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Linux Mint, a popular linux distribution based on Ubuntu is planning a Gnome 3 edition on the upcoming release “Lisa” . Linux mint will be released on a gnome 3 edition and gnome 2.32 edition. The developers had decided to stick with GNOME 2.32 because there had been “radical changes” in GNOME 3.x’s desktop which had split the communities of GNOME and Mint users. Clement Lefebvre, Linux Mint Founder andRead More…
As usual the Ubuntu 11.10 distribution is available as an installable LiveCD and as a DVD image. The ISO files are now hybrid images that can either be burnt to CD or written directly to a USB flash drive using dd to create a bootable medium. This is the greatest ubuntu ever released. It is based on the milestone which put on ubuntu 11.04. In ubuntu 11.10, the ubuntu teamRead More…
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Ubuntu 11.10 comes with Firefox 7 as the default web browser. The latest version of firefox comes with lot of improvements. It uses very less memory and prevent memory leakage. Google Chrome web browser is a great web brower with lot of google features integrate. The Omnibar, sync of google accounts etc are some great features. Google Chrome is based on the open source project called chromium. Chromium webRead More…
Gnome shell is the desktop interface for Gnome 3.0. This is based on GTK+ 3 and written in C and Javascript. You can make themes for gnome shell using just javascript and css 3.0. The latest Ubuntu 11.10 will be based on Gnome 3.0 So you can easly try gnome shell without breaking your default unity desktop manager. If you have low graphics resources then it is better go toRead More…
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The sudo command will give the power of root user to an ordinary user in Ubuntu 11.1o. Without the root permission a user cannot change the file sysem, install a software, add or remove a kernel module, configure various services in a linux system. That is why the system is stable and free from virus programmes. The root login is disable by default in ubuntu 11.10. If a user willRead More…
After a fresh installation of Ubuntu 11.10 Adobe flash player is a required plugin for web browsers. In Google chrome the flash player is integrated built in but in firefox and other web browsers it requre the flash player. You need flash player to play youtube videos, view flash content in various websites etc. The latest Adobe flash player 11 comes with lot of bug fixes and performance updates. EventhoughRead More…
LightDM is the login manager used in Ubuntu 11.1o. It is a very lightweight login manager. You can make themes for LightDM without much difficulty. You can change the login background or the logo with a very simple programme called “simple LightDM Manager”. Install Simple LightDM Manager in Ubuntu 11.10 Simple LightDM Manager is written by Claudio. The programme will allow you to change the LightDM background and logo fromRead More…
Deja Dup is the default backup software available in Ubuntu 11.1o. It is very simple, robust and automatic backup tool. You can shedule the backups to a local or remote location. The GUI is not that much promissing but it is Very fast and do the work. If you backup your valuable data then you are protected from various kinds of threats like Harddisk Crashs, Virus Programmes etc… If youRead More…
A firewall management applicaiton is necessary in everyday computing. The ‘online security risks’ are increased now a days. If you are using ubuntu 11.1o there are lot options to controll your firewal. iptables provides more advanced security. The ‘netfilter‘ packet filtering system is built in into the Linux Kernel by default. A user can configure iptables for every needs. You can implement various kinds of rules for filtering incoming/outgoing packets.Read More…
YouTube is the most popular online video sharing website. You can find videos of every subject in youtube. You can watch and download videos from Youtube if you are using a youtube video client software in ubuntu 11.1o. The client software is not a web browser. You can directly play youtube videos using the youtube client. YouTube Video Downloader in Ubuntu 11.10 You can use various ways to download aRead More…
Skype is one of the best VoIP software available on various platforms like windows,linux,android etc.. You can make free video calls over the internet using skype. Skype is available in ubuntu also. You can easly download and install skype in ubuntu 11.10 Skype is based on peer to peer protocol and it provides better quality for video chatting in internet. In ubuntu 11.1o skype is added on the official repository.Read More…
Fedora Project Leader Jared Smith announced the results of the voting on Fedora 17. The next major release after Fedora 16 will be codenamed as Beefy Miracle. A campaign had grown around the “Beefy Miracle” name – which had previously been suggested for Fedora 16 – with mascot and beefymiracle.org web site. The other candidate names were Liege, Never, Gernsback, Rocky Ripple, Alpharabius, Panguipulli and Tubeteika. Fedora release names are requiredRead More…
Ubuntu 11.10 is released. You can download ubuntu 11.10 from the official website. The latest release of ubuntu comes with lot of great features and fresh user interface changes. It is evolved as much stable operating system for modern desktop and tablet environments. Ubuntu 11.10 comes with a good set of applications for every purpose. The selection of applications are made in Ubuntu conference. Banshee Music Player, Libre office, UbuntuRead More…
Regardless of your opinion on Apple’s products, services and business approach, the impact Apple has had on technology under Steve’s vision will be felt for a long time to come. “Steve was among the greatest of American innovators – brave enough to think differently, bold enough to believe he could change the world, and talented enough to do it”~ Barack Obama A designer at heart, design was at the coreRead More…
No Paranoid Pigeons or Or Persistent Penguin. Its Precise Pangolin. The next major Long Term Support release of Ubuntu will be “Precise Pangolin”. Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is due for release in April 2012. Mark Shuttleworth writes: – “12.04 is an LTS. So we want it to be tough and long-lasting, reliable, solid as a rock and well defended. It’s also going to be the face of Ubuntu for large deploymentsRead More…
