I’ve been using the Logitech LX8 at work and at home for a couple of weeks now. I’d been searching for an ambidextrous mouse and the LX8 has been a pleasure to use. One of the frustrations at work is that our Windows XP machines are pretty well locked down, so all I can configure is swapping buttons 1 and 2 through the control panel mouse configuration. Well, at home I can do whatever I want, so I wanted to swap the functions of the side buttons in Linux so that the Firefox “Back” button was on the thumb side for left handed use. Continue reading
Today Google announced the release of the public beta version (Windows only) of their new web browser, Chrome. The Chrome browser can be downloaded from here. Versions for Linux and OSX are expected in the near future. If you’re looking for instructions to install on Linux using Wine, there is a nice writeup on myscienceisbetter.info. Continue reading
First, you need some cpu temperature monitor software. For Ubuntu you need to install a package called lm-sensors. It’s available in Ubuntu’s main repository. All the commands listed in this howto should be executed from the terminal.
Then you need to run sensors-detect. Continue reading
Avast! antivirus is a virus protection software that is free for home use. This post will walk you through installation and basic configuration on Windows XP. I assume that the procedure would be similar for Windows 2000 and Windows Vista. Continue reading