Changing the GNOME Menu panel in openSUSE GNOME back to Gnome defaults
Seems like lot of openSUSE Gnome users don’t like the new Gnome panel, which is radically different interface from the traditional Menu bar with Applications/Places/System entries. Personally I prefer the new style, perhaps because I’m used to the openSUSE Kickoff panel, and I really dig the search feature
Links for the week
Ubuntu 9.10 “Karmic Koala” released, but reception hasn’t been spectacular. Poll on Ubuntu forums indicates that ~ 39% of users have had problems they could not fix.
Upgrading from Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope to 9.10 Karmic Koala.
Installing nVidia drivers (v190.42) in Ubuntu
KDE 4.3.3 released, brings in few bug fixes.
Experiencing Sabayon 5 //personal note: must try it [...]
Links of the Week
Been a while since I’ve composed a post, work’s taken a toll on me and leave me with very little time
Rather having no updates at all, decided to post some links which I found interesting and made for good read. So here we go!
openSUSE 11.1 up for downloads
The folks behind openSUSE have released the next version of the extremely popular (and my favorite) Linux distro – openSUSE.
openSUSE 11.1 comes with KDE 4.1.3, GNOME 2.24.1, and for those who (still) don’t want to shift to KDE 4, yes openSUSE 11.1 comes with KDE 3.5.10
You can download openSUSE via HTTP, FTP or via BitTorrent, [...]
[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 [...]
[How-To]Send SMS from your Linux computer via your Mobile Phone
While exploring Fedora 10 Beta, I found this neat little app called Phone Manager.
The about page of PhoneManager states
Phone Manager is a program created to allow you to control aspects of your mobile phone from your GNOME 2 desktop..
[How To] Display Windows exe icons in Gnome
Many people would like to use windows’ softwares in linux and would also like to run games in linux using wine. Many softwares and games work pretty well and are fully functional using wine. However, people may find it difficult to digest the fact that exe icons do not get displayed. If the exe icons [...]
DropBox client now available for Linux!
Dropbox – the awesome online file-storage, and syncing utility finally gets a Linux client! The developers have been promising a Linux client since day one and though it took them a while to get it – it’s finally here!
Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron Chronicles – A Look At Installation and First Glance
Quite a lot of people have been waiting for the latest release of Ubuntu, version 8.04 dubbed the “Hardy Heron” – primarily because it’s a LTS release. So how does the Hardy Heron stack up? I decided to jump into the Hardy Heron brigade and have a look. Is it worth the upgrade?
Read on to [...]
Ubuntu 8.04 LTS Gets An XRandR GUI
Here’s a much needed feature, the next version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.04 aka the Hardy Heron will finally feature a XRandR GUI. This feature has been implemented under Alpha 6.
Basically this allows the user to change, amongst others, resolution, refresh rate, rotation(ie, to rotate the screen by X degrees) on-the-fly, using the RandR 1.2 extension. [...]
