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I found this thing by accident when I tried to search for my project hosted on Google Code Hosting service website.
http://code.google.com/robots.txt
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User-agent: *
Disallow:
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Does Google intentionally block other web crawler from indexing Google Code site? or was it a glitch?
This is an update from previous post, Ubuntu Feisty Fawn does not work on Compaq v3521.
Seems that my friend is able to install Gutsy Gibbon on his relatively new Compaq v3521 laptop without needing additional drivers or tweak.
So the obvious solution to the previous problem is easy! Just install Gutsy Gibbon!
I heard some people complained that pidgin does not show the messenger protocol for the buddies associated with your account. Actually this feature was indeed incorporated in Pidgin, only it is not enabled by default.
To enable the it, you only need to go to Buddies->Show, and select Protocol Icons option. Pidgin should display messenger protocol icon on your buddies list.
Here’s a screenshot which explains the step
From the screenshot you can easily spot which buddies are from jabber protocol and Yahoo Messenger protocol. I hope this particular tip would be useful to you!
There’s nothing wrong with the default brownish “Human” Ubuntu login screen, but sometimes your brain might get bored with the same login screen overtime. So in this post I’ll be showing you how to randomize the GDM login screen through these simple steps :
From Desktop, go to System->Administration->Login Window
Choose “Random from Selected” from the selector in the Login Window dialog. And check all the GDM themes that you wish to be cycled each start up.
That’s it! close the dialog and logout from your GNOME session, it should display random login screens each time when you switch on your computer.
Need more themes?
You can always find and install more cool themes from Gnome Looks !
I’ve always wanted to try and take panoramic photographs using my dad’s Nikon Coolpix 5200. That day finally arrived when I finally have the free time to do so last week when I’ve to accompany my dad traveling to the countryside of my hometown.
Using a tripod, I took 4 sets of photographs with the help of Nikon built-in panorama helper function. I was excited and about to use a Windows computer to stitch those photograph using software supplied with the camera when suddenly I thought of searching for a similar application on my trusty Ubuntu box.
To my delight I found Hugin! An open source panorama maker software which I use without hesitation to create a my first ever panoramic photos.
The interface was simple enough to use even for a first time use like me. What you need to do is to load all images into Hugin using the “Load Images” button, and it will start to process your images immediately.
After finished processing the photos, Hugin lets you fine tune the result using a dialog similar like below.
After retouching and minor adjustment, I’ve ended with this panoramic photo!
p/s: Well the photo is not perfect in detail, but hey its my first try!
Previously I’ve written a post about how to send/receive file over the bluetooth using CLI. Now i’m going to show you a quick way to send files over bluetooth using the standard “Send To” on GNOME. Like this
To enable this, you need :
After all requirements have been met, all you need to do is select the files which you wish to be send over bluetooth, and click “Send To”.
You should see a dialog similar like above, prompting you to select the desired bluetooth device.
It’s easy with Linux!