Open Any Folder from Your GNOME Desktop
Today we have a quick tip for productivity in your GNOME desktop. This is not a well-known technique, but it is very fast and a quick way to open any folder.While on your desktop either with no windows open or with the desktop focused type / forward slash. Now type in a folder path and hit Enter.The directory will be opened in a new Nautilus window. On top of that, it will also autocomplete most paths.
Internet usage debate, Part 1: The real myths
TekSavvy: Don’t stifle exponential growth in Web use
CRTC should spur internet competition: business
CRTC chair Konrad von Finckenstein says the commission will review its decision to implement a usage-based billing system for internet service providers. (Pawel Dwulit/The Canadian Press)After the CRTC’s decision to delay implementing usage-based billing, some industry players say they want to see more competition in the market.
Canada still wants to “discipline the use of the Internet”
By Nate Anderson
Unlike the parrot in the famous Monty Python sketch, it appears that metered Internet billing in Canada is not quite dead after all. Speaking at a House of Commons hearing today, the head of Canada’s telecoms regulator made it clear that metered billing rules would indeed be delayed—but they could well reappear.