Archive for December, 2007
Compiz Fusion on openSUSE 10.3 and nVidia cards
In my previous post, I’d explained on how to install Compiz Fusion on Ubuntu Fiesty. This post will outline the simple steps for installing Compiz Fusion on openSUSE 10.3. This article is written from an nVidia user’s point of view.
First, you’ll have to download nVidia’s drivers. You can get it, via the 1-click install(for [...]
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Installing And Configuring SMART in openSUSE10.3
For the uninitiated, smart is the openSUSE equivalent of apt-get found in Debian based distributions such as Ubuntu.One of the biggest problems people who are used to apt-get face in openSUSE is that apt-get and Synaptic aren’t available in openSUSE and then they have no idea as to how to install software on their openSUSE [...]
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Mounting .iso and .mds/mdf Files in Linux
There are lots of times where you’d want to mount a CD/DVD image. Say your friend who uses his Windows box has given you a .iso file or a .mds/mdf file, created using Alcohol 120%. How would you mount them in Linux? Using the Terminal and making use of the loop device,there is no need [...]
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Ubuntu Installation Guide Part 2: Installing ATI drivers And Getting New Themes
Part 2 deals with installation of ATi drivers and visually enhancing that ubuntu
First of the Ati drivers
Ati have released catalyst 7.11 for Linux. Download this from their website. Next login as root in ubuntu. Then double click the downloaded file. You will get different options here choose to run the file. The next screen asks [...]
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Trouble Remembering Passwords? Have a Revelation!
Consider this: You’re sitting infront of your desktop, with the login screen infront of you. However, you can’t seem to recall the username/password combo. Frustrating isn’t it? Here’s an application which is a fit solution for the problem: Revelation.
Revelation is a password manager application, mainly designed for the Gnome desktop. (This doesn’t mean however that [...]
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A Look At Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon
Ubuntu Gutsy has been receiving a huge amount of hype and fan fare recently, and I’ve been following Gutsy closely, from Ubuntu Fridge’s 10 Rocking Features in 10 Days to fellow bloggers and Linux users posts on Gutsy. Naturally after their Feisty launch, expectations were high(from my side). Now I’m not Ubuntu’s biggest fan(I’m a [...]
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KDE 4, KDE 4.0?
KDE Developer beineri writes in blog about the general confusion among people between KDE 4 and KDE 4.0. To quote him,
The last feature release of KDE is just over a year old, is well maintained and gains selected features about every two to three months. Still people long for the first release starting with the [...]
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Fixing No Sound Bug on Dell Inspiron 1520 in Ubuntu Gutsy
Though it’s been a while since Gutsy was released, I couldn’t try out for various reasons. But finally I got my hands on Gutsy DVD edition, and I sat about installing it on my Dell Inspiron. I noticed first signs of trouble when Gutsy was taking unsually long to boot up. Switching to verbose mode, [...]
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MICROSOFT drops support for OOXML!
From PolishLinux:
Multi-trade International Corporation for Research of Office Software Open Format Technologies (MICROSOFT) has announced their surprise decision, that they cease to support OOXML document format (Office Open XML), acknowledging at the same time, that the ANSI-developed & supported TXT format will be a better, universal, solution.
The decision of backing up TXT format by MICROSOFT [...]
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Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) LAMP Server Setup
Found this really easy tutorial on setting up a LAMP server at UbuntuGeek. As the Geek says,
In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at [...]
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