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http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/07/create-shortcut-to-launch-virtual.html
blogspot.com When you want to launch a virtual machine in VirtualBox, you must first run VirtualBox and then start the VM. Here is how to create shortcuts to launch virtual machines in VirtualBox without opening the main program window:

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http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/07/ubuntu-speed-up-firefox-by-45.html
blogspot.com The Firefox version which comes in Ubuntu has Pango enabled by default. Pango is a font smoothing library which decreases Firefox speed by up to 45%.

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http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/06/lightweight-but-powerful-image-editing.html
blogspot.com Windows & Linux: GIMP, despite it's interface, is the best open-source image editor. But often all you want to do is simply resize a picture or a similar minor task and for that you could use an application such as mtPaint which has a lot of great features such as:

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http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/06/enable-surround-sound-in-ubuntu-linux.html
blogspot.com By default, PulseAudio in Ubuntu up to Jaunty is set to work with 2 speakers (front channels). This tutorial will explain how to enable multiple sound channels (5.1, 7.1, etc) in Pulseaudio.

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http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/06/10-linux-unix-useful-commands.html
blogspot.com 1. Show/purge unused linux kernel images and modules: dpkg -l 'linux-*' | sed '/^ii/!d;/'"$(uname -r | sed "s/\(.*\)-\([^0-9]\+\)/\1/")"'/d;s/^[^ ]* [^ ]* \([^ ]*\).*/\1/;/[0-9]/!d'

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http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/06/lightweight-im-client-centerim-runs-in.html
blogspot.com CenterIM is a lightweight IM client for Linux. Actually, CenterIM is very but very lightweight because it runs in a terminal, but still it has almost all the features you may want in a instant messaging client. It supports all the major protocols such as MSN, Yahoo, AIM, IRC, Jabber, etc. and also it has a built-in RSS feed reader.

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http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/06/ubuntu-jaunty-notification-system-for.html
blogspot.com This script notifies you when a contact comes online, goes offline, sends you a message, when they have a birthday soon or when a file transfer is completed.

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http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/06/mobile-media-converter-is-ffmpeg-gui.html
blogspot.com Mobile Media Converter [Windows / Linux] is a great application which allows you, thanks to ffmpeg, to convert between a variety of formats including: MP3, WMA , Ogg, Wav, MPEG, AVI, WMV, FLV, 3GP video and AMR audio and even MP4 which is very useful if you have an iPhone / iPod.

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http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/06/record-your-linux-desktop-in-animated.html
blogspot.com Byzanz is a Linux program that lets you capture your screen but not in a video but in an animated GIF image. This is very useful for tutorial or presentations and you will definitely explain better using an image than in words when describing an action. You can use it to capture a whole your desktop, a window or a region you select.

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http://webupd8.blogspot.com/2009/06/easy-folder-synchronization-for-linux.html
blogspot.com SynchroRep is an intuitive applications which allows you to easily synchronize two folders. This is usefull principaly for nomads who work with a laptop or usb key but may interest also users who want making differencial backup to gain time.

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