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Customizing Your Gnome Desktop: Gnome Panel

Posted on June 27, 2007 by Michael Koby

For the final part of our series on customizing your Linux Gnome desktop, we are going to look at the Gnome Panel. The Gnome Panel are the bars that hold your menu and window list. They can be made to hold other components as well. They can also be customized to blend into your desktop and by doing so they can really tie the whole look of the desktop together. Continue reading →

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Power of Information 2007-06-24

Posted on June 24, 2007 by Michael Koby

This week on the Power of Information, Derek and I discuss Blockbuster choosing Blu-Ray, Google Powerpoint Viewer, and ways to watch TV online. We also talk about saving money using Firefox add-ons, some free games, and I discuss some typical photography mistakes. All this and more on this week’s Power of Information. Continue reading →

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Running Compiz Fusion

Posted on June 23, 2007 by Michael Koby

I made the switch from Beryl to Compiz-Fusion just now. Overall I like the fact that I have some of my favorite Beryl plugins in Compiz and that there is finally a Compiz Settings Manager so that I can easily set up the plugins to my liking. Continue reading →

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EMI Reports DRM-Free Sales are Doing Well

Posted on June 21, 2007 by Michael Koby

If the sales continue to do well, more labels might follow suit and that would be fantastic. I know personally there have been a few albums I was willing to purchase off of iTunes but they were not from EMI so the were not DRM-Free. This made me consider getting a new eMusic account so that I could get the albums DRM-Free. I am pretty sure I am not the only one making a decision like this. Having DRM-Free music is important to me, especially more so since I am using Linux as my primary operating system. Continue reading →

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Customizing Your Gnome Desktop: Buttons & Windows Borders

Posted on June 20, 2007 by Michael Koby

Not in Linux, and more specifically not in Gnome (our focus). On a Linux desktop, you will find that you can completely customize the appearance of your desktop to your liking and while some of the cooler looking effects take some practice and a lot of reading (stuff we will not be going over here), you can make your Linux desktop resemble Windows or OSX, while at the same time you can make it completely original. Continue reading →

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OpenDNS

Posted on June 18, 2007 by Michael Koby

Last night, I set up my router to use OpenDNS for it’s DNS. This means all DNS requests are going through OpenDNS now. I did this for 2 reasons. The first is the phishing protection that comes with OpenDNS. I … Continue reading →

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