MSC Giz Cast Episode 13 - Thunderbird with Gnome and Lightening

     In this episode we take a look at how we can give a Gnome feeling to the e-mail client Thunderbird. You can do this by using the the Gnome-tb theme. This theme really gives you a Gnome type feel especially if you are using Thunderbird on a Windows machine. I like to use this theme at work as I use a windows based computer and have Thunderbird as my E-Mail client.  

     The next thing we look at is giving Thunderbird a bit more functionality with an extension called Lightning.  This gives a calendar to manage your daily events. I find this is a great extension that  makes Thunderbird a great choice for a e-mail client.

Links:

• Thunderbird
• Gnome-tb
• Lightning

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MSC Giz Cast Video Episode #12 - Ubuntu Tweak

     In this episode we take a look at a program that can help you change your settings in Ubuntu like keyboard short cuts and desktop icons.

     To find out more about this program visit the Ubuntu Tweak Web site where you can also download the .deb file  to install in Ubuntu.

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MSC Giz Cast Video Episode #11 - Last FM

     In this episode we take a look at a great way to listen to music on your computer using Last.FM.

      In the video I give examples of how you can use Last FM in Ubuntu, but you can also down load a player for Windows. I find this is a great way to not only listen to music, but also discover new artist.

     To join Last FM just visit Last.FM to join and to start listening to great music.

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MSC Giz Cast Audio Episode #35 - Hardy Heron First Impressions

     In this episode we talk about my first impressions of Hardy Heron. Even though I was very happy with the installation process on my laptop, I came a cross a bit of a road block as I could not see all my shares on the network. Since I was a bit disappointed in this I held off installing Hardy on my main computer until this bug was fixed. After a recent update I was finally able to see all of my network shares with using the address bar. Even though this update did not completely fix the network snag, I decided to install Hardy on my main computer. In this episode I talk about how everything went in the install on my main computer and also my first day of really using it.

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MSC Giz Cast Video Episode #10 - Personas In Firefox

     In this episode we take a look at another way to customize the FireFox web browser by using an extension called Personas. This is a great way to change the look and feel of the browser along with the many different themes.

     Download or watch episode 10 to find out more about this great FireFox extension.

Firefox Personas web site.

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