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http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2010/01/how-to-install-finch-265-in-debian.html
blogspot.com Finch is a powerful text user interface instant messaging client based on libpurple, and it comes included in the Pidgin source, the popular GNOME IM client. Finch supports various protocols, including AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo and IRC.

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http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-to-install-flash-player-101-beta-2.html
blogspot.com Adobe Flash Player 10.1 Beta 2 was released earlier this year, on December 17 at the Adobe MAX 2009. This release comes with several new features and numerous bug fixes. To install Flash Player 10.1 Beta 2 in Ubuntu 9.10, just follow the steps below:

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http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-to-post-to-tweeter-from-command.html
blogspot.com This is a short tutorial explaining how to post to Twitter using command-line in Linux, without needing to even open up your web browser.

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http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/12/10-useful-linux-commands.html
blogspot.com Here's a list of 10 commands which may come handy when using the command line in Linux: Search for all files modified in the last N days containing a specific text in their name find DIR -mtime -N -name "*TEXT*"

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http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/12/how-to-change-grub-splash-image-for.html
blogspot.com The splash screen for GRUB Legacy is an XPM image which appears as a background when you select which OS to boot. For those who are tired of the default splash screen, here is a short tutorial on how to change it.

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http://www.netdip.com/ssh-tunnel-proxy-how-to-set-it-up-with-linux-windows-or-mac/
netdip.com Do you want to bypass a firewall that has too many restrictions? Well, all you have to do is set up a secure SSH Tunnel. It's easy and once you do it, you can surf the web privately in addition to not being at the mercy of a network administrator who's decided to block your favorite sites. In this HowTo, you'll learn how to create an SSH Tunnel Proxy and then set up your web browser to use i...

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http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-compile-and-install-wine-1128-in.html
blogspot.com Wine 1.1.28 was released on August 21 and it comes with new features and improvements like support for IRDA protocol, faster wineprefix creation, more image formats in WindowsCodecs and various other bug fixes. To get Wine 1.1.28 in Debian Lenny, follow the next steps:

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http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/08/tip-of-day-resize-images-from-cli-using.html
blogspot.com ImageMagick is a powerful set of tools used to perform various operations on images directly from the command-line. To install it in Debian type as root:

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http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-compile-and-install-latest-vlc.html
blogspot.com This tutorial will show how to compile and install the latest VLC from source in Debian Lenny in several steps. The current version at the time of writing is VLC 1.0.1, so the tutorial should work successfully for it.

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http://tuxarena.blogspot.com/2009/08/how-to-install-apt-support-for.html
blogspot.com aptlinex is a package included in Debian Lenny repositories which will allow browsers like Konqueror or Firefox (Iceweasel in Debian) to install DEB packages only by clicking them in the web browser. With aptlinex, all the links starting with apt:// will automatically download that respective package and perform the installation on your Debian system.

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