How to Install Dropbox on Kubuntu – KDE Desktop

Recently I’ve changed from Ubuntu running Gnome 3 front end to Ubuntu running the KDE front end or Kubuntu. the main reason for this change are problems with the Ati graphics drivers . One of the things that I love is Dropbox . Dropbox is a cloud based backup service that is accessible on almost [...]

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Inkscape Paths

Daniel asks… How do I take an Inkscape image and put it into Gimp and then be able to copy and paste it correctly? I have made a picture in Inkscape. Now I want to open it with Gimp and put a background behind it. However, When I try to copy or cut it and [...]

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Linux Web Design Toolkit

I switched to Linux from Windows approximately 3 years ago and I must say I am so glad I did. Most of my contemporaries are ether Mac or Windows based web designers using the Adobe suite of tools. Designing websites on Linux, at the base level can be achieved with a basic text and graphics [...]

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Installing Flash on Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit

I installed the new Ubuntu 10.04 64 bit today and when I tried to install the flash player from the Adobe site no joy. I found lots of complicated how to’s I even found a very helpful video on Youtube , I think it was helpful judging from the comments. The ironic thing being it [...]

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The New Ubuntu 10.04 new features and eyecandy

As you may or may not know I am a big open source fan. I do all my web design and development using open source applications. My favourite operating system is Ubuntu. This video shows you the the new features from 10.04. Watch out for the load music. I still reluctantly use windows due to [...]

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Ubuntu Image Converter

From time to time you need to edit images on mass. This may be as simple as converting from one image format to another or as complecated as performing many different actions on multiple files. If you are looking to a Linux Image Converter take a look at Phatch Phatch is a simple to use [...]

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Planning Your Website Before Talking To Your Web Designer

When you think about getting a website a lot of people under estimate the planning involved in creating a good website. As the old saying goes “fail to plan – plan to fail” and never is this more true , then with web design. Building a website is not just about putting something on-line , its [...]

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Inkscape Exporting at 72 dpi

As I design on open source software and one of my favorites is Inkscape but by default it operates at 90 dpi and not 72 dpi like the web.  I was having real problems exporting my web design mock ups at the correct sizes. I worked out a simple solution to this by dividing 90 [...]

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Epson Stylus SX100 drivers for Ubuntu Linux

I had a major problem getting the Epson Styles sx100 working on Ubuntu, the documentation online at epson was pityfull. after exporing an itailian support forum, I finaly found the corect drivers at http://www.avasys.jp/lx-bin2/linux_e/spc/DL1.do Here’s a second link for Linux drivers for the Epson Styles SX100 Drivers It took me a while to find theses [...]

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