TBO is an easy and fun program to draw comic and make your presentations funnier.
Read more »Exploring the KDE Plasma Netbook interface
The latest K Desktop Environment, KDE, features two modes of interacting with the desktop – the classic Desktop interface and the Netbook interface. On recent KDE-based distributions that I have reviewed for this website, the default is the classic Desktop, but switching to the Netbook interface is an easy, few seconds process.
Read more »Kubuntu 10.10 review
Kubuntu is the community developed, KDE-based version of Ubuntu. The latest edition, Kubuntu 10.10, was released on 10.10.2010, the same day that Ubuntu 10.10 and other Canonical-sponsored distributions were released. In this article, I present a detailed review of this KDE distribution.
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Google Custom Search How to fix the crackling sound problem in Ubuntu 10.10 startup
Fix the annoying crackling sound problem when ubuntu 10.10 starts up
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Guest session and guest user accounts in Ubuntu
Occasionally, you might want to give a friend or family member access to your computer, but do not trust them enough with your login information. What do you do? Use the Guest Session or create a guest account. This tutorial shows you how.
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Command Line Little Helper: CLI Companion
This nifty little tool couples the terminal with a database of frequently-used commands. So if you need to execute a specific command, you don't have to type it manually and remember all its parameters. Instead, select the command from the list and hit the Apply button.
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Spice up Ubuntu 10.10 desktop with Cairo-Dock
Ubuntu 10.10, the latest edition of the popular Linux distribution, which was just reviewed here, ships with the same blank desktop that has come to identify the Ubuntu desktop. But you do not have to live with it. You can spice it up with a very simple and elegant application. You can go from the default desktop, to a more sexy desktop.
This article will show you how ...
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Ubuntu 10.10 manual disk partitioning guide
The installation program on Ubuntu desktop is pretty basic. It lacks the other features, like support for LVM, RAID, and full disk encryption, that the Ubuntu text installer edition has. By default, it creates just one partition onto which it installs everything.
Read more »FFmpeg Tricks You Should Know About
FFmpeg is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video. It includes libavcodec – the leading audio/video codec library.
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How to Install Ailurus in Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverik)
Ailurus is a GPL software, which aims at making Linux easier to use for beginners. Ailurus is available for Ubuntu, Fedora,Archlinux and Mint while Ubuntu Tweak is a dedicated Ubuntu only application.
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Planning to Migrate to Linux? BEWARE!!!
As more noise in favor of GNU/Linux is heard, some people might feel tempted to replace their solid, green-red-blue-and-yellow Windows system with an unknown, shady, black-and-white Linux penguin. Some of these users, thinking they are about to enter the Promised Land, fail to fully consider the disastrous consequences that abandoning the firm, old Windows tradition may cause.
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How to manage disk encryption passphrases and key slots
Disk encryption is one method you may use to enhance the physical security rating of your computer. From my experience, it is rarely used, which is a shame because it is one of the most effective safeguards against unauthorized physical access to data stored on a computer.
Read more »How to get Free ubuntu 10.10 CD (Maverick Meerkat)
The Ubuntu ShipIt program, which provides free Ubuntu Desktop and Server CD’s to users , is now taking pre-order requests for free Ubuntu 10.10 desktop
and server CD’s.
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dpkg package manager and its options
The dpkg utility works at a layer lower than the APT utilities do. APT uses dpkg behind the scenes to manage software on your Ubuntu system. APT and dpkg work similar to the way yum and rpm do on Red Hat–based Linux distributions.
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Changing Permissions with chmod
The chmod command lets you change the access permissions of files and directories. shows several chmod command lines and how access to the directory or file changes.
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