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How to Use more than 3GB RAM on 32-bit Ubuntu

Posted by admin on 23rd September 2008

Currently It seems that the current 32 bit editions of Ubuntu can only take advantage of 3GB (sometimes a little more) of physical memory. Desktops and gaming rigs using 6 and 8 GB of RAM are ubiquitous now.I am having a ubuntu desktop with 5GB RAM and i want to use all the available memory for gaming.

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How to Install Skype 2 on 64-bit Ubuntu

Posted by admin on 22nd September 2008

Skype is software that allows users to make telephone calls over the Internet. Calls to other users of the service and to free-of-charge numbers are free, while calls to other landlines and mobile phones can be made for a fee. Additional features include instant messaging, file transfer and video conferencing.

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How to Install Chromium (Google chrome) in Ubuntu using deb package

Posted by admin on 20th September 2008

We have already discussed how to install google chrome using wine .Chromium is an open-source browser project that aims to build a safer, faster, and more stable way for all Internet users to experience the web. The Chromium codebase is the basis for Google’s Chrome browser.
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How to install two microsoft fonts (office 2007) ‘APA’ or ‘Turabian’?

Posted by jwillar on 19th September 2008

My daughter’s school requires her to use one of two microsoft fonts (office 2007) called ‘APA’ or ‘Turabian’. I wish to print a list fonts used by OpenOffice by name in their respective fonts.  This will allow my daughter’s teacher to select the font that she will accept.  I could do this in mc-Word but can not find a similar process in oo-Word.

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How to make your application appear in the Add/Remove tool (gnome-app-install)

Posted by admin on 19th September 2008

In order to make your application appear in the Add/Remove tool (gnome-app-install), there are two steps to make:

* add a “X-AppInstall-Package” line to your .desktop
* and run “update-app-install” to update the database

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