If you are a freelancer who charges by the hour, you will know important it is to track the amount of time you have spent on each project. While there are several good time tracker software for Windows and Mac, there are only a few for Linux, and most of them are too basic and simple. While researching for a good time tracker software for Linux, I come across TimeSlotTracker, which is cross-platform compatible and comes with the plenty of features that are lacking in other software.
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TimeSlotTracker: A Useful Cross Platforms Compatible Time Tracker
By | January 5, 2012 | 1 Comment
FatRat Is A Powerful Download Manager For Linux
By | January 4, 2012 | Leave a Comment
Do you download a lot of stuff from the web, either from a direct download, RSS feed, torrents or RapidShare, and were frustrated that there was not a single software that you can use to manage them all? Well, that’s because you have missed out FatRat. In fact, FatRat will be the one and only download manager you ever need.
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Fixing “username is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported” Error In Ubuntu
By | January 3, 2012 | 8 Comments
By default, in Ubuntu, the first user account you created during the installation process is also the administrator of the system. Using this user account, he/she is able to perform administrative tasks with the “sudo” command. If you are not aware, “sudo” refers to Super User Do and all users in this group are geared with administrative rights to manage the system. However, if you accidentally removed yourself from this “sudo” group, you will not be able to do anything. Instead, the only thing you will see is:
damien is not in the sudoers file. This incident will be reported
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Best Of Make Tech Easier 2011
By | December 30, 2011 | 1 Comment
Year 2011 is coming to an end and I hope that you have enjoyed our articles as much as we love writing them.
In case you have joined us only in the middle (or the later part) of the year, here is a recap of the most popular articles in year 2011.
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Razor-qt: A New Lightweight Desktop Manager For Linux
By | December 29, 2011 | 5 Comments
When it comes to desktop manager for Linux, you are sure pampered with choices. Hate the Gnome desktop? You can change it to KDE, XFCE, WindowMaker, Openbox, LXDE or even Enlightenment. And there is a new kid on the block: Razor-qt.
Razor-qt is a lightweight and fast desktop manager based on Qt technologies. It strips out the bulkiness in Gnome and KDE, yet offers you a way to customize and control your own desktop. Best of all, it works great on old machine too.
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Merry Christmas From Make Tech Easier!
By | December 24, 2011 | 1 Comment
It’s holiday time, it’s party time. Let us sing you a song:
“We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas,
We wish you a merry Christmas, and a happy new year”.
Seriously, this has been a great year for us, all thanks to our readers (and that’s you) for being a part of the MTE community. Things are only going to get better in the coming year, so we hope you’ll stick around and continue to grow with us.
On behalf of everyone at Make Tech Easier, we wish you a very Merry Christmas and, of course, a happy new year.
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Listen to Cloud Music With Nuvola Player [Ubuntu]
By | December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment
I seldom review music player app because most of them are the same. Some are lightweight, some are heavy with tons of features, but generally, most of their functionalities are the same. However, when I come across Nuvola Player, a music player that supports Google Music, Groovesharks and several other cloud services, it immediately catches my attention.
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Tweak Your Ubuntu Unity Desktop With MyUnity
By | December 22, 2011 | 6 Comments
One of the reasons that many hated the Unity desktop in Ubuntu is because there is a lack of customization option. People switched from Windows/Mac to Linux is mainly because Linux offers them an environment where they can customize everything to their liking. When Canonical reduced your ability to do what you want with your desktop, many people start to grunt about it and some even switched to Linux Mint.
MyUnity is a tweaking tool for the Unity desktop that allows you to tweak and customize your Unity desktop to your liking. While it doesn’t cover every possible tweaks under the sun, it does make the Unity desktop more customizable and easier to use.
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How to Convert Your PDF Files to ePub/Mobi Format
By | December 21, 2011 | Leave a Comment
If you own an ebook reader, the popular Kindle Fire or NOOK Color, I am sure that you won’t want to read your PDF files on it. PDF is a great file format for printing and sharing documents that don’t require edits, but for ebook reading, it is definitely not the preferred format. Amazon Kindle uses the .mobi format while some other ebook reader uses the .epub format.
Over the past few years, I have amassed a great collection of ebooks, albeit in pdf format. I have recently got myself a tablet and found that reading pdf ebooks on the device is a tiring task. While some of the ebooks are formatted properly, others come with 2/3 columns layout and moving from one section to another is rather distracting. Converting these pdf ebooks to epub/mobi format becomes an necessary task.
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How to Remote Control Ubuntu From An Android Tablet
By | December 20, 2011 | 4 Comments
Few days ago, Laura discussed how you can use the Splashtop app to access your Windows/Mac remotely from an iOS device. The bad thing is, it only works on Windows and Mac (though the app is available for Android too). If you are using Linux, or more specifically, Ubuntu, the remote desktop client is already installed by default and you can easily turn it on to allow remote access from another device. Here’s how it works.
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