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Monthly Archives: April 2009

Posted on April 21, 2009 by George Law

Ubuntu 9.04 – Right Click for Terminal here

Being a linux command line junkie, I always want fast access to a bash shell.  Previous versions of Ubuntu and some of the off shoots like Linux Mint, had fast access to a terminal via a right mouse click on the desktop.  Where did it go??!!

Ah, to get it back you have to install the nautilus-open-terminal package

 

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Posted on April 21, 2009 by George Law

Installing Ubuntu 9.04 in VirtualBox

I downloaded the latest Ubuntu (version 9.04) and installed it on my laptop the other day.  So I figured wtf? lets loaded it up into VirtualBox on the Mac.

The install went pretty smoothly, pointed VB at the Ubuntu .iso image, installed pretty quickly.  Trying to get the “Guest Add-ons” installed were another story.

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Posted on April 21, 2009 by George Law

Tweaking the Evolution Menu Bar

If you are like me, you have a ton of different email addresses, some for work, some for play, etc…

Most times, you don’t want to take a chance to mixing these, and sending your personal signature on a business email, so if you do what I do, you sent up a couple different email clients.

 

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