GNOME3 Notifications For Skype ~ Web Upd8: Ubuntu / Linux blog
- Also works on Gnome 2
- Much prettier than Skype notifications
- Better visibility
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Skype For Linux With Tabs Support Using SkypeTab NG
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Remove resource fork files from a FAT volume on MacOS
Be careful!
The following solution will delete files on a volume. If you don't know exactly what you're doing, you can run into big trouble with your computer.
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Ubuntu MATE: Shortcut launcher for a web application
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Video transcoding: Web and native playback overview (April 2020)
Intro
Embedding videos on a website is very easy, add a <video> tag to your source code and it just works. Most of the time.
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Skype 4.3 for Linux fixes group chats
Skype has been updated to 4.3 on Linux. This fixes group chat issues with non-linux clients.
If you have previously installed skype via ubuntu packages, you need to remove those fist via
sudo apt-get remove skype skype-bin
Note
**Try...
How to use Ubuntu in English, but still show German formats
If you want to have an English Ubuntu UI, but still see dates, money amounts, paper formats, etc. in German formats, you can fine-tune your /etc/default/locale like this:
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
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Skype 4.0 for Linux
Promises unified window for all chat conversations, better call quality.
Upgrade seems to work fine. If you installed your old skype from a Ubuntu repository, you need to remove it first using:
sudo apt-get remove skype
Then simply install th...
Here’s what we’ve learned about doing UI for mobile web apps with WebKit
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Designing for trust blog post
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