February 7, 2010 · General, News · 20 comments

Ever since I moved to Ubuntu, my only problem was that I couldn't use GTalk in Ubuntu.Here comes the solution -- GTalx. It works flawlessly on my Ubuntu 9.10 karmic running on Dell Inspiron 1525.

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February 6, 2010 · General · 10 comments

GyachI program is a fork from Gyach Enhanced Yahoo! client for Linux operating systems. It was born purely out of impatience. Since there was no progress on Gyach Enhanced  for about a year, a couple of impatient GYach Enhanced users decided to continue development of that client, fearing that original author Erica Andrews lost interest or abandoned project altogether. Therefore, in the true spirit of Open Source we, the developers, thought of simply "carrying on the torch".
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February 5, 2010 · Networking · 20 comments

NameBench is a program that searches for the fastest DNS in your area. After the program is finished searching and comparing between DNS it will give you the results including the fastest and nearest DNS in your area. After that all you have to do is edit your connection settings to use the fastest DNS available. NameBench is available for Windows and Mac systems, but most importantly it is Linux compatible.
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February 4, 2010 · General · 8 comments

Docky is a full fledged dock application that makes opening common applications and managing windows easier and quicker. Docky is fully integrated into the GNOME Desktop and features a no non-sense approach to configuration and usage. It just works.
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February 3, 2010 · General · 4 comments

iptstate  displays  information  held  in  the IP Tables state table in real-time in a top-like format.  Output can be sorted by any field,  or any field reversed. Users can choose to have the output only print once and  exit,  rather  than  the  top-like   system.   Refresh   rate   is configurable,  IPs  can  be resolved to names, output can be formatted,the display can be filtered, and color coding are  among  some  of  the many features.
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