Bootsplash can be a simple visualisation of the scrolling boot messages in the console, but it can also present graphics or some combinations of both.For some reason there is a bug in the new version (8.10 Intrepid Ibex) that will not let you change this.
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Blender 2.46 Tutorial - Boning
It occurred to me that with all my graphics tutorials, I have never done any Blender ones.
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Linux *is* granny-compatible, since long
Yesterday evening, while I was at home in Freising, my brother called. He had some problems installing Ubuntu on our aunt’s computer, and asked for help. In the end, it was a success story.
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Switching your kids to Linux
Based on some of the feedback on my previous postings, there seems to be some interest in this topic. I'm sure that this is more like Perl than Python (there is more than one way to do it), but this is how I managed it....
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Ubuntu Server:Install GUI and Webmin in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Guide
We have already discussed how to install ubuntu 8.10 LAMP server .If you are a new user and not familiar with command prompt you can install GUI for your ubuntu LAMP server using the 2 options
1) Install desktop Environment
2) Install Webmin
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What is new in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)
After six months of development Ubuntu 8.10 is here, today (October 30th), available on mirrors worldwide.We will see what is new in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex).
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Upgrade Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) Server to Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) Server
This Tutorial provides instructions and notes on upgrading Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) server to Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex), released on the 30th of October 2008.
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15 Tips For a Better Linux Experience
The beauty of Linux is in users ability to do large amount of customization to have a unique user expereince. So today we will look in to some tips for a “better” Linux experience.
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Emacs Example Tutorial: insert a block of text
"As I explained in my previous Emacs tutorial on killing a block of text, it is sometimes hard to find easy to understand documentation on how to use emacs. One of the first things I wanted to learn how to do in Emacs was block editing..."
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Tracking Linux CPU Performance Statistics
Each system-wide Linux performance tool provides different ways to extract similar statistics. Although no tool displays all the statistics, some of the tools display the same statistics.
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How To Manage Apache Resources Limits With mod_slotlimit (Debian Etch)
mod_slotlimit is an Apache module that using dynamic slot allocation algorithm and static rules, can manage resources used for each running site.
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10 things you wanted to do with Ubuntu but didn't know how!
In this post we're going to look at 10 useful tutorials written by the How-to Geek himself.
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Pytube - Best YouTube,Google manager, downloader and video converter for Ubuntu Linux
PyTube is a GUI for various command-line tools such as:youtube-dl, sox, mplayer, mencoder, ffmpeg and others.It allows you to resize, rotate, apply an external mp3 into a video, generate a 10 to 30 seconds mp3 ring tone.
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DIY File Server
Networked storage is great for doing backups and sharing files between a variety of machines. Over the weekend I added an old 60GB hard disk to an even older 386 PC and built my own. It's surprisingly easy!
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Scheduling jobs based on filesystem activity with incron
There are numerous documents, tutorials and guides detailing the workings and usage of cron, the de facto tool for scheduling jobs on Linux. While traditional cron jobs are executed at set times, inotify cron, or incron, is a cron clone that watches the filesystem for specified changes and executes the relevant commands.
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