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Linux how to change the file extensions for multiple files in a directory

Where source is old extension and dest is new extension, in terminal type:

for x in *.source; do mv “$x” “${x%.source}.dest”; done

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Installing a nice black vista style theme from Ubuntu Studio

Feisty-UbuntuStudioTheme
Instructions on how to install the default UbuntuStudio theme in other Ubuntu distros.

http://www.belutz.net/2007/05/11/installing-ubuntu-studio-theme/

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great resource for ubuntu software

All the free software as you can eat ;0)

http://www.getdeb.net/browse.php

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Linux

Matrix Screensaver

It’s getting a bit retro now, but here is a superb matrix screen saver that imprints the film characters within the matrix.  It’s a lovely effect to see animated. Available for linux and windows.

http://knoppix.ru/matrixgl.shtml

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Compiz Fusion

Installing Compiz Fusion instructions

http://forums.opencompositing.org/viewtopic.php?f=14&t=131

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NTFS read and Write in Ubuntu

Just trying out ntfs-3g, which provides ntfs read and write support in feisty.  Simply search for the ntfs-config (a nice UI) package in synaptic (not the ntfs-3g) an install.

More information can be found on http://www.ntfs-3g.org/ including alleviating concerns over stability.

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Playing with Ubuntu

I’m very, very slowly being converted to the dark side or light side depending on your perspective.  Ubuntu is a great linux distribution with a breadth of opensource apps that can be installed. The synaptic package manager makes installing anything as easy as ever. 

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3D Desktop (Beryl and Xgl) on Ubuntu Edgy Eft with ATI card

After trying several of the articles out there in the big WWW, and after several failures, I finally found an article on how to get the 3D desktop effects going in ubuntu 7.04. The key differentiation is the need to roll back beryl to a previous version so you get the beryl-xgl installed.

http://wiki.beryl-project.org/wiki/Install_Beryl_on_Ubuntu_Feisty_with_XGL

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What Digital Camera – Photo editing competition

What Digital Camera run a competition to “Photoshop” an image the provide and the best modification can win a copy of Adobe Lightroom.  For the May issue they have provided the following image for modification:

wdc_challenge_may2

This is my entry that I have submitted, here’s hoping hey…

oldsmobile4

Comments welcome. 🙂

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Funny, funny, funny, the world is just full of them

Have a look at this guys blog, he received a letter from a web site complaining that Deans site has a higher ranking in Google.  Although this is very funny, and you have probably seen it already I’m posting the message just to link to dean’s site and improve his ranking even more.

http://deanhunt.com/bizzare-google-request/

http://deanhunt.com/bizarre-google-request-update

Way da go dean, you can ave im.