Tuesday, May 27th, 2008
Debian and other debian-based distros like Ubuntu have, by default, has the root account disabled as a security measure.(thanks to Subbu and PICCORO for the clarification)
To re-enable the root account, just open the command prompt, and type
sudo passwd root
You'll get the following set of messages:
sathya@sathya-laptop:~$ sudo passwd root
Enter new UNIX ...
Posted in Tips & How-To's | 4 Comments »
Thursday, May 1st, 2008
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 ...
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Sunday, April 20th, 2008
It's that time of the year. Everyone's excited and looking forward to it. Ofcourse it's the release of the next LTS version of Ubuntu, Ubuntu 8.04, aka Hardy Heron. So what're new features expected in Hardy Heron you ask? Well here are some of them
SHARETHIS.addEntry({ title: "Countdown to Ubuntu ...
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Sunday, April 13th, 2008
Unless you have been living under a stone, you should be knowing that Compiz Fusion transforms your Linux 2D desktop, with virtual desktops into a 3D one, complete with Cube plugin(amongst others) which transforms the virtual desktops into a cube.
Developer Dennis Kasprzyk has finally finished his idea to implement a cylinder deformation for the cube plugin. ...
Posted in News, Tips & How-To's | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
After few months of server downtime, Ubuntu Live Stats is operational again! The main idea behind this project is to reflect the enormous activity Ubuntu has on all fronts. Simply put, Ubuntu Live Stats gathers data from every source they think is interesting - ie, from forum, both English ...
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Tuesday, March 18th, 2008
Well the new wallpaper for Ubuntu Hardy Heron is out. Have a Look. What do you guys think? Personally, I like it a lot. Really striking, much better than - somewhat bland wallpapers of the previous ones. But still, nothing quite like openSUSE's artwork.
Also, Madsrh has been working on the ...
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Monday, March 10th, 2008
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, ...
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Monday, March 3rd, 2008
Picture this. You're fascinated by Linux. You always wanted to try it out. Now that you want to try it out, or have tried out the LiveCD but want to know more details, where do you look for? Of course Google and the Internet is always there. But that would ...
Posted in Tips & How-To's | 3 Comments »
Tuesday, February 26th, 2008
Introducing Ubuntu Mobile - full Internet, no compromise
Ubuntu Mobile is an Ubuntu edition that targets an exciting new class of computers called Mobile Internet Devices.
Ubuntu Mobile, based on the world's most popular Linux distribution, and MID hardware from OEMs and ODMs, are redefining what can be done in mobile computing.
Ubuntu ...
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Thursday, February 21st, 2008
Mark Shuttleworth today posted on the Ubuntu Mailing list, what is planned for the next version of Ubuntu, titled The Intrepid Ibex which would most likely have a version number of 8.10 and be released around October 2008.
To quote him,
With Hardy now past feature-freeze it's time to start to plan
features ...
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