Howto: VPN connection setup on ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala

Feb 20, 2010Dipin Krishna1 CommentKarmic Koala, ubuntu 9.10, vpn

I took this from http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8261958&postcount=6 There are so many variations on these VPN implementations that it is extremely difficult to generalize a known-good configuration for each. Install from the various VPN components PPTP (Microsoft VPN) pptp-linux network-manager-pptp b. VPNC (Cisco VPN) vpnc network-manager-vpnc c. OpenConnect openconnect network-manager-openconnect Reboot PPTP VPN Configuration – This setup works for connecting

How to Restore grub in ubuntu remix 9.10 karmic koala

Jan 11, 2010Dipin Krishnagrub, Karmic Koala, Restore, ubuntu 10.04, ubuntu remix

I recently installed Windows 7 on my laptop which already had ubuntu remix installed in it.The problem i faced was, the GRUB was lost. But i had trouble getting your GRUB boot loader since the process of restoring GRUB has changed. Follow these instructions to restore your GRUB. 1. Boot from your UBUNTU LIVE from

How to Show the Restore/Maximize, Minimize buttons on Maximized Windows in Ubuntu Remix 9.10 karmic Koala

Jan 9, 2010Dipin KrishnaKarmic Koala, ubuntu 9.10, undecorate

I recently installed the new Ubuntu Remix 9.10 karmic Koala on my laptop. I found that all windows where automatically maximized when open. I had showed you how to disable the auto-maximize feature of ubuntu remix earlier. Another annoying feature was that the maximized windows doesn’t have the restore/maximize, minimize and close buttons on it.

How to disable the Auto Maximize feature in Ubuntu Remix 9.10 Karmic Koala

Jan 9, 2010Dipin Krishna2 CommentsKarmic Koala, Maximize, maximus, ubuntu 9.10

I recently installed the Ubuntu Remix on my netbook. The most annoying feature i found was the ‘Maximus’. It maximizes every window you open, even small windows which should not be maximized. This is how you can disable this feature. Press Alt + F2, enter gconf-editor, Go to -> /apps/maximus/no_maximize and set it to “true”

How to play video dvd in ubuntu 9.10 karmic Koala

Nov 1, 2009Dipin Krishna2 Commentsdvd, Karmic Koala, ubuntu 9.10

Follows the steps below to play DVD in your ubuntu 9.10 karmic Koala 1. Become root $ sudo su – 2. Add medibuntu repositories to your sources.list. # wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/karmic.list –output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list Now add the GPG Key:# apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update 3.Update your system. # apt-get update 4. Now

How to install Skype on Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

Oct 30, 2009Dipin Krishna26 Commentsinstall, Karmic Koala, skype, ubuntu 9.10

The two methods below doesn’t work now. Please see http://blog.dipinkrishna.info/2009/11/how-to-download-and-install-skype-for_3060.html for a successfull installation of skype on ubuntu. I have provided two methods. Please do comment which one is successful. Follow these steps to install skype in ubuntu 9.10 (64 bit). First add: deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free to your

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