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How to install Skype VoIP client in openSUSE

Posted by admin on 25th June 2008


Skype is a Voice over IP (VoIP) client that allows you to make free PC to PC calls to other Skype users and to make cheap calls to Landline and mobile telephones across the world.

Skype provide a lot of features including

Cheap International Calls

Online Number for people to call you at cheap local rates

Send Text SMS messages directly from the Skype client

Voice mail facility and Call Forwarding features.

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Step by Step install of openSUSE 11.0 with GNOME 2.2

Posted by admin on 21st June 2008


The long awaited openSUSE 11.0 has finally arrived. Here we can see a step by step installation procedure for openSUSE 11.0 with the GNOME 2.2 desktop environment. The openSUSE 11.0 installation wizard is completely re-written with simple and nice graphics along with an improved and enhanced YAST2 intsaller.

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openSUSE 11.0 Beta 3 is released for testing with 700 bug fixes

Posted by admin on 16th May 2008


A couple of days ago, we saw the roadmap for openSUSE 11.0 release and so far we are on track. Yes, the openSUSE team were on time to release the openSUSE 11.0 Beta 3 as planned on the 15th of May 2008. This comes with a significant 700 + bugs fixed. Great work!!!

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Run Internet Explorer in OpenSuse 10.3 & 11.0 using ies4linux

Posted by admin on 13th May 2008


ies4linux is simple free open source utility to allow Linux users to install and run Internet Explorer on their Linux distributions. This utility doesn’t require to be installed and run as a root user and in fact it is recommended not to do so by the developers.

ies4linux can support

Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) (partial support)

Internet Explorer 6 (IE6)

Internet Explorer 5.5 (IE5.5)

Internet Explorer 5 (IE5)

The latest version at the time of writing this article is ies4linux 2.99.0.1. ies4linux requires WINE to be preinstalled for a successful installation.

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