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Anúncio das Traduções, Wiki e Novidades, Convite

André Gondim 10 February 2009 07:02
As traduções do Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope estão encaminhando-se bem, espero que tenhamos a próxima versão o mais 100% na língua Portuguesa possível! Ainda há muito a ser feito, apesar de muito já ter sido, como podem ver estamos em terceiro lugar nas traduções mundiais, quando o Jaunty foi disponibilizado para tradução estávamos em quinto: Para facilitar [...]

CheckGMail, GMail notifier for Ubuntu

ubuntu tutorials 7 February 2009 05:02
If you use GMail for your mail than this article is for you! CheckGMail is a great little piece of software that connects your desktop to your GMail account and tells you if you have any new mails. CheckGMail stays in the system tray, it's fast and secure.

To install CheckGMail just enter in Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and paste the following command:

sudo apt-get install checkgmail

After installing CheckGMail you can run the application from Applications > Internet > CheckGMail. You will see a configuration screen like this one:


Enter your settings and press ok. Congratulations, you are now done!

Jaunty packages for gtranslator 1.9.4 with dictionary

António Lima 7 February 2009 02:02
Just a quik update on my gtranslator ppa packages for jaunty. Now you can have the dictionary plugin. Testing is welcome since I don’t have jaunty installed (Not even on a VM, damn 3G connection!). Packages are available at: https://launchpad.net/~amrlima/+archive/ppa Technorati Tags: deb, gtranslator, package, ubuntu Related posts:Gtranslator 2 on my launchpad ppa One of the things I do more [...] Related posts:
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Babiloo - dictionary viewer with multi-languages support

Marco Rodrigues 4 February 2009 11:02
Babiloo is an open source free OS independent dictionary application that works in offline mode. Features: * Runs on all the platforms, Windows, Linux, MacOS, Nokia S60 (>1.9). * Supports dictionaries in SDictionary and StarDict formats. * HTML displaying for the supported dictionaries. * Able to download more dictionaries within the application. * Support for many languages / fonts rendering. * Don’t [...]

Do you want a “show desktop” button in docky?

António Lima 3 February 2009 14:02
If  you do, this post is for you! How do you get one? First this show desktop button ONLY works with compiz (for now at least). Here goes the instructions: 1 - Activate desktop effects aka compiz 2 - Activate the dbus plugin 2 - Download my show_desktop.py python script, save it somewhere safe and make executable. 3 - Create [...] Related posts:
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How to install Windows software under Wine in Ubuntu

ubuntu tutorials 2 February 2009 08:02
In our last tutorial we told you how to install Wine in Ubuntu. This article will tell you how to install your favorite Windows application under Wine.

In this tutorial we will show you how to install WinRAR (popular Windows application that let's you extract .rar and other files).

First let's start by downloading WinRAR from the official website. Press here for a direct download link. Save your file on your Ubuntu desktop.

Go to desktop, right-click on your .exe installation file and select Open with "Wine Windows Program Loader".



You will now see a simple installation window like this one:


Press install. This will install WinRAR.

To run WinRAR go to Applications > Wine > Programs > WinRAR > WinRAR
NOTE: If you can not find WinRAR in your menu, consider running Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal) and pasting the following code:
killall gnome-panel
This will reset your menues without the need of restarting your computer.

As you can see, installation is simple, enjoy installing more software and don't forget, you can check out appdb.winehq.org to see if your Windows application is running good using Wine.

How to install Wine in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

ubuntu tutorials 2 February 2009 07:02
Wine is the best free application when it comes to running your favorite Windows software in Linux. The name comes from the recursive acronym Wine Is Not an Emulator.
Before trying to install your Windows applications in Wine you should first check the Application Database, from Wine's official website, where you can find a database with most of the Windows software telling you the compatibility between your software and Wine. Application rated with platinum run flawlessly on an out of the box Wine installation.

Official website: winehq.org

How to install wine in Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex
Because Wine is available in the official Ubuntu repositories we will install Wine using the apt-get command in Terminal.
1) Run Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal)
2) Paste the following command:
sudo apt-get install wine
3) Enter your sudo password
4) Installation should not take more than a couple of minutes
5) Great! You now have Wine installed.

For a tutorial on how to install Windows software under Wine, please check out our tutorial here.

Docky do gnome-do… será muito melhorado brevemente

António Lima 2 February 2009 00:02
O último lançamento do gnome-do trouxe uma grande funcionalidade nova: uma dock. O docky tem caracteriísticas que a podem tornar a melhor e mais versátil doca já criada para linux. No entanto com o a dock por enquanto o gnome-do perde funcionalidade, principalmente por lhe faltar a janela de resultados como a interface normal do [...] Related posts:
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Retro gamming: Mega-drive

António Lima 1 February 2009 12:02
Ontem decidi ver alguns emuladores de consolas antigas que existem para linux. Fácilmente encontrei o ZSNES (sudo apt-get install zsnes) e com ele podemos jogar muitos dos clássicos das consolas Nintendo, neste caso da Super Nintendo. Mas eu nunca tive uma consola Nintendo pelo que muitos dos jogos, joguei em casa de amigos mas não criei [...] No related posts.