http://linux.dudenhofer.net Ubuntu how-to's and random musings Mon, 12 May 2008 02:34:28 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Today I downloaded and installed Zimbra desktop. I'm not completely sold on it, but I have yet to find an email program that I am sold on. So I will continue to check it out and let you know what I think. On another front I am getting the beginnings for ... http://linux.dudenhofer.net/2008/05/11/zimbra-desktop-and-other-musings/ Raggle is a feed reader that I just discovered for the Command Line. You can import opml files or just add the feeds you want manually.To install:sudo apt-get install raggleTo run you just type raggle in the command line. To import an opml file you just type:raggle --import-opml filenameIf you ... http://linux.dudenhofer.net/2008/04/06/raggle-rss-feed-reader-for-the-command-line/ So this evening I was updating my task list, and decided to start working on a "wishlist" of applications or hacks I would like to see in Ubuntu/linux/Gnome.... The reason I did this is I really would like to learn python and if I can give myself some applications to look ... http://linux.dudenhofer.net/2008/03/28/wishlist-and-other-rants/ So  a quick Thunderbird how-to. I finally got it running the way I think it should. The one thing that is missing is a sync to hiveminder or another online todo list. So to install Thunderbird you do a ' sudo aptitude install thunderbird -y ' Then to add the needed ... http://linux.dudenhofer.net/2008/03/23/thunderbird/ Flock is an open source web browser based on Mozilla Firefox. The installation is really quite easy, donwload the tarred file from http://www.flock.com/ (remember where it was saved) Untar the file ' tar -xzvf flock-1.1.en-US.linux-i686.tar.gz ' It will create a folder named ' flock ' cd flock Then to run just ... http://linux.dudenhofer.net/2008/03/16/flock/ weechat-curses is the IRC client that I am currently using. to install ' sudo aptitude install weechat -y -r ' I add the -y and -r tags to automatically say yes to install and also to install the recommended files (weechat-curses, weechat-plugins, etc). To run weechat you need to open the ... http://linux.dudenhofer.net/2008/03/16/weechat-curses/ What are you doing to help out ubuntu? Are you a new user, that doesn't know where to start? Is there a place to go for help?? YES!! IRC irc.freenode.net #ubuntu-classroom....check it out!!ShareThis http://linux.dudenhofer.net/2008/02/24/ubuntu-classroom/ I had to change my jabber account due to unforseen circumstances. It is now sdudenhofer@jabber.org.ShareThis http://linux.dudenhofer.net/2008/02/24/jabber-love/ Alright, so maybe you need to get some vital system info. But you would rather not have to try to learn it all from the command line. All the lspci's etc are sort of confusing. So to take a look at your system info you need a little program called ... http://linux.dudenhofer.net/2008/02/02/so-you-need-some-system-info/ So I have decided that I may need to do backups since, I seem to blow my computer out of the water occasionally. so on to the how to. I am using sbackup. Which in ubuntu is very easy. Just type sudo apt-get install sbackup. It will install automagically for ... http://linux.dudenhofer.net/2008/01/24/system-backups/