5 Firefox Plugins Related to Linux

Wednesday, March 26th, 2008 at 6:07 am  
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Here are 5 Firefox plugins related to Linux. These Firefox Add-ons are not just compatible with Linux, but have something to do with Linux specifically.

Auto Copy

Select text and it’s automatically copied to the clipboard. Like Linux or mIRC.

Works with: Firefox: 1.0 – 2.0.0.*

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Clear Text Fields

Clear Text Fields allows you to right click form text inputs and clear their contents. This is handy for Linux/X11 users who want to clear a form element but don’t want it’s contents placed in the clipboard, overwriting what you intended to paste into it.

Works with Firefox: 1.5 – 2.0.0.*

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Konquefox

Konquefox is an extension for Mozilla Firefox that adds some useful buttons: Clear URL, Go Up and Zoom, for a better integration in Linux or KDE environment.

Works with: Firefox: 1.5 – 3.0b4

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Ubuntu Human Theme for Firefox

Ubuntu Human Icons, derived from Ubuntu Linux OS. Tested in Ubuntu Linux, other Linux and Windows (including Vista).

Works with: Firefox: 2.0 – 2.0.0.*

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Ubuntu Forums Menu Plugin for Firefox

Additional navigation menu for Ubuntu Forums via main-menu and context menu.

Works with: Firefox: 1.0 – 3.0a8

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The Best GIMP Plugins

Sunday, March 16th, 2008 at 9:10 am  
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Techzilo has a great list of the best GIMP Plugins available.

GIMP is the undisputed king of image editing in Linux platforms, and is next only to Photoshop in popularity in Windows and Mac platforms. With a large community of developers and an even larger pool of users, it is no surprise that GIMP is very popular.
Much like Firefox, GIMP’s strength lies in its plugins, which are developed by the open-source toting community. Since the users themselves develop them, they know all the needs and conceive a plugin for everything (well, except making a coffee for you ;) ).

And what better way for me to endorse GIMP than a list of good plugins? Most of them are aimed at web-designers and photographers, the main users of GIMP. There are also some to fix common problems of GIMP.

Web Design

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