This is pretty basic functionality in Ubuntu, but it’s not obvious to new users. To open the Run Application dialog, just hit Alt+F2 on your keyboard. A little dialog will appear where you can type a command. For example, to start Mozilla Firefox, hit Alt+F2 and then type firefox at the prompt and click on …
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If you’re looking for how to set up the LX8 with Linux, it’s here. Installing Logitech’s Setpoint software was routine. Unfortunately, this small download, (54.1MB), took more than 5 minutes to download from Logitech’s server. After completing the download, the installation was the typical Windows Installation Wizard procedure.
Continue reading Review – Logitech LX8 in Windows XPToday, Google launched their “Free The Airwaves” PR campaign. Their goal is to open the frequency spectrum whitespace that will be left when TV goes fully digital in Feb. 2009 and make it available for universal wireless internet. The FCC has many ideas about what this whitespace could be use for. From the Free The …
Continue reading Google Starts “Free The Airwaves” PR CampaignI’ve been having some trouble with tendonitis in my right forearm, so I decided to try using my left hand for the mouse. This quickly proved to be uncomfortable due to the right hand specific design of the mouse I was using. Thus, I went on a search for an ambidextrous mouse. After a bit …
Continue reading Review – Logitech LX8 Cordless Laser MouseSubway currently has a Scrabble game going where you have to go to their website to enter your game pieces and play. When you click on Play Now, you get DENIED if you are using Firefox on Linux. They send you to a page telling you:
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