 7.04, but after some reports and even a test that I did, I can say that in Ubuntu 8:04 remain affected by the problem. In this link [1] you can [...]

Linux: to don the shirt!

06-Jun-08

It is no secret to anyone that the use of Free Software and Linux mainly within corporate is a reality. Recently I believe I did this show in this post in the Journal of Nave Linux. But often local circumstances do not permit a great proximity to cases of actual use. But when we travel and find [...]


Ubuntu 8.04 + Firefox 3b5 + extension delicious (as do)

27-Apr-08

Migrate systems and versions is always problematic. Who came however in the new Ubuntu 8:04 must have noticed that many of their favorite extensions no longer work as Firefox 3b5. There are several alternatives including installing the FF 2, but not as I do so I decided to try other ways. The method used to change [...]


Correcting translation of Ubuntu LTS 8:04 (console and mouse argh!)

27-Apr-08

The new version of Ubuntu is 8:04 in the square, but it is expected always have some adjustments here and there. One problem that many noticed immediately was the translation of terminal and mouse in good Portuguese Lusitanian: console and mouse! Indeed some irritation of the eyes and ears!. But when we talk about the open source fixes [...]


Project CDLivre reaches version 3.0, download now!

31-Mar-08

Download: CDLivre_3.0.iso [691 MB] [MD5sum] CDLivre The project FLISOL emerged in 2006 and has become a traditional form of many Windows users have their first contact with Free Software. The collection of software are available in specially categorized CDLivre (Development, Design, [...]


Debian-BR-CDD is now BrDesktop.org, long life to Debian!

30-Mar-08

As I did not know! In a post on the forum I learned linux-mg.org the return of distro that did very very successful and helped the spread of Linux in Brazil. The Debian-BR-CDD is starting a custom distro of Debian official. "A custom Debian distribution (Custom Debian Distribution - [...]


Spell Checker (VERO) for BrOffice in Ubuntu 8:04

29-Mar-08

[lang_pt] A spell checker with over 9 million words? Only in BrOffice and OpenOffice. Currently the project offers three versions of broffice.org VERO (Spell Checker): full, light and ideal. Only the most ideal version is not recommended because the withdrawal of some words may cause some failures [...]


OpenXML files (. Docx,. Xlsx) in OpenOffice BrOffice and without trauma

21-Mar-08

Over the years I have seen many problems of incompatibility of formats for documents mainly. Doc. It is increasingly common to see one looking for: "Someone has the MS Office 2003, 2007 or XP? And I need to open a file and save to a previous version. " I almost always say this: "If using OpenOffice or [...]


Keyboard java in the Bank of Brazil 8:04 Firefox 3 of Ubuntu "Hardy Heron"

16-Mar-08

[lang_pt] Recently I tested my main desktop as the alpha version 6 of Ubunut 8:04 codenamed "Hardy Heron." One of the novelties of this version is Firefox 3, still in beta 4. But as you know beta is beta, alpha is alpha, then we do not pass by without some mishaps along the way. One of probelmas is [...]


StarDict: Free Alternative to Babylon

26-Feb-08

The StarDict is an application of multi-platform dictionary written in GTK. Initially many may confuse it with just a translator but the truth is a powerful tool of dictionaries. Being flexible and accept different types of dictionaries as technical dictionaries, encyclopedias as well as language dictionaries he [...]