November 11, 2009
For record keeping purposes. I’m sick of having to Google this every single time.
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Some installers don’t come in the usual .deb package, or even .sh. Double clicking them doesn’t work either, although the makers said it’s an installation package.
Steps:
- navigate to where the .bin file is
- issue a chmod a+x filename_of_that_file.bin command
- issue a sudo ./filename_of_that_file.bin
That’s it. The installer should work now.
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November 10, 2009
I learned about this add-on from Lifehacker.
Yey! Firefox finally has that awesome Chrome feature called Pin Tab that shrinks the chosen tab to show the favicon only – saving tab strip real estate. The awesome add-on that makes this possible for Firefox is called Pin Tab (weee!!!).
But, unlike Chrome’s Pin Tab, this one adds a few more features accessible via it’s Preferences dialog (Tools > Options).

Other features include letting you choose other methods of pinning the tab (see next image), merging pinned tabs when closing window, and preventing pinned tabs from being closed.

It’s still an experimental add-on though, so install at your own risk. I’ve installed it, and so far, it’s doing an uber awesome job at it.
UPDATE: Nov 11 2009 9:52PM GMT +8
Kudos to Lei for pointing this out in the comments. Apparently, Pin Tab changed its name to App Tab. Also, there’s another add-on called FaviconizeTab that does the same thing, only better (according to Lifehacker).
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November 9, 2009
Avant Window Navigator, or AWN, is a superb dock that can be customized. I used it before then uninstalled it, then installed it again just a few weeks ago to try and make my Ubuntu resemble a Mac-like environment.
Anyway, these steps will teach you how to add a Lock Screen launcher to the AWN dock. There’s a Lock Screen applet that you can use, but that’s limited to panels only, and there isn’t a Lock Screen applet for AWN in its own list of applets.
Steps:
- Right click anywhere in your dock and click Dock Preferences
- In the resulting AWN Manager dialog, click Launchers (left pane)
- click the Add button to add a new Launcher
- in the Launcher editor dialog, click on the launcher icon button (left) to set an icon for the new launcher
- specify the Name and Description. For the command textbox, type “gnome-screensaver-command –lock” without quotes. When you’re done, click OK.
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