November 19, 2009 · General · 10 comments

This is a developer prerelease version of the Adobe® Flash® Player 10.1 software for Windows, Macintosh and Linux. It is being made available for developers to test their content to ensure new features function as expected, existing content plays back correctly, and there are no compatibility issues. Consumers can try the release of Flash Player 10.1 to preview hardware acceleration of video on supported Windows PCs and x86-based netbooks.

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November 18, 2009 · General · 25 comments


IMHO the new gdm 2.28 shipped by default with Ubuntu 9.10 is really just work in progress. It's fine for what it currently supports, but it does not support the range of functionality that gdm 2.20 does. Perhaps the biggest issue is Multiseat X. Multiseat X is one of the best things about Linux. You can have several independent workstations all on the same computers, each with their own X Server. Apart from anything else, this can reduce a group of users' carbon footprint by needing fewer computers and should be something that Ubuntu is shouting about and not hiding in some "legacy package" with all its negative implications.
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November 17, 2009 · General · 6 comments

Download these nice  mouse themes for your ubuntu desktop
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November 16, 2009 · General · 7 comments

We have already discussed how to install chromium in ubuntu .One of reader Jeff Rader used our instruction to create a simple script so that it will be usefull for users

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November 16, 2009 · General · 8 comments

This tutorial will explain how to Add,Modify and Delete Users,Groups in Ubuntu.Linux users can login to the system and use with the provided previliges. Linux groups are a mechanism to manage a collection of computer system users. All Linux users have a user ID and a group ID and a unique numerical identification number called a userid (UID) and a groupid (GID) respectively. Groups can be assigned to logically tie users together for a common security, privilege and access purpose.
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