Tag Archives: planet-ubuntu

FoxtrotGPS – we can dance if we want to!

Posted on April 18, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

The news are out now – tangoGPS has been forked. tangogps is an easy to use, fast and lightweight mapping application for use with or without GPS. (tangoGPS web site) FoxtrotGPS is an offshoot of Marcus Bauer’s excellent tangoGPS application, … Continue reading →

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MS Bing the default search engine in Firefox of Ubuntu?

Posted on February 23, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

Will Firefox in Ubuntu soon use Microsoft Bing as the default search engine? Some press releases / announcements are out that can be interpreted so. July 2009 / Microsoft Press Release Yahoo! and Microsoft announced an agreement that will improve … Continue reading →

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How do photo archive applications work with original and edited versions?

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

I use KPhotoAlbum to manage the about 50 000 photos in my archive. It’s a great, powerful application to tag and find photos. However I find it a bit hard to include the edited versions of photos in the database. … Continue reading →

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Facebook chat now supports Jabber!

Posted on February 11, 2010 by Risto H. Kurppa

Yes, it’s true & great news: Facebook chat can now be used over any XMPP / Jabber client, like Pidgin and Kopete. Go to http://www.facebook.com/sitetour/chat.php to see your settings. Here’s a screenshot of the settings:

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Spotify tips

Posted on December 14, 2009 by Risto H. Kurppa

My previous review on Spotify wasn’t very nice on Spotify. Now 6 months later I must admit that it’s the only source of music in Internet I use. Here’re some tips for every new users on both Windows and Linux. … Continue reading →

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