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Ok, my Nvidia 9500 GT  card   is burned ,  i tried to use  the build in 4500 HD intel  GLX card instead ,

First of all, this also works if you are using Gaim.
Have you ever been to a place(school, work etc.) where you were unable to use your IM software because of some administrator that blocked it. Well, I have, and I have also found a way around it. I am using Pidgin as my IM program, which supports many different IM protocols.

Here is how you do it:

install tor

Whenever you create a new account in pidgin, go to the “Advanced” tab.

Under “Proxy Options” and “Proxy type”, you choose “SOCKS 5″.

* In the “Host” field type in “127.0.0.1″, and set the “Port” to “9050″.

This should work with most of the IM protocols, although I haven’t tested all of them. The login time will probably also be a while longer than normal, but just be patient

Open your home folder in the file browser, and select View->Show Hidden Files. If you can’t find the .fonts folder, create it.

You can copy any TTF font file into this folder and it will become available immediately to applications after they are restarted. You can get TTF fonts from the Internet, or even a Windows system.

Installing Microsoft Truetype fonts on Ubuntu

You can install the MS core fonts by installing the msttcorefonts package. To do this, enable the “Universe” component of the repositories. This is done by default in Feisty. After you do that, use the following command from the command line:

$sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

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You can browse your system as root

# sudo nautilus

or

sudo nautilus &

If you’re at a place where your favorite IM protocol is blocked, this might help you use it anyway. The IM software I’ll be setting it up with is Pidgin, which is open source and supports many different protocols.

Here is how you do it:

* First you need to download and install Tor: (more…)