OpenDNS with Ubuntu

OpenDNS is a safer and faster free DNS service. It protects you from phishing sites and gives you a feature to block adult sites. You can use it whether you use a single computer or a network. No software install needed.

Instructions for Ubuntu

Because my ISP (Asianet) uses Dynamic IPs, I need a dynamic dns client to be logged in to the OpenDNS account. You don't need to even create an account to use OpenDNS, but without it, you can't use many of its features or set your preferences. If you have dynamic IP and no dynamic dns client, you need to manually login and update the IP to keep your preferences.

To use inadyn with Ubuntu, download the inadyn source code from OpenDNS site, extract it, cd into it and run make. You need to install libcurl3-openssl-dev before it. After the make is over, copy the binary from bin/linux/ directory to /bin. Edit inadyn.conf with your OpenDNS username and password. Move it to /etc/. Run inadyn.

That's all

Google Desktop Search in Linux!

Go to http://desktop.google.com/linux/ and download the version you need. .deb for Debian based (Debian, Ubuntu etc.) systems and .rpm for RPM based (Redhat, Mandriva etc.) systems. Doubleclick the downloaded file and install. After installation, run the command gdlinux. A dialogue box will pop up. Choose whether to enable advanced features. After this, google desktop icon will appear in the notification area. Right click it and select preferences to open it in your browser. After making changes, check index status.

Press Ctrl key two times to bring up Search window on desktop. Or rightclick google desktop icon and select 'Show Homepage'.

Gnome Easter Eggs!

• Hit the Alt-F2 keys together, 'Run Applications' dialogue will appear. Type gegls from outer space and press ENTER. You will get a game.
• Type free the fish. Wanda, the fish will appear on your desktop. If you click her, she will swim off the screen, but will come back later. To remove Wanda from desktop, type killall gnome-panel to a terminal. Your gnome-panels will refresh and Wanda will disappear.

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