August 31, 2007

Making Ubuntu boot in 19 seconds

root wrote this at 4:59 pm:

FTFA: “I started to take it upon myself to speed up the boot process of my secondary workstation, but I decided I needed a way to quantitatively measure the boot process. I wanted to document my results in a way that could be reproduced, and I wanted to be very methodical in the process.”
Ends up booting in 19 seconds.

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August 29, 2007

20+ Firefox Plugins For Managing Email

root wrote this at 5:38 pm:

Mashable has compiled over 20 Firefox plugins which enable you to send, receive, check and manage emails from your favorite web browser.

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30+ Firefox Add-ons for Web Developers & Designers

root wrote this at 5:13 pm:

Firefox has cool add-ons which make the job of website designers and developers much easier. Here is our list of 30+ excellent Firefox add-ons that every web developer and designer should know about.

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August 27, 2007

69 of the Best Open-Source Linux Apps

root wrote this at 10:44 am:

A list of 69 of the best Linux applications. Many of these programs can be installed using Synaptic Package Manager or another package manager. The list is finished, but there are only a few installation instructions so far. Enjoy!

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August 24, 2007

Removing Backgrounds Quickly in Photoshop

root wrote this at 9:44 am:

A tutorial on using the Extract filter for quick and dirty background removal.

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Screw Javascript - Use CSS to create a lightbox effect

root wrote this at 9:39 am:

You may call it Lightbox, or Greybox, or Thickbox, but it’s always the same effect.
When you are on a page, and click on a photo or trig some event, a Lightbox is an effect that fades the pagein the background to show you new content in the foreground.

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August 23, 2007

Lifehacker’s Top 10 Gnome Desktop Tweaks

root wrote this at 11:05 am:

The default desktop environment for Linux users, Gnome, is fast, organized and very easy to learn. But Gnome is also very powerful and highly customizable. Today’s top 10 lists the various ways you can tweak Nautilus and the Gnome desktop to turn Linux into a productivity powerhouse.

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Advanced CSS Rollovers without JavaScript

root wrote this at 11:02 am:

Forget JavaScript. You can create dynamic rollover images using just CSS. And once you’ve mastered the basic concept, many creative possibilities open up.

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August 22, 2007

25 Linux/UNIX commands that you must know

root wrote this at 9:56 am:

You must know these commands to make it in Linux/UNIX. Page is a list of commands and descriptions for each command. A long with examples of each command.

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Full WEB 2.0 API List

root wrote this at 9:53 am:

A comprehensive list of hundreds of Web 2.0 APIs.

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August 20, 2007

Linux Command-Line Cheat Sheet

root wrote this at 2:21 pm:

This article is reprinted from The Official Ubuntu Book by Benjamin Mako Hill and Jono Bacon, with permission of publisher Prentice Hall Professional, copyright 2007, all rights reserved. While instructions are specific for Ubuntu Linux, most commands will work with other Linux distros.

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Got a fresh Mac? Start HERE

root wrote this at 12:19 pm:

Not having most of these tools is like having half a Mac.

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15 Really Cool Things Most People Don’t Know About PHP

root wrote this at 12:19 pm:

I saw the first article on Digg and was disappointed by that list. Here are 15 interesting and unknown features of PHP that will make you more productive and take advantage of the new OO features in PHP5.

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Build Your Own YouTube With Lighttpd And FlowPlayer (Debian Etch)

root wrote this at 12:14 pm:

This article shows how you can build your own video community using lighttpd with its mod_flv_streaming module (for streaming .flv videos, the format used by video communities like YouTube) and its mod_secdownload module. I will use FlowPlayer as the video player, a free Flash video player. I will also show how you can encode videos to FLV format.

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August 10, 2007

Top 10 Free Wallpaper, Fonts and Icon Sourceshe

root wrote this at 10:57 am:

Googling free wallpaper or fonts turns up a gaggle of random sites with flashy ads and mediocre art. In retaliation, today we’ve gathered up our favorite sources of quality, good-looking free desktop wallpaper images, fonts and icons for your downloading pleasure.

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