Yep, I used wireless to upgrade from Ubunttu 8.04 to 8.10 and finally 9.04, and NetworkManager lost control of my wired Ethernet interface in the transition from 8.04 to 8.10. I did manage to find a fix very quickly, and I can confirm that it does indeed work.

After getting a lot of feedback from the crowd regarding window managers I’ve decided to try a few out.

GNOME Shell is the proposed interface for Gnome 3, it replaces the window manager, the panels at the top and bottom of the screen and everything that sits on them.

I must admit, even though I will be 50 years old next March I still like down time playing games. One of the games I play for a while, stop playing, and keep coming back to is the trading and battle space simulator Vega Strike.

The Ubuntu Software Store debuted last month in the latest alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10.  Since its announcement, however, there has been more than a little debate over the application's name, if not the concept behind it, with many commentators questioning the implication of the word "store."  Here&'s the scoop.

I don't do a lot of audio/video stuff with my system, but the other day I had the urge to see if there was some voice synthesis software available on Linux and it turned out that I already had it installed: it's called Festival.

After featuring some of the best Free and Open Source 3D animation software, it's time to take a look at some 2D computer graphics program for Linux users who are into creating two-dimensional models. These free 2D animation software is as capable as those that are commercially available so do take time to try them first before emptying your wallet.