An unofficial remix of Ubuntu offers a Mono-free experience for the newcomer with "saner defaults"
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Taking Screenshots in Ubuntu using terminal only
There is no need of a graphical utility to take the screen shot of your desktop, no need to wonder how.. Lets try it with your terminal. Terminal is a powertool and solution to all the problems in linux
The advantage of using commandline tool is that if you need to take a screenshot in an environment, where you cannot run a graphical screenshot utility prefer this method.
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Synaptic Is Going Bye Bye Soon
Paul Tagliamonte, an Ubuntu LoCoCouncil and BeginnersTeam Council member confirmed in a comment on Reddit that Synaptic will soon be removed from Ubuntu.
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How to install Ubuntu on a btrfs file system
Ubuntu 10.10 beta is the latest Linux distribution release to have support for the btrfs file system. Btrfs (B-tree File System) is a copy-on-write file system for Linux. It changes how we manage disks on Linux.
This tutorial presents a step by step guide on how to install Ubuntu 10.10 beta on a btrfs file system.
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Bulk conversion of documents using OpenOffice and Unoconv
A simple tutorial on mass conversion of documents using Openoffice and Unoconv. Also shows how to start OpenOffice in headless mode.
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How to recover Grub 2 in Ubuntu
this a post describes about recovering the grub 2. This problem usually happens when some other operating system on its installation overwrite the MBR..
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important bash commands for system administration
Terminal is the power tool that every linux user may have to come in contact even once in their computer life. Here is a post about controlling and managing your system using the gnome terminal.
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Links: the browser for the terminal
Links is powerful text WWW browser with tables and frames. It runs in linux terminal providing a faster access to internet especially on slow connection. Its completely text based, so that you cant use it as a complete replacement for usual browsers since terminal can not display images. Also since text based it can be a used for faster acces of internet when you are using mobile internet.
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Wacom Control Panel - Easily configure wacom tablet
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Record Installed .deb Packages In A Text File (Ubuntu/Debian)
This short guide shows two methods of recording all your installed .deb packages in a text file that you can then use on another computer to install the same packages there. This is useful if you want to install the same set of packages on more than one computer.
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Create A Full System Backup Or Custom Live Ubuntu / Debian CD With Remastersys
It's one of the best tools out there to make a disaster recovery disc or make an ISO of your own customized Ubuntu. It's an equivalent to Windows backup and restore (if you use it only for system recovery and not to recover your personal files).
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Installing And Using OpenVZ On Ubuntu 10.04
In this HowTo I will describe how to prepare an Ubuntu 10.04 server for OpenVZ. With OpenVZ you can create multiple Virtual Private Servers (VPS) on the same hardware, similar to Xen and the Linux Vserver project. OpenVZ is the open-source branch of Virtuozzo, a commercial virtualization solution used by many providers that offer virtual servers.
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So you really like the new Face Movie feature in Picasa 3.8 and want it in Linux too? Well, it doesn't work for now, but you can use PhotoFilmStrip.
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EZ Lube runs LubeSoft, which runs on Linux — more specifically on Ubuntu
It's not like this is breaking news or anything, but I was at EZ Lube today getting an oil change and noticed the tell-tale brown GNOME windows of the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS era.
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Patent Threat Banshee Gets Hooks Into Ubuntu 10.10
Another word of warning about Mono software which is excluded from the MCP and why Canonical should not mimic Windows and Mac OS X
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