Archive for the ‘Tips’ Category
Sunday, November 12th, 2006
Dennis talked about the issue of unhealthy Ubuntu systems and how they interrupt between distribution upgrades. Dennis presents a list of signs to identify a possibly unhealthy system. He writes:
What makes an Ubuntu system unhealthy, you'd say - well here are a few examples:
Automatix/easyubuntu/fasterdapper
Third party packages
checkinstall'ed or alien'ed packages
The problem ...
Posted in Dapper, Edgy, Tips, Ubuntu | 2 Comments »
Tuesday, November 7th, 2006
People often ask about how they can make changes to their Grub boot loader menu. This is one of the most commonly asked question that comes from newbies who have a dual/multi boot Ubuntu with some other operating system(s) like Windows, Kubuntu,Xubuntu or some other Linux distro installed. Open Source ...
Posted in GNU, Tips, Ubuntu | No Comments »
Wednesday, October 25th, 2006
So many people complained to me that they do not enjoy gaim because it does not supports Yahoo! web cam. Personally I don't like web cams, but there are so many people out there who love to use Yahoo! messenger with web cam support. I wanted to assure people that ...
Posted in Dapper, Free Software, Linux, Tips, Ubuntu, Web | 4 Comments »
Saturday, October 21st, 2006
I have started to like the Terminal. Like all those people who never used anything else other than MS Windows OS, I was afraid of doing things by typing commands manually. I wanted graphical user interface for every thing. Now that I am using Ubuntu for sometime, I have realized ...
Posted in Linux, Tips, Ubuntu | 3 Comments »
Friday, October 13th, 2006
Xubuntu (Ubuntu Linux's XFCE based flavor) does not come with any graphical utility to switch keyboard layouts. There is a little XKB plugin that you can add to your XFCE panel but it only shows the layout in use. It does not provide an interface to add keyboard layouts neither ...
Posted in Tips, Ubuntu, XFCE, Xubuntu | 17 Comments »
Tuesday, October 10th, 2006
Applets are little applications that sit on your panels and make things easier for you. In Ubuntu, your default Gnome Desktop comes equipped with some very useful applets pre-installed but not activated by default. People who are absolutely new to Ubuntu and Gnome desktop are usually unaware of these applets ...
Posted in Gnome, Tips, Ubuntu | 3 Comments »
Sunday, October 1st, 2006
Microsoft's ISA server firewall is the tool used every where on networks in Pakistan and it is the second most common problem for Linux advocates in Pakistan. The first most common problem is getting drivers for win modems.
My Cable Internet service provider also uses the same stupid MS ISA server ...
Posted in Dapper, Linux, Networking, Pakistan, Tips, Ubuntu, activism | No Comments »