Category Archives: hardy heron

Eye-Candy for your Ubuntu installation

Posted on December 9, 2008 by

With a little bit of time and effort, you can make your Ubuntu installation look jazzier than any operating system installation. The new look is a refreshing change over the boring brown wallapapers that Ubuntu ships by default. So lets … Continue reading →

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Install picasa on hardy (Ubuntu 8.04)

Posted on May 11, 2008 by

Picasa for Linux is a boon and much more simpler than GIMP for simple image editing… However on hardy, the usual “apt-get install picasa” does not find the deb in the repositories. So to install Picasa, just get the deb … Continue reading →

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Install Skype on Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) + configure sound

Posted on May 1, 2008 by

Here are a  quick set of steps to install skype on Ubuntu 8.04. Download skype static from here Execute the following commands at the terminal: $tar -xvf skype_static-2.0.0.68.tar.bz2 $mv /yourpath/skype_static-2.0.0.68 /usr/share/ $ mv skype_static-2.0.0.68/ skype $ cd skype/ $ cp … Continue reading →

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Install Skype on Ubuntu AMD 64

Posted on October 29, 2007 by

Installing Skype on Ubuntu 7.10 is not as easy if are running it on AMD 64… Here are the steps you need to follow: Install 32 libraries: sudo aptitude install lib32asound2 ia32-libs-gtk ia32-libs-kde Get the debian package for from the … Continue reading →

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