My laptop, affectionately called ‘dustpuppy’, is of course running Ubuntu Linux 7.04. After my basic install i had only a few things that didn’t work. The primary non-functional issues was the integrated webcam and the flash card reader. And now webcam works. How to set it up. Well for this i mainly followed a tutorial [...]
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Guitar Hero for free!
Today i made an amazing discovery i did not know about. An open source game that replicates the gameplay of the famous Guitar Hero. You use the keyboard to make frets, and string with the return key. Its hillarious fun to try and keep up and i barely managed at easy level. Of course having [...]
Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn available for download…
Its here, so grab it while its hot Download Feisty Fawn UPDATE: I have a review of this release in the making. Of course there are already a ton of reviews to pick and read. Anyhow my review comming … hang tight
gDesklets – widgets for linux
Okay this time i want to share how to install, setup and use gDesklets for linux. More specifically as i always do using Ubuntu Linux. Its a small easy guide and there isn’t a lot too it, so lets get started: Installation First we, of course, need to get gDesklets installed. Right now i am [...]
VPN and Network Manager in Ubuntu
Today i want to share my little knowledge about vpn connections using NetworkManager. Network Manager in case you dont already know is an amazing piece of software for your linux distro allowing easy hazzle free networking when switching to wireless network environments. An example would be the windows wireless list were its possible to see [...]
Power up the terminal with Aliases !
A little quick trick on how to add some nifty aliases for your terminal. What is an alias exactly. Well it’s another name for a specific command. A common alias e.g. could be to be able to type ‘dir’ (windows/DOS style) to list the directory content instead of ‘ls’. Then you make an alias saying [...]
