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Howto Speed Up Ubuntu Booting process

I’ve a friend of mine complained about how Ubuntu and other GNU/Linux distro boots slowly compared to Microsoft Windows. I told him this is because Ubuntu and other GNU/Linux distro tend start services that generally safe for average users.

He then told me about how he can customise Windows XP startup process and disable the services that he don’t use. Actually there’s a way to do that in Ubuntu too. Just go to System->Administration->Services, and disable whatever services that you don’t need .

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Install Mozilla Flash Plugin in Ubuntu

I get questions about installing Flash plugin for Ubuntu some of the time, and here’s a quick howto activate the plugin in any Linux distro. Assuming you use Ubuntu :
First, download the flash plugin from Adobe website, click the Download Now button

From Desktop, goto Applications->Accesories->Terminal, type

tar zxvf ~/Desktop/install_flash_player_7_linux.tar.gz

You’ll see a list of files extracted. Then type,

install_flash_player_7_linux/flashplayer-installer

Answer a few questions, then the screen will tell you that the Installation was successful.

Close your browser, and start it again. You should have your Flash plugin support in Mozilla Firefox browser right now.

[tags]flash,firefox,mozilla, firefox plugins, macromedia, adobe,ubuntu,linux[/tags]

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Spanish Ubuntu wiki

Ubuntu Portada

I found a Spanish Ubuntu Wiki on the internet today, which I find it quite useful. The wiki contains info and guides about how to use Ubuntu in Spanish language. Among the guide in the wiki are:

How to install Ubuntu from downloading images/burning iso

  • Customising desktop
  • Introduction to Linux
  • How to use GRUB
  • Understanding processes
  • How to configure network
  • Installing application
  • How to do programming in Ubuntu

Currently there’s 114 articles that span over 1,800 pages on the wiki, the numbers of contribution ar growing each day as it being updated by the community. Wish we have a lot more localised wiki like this, because free software is about freedom of choice.

[tags]ubuntu,debian,linux,spanish,wiki,mediawiki,community,gnu/linux,portada,guide[/tags]

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How to get USB Drive for less than RM20 (USD 5)

o you own a mobile phone that uses RS-MMC, DV RS-MMC or mini-SD card?

Have you recently upgraded your phone’s memory card? What happened to the old memory card that came with the phone? Do you keep it in some drawer, give it to a friend? or just manage to lose it somehow?

Well today I would like to share with you something that I’ve done with an excess 64MB DV RS MMC card that I own.


  

All you need is to get portable memory card reader, I use the one produced by Edge (http://www.edge.net.my), you can get it from your local computer store or Lelong for RM12-18. The memory card supports RS MMC/DV RS MMC/SD/Mini SD card, and its surely flexible, the memory card didn’t fell off the slot even when I carried it everywhere.

      

Already bought one? Then insert the DV RS MMC (without adapter) to the card reader and voila! You’ve a USB drive for a cost less than RM20 (that’s USD 5 for comparison). Heh, It’s even supported on my Ubuntu Linux.

Portable Card Reader

So keep this in mind the next time you’re upgrading your mobile phone memory card.

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QEMU: Installing Windows XP on Ubuntu Dapper

For some reason, you might want to install Microsoft Windows XP on Ubuntu Dapper Drake, one of the main reason is because you want to be able to do development without booting your pc into other operating system, the other reason is you might want to try out something on the other operating system while you’re using Linux.

Whatever the reason are, you might run into some trouble if you’re trying to install Windows XP on QEMU for the first time and this howto might get you out from messy situations.

Read : How to run Windows XP under Ubuntu Dapper

Ubuntu QEMU

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