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If you already install new VLC skins and now you want default skin becouse many options are gone, or you mess up the options and want to start from beginning follow this simple tutorial
Go to home folder
Set up nautilus to show hidden files (View/Show hidden files)
Go to the .config folder - with dot on front
Delete vlc folder
Restart VLC and set up your settings from beginning
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How to disable the “Launching HTTP Cache Cleaner…” process that appears every once in a while on the taskbar/panel when using KDE apps like Amarok in GNOME.
Install kcontrol
sudo apt-get install kcontrol
It’ll probably install kdebase-data kicker and libkonq4 too (not sure if they’re needed but let it do it).
2. Go to Applications -> Other -> Cache. Uncheck the “Use cache” option, Apply, Close and you’re done!
With these two simple steps you’ll get rid of that “Launching HTTP Cache Cleaner” window forever.
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Microsoft already has one of the best gaming systems around with Xbox 360 gaming console. With Xbox Live it also has one of the best online gaming services. Zune is great music player so far, but Microsoft has plans to transform it into a mobile gaming platform.
And the recent Microsoft patent filing called “Multi-component gaming system” shows how it will bring it all together into an ultimate networked gaming nirvana. Here’s how this system will work:
Any device that has CPU, memory, appropriate connection interface and necessary software, will be able connect to the system. The device can be your portable Zune player, PDA Phone running Windows Mobile x.0, Xbox 360 Elite, your Vista Laptop or Desktop PC, or a Windows XP server running in your basement. It can even be your friends pocket PC connected via 4G network.
The devices can be connected via any wired or wireless interface, e.g. Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LAN, UWB, USB, Firewire docking station.
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Quite remarkably, Microsoft has been working on an idea called Fone+ for a number of years already, and yet we are finding more info about it only now. It is said that this project went full speed from the time that Craig Mundie, chief research and strategy officer at Microsoft, took over the company’s Unlimited Potential Group to focus on the developing world.
Fone+ is simply Microsoft’s idea of an affordable phone, which would be nothing more than a Windows Mobile based handset that can connect to a larger display for better viewing for users. In fact, this idea sounds so ridiculously simple, I’m surprised no one has come up with a similar solution to it yet, considering all the technology that we have now.
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WordPress 2.6.5 is immediately available and fixes one security problem and three bugs. So, everyone is recommended to upgrade to this release.
The security issue is an XSS exploit discovered by Jeremias Reith that fortunately only affects IP-based virtual servers running on Apache 2.x. If you are interested only in the security fix, copy wp-includes/feed.php and wp-includes/version.php from the 2.6.5 release package.
NexusFile is a file manager for Windows. You can manage many files very fast and easily. NexusFile will increase your computing performance. If you still use Windows Explorer, you must try this one.
Features:
I was trying to find a way to set up a ramdisk and have firefox store the cache there.
Step 1: Make a place to mount the ramdisk. In the terminal type:
sudo mkdir /media/ramdisk
Where /media/ramdisk is where you will mount the ramdisk.
Step 2: Mount the ramdisk
sudo mount -t tmpfs -o size=64M,nr_inodes=10k,mode=0777 tmpfs /media/ramdisk
We set the permisions to 777 which allows anybody and everybody to access it. Set these as you wish
Step 3 In firefox: Set the cache location to you new ramdisk
Basically type
about:config
in the URL address bar. Search for
browser.cache.disk.parent_directory
or add a new string by right clicking and choosing new. Then set the location to your ramdisk. In my case I set it to
/media/ramdisk/
Optional:
Step 4: If you wish to automount the ramdisk you need to edit your FSTAB file
gksudo gedit /etc/fstab
Add the line
tmpfs /media/ramdisk tmpfs size=64M,nr_inodes=10k,mode=777 0 0
Everything should be all set. You can check the ramdisk to see if a folder ‘Cache’ is created when you load firefox. Don’t forget to close firefox or restart firefox before you set this up.
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PocketCAS is a free interface to the open-source Computer Algebra System giac/xcas.
xcas enables you to quickly solve complex algebraic problems, e.g. symbolic and numeric integration and derivation of non-trivial functions, solving differential equations etc. It has also a huge support for problems of linear algebra, like solving linear equation systems, multiplying and inverting matrices, finding eigenvalues (and eigenvectors, of course) and much more.
Intel® Core™ i7 processor is now available in Malaysia. these quad core, eight thread processors, available in two series, Core i7 & Core i7 Extreme, is the first member of a new family of Nehalem processor designs and is the most sophisticated ever built, with new technologies that boost performance on demand and maximize data throughput. The Core i7 processor speeds video editing, immersive games and other popular Internet and computer activities by up to 40% without increasing power consumption.
Specs:
Core i7
Core i7 Extreme
Due to latest & fastest processor in the market, the price also higher…
Price starting from RM1080-RM2640 for i7 series, while i7 extreme is RM3850… Wow, u can purchase a nice laptop with that kind of price…
I’ve changed blog theme to Water 1.4.5 by Fallen Tsubasa due to my previous theme not so user friendly when accessing archieves and older posts. Compared to previous theme, new theme is 2 columns & widget ready. Hope u guys like it. Any comment on my new theme, pls let me know.
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