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Playing around with Ubuntu

admin — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 09:29:00 -0600

I had been curious about operating systems other than Windows for a while, but other than a brief segment on Linux at the vo-tech I attended a few years back, I had always used some variant of Windows.

Elisa Media Center on Ubuntu 8.10

admin — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 06:00:38 -0600

It (Elisa) is installed by default on Sabayon Linux and Mandriva Linux Powerpack 2009, but on distros like Ubuntu, you will have to install it yourself.

Parallels Desktop 4: Installing Parallels Tools with Ubuntu as G...

admin — Sun, 23 Nov 2008 04:32:39 -0600

I received an Email from a Mac user who tried Ubuntu using Parallels Desktop 4.0. He has successfully installed Ubuntu "Intrepid Ibex" as guest OS, but he wanted help in installing the Parallels Tools.

Pairing Stubborn Bluetooth Devices in Fedora 10, Ubuntu Ibex

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 23:58:41 -0600

If you’re having problems pairing Bluetooth devices with the latest BlueZ 4 GNOME software (bluez-gnome-1.8) try this script.

How to Backup/Import Liferea RSS Reader Feedlist on Ubuntu

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:40:13 -0600

After downgrading from Ubuntu Linux 8.10 Intrepid Ibex to Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, as usual I can’t run my liferea feed reader. The solution actually is very simple, just remove liferea configuration files on /home/yourname/.liferea

Nested Remote Connection

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 21:31:13 -0600

VNC in windows xp viewing Ubuntu on remote machine, remote machine has remote desktop viewer open connecting to itself

Marrying Solaris and Ubuntu

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 17:09:21 -0600

What happens when you take a solid system such as Ubuntu Hardy, unplug its Linux kernel, and plug in a replacement OpenSolaris kernel? Then you marry Debian's apt-get to Solaris' zfs file-system? What you get is Nexenta Core Platform OS. Let's take Nexenta for a quick spin, installing and configuring this young but promising system.

Taking a Look at Nexenta's Blend of Solaris and Ubuntu

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:26:10 -0600

Ahmed Kamal writes "What happens when you take a solid system such as Ubuntu Hardy, unplug its Linux kernel, and plug in a replacement OpenSolaris kernel? Then you marry Debian's apt-get to Solaris' zfs ...

Thunderbird mail notifier (minimize to panel) for Ubuntu

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 13:03:56 -0600

I always wanted a little Thunderbird notification icon on the panel notification section, so it will work in the background and notify me for every new mail a get. I found an easy way to do that.. Read More

How to install KDE 4.1 on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

admin — Sat, 22 Nov 2008 11:16:46 -0600

KDE has reached version 4.1.2. The new series includes updates to several of KDE’s core components, notably a port to Qt 4.