My friend Jason use ADSL and his Ubuntu9.10 machine can not connect to internet with the default network-manager come with Ubuntu 9.10.Everytime the machine startup,he need to type pppoeconf command and configure to access to internet.Here is how to fix this problem in Ubuntu 9.10.
Step1:Update Network Manager to the latest version from PPA
Open up terminal [...]
Update-Manager window frequently pop-up when I’m operating on my Ubuntu machine.
It’s very annoying and follow is what I did in my Ubuntu Karmic machine to disable this annoying pop-up window.
Step1: Go to System->Administration->Software Sources->Updates tab,un-tick all check-boxes.
Step2: Go to System->Preferences->Startup Applications->Un-tick “Update Notifier”
Hope this help,and you can manually run update-manager from System->Administration->Update Manager to update [...]
Install Moovida Media center in Ubuntu is very easy.Add the ppa source into /etc/apt/sources.list,update your system and use apt command to install.
For Ubuntu karmic:
Edit /etc/apt/sources.list by this command:(open terminal from Applications->Accessories->Terminal to type command)
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
add following and save the file:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
then use this two command to add gpg key:
gpg [...]
In Windows and Ubuntu dual-boot machine,you may find the two system times are different.My Windows time is always 8 hours ealier than Ubuntu 9.04 time.But after Ubuntu 9.10 installed this error disappear (maybe ubuntu 9.10 has this error fixed).
The reason why the two times are different is that Windows uses BIOS clock as its time [...]
If your Windows can not boot up and you think the NTFS volume was damaged by Windows or some other way and it cannot be mounted.You can try ntfsfix command to fix this problem if you have a Ubuntu dual-boot system.
ntfsfix is a utility that fixes some common NTFS problems. ntfsfix is NOT [...]
If you’re running on ubuntu and want to install Windows 7 without burning a disc,you can try following steps to install Windows 7 with the iso file.
Step1:Download grub4dos from:http://download.gna.org/grub4dos/grub4dos-0.4.4-2009-06-20.zip Decompress the grub.exe and put this file into root directory of Ubuntu partition (”/”).
Step2:Create a 4GB ntfs partition and paste all files from Windows7 iso [...]
Hawksope is a cross-platform pluggable menu based launcher.With it,you can quickly read your gmail messages,access to twitter,instant access your delicious.com bookmarks,search with google and access hard drive contents.
Hawkscope is a productivity tool that allows you to access your hard drive contents quickly via system tray / menubar icon with dynamic pop-up menu.
Feature
* Completely Free [...]
Have you ever encountered your laptop cannot boot into ubuntu after power failure.When boot up ubuntu,system start checking and repairing and this always do not work.Try following and it may help!
First,boot up and let ubuntu auto repairing the system.If it doesn’t work,there will be two choices:press Ctrl+D to check and repair again or input supervisor [...]
If your Firefox insists on doing huge amounts of I/O when closing, as well as acts slow when using the awesomebar,you can try this great tip original from:http://weblog.savanne.be/153-performance-tip-of-the-day
First,close down your Firefox completely and try following in Applications->Accessories->Terminal:
for f in ~/.mozilla/firefox/*/*.sqlite; do sqlite3 $f ‘VACUUM;’; done
this command just compacts your SQLite databases and no data will [...]
If you used to be a Windows user,you should prefer the Computer,Home,Network and Trash icons on your ubuntu gnome desktop.
Press Alt+F2 key combination,and this window pop up,type gconf-editor to start configuration editor.
Navigate to apps/nautilus/desktop in next window,check the marked four checkboxes and change their icon-name as you want.
Done.
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