Open-source software, or more precisely the FLOSS (Free and Libre Open Source Software) is arguably one of the best gifts the 20th century had presented us with. With the turn of the century, we continued to nurture this gift, and polish it more and more. A vast array of open-source software arose from our collective [...]
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iPhone, iPod Touch, iPad and Apple TV on Linux
Many people have claimed that the only thing keeping them attached to Windows is iTunes, so this is for all those people. While researching the steps for jail-breaking an iOS device I stumbled upon what is the equivalent to iTunes for a Linux system. The software seems pretty solid and it runs well from my own trials, [...]
Howto: KVM Server Virtualization
I want to virtualize a server from scratch. I have a server in mind already, but I don’t want to bother with virtualizing it directly since it is running on a dated OS. I figure I will build a new VM in parallel on some spare hardware and then migrate the image over to my [...]
Howto install RVM + Ruby 1.9 + Rails 3 in Ubuntu
Ruby on Rails is an application stack that provides developers with a framework to quickly create a variety of web applications. Ruby on Rails does take a little while to install on a virtual server, but luckily there are a lot of helpful tools to make this process as easy as possible. Step One— Install [...]
Previews: Ubuntu 12.10
In more Quantal development news, Unity in Ubuntu 12.10 would have a new feature called ‘Previews’. Previews will give users an extra option with results in the Dash – right-click to open a preview pane. In previous versions of Unity, users only had one option with results in the Dash which is to open the [...]
Windows Managers and Desktop Environments in Linux
Gnome, KDE, XFCE or LXDE. What is the best? That is a very broad question, so let me try to whittle it down a bit. If you’re coming to Linux for the first time from Windows or Mac, you’re not familiar with the very concept of having different desktops to choose from! The only thing [...]
How to resize the Unity 2D launcher.
It’s a pretty simple process, just need to edit three files. For those who don’t know Unity-2D uses qt to draw it. So all we need to do is change a few values in the qml files. Unity-2D lives here: /usr/share/unity-2d. The three files we are going to edit are: /usr/share/unity-2d/shell/Shell.qml /usr/share/unity-2d/shell/common/IconTile.qml /usr/share/unity-2d/shell/launcher/LauncherList.qml Shell.qml Find [...]
The Year of the Linux Desktop
Most Linux users probably recognize the “year of the Linux Desktop” as being a bit of a joke, as it sometimes seems like each year someone claims that this year is going to be the year of the Linux Desktop. So much so, that there is even a section dedicated to it on wikipedia. However, [...]
Configuring Unity – Ubuntu
Undoubtedly Unity Gnome 3 and changed our lives. If we return to the old desktop only have to install Gnome Shell and Desktop and selecting Gnome Classic. But as the changes come so far I found it very difficult to configure Gnome 3 or Unity. Luckily myUnity arrives. MyUnity is an independent configurator for Unity, [...]
Ident2 Daemon for Debian
In some cases certain online protocols like IRC chat or FTP servers may require a proper ident response from the connecting client. While IRC and FTP clients for Windows often provide their own ident server, Linux users need to rely on a daemon replying to ident requests. Here is a quick guide how to install [...]
100 Ubuntu links resources
Official Ubuntu Home Page Official Ubuntu Forums Official Ubuntu Guide Wubuntu – Ubuntu Web Edition Windows to Ubuntu Transition Guide 10 Advantages of Ubuntu over Vista 30 Days with Ubuntu Linux 60 Days With Ubuntu Installing Ubuntu Linux! FREE Linux Books online The Ultimate Linux Reference Guide for Newbies Top 10 Linux commands for Absolute Newbies The Ultimate Linux Network [...]
Install Ubuntu 11.04
The Ubuntu 11.04 “Natty Narwhal” released. You can download a CD version from ubuntu.com. The biggest change from ubuntu’s previous releases is Unity, a modern desktop developed by ubuntu team exclusively for ubuntu. Also Ubunty 11.04 is not including the Gnome 3.0. Unity is supported byCompiz Fusion, the 3D desktop of linux. Gnome 3.0 is not using compiz [...]
Migrating from Ubuntu 11.04 to Fedora 15
I decided to leave Ubuntu Linux distribution. I think the version of Canonical Ldta. is no longer effective distribution. His latest version of 11.04 am disappointed with their poor performance. I also have encountered major obstacles to recompile the kernel and Gnome 3 to make it optimal. The large amount of memory needed and the large amount of CPU [...]
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