Archive for November, 2008
Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex Review
I was very curious about Intrepid’s release. I just could not wait! I even pre-ordered the CD but downloaded the DVD without patience. I have not-so-fast a connection when it comes to downloading a DVD. In spite of it, I just downloaded. I even allocated HD and swap space for that and was just [...]
A Comprehensive List of Ubuntu Hardy Heron (8.04) and Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex (8.10) Repositories
Installing Linux software through repositories is the safe bet. In respect with Ubuntu, there are many software in Intrepid Ibex which I feel is crap. For eg: the “Hardware Drivers” does not have drivers for older kernels. On the other hand, there are many software (like Brasero, Transmission,Totem,VLC etc.) in Hardy that needs update, which [...]
NVIDIA Adds PureVideo support to its Linux Drivers
NVIDIA released their new set of beta drivers yesterday, with a version 180.04. While going through the release notes, I found this line very interesting.
Added initial support for PureVideo-like features on Linux via the new VDPAU AP.
Now I don’t know what exactly they mean by “initial support” but nonetheless its a pretty good that they [...]
Mounting and Burning .iso, .mdf, .nrg(Nero) files and CD Images in Linux in 1-click
A while ago, I’d written a post on howto mount CD images, such as .iso, .mdf files etc via the command prompt using the mount command. In the post, among the comments, Sumeet had asked if there was a way to do all of this without having to type lengthy commands. Well yes there is! [...]
[How to] Upgrade nautilus in hardy
This is my small post on how to upgrade nautilus in hardy to that version in Intrepid. As of know, the upgrade option in hardy repositories isn’t there yet. And, its true that the 2.23 version of Nautilus has tab facility like in Firefox. However, Ubuntu Hardy Heron which has Gnome 2.22 version and so [...]
Updating KDE4 to KDE 4.1.3 from the command prompt using zypper
Couple of days ago, while I was updating the KDE4.0.4 install present on my openSUSE, my Internet conked off(as usual), and I was stuck halfway between the KDE4.0.4 -> KDE 4.1.3 update. So I shutdown my system. Later on while powering it on, this semi-update badly damaged by KDE installation with version incompatibilities and DBUS [...]
WordPress 2.7 Beta 1 is out, November 10 release gets delayed
WordPress today released the first beta of WordPress 2.7 as on schedule. However the fianl release of WordPress 2.7 won’t be available on November 10, as per the schedule.
As posted on the WordPress development blog
Speaking of the final release, it will not be available on November 10th as originally scheduled. We are two weeks behind [...]
Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex Released: Download it, Some Reviews and Tips
Bang of the release schedule, the next version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.10 dubbed the Intrepid Ibex was released on October 30th.
Ubuntu Intrepix Ibex brings in some new features like
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[How To] Mount FAT32/NTFS Partitions with read and write support in linux using command-line
Previously I’d posted on auto-mounting partitions at startup using pysdm. This post shows how you can do so by making use of mount command.
Below steps require root priviliges, so switch to root or prefix sudo to the commands.
For mounting NTFS drives with read and write support, open the terminal and type
mount -t ntfs -o [...]
[How-To] Display A List of All Partitions, Device Info and Filesystem Type In Linux
In my previous posts I’d written on how to mount your partitions using the mount command. In the post I’d mentioned that you’d have to mention the partition that you want to mount by specifying /dev/device_name as part of the command. The question that would come to your mind is, How do I know which [...]
