Learning Python Live

In Sunday, 10th October 2010, at 2.00 AM WIT (West Indonesia Time) or in 9th October at 7.00 PM GMT (Greenwich Main Time), there will be a classroom about Python for Beginners. This classroom is held in IRC Room at #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat at irc.freenode.net server. Hosted by Pedro Mendes (nickname pedro3005), one of the Contributor in Ubuntu. For more information about this, you can see in Ubuntu Wiki's page and The Page for these Class.

Horizontal and Vertical Maximize in One Click with Ubuntu.

Can you do this, without using software, do a one click that give you a horizontal or vertical maximize with any window.
I beat you can't do it in MS Windows. But, if you are using Ubuntu, you are lucky. There is a shortcut to do both things.
To do horizontal maximization, right click the maximize icon instead of left clicking it.

and for vertical maximization, use the middle click.

taken from: http://www.webupd8.org/2009/12/gnome-maximize-window-vertically-or.html

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Using Pidgin to Crossplatform Chatting in Local Area Network (Ubuntu/Linux and Windows)

Image via Wikipedia

Pidgin Logo

A few year ago I was try to find some software for cross platform chatting between a Ubuntu Computer with Windows Computer. After a few hour searching, finally I found the better one, that is Pidgin.
Old version Ubuntu have a facility for chatting with Pidgin because it was the default application for chatting. For now, I don't know are the new default app still support for Local Area Network (LAN) Chatting. If you use old version Ubuntu, you don't need to install anything. If you use windows, so you must install this two software.

• Pidgin, an instant messenger client.

you can download it in http://www.pidgin.im/download/
for offline installation you can go to this link
http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/Pidgin/2.7.3/pidgin-2.7.3-offline.exe

• Bonjour for windows, an zeroconf tool for windows.

Image via Wikipediayou can download it at
http://download.cnet.com/Bonjour-for-Windows/3000-18507_4-93550.html
After download that two software, the first step is to install the Bonjour. If you don't do this, your pidgin won't work for lan chatting.
And, after installing Bonjour, you can install pidgin and use it after that.
For, chatting in Local Area Network, you must start pidgin in both two machine that connected via Lan. Then, you can setup account for bonjour.
Now, you must see other account in your Pidgin and you can start for chatting with your friend.
update:
for new ubuntu version Pidgin is no longer installed by default. It's replaced with Emphaty. I suppose it doesn't support for bonjour account, so, you must install Pidgin with this command.

sudo apt-get install pidgin