Ubuntu

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Changing Zotero Standalone’s Default PDF Viewer in Ubuntu

Posted by David Stark ⋅ December 27, 2011 ⋅ Leave a Comment

Apparently, the Gnome desktop environment for Linux systems has an issue with handling some user-specified default application choices. When using Zotero in Ubuntu, therefore, it may be necessary to edit /etc/gnome/defaults.list manually in order to have Zotero default to a PDF viewer besides Evince (e.g., Okular). Changing the “application/pdf=evince.desktop” line in this file to reflect the … Continue reading »

Saving Scholarship—One File at a Time

Posted by David Stark ⋅ September 28, 2011 ⋅ 5 Comments

After recently transitioning to Ubuntu, I found that my previous online backup solution had some issues running in Linux, even via a Windows XP virtual machine in VirtualBox. With some additional research, however, I came across Digital Lifeboat: Digital Lifeboat is still in beta. So, the software has had some hiccups, but overall, it has … Continue reading »

(N)evernote

Posted by David Stark ⋅ August 26, 2011 ⋅ 4 Comments

Image via CrunchBase Yesterday, I stumbled upon Nevernote, built especially for Linux users as an open source clone of Evernote. Despite what are, perhaps, the slightly ominous connotations of Nevernote’s name, the software seems to working reasonably well. It successfully downloaded all the notes in my Evernote account, and it allows searching and change syncing from … Continue reading »

Upgrading to and Installing Logos 4 on Ubuntu

Posted by David Stark ⋅ August 15, 2011 ⋅ 3 Comments

<nerdlet> Since May 2007, there has been a pretty healthy discussion among Ubuntu Linux users about installing and operating Logos Bible Software under that operating system. About a month ago now, I finally switched from Windows XP (SP3) to Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty), and since then, I’d been running Logos 3 (Libronix) inside a virtualized Windows XP … Continue reading »