Install All New Pidgin 2.7 in Ubuntu Lucid, Karmic

Have you guys already forgot Pidgin. I hope not. For starters Pidgin used to be the default IM client in Ubuntu up until Ubuntu Karmic was released. Then it was replaced by Empathy as you must have already noticed. Pidgin 2.7 was recently released with a number of improvements and bug fixes. Let's see how to install Pidgin 2.7 in Ubuntu Lucid and Ubuntu Karmic.

What Are The Changes?

• GtkStatusIcon for the docklet, providing better integration in notification area.

• Added UI for sending attentions (buzz, nudge) on supporting protocols.

• Made the search dialog unobtrusive in the conversation window.

• Added a menu set mood globally for all mood-supporting accounts.

• Show file transfer thumbnails for images on supporting protocols.

• Full Changelog here.

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Ubuntu 10.04: The Easiest Way To Move The Window Buttons To The Right [Newbie]

We covered lots of ways to move the Metacity window controls (buttons) back to the right in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx: from Gconf Editor to gconf via command line, Ubuntu Tweak or the MWButtons script. But all these may seem complicated for a complete noob and for this reason I decided to write this post.

Most new Ubuntu users have no idea how to use a terminal (and are scared by it), Ubuntu Tweak may seem to advanced and so on. But MWButtons now has a PPA and thus you can simply download a .deb file.


So, the easiest way to move the window buttons to the right (or any other order) in Ubuntu 10.04 is to download THIS file , then double click it and install it. Once installed, in the menu go to Applications > Accessories > Metacity Window Buttons and change the button layout to whatever you want:

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Nice themes for ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) users

For Ubuntu Karmic users





First edit /etc/apt/sources.list file

gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Windows 7 may be easier on battery life than Ubuntu 10.04

Canonical released the latest version of the popular Ubuntu operating system next week. And while Ubuntu 10.04 may have a new look and feel, integration with the Ubuntu One cloud-based storage service, and improved boot times, it’s not without its issues.

The folks at Phoronix have done some testing and determined that Ubuntu 10.04 uses more power than Windows 7. How much more? out of the box, Ubuntu 10.04 used 56% more power than Windows 7 Professional. At least that’s what happened when running the tests on an Asus Eee PC 1201N, which is a 12.1 inch notebook with a dual core Atom 330 processor and NVIDIA IOn graphics. It’s a fairly power hungry computer by netbook standards under the best of circumstances. Throwing Ubuntu 10.04 on the notebook looks like it could seriously impact battery life.

Phoronix also tested a Lenovo thinkPad T61 15.4 inch laptop with n Intel Core 2 Duo T9300 processor, and found that while Windows 7 still used less power than Ubuntu 10.04, the difference dropped to 14%.

Have you tried Ubuntu 10.04 yet? What kind of impact has it had on your battery life?

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