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Ubuntu guides

Ubuntu is a free Operating System based on Debian GNU/Linux. It has been rated as the most popular Linux distribution amongst Linux users according to Distrowatch. As it happens every six months a new version of Ubuntu has been released. Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot is here! Below you can find some helpful tutorials for old and new users!

Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Post-Installation Guide
How to install Gnome Shell on Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot
Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Post-Installation Guide
Best Gnome Shell Extensions
How to install Ubuntu Linux on Windows using VirtualBox

Fedora 16 Installation Guide

Fedora 16, codename Verne, is available for download and it comes with a lot of new features and bleeding edge software. It comes with the new Gnome Shell 3.2 and KDE Plasma Workspace 4.7 along with Linux kernel 3.1. Grub2 is now used by default and HAL has been completely removed. BTRFS is still not the default file system but you can of course select it during the installation. If you haven't done already download Fedora, install it and let's continue with the post installation guide to configure some basic stuff for Fedora.

Fedora 16 Post Installation Guide
Fedora 15 Post Installation Guide
Fedora 14 Post Installation Guide
Fedora 12 Installation and Post-Installation Guide

Linux Books

Of course the Internet along with the help of Google is a great source of information. You can answer almost any question you have about Linux and find many tutorials, guides and help. However many people prefer reading this information on a printed book accesssible even when they are not online or don't have a computer in front of them. I've received many e-mails asking me to propose them a few good books regarding Linux commands, administration and for specific distributions such as Ubuntu, Fedora etc. So, I've searched for a few good books. Here they are. Happy reading!

Linux Books

Linux DVD/Video

Here you can find some tutorials and guides on how to author a DVD, rip a DVD, convert a video etc. using open source software on Linux.

How to author a DVD using Bombono DVD
How to convert a video to Xvid/x264 using Avidemux
How to author a DVD using 2ManDVD
How to rip a DVD to DivX/XviD/H264 using DVD::Rip
How to create a photo DVD slideshow in Linux



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flashThe latest flash plugin versions 11.2.202.228 and 11.2.202.235 have many problems with Nvidia cards. In a previous article I have shown you How to fix the Blue tint on videos with Flash and Nvidia. Another problem is the leaking overlay. This causes flash to "leak" into other pages or solid black backgrounds. This bug is caused due to incorrect colour key being used by flash plugin. Here is how to fix it.

 

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ubuntuWikipedia Lens for Unity allows you to serch Wikipedia articles directly through Unity Dash. When you click on a result it will automatically open in Firefox, Chrome, Opera or whatever browser you have set as default. For the time being you can't filter the displayed results. To install it open a terminal and type:

 

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facebook-logoRecently I came across Facebook Resource for Akonadi which makes events, contacts, notes and messages from Facebook available in KDE. In other words you are able to see your Facebook friends through KAddressbook and their birthdays as well as Facebook events in KOrganizer. Moreover events and birthdays are also shown in the Plasma clock calendar. All this data is available offline thanks to Akonadi. So let's take a look on Akonadi-Facebook.

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ubuntu.jpgThe new Ubuntu 12.04 codenamed Precise Pangolin has been released! As you all know Ubuntu is the most popular Linux distribution since it aims on usability and ease of installation. Most probably Head-Up Display (HUD) is the most anticipated feature. HUD allows you press Alt and start typing what you want to do. A list of functions will start appearing on screen depending on what program you are currently running! With the new Video Lens you can search for videos through Dash in your computer and on the Internet as well, such as in YouTube. The Home Lens is also redesigned. The login screen is now personalized allowing each user to have a different background image. Enough for now, download Ubuntu 12.04 install it and let's see a few tips, tricks and tweaks!

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flashIf you have upgraded to the latest flash plugin 11.2.202.228 you might have noticed that in YouTube videos there is a blue tint. This affects only Nvidia users who are using hardware acceleration through VDPAU. I am using the latest libvdpau 0.4.1. Although there are many bugs commited to Adobe about it, it isn't fixed and is marked as cannot reproduce! Anyway if you are seeing a video with blue people here is how to temporary fix it.

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Linux logoBeing a Linux user for many users I am using command line a lot. A very useful functionality of Linux command line is autocompleting commands by reverse searching history. What I mean by that? Let's say that while I am typing some commands I want to reuse a cat command I had typed 10 commands ago. Instead of pressing the up arrow 10 times to find this comand I will just type cat and pressing up arrow will bring back only those commands I have already typed starting with cat. Here's how to enable it.

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kde logoIf you are a KDE4 user you must have heard of Nepomuk, Strigi and Akonadi. Most probably you have been annoyed of those things running all the time taking so much CPU. Well, I have to admit that their behaviour has greatly improved in KDE 4.8. They don't bother me at all and they seem to work pretty well. In this guide I will show you how easy it is to disable all of them. However first a little info on what those applications do.

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Linux logoFor those who hear it for the first time Yasp-Scripted is a system monitor plasmoid for KDE. It allows you to easily write a script controlled system monitor utility, something like conky or superkaramba. I am using it for many years now to have a constant overview of my system's temperature, free space, CPU usage, hard disk free space etc. However after upgrading to KDE 4.6.2, ok that was a long time ago, I was getting a message saying "Wainting for: RootUsed" and the script didn't load. I removed the indicator for my root partition free space since I couldn't find a solution at that time. However a few days ago my root partition run out of space and that's when I remembered this error. Here is how to fix it.

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