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Microsoft fonts like Arial, Times New Roman and Verdana are not included in the Ubuntu installation CD, but installing these fonds is just a few clicks away. This makes it easier to open MS Office documents in OpenOffice.

Are you concerned about your privacy? Or does anything embarrassing pop up when you Google your name? Read how to remove yourself from Google.

The HTTP 404 or Not Found error message is a HTTP standard response code which means that the web browser was able to communicate with the server while the server could not find or return what was requested. Instead of an error message, you may wish to redirect your visitors to your site's homepage with .htaccess.

Show a message like "No Comments Yet" when there are no comments on an article in XOOPS. Such a message makes it easier for your visitors to understand the comment section of a webpage. IMHO, such a message should have been included by default in XOOPS modules where you can comment, but unfortunately it hasn't always. Read how to add it.

If you do not have the permission to do something in Nautilus, you can restart Nautilus with root privileges in order to get those permissions.

If you create a website for the mobile web, it is likely to be viewed one a mobile phone. Enable users to call numbers by clicking on a hyperlink.

Convert a surface in square centimetres (cm²; American spelling: centimeters) to a surface in square inches (in²).

This is what you can do against spammers who abuse your XOOPS site.

LCD screens are widely used as flat screens and as screens in laptop computers. Removing fingerprints and smudges from an LCD screen requires extra care as the surface of an LCD monitor is softer than a CRT monitor that has a glass surface. Read below how to get a clean LCD screen!

If you are concerned about your privacy or your image on the internet, you would like to know when people mention your name online. Read how to receive an alert each time somebody uses your name.

Firefox's equivalent of temporary internet files are called firefox cache Files. This describes how to find you firefox cache files in Windows.

Mozilla Firefox wants to set a Guinness World Record for the most software downloaded in 24 hours. Read how you can be part of this!

The best strategy for using a webcam in Ubuntu is finding out if a webcam works with Linux before you buy it, even though many webcams will just work when you simply plug them in your machine. In case you did already buy a webcam, read how to get it working in Ubuntu.

Create a list of definitions in xHTML with the dl, dt and dd tags.

Google Chrome is a browser like Mozilla's Firefox and Microsoft's Internet Explorer. Google claims that it thoroughly rethought web browsers and indeed, this browser is very innovative.

Google launched its first demo version yesterday (September 2th 2008). Although Google plans to release a Linux version later, the first public beta has been released for Windows only. Wine is a compatibility layer that allows you to run more and more Windows software on Linux. Fortunately, it is possible to use Chrome on Ubuntu Linux with Wine, although it is still buggy. Common problems of running the Windows version include:

- no https support
- problems with some pop-ups
- slightly slower than Chrome in Windows

But it is a beta version anyway! Read how to install Google Chrome in Ubuntu Linux with Wine!

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Edit the GRUB menu in Ubuntu. GRUB is a menu that allows you

Make a list of installed packages and use this list to restore or clone your Ubuntu installation This works best within the same distribution, so from Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon to Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon or from Ubuntu Hardy Heron to Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

CUPS-PDF can be used as a virtual printer for printing to PDF format in Ubuntu. Since OpenOffice.org included the "Export to PDF" function, it is no longer as popular as it used to be. However, if you are a webmaster and if you want to archive some "mischief" by a user of your site, CUPS-PDF is a better alternative than Print Screen as CUPS-PDF allows you to print an entire web page while print screen only archives what you see on your screen. This howto describes how to install CUPS-PDF and how to print to PDF from Mozilla Firefox.

Quickly replace Compiz by Metacity as your active Windows Manager.

If Firefox 3 closes down each time you visit certain sites, it may be because you have two flash movie players installed in Ubuntu. Uninstall one flash player to stop Firefox 3 from closing down.

Convert a length in inches to a length in centimetres (cm; American spelling: centimeters).

Detect the user-agent with JavaScript and show the visitor of your site what browser and operating system he or she uses.

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Adapt the size of the windows listing in the Ubuntu Feisty Fawn taskbar.

In XOOPS, a template set is a set of html files which govern the design and layout of a site at module level. The design and layout of the entire site is governed by the theme. This describes how to edit templates.

Office 2007 uses file formats that are different from Office 2000, Office XP and Office 2003. Read how to open, edit, and save documents, workbooks and presentations in the file formats of Office 2007 using previous versions of Microsoft Office.

When you use the date modified to sort files, the most recent files are probably the ones that you opened most recently. Read how to save files so that you can sort your documents with the date they were created. This is really necessary if you have a large number of documents, or if you have the good habit to save various versions of a document you are working on.

Convert a weight in kilograms into a weight in pounds.