If you’ve been wanting to use voice and video chat on Linux (our top video chat request), then we have good news for you: it’s now available! Visit gmail.com/videochat to download the plugin and get started. Voice and video chat for Linux supports Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions, and RPM support will be coming soon.
Finally Gmail enabled voice and video chat for Linux
How to : Make Compiz smooth and fast without tearing in ubuntu 10.04
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How to: Reset PPA packages using PPA-Purge
What does it do? : ppa-purge will “reset all packages from a PPA to the standard versions released for your distribution in a single command”. So basically its like a way to “restore your system” back to the way it was before you installed packages from a PPA.
Installation:
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How to: Tweet using pidgin in ubuntu 10.04
Well we can make it tweet for us too. Thanks to twitgin plugin from Microblog-purple we can now “add twitter in pidgin.”
[For those who do not have Pidgin installed type "sudo apt-get install pidgin"
(without quotes) in your terminal]
For Ubuntu users, here’s a simple tutorial on installing this Twitter plugin on Pidgin
Open up you terminal and issue this command :-
sudo add-apt-reprository ppa:ikuya-fruitsbasket/ppa && sudo apt-get update
This will install the necessary ppa and update your sources list
Now install the plugin by issuing the command
Open Pidgin from Applications->Internet then go to Tools –> Plugins and make sure to check “twitgin”
We can now add Twitter from the list of protocols. To do this, simply open the “Manage Accounts” window,click add account, and select TwitterIM from the “Protocol” drop-down menu
/refresh – get new tweets instantly
/tag, /btag, /untag – automatically tag all your message
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How to: Edit Grub and make Ubuntu 10.04 boot faster
Execute this command in the terminal to bring up grub chart to edit.
sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
Look for the line “GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash”
And change that to “GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”profile quiet”(without quotes) and save the changes.
Now in your terminal execute the command:sudo update-grub2
your first boot after this will be a bit slower. Why because what it does is profiling your system according to how you use your ubuntu. Your will get faster boots after 2,3 bootups.

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