I would like to extend my congratulations to nbliang and fenris for them being officially accepted as Ubuntu Members. Hope that I’m going to see lots of contribution from both of you.
One of my friends ask me to make a tutorial on how to connect to the internet from Ubuntu using a dial-up modem. Here’s how to do it : First go to System->administration ->Netwok, when a dialog appear, click Unlock, enter password. Click Point-to-Point connection, then fill in the dialog with your dial-up internet account […]
There are times when you need to install an application that is only available in *.rpm package in Debian GNU/Linux or Ubuntu operating system. One of the main obstacles is that Debian / Ubuntu are using *.deb based packaging system which is incompatible with RPM. However you can easily convert RPM package to *.deb and […]
After discovering Linux Hater’s blog from Google Reader and Technorati, I decided to subscribe it as it was a funny and hillarious blog. It make fun of people who are using Linux for the wrong reasons (such as trying to act cool) and how some things in Linux are not better than any other operating […]
Curious about the temperature of your CPU while you are overworking it? With computer-temp GNOME applet, you can easily monitor temperature of each component of your computer with the help of Linux kernel built-in hardware sensor. Computer Temperature Applet is available from Ubuntu repository, and be added by right clicking GNOME Panel and selecting “Add […]
When you are working outside with your laptop, the most important thing that you might consider is to maximize your battery lifetime. This is true especially when you are working on location where AC power is not readily available. Typical laptop might last from 1.5 hour to 3 hours of normal use. So you might […]