[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 [...]
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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 [...]
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[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 [...]
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[How To] Fix MBR after installing/uninstalling Windows/Linux in a dual boot
Many, who do a dual boot with any Linux and Windows will face the problem of Master Boot Record (MBR). In easier words, one of them (Windows or Linux) wont boot after installing/uninstalling the other. This is a small guide I hope many would find it useful.
FIXING WINDOWS BOOT AFTER UNINSTALLING LINUX
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[How to] Tackling Screen Resolution Problems in Linux
Many of us may feel screen resolution as the biggest pest in any OS. If we don’t get the screen resolution we want we get real fed up with the UI (dont we?). Personally, I very much hate if screen resolution gets screwed up and also have faced a lot of problems on that.
So I [...]
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[How to] Setting up Frontech Tv Tuner in Linux
Continue I am personally a Frontech tv tuner user. I dont currently use it now but i was using in the past. I faced hell a lot of problems to get it working. It was sheer luck that i ran into the info here which saved me!!!! Thanks to Mann.
Here’s an excerpt from it
13/06/07- I [...]
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Create a Fedora Bootable USB Pen/Flash Drive Easily using liveusb-creator
LiveCDs are a great way to try out (new) Linux distros on your system.
Unfortunately CDs get scratched pretty easily, and can turn into a coaster pretty soon.
With prices of USB pen drives at rock bottom, they’re probably the best way to try out LiveCDs. Generally its not that easy to make a bootable LiveCD [...]
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[How To] Solution for sudo: must be setuid root problem
I had encountered this problem on sudo/gksu not working few months earlier.
Whenever I had to open an application with gksu it did not open at all ! I was wondering what did i do. I dint know whether i meddled with something or is it any other configuration that created the problem.
If I type sudo in terminal [...]
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[How To]Setup a BSNL DataOne BroadBand connection or a DSL Connection in Linux
This is yet another of the posts was lying in my drafts, decided to dust it off and publish it!
Remember that all these assumes that your router is connected to the LAN port, if it’s connected to the USB port, then disconnect it and connect to the LAN port. If you dont have a LAN [...]
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[How To]Making Ubuntu(and other Linux) look like Mac OS X and Some Tips on AWN dock
This is just a casual how to for people who love customisation. As of today the most wanted OS look and feel are that of Windows Vista and MAC OS X. Have a look at this post Damien has written on MakeTechEasier, will help you get that OS X look. [...]
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