I have written a symbol browsing (function browser, class browser, etc.) plugin for Gedit, the default GNOME text editor. The plugin is based on Exuberant Ctags (ctags.sourceforge.net) which must be installed to use the plugin.
I recently got a laptop to use for web development work when I travel. I wanted a simple way to sync up the data between it and my Desktop computer so that they would both have the same bookmarks, emails, instant message logs, etc. Along comes unison to save the day. It ended up being MUCH easier than I expected.
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I have installed Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" on my brand new Dell Lattitude D830 laptop. These are my install notes. Anything out of the ordinary is discussed here, otherwise the standard Gutsy installation guides and FAQs all applied.
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When I installed Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" on my Dell Latitude D830, the wireless did not work out of the box. Using ndiswrapper, I was able to get it working (Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon" on a Dell Lattitude D830) and icon in my notification area at the top-right corner of my screen (nm-applet 0.6.5) would show a list of available WiFi connections and their signal strength.
Note: My BCM4328 wireless card is identified through the 'lspci' command as:
Network controller: Broadcom Corporation BCM4328 802.11a/b/g/n (rev 03)
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I got a new laptop, a Dell Lattitude D830, which came with Windows XP installed on the entire drive. I needed to resize the partition containing Windows to make space for my Ubuntu install. Along comes GParted LiveCD to make resizing my NTFS partition a piece of cake.
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