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Ubuntu – Use the Terminal to Display a Calendar

Contributed by shamanstears on December 14, 2008 under UNIX software

I am always needing to have quick access to a calendar to set deadlines and plan out various tasks. Using Ubuntu’s Terminal, you can quickly pull up a calendar of any month or year (past, present, or future).

OpenOffice.org: Play TicTacToe (Easter Egg)

Contributed by shamanstears on August 14, 2008 under OpenOffice

If you’re running the recent version of OpenOffice and feel like taking a break and playing then you’re in luck. There’s an Easter Egg that let’s you play a simple game of TicTacToe against the application.

OpenOffice.org: Play StarWars Galaxy (Easter Egg)

Contributed by shamanstears on August 11, 2008 under OpenOffice

If you’re running the recent version of OpenOffice and feel like taking a break and playing then you’re in luck. There’s an Easter Egg that let’s you play a simple version of Space Invaders, titled StarWars Galaxy.

Evolution: Set Interval for Automatic Removal of Deleted Items

Contributed by shamanstears on June 6, 2007 under UNIX software

Without proper management, your Trash folders can get out of control and take up unnecessary space on your drive. Instead of manually managing the items in your Trash folders, you can set the interval that you want Evolution to automatically remove these items.

Evolution: How To Resend a Message

Contributed by shamanstears on May 9, 2007 under UNIX software

Sometimes you need to resend a message either because the recipient never received it or because they accidentally deleted it. To do this…

Evolution: Automatically Create Address Book Entries for People You Respond To

Contributed by shamanstears on May 1, 2007 under UNIX software

Utilizing Evolution’s Automatic Contacts, you can easily add someone to your address book by simply responding to their email message. To use Automatic Contacts, follow these steps:

Evolution: Enable Loading of Internet Images

Contributed by shamanstears on April 30, 2007 under UNIX software

By default, Evolution blocks all images from the internet. You can enable the loading of images in messages from just your contacts or from all senders by following these steps:

Evolution: Enable Blind Carbon Copy (BCC)

Contributed by shamanstears on under UNIX software

If you are sending an email out to a few people or a mailing list, you probably are wanting to hide the list of addresses from each recipient. You do this by using the blind carbon copy field in the message you are creating. Evolution has this field hidden by default, to unhide the field, follow these steps: