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Right click menu on icons - in nautilus - becomes longer and longer. In example, for a folder, there are more than 20 entries. It could be difficult - especially for new users who are not accustomed with shortcuts - to realize simple actions like delete or copy a file/folder. In order to enhance interaction with icons, a right click alternative could be implemented

"The old 'Remove Duplicate Messages' is missing important features, and does not have a free software license. This is a full rewrite, with an GPL-LGPL-MPL license. Performance has been improved and many features and capabilities have been added, including: - Choice of comparison criteria (subject, author, date, etc). - Comparison of message bodies. - Action on multiple folders. - Review dialog for double-checking which duplicates to delete and which to keep. - Good performance on local folders with large number of messages; reasonable performance with IMAP and RSS accounts. - Spiffy toolbar button+menu."

The chmod command lets you change permissions on files and directories from the command line in Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot.

First, though, what are permissions?

Basically, every file and folder on a Ubuntu system can be accessed by three different groups of users - the owning user, the owni

NFS ( Network File System ) is used to share a directory with other clients over a network. It is very useful when it is implemented for accessing shared home folders

How to Run Android Applications on Ubuntu Adjust text size: June 25th, 2009, 18:04 GMT | By Marius Nestor When Google announced and released Android, back in October 2008, everyone knew that it would become the best operating system for mobile devices. Not only is Android open source, but it also comes with a Software Development Kit, which offers the necessary APIs and utilities for developers to easily build powerful applications for Android-powered mobile devices. The following tutorial was created especially for those of you who want to test the Android platform and install various applications, on the popular Ubuntu operating system. OK, so let's get started... shall we? Grab the Android SDK from Softpedia and save the file on your home folder.

Cactus Jukebox is an audio player and music organizing tool. It searches given folders for music files and shows them in a database.

SpiderOak offers a different approach to online backup by combining a suite of services into one consolidated tool - free online backup, synchronization, sharing, remote access, and storage. This difference is further measured in our zero-knowledge privacy policy - the first one ever employed in this setting. Our flexible design allows you to handle data from any operating system (Mac, Windows and Linux) or location (external drives, network volumes, USB keys, etc...) using just one centralized account.