Nov 22, 2008 | Blogs, Firefox, linux, Technical, Ubuntu
Micro blogging sites are very famous these days as there have been many hand held devices (I think we should stop calling them mobiles as we can do more things now). One of the best example is Twitter.com. Check my own Twitter blog here. Its simple to blog into...
Nov 8, 2008 | General, linux, Product Info, Technical, Ubuntu
Need a cool PDA/Notebook look for your Ubuntu installation? Then try this Notebook launcher package. It fills in on top of your existing Ubuntu installlation and gives a cool look for the UI. In a terminal type: sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list This will bring up your...
Oct 31, 2008 | linux, Product Info, QuickFix, Technical, Ubuntu
It’s really cute to see the new face of gparted on Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex. No issues with NTFS resize. In turn it’s quite fast when compared to earlier resizes which I had done on dozens of laptops. Above is the picture of Ubuntu Installation wizard...
Oct 30, 2008 | General, linux, Product Info, Technical, Ubuntu
Ubuntu 8.10 just got released. Download the ISOs or the torrent: ubuntu-8.10-desktop-i386.iso. All the Ubuntu torrents are listed here. You can also upgrade your old Ubuntu installation right away. Press Alt+F2, and type update-manager -d Now click on the Update...
Oct 29, 2008 | linux, QuickFix, Technical, Ubuntu
Trying to burn .bin file in Ubuntu? Follow these instructions. It’s simple awesome! install bchunk: sudo apt-get install bchunk create file – sudo gedit /usr/local/bin/bchunkcue with the following: #!/bin/bash echo “FILE...
Sep 26, 2008 | Free Software, Gnu/Linux, linux, Product Info, QuickFix, Technical, Ubuntu
Free software community is celebrating its 25th birthday and boycotting software patents throughout the world. Free Software respects users freedom to use, study, alter and redistribute softwares. Brian Brazil and Paul O’Malley plus contributors have added an...
Sep 25, 2008 | linux, QuickFix, Technical, Ubuntu
Would you like to find the distribution version of the Ubuntu which you’re running on your system? Try the following command. # lsb_release -a No LSB modules are available. Distributor ID: Ubuntu Description: Ubuntu intrepid...
Sep 16, 2008 | linux, QuickFix, Technical, Ubuntu
I was bugged with some issues related to pulseaudio for few days and I was not able to make audio calls to any one over skype and one of the main error I could see in logs is as follows: pulseaudio[6993]: pstream.c: Failed to import memory block. I tried to follow up...
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