Chrome Beta is here

Hi guys the wait is over....

Google launches the linux version of its superfast browser.

According to Google 50 open source contributor worked on chromium and helped to bring out the linux version.

All extensions and updates will be available on the standard repositories.

So have fun and cheers..............

Download Goolge Chrome for linux here.

The themes can be downloaded here

Acess to External Hard Drive

I recently faced this problem of writing to my external hard drive with EXT3 Partition.

For partitioning use gparted. If not previously installed type sudo apt-get install gparted.

Now to have write access to the partition type gksudo nautilus. It will open a new window in root mode. Now navigate to your drive, right click and select the permission tab.
Change the Owner drop-down menu to your name, then change Folder Access to Create & Delete Files, then File Access to Read & Write, then Group to your name, Folder Access to Create & Delete Files, File Access to Read & Write then click Apply Permissions To Enclosed Files.

You will now have full access to your drive.

Google Gadgets

Google Desktop for windows comes up with all the features like search, sidebar and GADGETS. Well now bingo for linux users,,, you can download the google gadgets for linux and run your favourite application right from ur desktop on ur loving linux platform.

The source code can be downloaded from here. A careful compilation is required with loads of pre-requirements. If you are not interested in source code you can directly install the prebuilt binary package.

Well whatever you do Please read QuickStart and HowToBuild carefully before building and using Google Gadgets for Linux. Or u might end up messing up.

Spice up and have fun.

Screenshot:

Spice up Linux with Google Desktop

Well products from google are always great. As we all wait for chrome for linux we have in hand this Google desktop utility. To Download it directly click here.

Have fun

Installing slackware packages

Slackware packages are usually .tgz files containing pre-built binaries. To install software in slackware you will need to find and download the .tgz package manually beforehand. If you are looking for a slackware package for a piece of software and have not found it yet, search Linux Packages for it.

Ok, once we have our package, lets install it. To install slackware packages, ensure you are the root user using the su command:

Now run the following command to install the package:
Code:
installpkg packagename.tgz

Uninstalling a package is also quite simple:
Code:
removepkg packagename

Also worth noting about slackware packages, is a utility called pkgtool which will allow you to install, remove and list packages on your system. To use pkgtool, run:
Code:
pkgtool
and follow onscreen prompts.

Lastly, if you are having trouble locating a slackware package, but have been able to find a equivilent RPM, you can "convert" that RPM to a slackware package which you can use with the installpkg and removepkg commands. To convert your RPM to .tgz, use the command:
Code:
rpm2tgz packagename.rpm

Installing with fedora / yum

Most of the same commands used with Debian's apt-get are used with yum, such as

yum install
yum remove
yum update

Installing Binary Files and Scripts (.BIN/.SH)

For BIN files:

1. Make sure the file is set to "executable" by running this command:
Code:
chmod +x filename.bin

2. Run the file like this:
Code:
./filename.bin

NOTE: If the installer requires access to directories outside of your /home/ directory, you may need to log in as root before you can execute these commands successfully. That can be accomplished with the su command, followed by your root (Administrator) password. Ubuntu users will use sudo and their regular user password instead.

For .SH files:

1. Make sure the file is executable by following Step 1 above.
2. Run the file either with the same command as the previous Step 2, or like this:
Code:
sh filename.sh