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Install Firefox 3.5 on Ubuntu with One Command [Linux] (34)

by Kevin Purdy (636) on

Lifehacker (1993) 2 days, 12 hours ago permalink

Because it needs to be approved, customized, and otherwise vetted by the maintainers of Ubuntu Linux's repositories, the just-released Firefox 3.5 isn't officially available on that system. With one terminal command, though, open-sourcers can grab and install a working copy. If you're hungry to give the latest Mozilla browser a go, here's the command you can paste into your standard terminal (with Ctrl+Shift+V, remember): wget -O - http://releases.m... | tar xj -C ~ As the ...

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Grab All Your Google Docs with a Python Script [Scripts] (45)

by Kevin Purdy (636) on

Lifehacker (1993) 2 weeks, 1 day ago permalink

Google Docs Download, a Greasemonkey script previously featured here for creating a Google Docs bulk download feature that should already be there, is now available as a (beta-level) Python script. That means Mac OS X and most Linux users can download and run it off the bat, and Windows users can grab all their cloud documents using Cygwin. Thanks, Jason!

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3.0 firmware release expected at 10am PT/1pm ET, quick Terminal tip to check (15)

by Erica Sadun (15) on

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (234) 2 weeks, 3 days ago permalink

Filed under: iPod Family, iPhone If you were up all night waiting for the new iPhone OS to arrive, you're in good company -- we were too, until we began getting Twitter reports from users in Hong Kong and Sweden that the local carriers sent out SMS alerts to their customers suggesting when they could download 3.0. Those times both align with a 10 am PT/1 pm ET go time, and that's when we're calling ...

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Terminal Tips: Rebuild your Launch Services database to clean up the Open With menu (12)

by Jason Clarke (5) on

The Unofficial Apple Weblog (TUAW) (234) 3 weeks, 2 days ago permalink

Filed under: Terminal Tips, LeopardProblem: Some piece (or pieces) of rogue software have cluttered up your Open With contextual menu, which you can see by right-clicking or control-clicking any document in the Finder. This problem seems to be most prevalent with virtual machines that allow you to open documents with Windows applications, but tend not to clean up after themselves. After having both Parallels and VMWare installed on my MacBook Pro, my Open With menu ...

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Geoff said: Now if only there were a way to remove items that are still installed form the list. Why would i want to open a png with Opera when i have Preview?!

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