This quick tutorial will show you how to change your time zone and configure your desktop clock to synchronize with trusted and reliable time servers online. Ubuntu uses a protocol called Network Time Protocol (NTP) to retrieve and set the correct time for your desktop from time servers run by universities or government agencies.
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Tags: Clients, Distributions, Linux, List of Ubuntu releases, Operating system, Servers, Time Zone, Ubuntu (operating system) 
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Installing Chromium (Google Chrome) on other editions of Ubuntu isn’t easy. You must add daily-chrome:PPA to the source list before you can install Chrome. Lucid Lynx makes installing Chromium easy and quick. Just few clicks and you’re done. In this tutorial, I’ll show you how to install Chromium in Lucid Lynx quickly.
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Looking for a free and powerful web content filtering system that will protect you against unsafe and unwanted contents online? Then you might want to check out DynDNS Internet Guide. It lets you take control of your Internet experience by blocking unsafe and malicious websites based on pre-defined categories.
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This short tutorial will show you how to install SWAT, a Samba web management tool for managing Samba on Linux Systems, and use it to configure samba. SWAT allows you to configure Samba from the web browser easily and quickly. It also provides a detailed help page for new users who are having difficulties configure Samba.
Posted in How-To Tips, Linux Tags: Browsers, Clients, Gedit, Linux, Operating system, Samba, Web browser, WWW View CommentsThis brief tutorial will show you how to install Google Chrome (Chromium) in Ubuntu lucid or Maverick via PPA. Installing programs via Ubuntu PPA allows for automatic updates, upgrades and maintenance. If you’re current using Google Chrome in Windows and want the same for your Ubuntu machine, then this tutorial should help you get there.
In the past we showed you how to browse faster in Firefox with CoolPreviews extension for Firefox. We told you that CoolPreview allows you to preview websites online without leaving your current page or tab. Read our previous blog Browse with CoolPreviews.
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It is probably not efficient to always download PDFs, Word Documents or PowerPoint Presentations onto your computer before you can view or edit them. How about being able to preview or edit documents and view PDFs directly in your web browser? This tutorial will show you how to use Google Docs Viewer in Firefox to preview documents, and pdfs without leaving your browser.
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This tutorial describes the steps needed to enable SSH in openSUSE and allows access from Windows systems or other Linux systems.
SSH is a network protocol that allows you to exchange information between two networked devices securely. It was designed as the replacement for Telnet, another network protocol that allows you to exchange data, but insecurely.
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Do you want to bookmark a web page or save a session? Session Manager is an extension in Google Chrome which lets you quickly save your current browser state for later use. It also lets you manage multiple sessions, rename, and remove them from the library.
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Looking for programs to help your download YouTube Videos quickly? Stop looking and check out this Firefox extension called Fast YouTube Downloader. It’s a free extension for Firefox that allows you to download YouTube Videos and save them in FLA, 3GP, MP4 or HD formats.
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Firefox is a wonderful browser. Even better than the most popular browser online today. I have a very high opinion of how customizable and feature-rich it is. With the millions of extensions already developed for Firefox, it is just a matter of time before you stumble upon a really cool extension that will impress you.
Mine happened today when I came across an extension called Yoono. Yoono allows you to put your favorite social networks and instant messaging profiles in one simple-to-use folder in Firefox.
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If you’re not aware, Mozilla released Firefox 3.6 on their site two weeks ago to millions of Firefox fans worldwide. And if you’re a fan of Firefox or just use it because of security concerns, it’s now time to upgrade to the newly released version and experience some cool features like Personas, a feature that instantly change the look and feel of Firefox with thousands of themes, and improved JavaScript performance.
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