November 18, 2008 · General · 7 comments

Usplash is a userspace application that uses the Linux framebuffer interface or direct vesa access to draw a splash screen at boot. It has a companion utility that is able to send commands to usplash, allowing information about the bootup sequence to be displayed in a more attractive way.

moosplash, a cowsay inspired USplash theme.If you want to install moosplash in ubuntu follow this instructions.

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November 17, 2008 · General · 19 comments

This is the Skype API Plugin for Pidgin/libpurple/Adium. If you're already running Skype, you can have your Skype contacts displayed with your Pidgin/libpurple/Adium contacts. It is intended as a complete replacement for the Skype user interface, hopefully everything you can do in Skype you can do with this plugin.

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November 13, 2008 · General, Server · 7 comments

If you have multiple servers with similar or identical configurations (such as nodes in a cluster), it's often difficult to make sure the contents and configuration of those servers are identical. It's even more difficult when you need to make configuration modifications from the command line, knowing you'll have to execute the exact same command on a large number of systems .

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November 11, 2008 · General · 3 comments

If you want to convert .img to .iso file you need to use ccd2iso.This converts CD backup files created using the non-free CloneCD program to a format understood by most Free Software CD writing programs.

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November 9, 2008 · General · 46 comments

In this tutorial we will see how to enable remote desktop access in ubuntu desktop and accessing remotely.vino is VNC server for GNOME.VNC is a protocol that allows remote display of a user’s desktop. This package provides a VNC server that integrates with GNOME, allowing you to export your running desktop to another computer for remote use or diagnosis.

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