I’m sure everyone has seen the proverbial “nail-in-the-coffin” for the big blue gears, but Kubuntu is a largely populated distribution that I think it going to bounce right back. Kubuntu is a Ubuntu based distribution that opened it’s doors seven years ago with version 5.04. It has often been on the bleeding edge of KDE…
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Ubuntu 11.10: Post Install Guide
Everyone has there little rituals they do when installing a fresh operating system of there choice. Here is mine. Updates and Proprietary Drivers When I have Installed a fresh copy of any Operating System the first thing I do is install any updates that are required. You can either use the GUI…
Ubuntu 12.04: Unity 5.2 Ready for testing with two new features.
The Unity Developers have readied their latest version of Unity with the release of version 5.2 for the 12.04 version of Ubuntu. So What’s New? A couple of major things in my eyes, See below. Multi-monitor support You will now see launchers on each of your monitor, and when you scroll across…
Video Editor OpenShot get’s new release with ‘tons’ of bug fixes
OpenShot the Open Source video editing software has found itself with a new 1.4.1 release! Originally according to the developers it was only supposed to be a quick bug fix release, but that changed and they crammed it with new features such as new titles and effects. Highlights of The 1.4.1 release include: New…
Openbox 101
Figured I’d start a short series on the powerhouse window manager that is Openbox! I’ve recently become an Openbox refuge as Gnome 3.2 is still just too buggy for me. Even though I’ve come from a very “functional” desktop (Depends on your opinion), I find that Openbox is a VERY flexible and powerful window manager….
Ubuntu 11.10 – UnHide Start-up Application Entries.
This really annoyed me when I first installed Ubuntu 11.10. One thing I always do when I install an Operating System is stop certain services from auto starting. In Ubuntu 11.10 to view your Startup Applications you go to the top right of your screen and click the settings “cog” When the Start-up Applications program has loaded…
Did you know?: Ubuntu Templates Folder
If your like me and use document templates over and over again, this could be an invaluable piece of information. You may have noticed that in your ‘home’ folder there is a folder called ‘Templates’ which is empty (At the minute) This Folder allows you to add items to your right click “Create New…
How To Configure Wireless / WiFi Networking in Ubuntu via the Command Line (CLI)…
There are a number of tutorials available on-line for sorting out WiFi in Ubuntu via the CLI, but most of them seem quite outdated, so I decided to do my own. I did this on a minimal install of Ubuntu Lucid, so it is as up-to-date as possible. The PC I was using has no Windows Manager…
Who wants Media…. On there TV… XBMC, Zotac Zbox, and FreeNas Mash up…
So Like most people i like to watch DVDs, youtube, and other internet media and i wanted to put all of this media in one place and stream it on to my TV. So what did i do.. first of i sat down and thought about how i wanted the system to work and how…
How to create a ZFS file system on ubuntu with 3 drives raid 5 equiv…
This Video will talk you through setting up a ZFS File system.