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Kannada on Mandriva

If you want to read Kannada on Mandriva, you should ensure that fonts-ttf-kannada  package is installed on your system. Above slide show lets you learn how to install it. You can view the images in full resolution by visiting by album here....
Playing WMA files on Ubuntu

Playing WMA files on Ubuntu

video/x-asf-unknown or MSS2 are two codecs required to play windows media files. If you’re unable to play them on your  using regular media players on your Ubuntu, install Mplayer and you should be good to play any WMA files. If you have already installed...
Ubuntu 9.10: Karmic Koala

Ubuntu 9.10: Karmic Koala

While we test the Alpha releases of Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, Mark Shuttleworth announces the code name for Ubuntu 9.10 as “Karmic Koala” to the developers community in the mailing list. While 9.04 brings in lots of new goodies to Ubuntu lovers, 9.10...

QuickFix: Too many open files

Are you troubled with “too many open files” error on your server?  Unable to run the services? warning: cannot open : Too many open files Here are few fixes which you can use to get the issue resolved. Making sure /proc/sys/fs/file-max was big enough...

Medibuntu for Jaunty Jackalope

If you want some of the 3rd party, non-free softwares like Adobe Acroread, Real Player, Google Earth and Skype etc, you can always grab them on to your Ubuntu desktop by adding Medibuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) repositories into...