OK, those of you who have heard me complain loudly about not being able to load up my Creative Zen player (the generic version, not the vision) may be pleased to know that I’ve finally resolved the issue.

The basic idea is to have a server which shares the internet from a standard connection (e.g DSL) to anyone who connects wirelessly. “You mean a wireless access point, why can’t I just buy a £30 wireless AP?”

E-TextEditor a.k.a e is my favorite text editor on windows. AFAIK there is no text editor on linux that matches what e can do except for VIM. When I saw the post about making e open source I was pretty exited and wanted to try it out.

There is plenty of stuff to get excited about in the comming release of Ubuntu, Karmic Koala. What has been confirmed is:- About 10s boot!
- Gnome-shell in universe soon so people can bang on it
- Android apps running on ubuntu netbook remix…

I am a big fan of Ubuntu Server. It’s exactly what you need for a server, no fancy UI, just services. Dealing with all the text configuration files can be a time consuming task and there is something that can help a lot. It’s called Webmin and it is a web interface for configuring your [...]

How to record streaming net radio in Ubuntu Debian Linux easy way. You need to open GNOME Terminal, change to directory you want to stream to.

Plymouth, a project spawned by Red Hat to replace RHGB in Fedora with a much cleaner boot splash program that leverages newer technologies like kernel mode-setting, will not be finding its way into Ubuntu. Originally, it was considered that Plymouth could replace USplash in Ubuntu 9.04, but then Canonical and other developers decided to push [...]

For those who has forgotten or lost the password of root user in MySQL.
(Tested on Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope)

Full Circle – the independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community
are proud to announce the release of our twenty-fifth issue.

Adium is a fork of Pidgin for Macintosh, which uses a messaging system based on WebKit (Chrome, Safari, etc,) which has a really cool look.

This article will show you how to fix Desktop Effects aren’t enable for intel integrated graphic in Jaunty

When compared to KDE 4, OSX or Windows 7 the default Gnome desktop looks… let’s face it… old. Here are a few steps I took to make my desktop look more modern:

This latest release of Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) has brought great improvements as compared to previous versions. The following features will prove why Ubuntu 9.04 is the next desktop operating system for its users.

In my opinion, Open Source software can be used to build a far superior HTPC/Media Center than any commercial software product out there. So I’ve written this guide in an effort to help you save some money and point you in the right direction when building your very own HTPC/Media Center.

Canonical’s popular Ubuntu operating system continues to win followers around the world, and Ubuntu User is the first print magazine specifically for this rapidly growing audience.

One of the best CAD tools is Eagle, which runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. There is even a freeware Light version available for hobby projects. This article briefly explains how you can use Eagle on Ubuntu Linux for drawing schematics especially for your own Arduino projects.

Ubuntu Tweak allows changing all the itsy-bitsy pieces of Ubuntu desktop OS. It is the equivalent of TweakUI for Windows. You can achieve the same results by using the gconf-editor tool in Ubuntu.

Portable Ubuntu for Windows is a useful tool for when you need to use Ubuntu on an machine that has Windows as operating system.

Debian or Ubuntu. This is the most widely used base on the desktop. Debian stock, Ubuntu and Linux Mint make up for a huge percentage of Linux Desktop usage. So this simply makes sense.

The open source Chromium project, which serves as the basis for Google’s Chrome web browser, has reached alpha status on the Linux platform. Ars takes a look at the Linux port’s progress and functionality.

The Ubuntu Mobile Team will be prepping a ‘one time’ release of ‘Ubuntu Moblin Remix’ – combining the sexy new Moblin 2 interface with the stability of Ubuntu 9.04.

I want to install Ubuntu Linux inside of a virtual machine (VM), using VirtualBox from Sun. To do that, I have to download VirtualBox software and an Ubuntu ISO image. Once I install both of those items, I create my virtual machine and associate it with my Ubuntu ISO image. I [...]

Why would you want to install Ubuntu as a “server” rather than as a desktop? The simple answer is: If you need to ask, you don’t want to do it. But, there is a more nuanced answer as well

The smoked glass, Mac-like notification alerts are one of Ubuntu 9.04’s best features, but they’re not yet compatible with every program, including Firefox. An experimental extension can fix that, moving download notifications into Jaunty Jackalope’s pop-ups.

Back in August 2005, Matthew Paul Thomas submitted, on the Ubuntu wiki page, an idea and design of a piece of software that would unify all the existing package managers in the Ubuntu distribution. At the moment, the software is called AppCenter, and it was recently brought into spotlight.

Intel sent me their Classmate PC image of Ubuntu Netbook Remix (NBR) and it took me very little time to abandon the Moblin ship.

Canonical demonstrated a prototype version of an execution environment for Ubuntu that lets it run Android apps, says an industry report. The environment acts like a simulator, and is based on the Xorg X Window environment, says the story.

The Ubuntu Field Manual is a work in progress. Based on more than 10
years of Linux desktop support, the manual gives you all the basics for
setting up an optimized Ubuntu desktop system.

My Mum’s Dell laptop is 3 months old. When Windows update tried to install service pack 1, it died horribly.

If you’re one of those hanging on my every post on ubuntu, here’s my gen on upgrading to 9.04, the latest release. If you’re not, seriously – move on.