After a clean install of Jaunty on my HP mini 1120 NR, there was no sound from the speaker. Sound from the headphone jack did work, however.This is a known bug (#318942) and is identified in the release notes as a known issue for the HP mini.
Read more »Workaround to get sound on HP mini 1000 (or 1120 NR) with Jaunty
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Defending Firefox from Interest-based Ad Cookies
Web browser cookies always struck me as a minor issue. Although anti-malware programs often flag them as something to be removed, this always struck me as a scare tactic. However, when Google started the rollout of a new cookie-based tracking system last month, it seemed time to take a new look at cookies with the goal of protecting privacy.
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Can Konqueror Compete? A Look at KDE’s Browser
With Firefox marketshare now above 20% and rising fast, can the KDE Project’s browser, Konqueror, compete? Recently I started running KDE 4.2.2 and decided to use Konqueror in place of my default browser — Firefox. Let’s see how Konqueror stacks up.
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Super OS 9.04 Is More Than Ubuntu 9.04
In an article published last week, we have presented the new features included into the stable version of Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop Edition (code named Jaunty Jackalope), which was launched on April 23, 2009.
Read more »OpenOffice 3.1.0 has been released
OpenOffice 3.1.0 has been released.
Currently no changelog or releasenotes are available! I will update this post later.
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Hibernate and Suspend works fine on Jaunty
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.
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A Gaming Team For Ubuntu Has Been Started
Take it as you will, but a group of interested Linux gamers have launched the Ubuntu Gaming Team.
Read more »The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)
This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops.
Read more »A Battle For Good Open-Source Game Graphics?
An area where open-source games have traditionally lacked is with regard to delivering high-end graphics capabilities that can compete with modern day commercial games.
Read more »Firefox: Some security tips
There are several reasons why Firefox is the Web browser of choice for many of us. Providing a safe Web surfing experience is one of the more important ones. I’d like to offer some tips.
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Emacs identica-mode with multiple timelines and direct messages
"Emacs identica-mode, a way to read and post to Identi.ca microblogging site and any Laconi.ca installation from Emacs, now has support for several (friends, replies, public and user) timelines. Also added support to send direct messages..."
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Overview of Ubuntu in the Highstreet
I’m constantly vigilant, assesing how much of the general public who are not technically minded use Ubuntu. Here I found an interesting anti-Linux movement forming.
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A Taste of Spring: The Mandriva One 2009.1 Experience
I just got the news last week that Mandriva released their latest and greatest version, 2009.1 a.k.a Spring. For convenience sake, I decided to get the Mandriva One KDE CD image.
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Gnote Enters Fedora
Gnote will be included in Fedora 10 and Fedora 11, which is out shortly
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Adobe Releases 64-bit version of Air - Linux Only!
That’s right Linux only, if you want it for 64-bit Windows you will have to wait a while. According to Adobe’s Matt Rozen ”We have seen much stronger interest from the Linux community for a 64-bit version of Adobe Air, so that has been the focus of our efforts.”
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