Software

WXGA (1280x800) in Ubuntu

If you’ve got a widescreen (WXGA) laptop or LCD, you’ll want to fix the resolution. The Ubuntu logo should be a circle, not an oval. Leaving the default resolution *will* give you more than a few headaches over the course of the day. Luckily, it’s simple to fix. Open up the…

Easy wireless networking in Ubuntu Edgy

Ubuntu 6.10 natively doesn’t handle connections to WPA-encrypted wireless networks too well. In fact, I wasn’t impressed with the way Edgy handles connecting to any network, for that matter.

ODFReader — Firefox Extension for Reading OpenDocument Files

We all know that ODF, OpenDocument Format, is great. You don’t have to pay other companies to access files you created yourself. OpenOffice.org documents are in ODF format. Great. So you can read ODF documents with…

Which of Newer Browsers is Yours?

3 browsers in the same year get major updates … which one you are using and planning to use, is the question.

FeatureFirefox 2 Beta 1Internet Explorer 7 Beta 3Opera 9.00Tabbed browsingYesYesYesAdd-insYes—ExtensionsYes—Add-OnsWidgets…

Enable ActiveX for Firefox, Mozilla and Netscape

ActiveX is a Microsoft web based plugin. It is Component Object Model (COM). Active X is a downloadable program that allow user to do many things.

ActiveX Features

Accessing My Home Linux Desktop using FreeNX From My New Office