On October 30, Ubuntu going to release Ubuntu 8.10 , code name “Interpid Ibex”. Just few more days from now, let’s count down for the new release of this wonderful OS. If you can’t wait and wanted to try it immediately, you may upgrade to Ubuntu 8.10 beta now. The following link provide the details [...]

Last time when I saw my Windows user friend showing off how fast he’s able to launch his application using ‘Launchy‘, I was so impressed and thinking why don’t we have similar application running in Ubuntu Desktop. So I did a search and finally I found an application called Gnome Do, a launcher allows you [...]

For those who are not familiar in setting up a crontab through CLI and looking for a GUI (graphic user interface) alternative, you may want to install Gnome Schedule. Gnome Schedule provides GUI for users to easily manage their scheduled tasks without going through any command. To install gnome-schedule Steps: 1) open a Terminal and [...]

Thotkeeper is an open-source, cross-platform diary/journal application using XML datafile format. If you like to keep a journal where you can write down anything interesting that you see or hear in life and don’t want it to be publish. And you don’t need features to add images, audio, beautiful theme and etc. You should go [...]

If you want to play youtube and some other flash files, flash plugin is a must for your browser. To install Flash plugin for Mozilla Firefox is not difficult at all, usually the browser will prompt out a wizard and guide you through the installation process. But for the latest version of Ubuntu(gusty 7.10), there’s [...]