Like me if you are trying new gnome extensions, you might want to try Gnome shell on Ubuntu. Following is all you need to run on your box to get gnome3 working. sudo apt-get install gnome-shell Once done, logoff & login with gnome shell
Full Story »Ubuntu -Disable Guest Login
With the installation of ubuntu 11, you’ll find guest login. Which can be used by anyone, although your files are safe, if you wish to block guest login you need to add guest false in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf. sudo vi /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf #add following line at the end of file. allow-guest=false Now after reboot, you’ll not find option [...]
Full Story »Ubuntu- Unmanaged Interface after PXE Installation
If you are using PXE to liveboot Ubuntu OS for rescue or for other purpose than installation, you’ll never face this issue as Ubuntu works great over PXE. But if you Install Ubuntu using PXE, you may not get network connectivity on freshly installed Ubuntu OS. In network settings, you’ll find Wired Unmanaged To resolve [...]
Full Story »Howto Install Adobe Air on Fedora / Ubuntu
Fedora If you already have flash plugin installed using yum you can install adobe air using following command. Else you’ll need download & install yum package from adobe download yum install adobeair -y Ubuntu For Ubuntu you need to enable partner repository (if not enabled yet). add-apt-repository ‘deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu natty partner’ Or you can manually [...]
Full Story »Creating a shortcut in Ubuntu Unity.
Since I prefer using Firefox & Thunderbird from tar package to receive updates quickly rather waiting for distro to release deb / rpm. I need shortcut for easy access. Creating shortcut was easy till there was Panel. With unity this becomes bit lengthy. If you are looking for to create shortcut for app that you [...]
Full Story »Ubuntu 9.10 Reaching end of life
Ubuntu 9.10 is about to complete 18 months support for updates & security fixes. From 30th April 2011, no updates will be available for ubuntu 9.10, to receive further updates users will have to migrate to later versions. Upgrade Ubuntu to latest version – using shell
Full Story »Access More Than 4Gb RAM on Linux 32bit
This is for Novice Linux Admins who is looking for a way to access > 4gb ram on Linux 32 bit Machines. By default 32bit architecture has limitation of 4gb memory access, by either switching to 64bit os or using PAE kernel you can access > 4gb physical memory. PAE (Physical Address Extension) kernel is [...]
Full Story »Ubuntu / Fedora Box as Wifi Router
Have you ever got into situation where you need to access wireless without having WIFI AP / Router? If you are searching for solution to turn your Linux Box into wifi router, this article will guide you through. I have tested this on Fedora 14 & Ubuntu 10.10, this should work with RHEL & CentOS [...]
Full Story »Ubuntu / Fedora – Quickly Resize Image
This is probably easiest way to resizing image on Linux Box. Why do you need to resize. While taking pictures using camera, many people keep settings to max MP (Megapixel), so that same snap can be used to print bigger size. This images are higher in size & if you are willing to carry in [...]
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