Dec 9, 2008 | Books, Product Info, Technical, Ubuntu
I was wondering if I can download all different flavors of Ubuntu 8.10. It’s quite painful to download large files when BSNL starts drizzling with low speed bandwidth. Today when I reached home, I found my December copy of LFY (Linux for you) magazine on my...
Dec 3, 2008 | linux, QuickFix, Technical, Ubuntu
Something made me look into the new version of uvcvideo today. I’m not able to recall the exact link which reffered me to look into it. Might be some email update which stated that uvcvideo now supports more than 100 Cameras. But, I have been facing some issues...
Nov 25, 2008 | General, linux, Product Info, Technical
Today, I forced myself to revisit and reuse Empathy, a simple messaging client for Linux with rich set of widgets. Just because, pidgin has been eating up resources and it was found to be hanging or taking too long to pull in the friends list during which my IM...
Nov 24, 2008 | linux, Technical, Ubuntu
Just received a first copy of Ubuntu 8.10 from Canonical….
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...
Sep 13, 2008 | Events, General, linux, Product Info, QuickFix, Technical, Ubuntu
No time to test Alpha release. So, planning to live with a new Ubuntu release on my laptop while I continue working on my laptop. Yes, I have upgraded my Ubuntu installation to “Intrepid Ibex” Alpha 5 now. This is still an alpha release. Do not install it...
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