I am amazed, after having owned my Asus A8JS for about a year I have not been able to suspend resume properly, most probably because of the proprietary nvidia drivers. But today I just tried it out…. AND it works… I am amazed! I am using Ubuntu Hardy btw.

Customize easily your Ubuntu Login screen with different cool themes. [Watch the quick tutorial]

One of the new features in Ubuntu 9.10 is it show the currently available users list at login screen if you want to hide this just follow one of the following method

Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.4 was released today. It doesn't come with new major features except an option to customize the GDM (login screen), which you can use to change the login screen background, logo, disable the user list, disable the login sound and disable showing the restart buttons:

You might have noticed that the suspend and hibernation function in ubuntu/kubuntu won’t work. While there’s no official fix, you might find this work around helpful.

Here you can see the default login screen for Ubuntu 8.10. You simply add username and password and you have access to the Desktop. Simple, however, as you will see there are many options that can go with this login process. If you will go to System/Administration and select Login Window you will find that you have a lot of options available for login.

Hibernate and Suspend functions are working just fine on my Ubuntu Jaunty installation. Till this afternoon had trouble dump my programs onto ram/disk and turn off the laptop.

What's new in Ubuntu 9.10 Alpha 6? Well... first of all, there is no more Usplash (the boot splash screen). So it appears the the team has successfully managed to fulfill their initial plans for making a faster startup where a boot screen is no longer necessary.

This is a simple howto on changing your log on screen. This will also work with other distros. This is a very easy way to add more eye candy to your Linux system.