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Poll Results: Best Element of Ubuntu
According to my blog viewers the best element of Ubuntu is…. Free Software – 27% – 24 Votes – Ubuntu and ever app you will ever need for it are all free software! Configurability – 26% – 23 Votes – Ubuntu can be easily configured to your favorite look and settings Stability – 20% – [...]
Ubuntu Printer Support via Windows network
I had problems getting my printer to work, when plugged directly into Ubuntu. I have an HP PSC 500, still working fine after all these years. The printer is shared on my windows network, which I assumed would not work with Ubuntu. Boy was I wrong. It was as easy as picking the name of [...]
Wine Doors
I recently found an app that automatically installs certain programs for wine automatically. It is called Wine-Doors. Download debian package here. Apps include: Firefox 2 and 1.5 IE 6 Opera 9 Quicktime 7 Winamp 5 WMP 6 7zip 4 DVD decrypter 3 Dreamweaver 8 Flash 8 Total Commander 7 Eudora 7 CDex 1 Games Fonts [...]
Opera and Epiphany Web Browsers
I love my firefox with all my add-ons and bookmarks, but sometimes i need to just open a fresh browser, without remembering my tabs or passwords. I have two browsers for this. One is Epiphany and the other is opera. Epiphany web browser is light, fast, and simple. It does all your basic tasks fast [...]
Guitar Hero for Linux: Frets On Fire
Frets on fire is essentially an open source version of guitar hero. It runs on windows, mac, and linux. Here is a quick how to for this nice game. Make sure you disable compiz before running; I had performance problems running both at once. My only suggestion for a solution to this is making a [...]
Free Ubuntu Stickers
System 76 is giving away ubuntu stickers! Follow This link to get some. All you do is send a self addressed stamped envelope to system 76, and they will send it back with your stickers. I tried this, and in a little over a week got my pack of 4 stickers. Update: It appears as [...]
How To Backup and Restore Ubuntu
This is a simple to way to back up your ubuntu installation. Copy and paste this code to backup all your files: sudo sucd /tar cvpzf backup.tgz –exclude=/proc –exclude=/lost+found –exclude=/backup.tgz –exclude=/mnt –exclude=/sys –exclude=/media / Copy and Paste this into the terminal to restore to that backup: sudo tar xvpfz backup.tgz -C / It is best [...]
Make Firefox Buttons Pretty in Gnome
I put together some simple commands to install improved firefox buttons in ubuntu. I take no credit for creating the icons or the script, just making it uber-easy to install by feeding you the exact commands. Originally from this thread. There is a much improved version out, and I am updating the commands to match. [...]
How to: Avant Window Navigator Reflection Effect
By default, Avant Window Navigator has a simple look. A nice way to spice it up, is to enable icon reflection. To do so, open the awn preferences. Under General, go to the bar appearance tab. Set the look to 3d look, the bar angle to 45, and the icon offset to 18. Restart awn.
Ipod Video in Ubuntu Using vlc and gtkpod
I had some difficulties with the other ipod video method, so I tried with VLC. Here goes: sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get upgradesudo apt-get install vlc Run VLC Click file > Open File… Where it says “Browse” on the upper right, pick the file you want to convert Under “Advanced Options” at the bottom check “Stream [...]
