Saturday, October 25, 2008
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Manage Files On Any Machine With MuCommander
8:24AM Lifehacker US Edition | Windows/Mac/Linux: If you’re not a fan of your system’s tools for managing files on your computer, check out MuCommander. The free, open source download will run on nearly any operating system, including Windows, Mac OS X and your favourite flavor of Linux, and in 21 different languages. Drag and drop between two panes visually, or hack away in the command shell. It also supports most network file transfer protocols, such as FTP, and will even let you browse the contents of archives like ZIP and disk images like ISO without having to uncompress or mount them, respectively. Pictured is an image file viewed directly from an SFTP server — handy! MuCommander is a free download for all platforms. MuCommander [via Download Squad] More »
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Keep Your Laptop Safe When Travelling
6:01AM Adam Pash | Tech blogger Chris Pirillo offers 10 practical tips for keeping your notebook safe on the road. His tips run the gamut from the very simple (pad your case) to the more technical (set a BIOS password), so it’s a great checklist to rundown to make sure you’re doing everything you can. In general the post covers broad tips for keeping your laptop safe, but if theft protection is more specifically your concern, check out our guide to setting up a laptop security system. 10 Tips to Keep Your Notebook Safe when Traveling [Chris Pirillo via Of Zen and Computing] More »
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Smultron Text Editor Offers Simplicity And Features
5:00AM Gina Trapani | Mac OS X only: When TextEdit just doesn’t cut it for dealing with simple text files, and you don’t want to drop the cash for BBEdit or TextMate, free editor Smultron is a great option. Smultron can open multiple files at once (in tabs across the top, or thumbnails down a sidebar), display line numbers, save reusable snippets, format code for you scripters out there, search text across several documents—essentially, do all the things any self-respecting text editor can do, but without the price tag. Up until now, TextWrangler was my text editor of choice for the Mac, but Smultron’s giving it a run for its money. Smultron is a free download for Mac only, donations accepted. Smultron [Tuppis via ReadWriteWeb] More »
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Some Productive Ubuntu Kung Fu
3:00AM Gina Trapani | Editor: Say hey to Keir Thomas, author of the new book Ubuntu Kung Fu, who stopped by to share some of his best material from the book. Thomas writes: More »
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New Wikipedia DVD Available On BitTorrent
2:00AM Adam Pash | Wikipedia school edition is an offline DVD version of Wikipedia by SOS Children’s Villages (a charity for orphans) filled with “checked content” from the user-edited online encyclopedia. The 2.9GB download is available only via BitTorrent, and to top it off, here’s a quote you don’t hear every day: “It helps our charity if you keep µTorrent running after your download is finished.” More »
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Gmail Puts A Smile On Your Face, Adds Emoticons
1:30AM Adam Pash | In another step toward the inevitable devolution of the written word that is the internet, Gmail has finally added support for emoticons in Gmail. No longer must you say with words what you can more accurately convey with an animated smiley-face cartoon. Gmail Chat lovers will be glad to know the update brings a whole new page of emoticons to chat, as well. More »
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Beautifully Minimalist Conky Setup
1:10AM Kevin Purdy | Topping off our fascination with Linux desktop monitor Conky this week, here’s a remarkable setup on Ubuntu that delivers Gmail counts, Yahoo weather with graphics and system stats, all with an eye for uncluttered text and transparent integration with any wallpaper. Check out a larger look at this Conky setup, and the desktop it came from, below. Want to get started setting up your own ambient monitor? Check out our guide to customising Conky. More »
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