Update: This works with latest version – ubuntu 10.10. After installing 9.10 didn’t play mp3 files. Whenever I tried playing mp3 files using Totem Movie Player did not played mp3 files. Although it tried searching for plugin but no plugin was found. Before installing any coded / VLC player I run following command, which updated [...]
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Update This works with Ubuntu 11.10 Few minutes back I completed Ubuntu 9.10 installation. Now I am using latest Ubuntu for my routine work. As I have already expressed my love with root access in previous post, this time I was looking for a way to use root login for GUI. One of my colleague [...]
Full Story »Ubuntu- Sudo without password
I am Linux Admin, my routine job is to maintain proxy, nagios & mail server. I always use root user for my servers. Thus I am used to full rights. But when it comes to perform admin task on my Ubuntu PC I have no better choice than sudo / su. With the following method [...]
Full Story »Remove old Kernel from Ubuntu
I am using Ubuntu for home & office use. Like every other user I upgrade to latest packages. Unlike other packages old Linux Kernel is not used, though we keep it for rescue purpose. Ever since 9.04 released there is been three kernel updates. I do not require to keep two for the rescue purpose [...]
Full Story »Rescue Ubuntu after Windows installation.
Although I am Linux user I still have dual boot for my home Computer. After installing Ubuntu 9.04 I installed Windows XP & lost Grub. To Rescue Ubuntu I created Ubuntu USB boot. Boot Computer using usb & used following commands to get grub working. sudo fdisk -l sudo mount /dev/sda8 /boot (you should know [...]
Full Story »Ubuntu USB Boot for Linux / Windows
I do not prefer CD / DVD for OS installation as its slow & time consuming. From past few years I am using HDD / Network installation for CentOS. One thing I like about live media is it can be used on any computer & better option to rescue when Windows crashed. To create USB [...]
Full Story »AMTRON delivers 28,000 Ubuntu-based PCs to students in Assam
Summary India-based government information and communication technologies (ICT) provider The Assam Electronics Development Corporation (AMTRON) needed to provide every Assam student who achieved 60 per cent or higher in their school leaving exams with a free PC. AMTRON needed to comply with strict budgets to deliver reliable, easy-to-use PCs to thousands of students. It finally [...]
Full Story »French police switch from Windows to Linux
The French national police force has slashed its IT costs by 70 per cent by cutting Microsoft out of the equation. There are many arguments for or against switching from Windows to Linux. Many times these arguments are based more in fanaticism than fact. In a recent report, the French national police force, Gendarmerie Nationale, [...]
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Credits To: drhacker93 Booting Ubuntu 9 04 with SSD Credits To:MattCutts
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