Utils & Application Software

Topics: Emulators & Ports | One-Pagers | Oracle On Mandrake | Web Browsers | Samba Quickies

Other Sections: Administration Basics Connectivity Hardware Installation Resources Security Troubleshooting X

Also: OpenOffice

Emulators & Ports

Useful programs for people who use more than just Linux.

Page One (Windows):

• Emulators
• Ports To MS Windows
• Filesystem Utilities

• Emulators
• Ports To Mac OS
• Filesystem Utilities

One-Pagers

One-page articles about various utils & apps issues.

Installing Java (Contribution) {Mar. 19, 02}

Time Tools {Mar. 22, 02}

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Oracle On Mandrake

Installing Oracle 9i On Mandrake Linux 8.1 (Contribution) {May 14, 02}

David Stevenson describes how to get Oracle8i release 2, version 8.1.6 installed on Mandrake 8.0

Index {Oct. 05, 01}

Introduction {Sep. 14, 01}

Starting Off {Oct. 05, 01}

Pre-Install {Sep. 14, 01}

Installing Oracle {Sep. 14, 01}

Other Sources {Oct. 05, 01}

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Web Browsers

Console

Console Web Browsers {July 09, 02}

Mozilla 1.0 / Netscape 7

Tips, tricks and workarounds for Mozilla 1.0 / Netscape 7 on Linux users. If you are an AOL user, you should prefer the Netscape and otherwise the Mozilla browser, because the extensions in the Netscape can only be used with AOL as your internet provider.

Page One :

• Setting Mozilla Preferences Manually
• Mozilla Skins
• Mouse Gestures
• Keyboard in Mozilla
• Remote Controlling Mozilla

• Mozilla Add-ons
• Plugins & Sidebars
• Commandline Options
• Mozilla-based Browsers

Netscape 4.x

Netscape 4.x Problems (Contribution) {July 12, 00}

Tips, tricks and workarounds for Netscape 4.x on Linux users.

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• Getting Rid Of Animations
• Larger, Less Ugly Fonts For Netscape
• Getting Rid Of Useless Toolbar Buttons
• Adding A 'Find In Page' Button To The Toolbar
• Choosing A Different Menu Font
• Using External Programs As Browser Plug-ins
• Making Netscape 128bit Secure
• Entering URLs - Easy
• Useful Links

• Editing Input Fields Faster
• Command Line Options
• Remote Control, Bookmarking Pages Without Titles
• Ad-Free, Privacy-Enhanced Browsing
• Getting Rid Of Blinking Text
• Kill The Cache1.1
• Substituting Netscape Mail

News Readers

Akregator

Akregator is a fast, lightweight, and intuitive feed reader program for KDE. It allows you to quickly browse through hundreds of thousands of internet feeds in a quick, efficient, and familiar way.

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Samba Quickies

• My Windows boxes can't see my Samba server
• How to make a share for a group of users
• What should I put in the homes section

The sound in a Gnome Desktop

• Install the Gnome sound manager Esound