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Ubuntu Software Center: BlueFish Editor
Jun 15th
Recently, I’ve realized that I boot into my Windows just to get on Dreamweaver to do some coding. There are lots of code-editors out there, available for Linux but what I really needed was a “web editor” that would support FTP uploads, PHP, CSS, and Javascript coding and everything else. I also wanted a sleek interface.
Now, Ubuntu provides several packages available for KDE but only one good web-editor for GNOME. It’s called BlueFish Editor. It is in the Ubuntu Software Center and it is under Developer Tools and Web Development.
Let’s look at what USC tells us about this application:
It says “HTML” but the screenshot shows PHP. Here is the into video from their website:
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Ubuntu Software Center: 7zip
Jun 12th
Okay, I promised you that I would go over some/most applications available in the Ubuntu Software Center. First up is 7zip located under the Accessories. Here is the information:
7zip is a “windows-only” compression tool, serving as an alternative to Winzip. This 7zip install is a command-line only port of the original application. It was created by a developer, not the original creator. It can open several different formats including zip, rar, rpm, iso, and tar. As well as many others. Here is the most important part, it opens 7z files.
Again, remember that it is command-line only!
Ubuntu Software Center Overview
May 16th
The Ubuntu Software Center is all the way on the bottom of the “Applicatons” tab. Click on it, and you’ll get to the following screen:
There are thirteen categories where you can find most of the synaptic packages and software available to Ubuntu. If you click on “Get Software” on the left you will be provided with several other categories. “Provided by Ubuntu” which hosts most of the application and then “Canonical Partners” where I found only two applications and that is Adobe Flash and Adober Reader. Both available for immediate download and install, I remember I used to have to navigate to the Flash download page and download it manually. The categories are: More >
Windows 7 is OLD NEWS!
Oct 25th
Windows 7 is here! Dave already installed his and will probably write an article about it, but before THAT happens. Let’s look at all the other stuff we’re looking forward to.
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