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Google plans to launch the Google Chrome OS in the second half of 2010, an operating system designed from the ground up to run the Chrome web browser on netbooks. Google Chrome OS is built to run on both x86 architecture chips and ARM chips, like the ones increasingly found in netbooks. It is also… Read More »Google Chrome OS to be launched in the second half of 2010

It was discovered on Jaunty. After installing grub2, it modifies the currently installed grub 0.97 menu.lst configuration file to chainload grub2 to allow one to test grub2 before committing to it as the default boot loader. However, grub2 modifies the menu.lst entry and adds the incorrect command to select the partition to boot from to… Read More »Bug #376879: grub2 installer modifies grub 0.97 menu.lst incorrectly and fails to chainload grub2

“Grub2” is a replacement for grub, which has been claiming to be the replacement for it for some years. Switching to “grub2” would bring support for newer systems, internationalisation, updates and bug fixes etc.So it’s clear we would like to switch the default bootloader to grub2…lets try “install and test grub2”. Testing grub2If you are… Read More »Install and test grub2

Work with the images as you do it in “photoshop in ubuntu using gimpshop”. GIMPshop is a modification of the free/open source graphics program GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), intended to replicate the feel of Adobe Photoshop. Its primary purpose is to make users of Photoshop feel comfortable using GIMP. GIMPShop tries to replicate Photoshop’s… Read More »Gimpshop: photoshop in ubuntu linux

Greasemonkey is an add-on or plugin for your web browser “firefox” that allows us to install some scripts to improve our productivity on the sites that we visit. How to use greasemonkey : Install Greasemonkey on firefox as an add-on .. then go to the web site with the thousands of custom scripts, find and… Read More »Improve browsing with Firefox using greasemonkey

Gears is a plug-in that extends your browser to create a richer platform for web applications. For example, webmasters can use Gears on their websites to let users access information offline or provide you with content based on your geographical location. To install Gears, visit http://gears.google.com.Gears was designed to be used on both Google and… Read More »Google gears for your ubuntu linux

I recently configured my gmail account in Evolution mail on my ubuntu jaunty.This is how i did it. 1. Login into your gmail account.Goto Settings -> Forwarding and POP/IMAP. Enable POP for mail, select the option you prefer. Make sure you select one option to enable POP. 2. Now open Evolution and follow the screen… Read More »HowTo configure gmail in evolution on Ubuntu 9.04

Undoubtedly, the game of poker on the internet has been a great success, because you can gamble and win big money, we want millions of dollars are earned on these types of games. Has grown both types of games that they have created several gadgets to play with, this is one device that helps you… Read More »Gadgets to play poker

1. You will need to have Gimp 2.6 installed and ready.Now create a new picture with 640 x 480 (480 minus some space for the text cursor). The original Slitaz splash will be 640 x 346 pixels. 2. Now create your image,with your creative works. When done, change the image mode to indexed colors. IMAGE… Read More »How to create a pre-boot image for slitaz ( .lss picture files )

Server Ubuntu aims to keep free software at the forefront of cloud computing by embracing the API’s of Amazon EC2, and making it easy for anybody to setup their own cloud using entirely open tools. They’re currently in beta with official Ubuntu base AMI’s for use on Amazon EC2. During the Karmic cycle they want… Read More »What is hoped to be new in Ubuntu 9.10: Karmic Koala

Release of version 2.26.2 of GNOME was announced on May 20. This is the second update to GNOME 2.26. It contains some important bug arrangements that directly affect our users, updates the documentation and also a large number of updated translations. We thank all contributors who have worked hard to deliver these changes in time.… Read More »GNOME 2.26.2 is released

It is confirmed: Ubuntu can run Android applications. As advanced a few days ago, has confirmed that Canonical is working on developing an environment that will allow the execution of native Android application in Ubuntu. This is confirmed by what was only a rumor a few days ago to Ubuntu and open up new possibilities,… Read More »Google Android applications will be soon available on Ubuntu

You may encounter a blank screen after boot in ubuntu. This will be due to some update of certain packages.Follow these steps to correct the problem. 1. Select recovery mode from the boot menu.2. Select login as root from the menu in recovery mode.3. Type this at the prompt # sudo apt-get remove xorg-driver-fglrx# sudo… Read More »Blank (or black) screen after boot process in Ubuntu

If you want to create a reflection effect in GIMP, you can use this simple script . Download. Just copy the script to your gimp installation directory. Example: /usr/share/gimp/2.X/scripts replace X with the version number.. Restart GIMPOpen a Picture Go to Filters > Decor > Reflection Save your picture as PNG (to use alpha channel)… Read More »Script to create reflection effect in GIMP

The launch of Amarok 2.1, five months after its previous version 2.0 was announced , the all-free multimedia player developed primarily for the KDE desktop. In addition to an updated look, some of the improvements in this new version include: Improvements in play lists: More and better filters to create them, but the biggest change… Read More »Amarok 2.1 music player for debian / ubuntu

“Dual boot Slitaz and Windows“ Follow these steps to dual boot your system with Slitaz and WIndows. 1. First create atleast two partitions on your hd, one for Slitaz and the other for Windows. You may be in need to create a partition for swap,probably if you have less memory. Just partition your HD. 2.… Read More »How to Dual boot Slitaz and Windows

I installed ubuntu and then vista, i found that my ubuntu grub was lost.. I followed these steps to “restore” the “grub boot loader” of ubuntu.Here are the steps 1. Boot from the ubuntu Live CD. 2. Now open a terminal from Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal. 3. Now you need to start grub as… Read More »Restore grub boot loader

Did you fail to use “gtalk in ubuntu” … Now you can chat and talk to your gmail buddies in ubuntu… 1. check for gtk2.0 and qt4 $ sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev$ sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev libogg-dev libtheora-dev$ sudo apt-get install libsdl-dev libavcodec-dev libswscale-dev$ sudo apt-get install libexpat-dev libraw1394-dev libvorbis-dev$ sudo apt-get install libgsm1-dev  libspeexdsp-dev… Read More »gtalx: Howto Gtalk in ubuntu ( google talk )

Create your own login screens in ubuntu.. Components of a GDM Theme A GDM Theme is basically composed by: * A background image* A screenshot to be displayed in the GDM Configuration* Icons (images for the icon bar)* An xml file, where the actual theme is defined. This file allows the declaration of frames, images,… Read More »HOWTO create your own GDM Themes ( login screens )

Download the tar file from here.…and extract it…. You can see many image files, one c file, one Makefile and one bdf file.To create a usplash using this…just type at terminal…$ cd dipin-usplash2$ make Now you will get a dipin-usplash.so file. This is the usplash file. Now u can create your own usplash by editing… Read More »HowTo Create your Own Usplash for Ubuntu