May 9, 2008 · General, Monitoring · 9 comments


Date: October 2001
Place: Meerut
Problem: Desktop hanging again and again after 5 mins from boot up
Details: Cyrix Machine, running Windows ME
Follow-Up: Complete breakdown
Post-Mortem: CPU fan malfunctioned. Complete burnout of the CPU.
Cost: Whoops!!!

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May 8, 2008 · General · 6 comments

Compiz-Check is a script to test if Compiz is able to run on your system/setup and if not, it will tell you the reason why.

The script is suitable for GNOME, KDE and Xfce users and is not limited to a specific Linux distribution – in fact, the script lists those infos for you.

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May 6, 2008 · General · 29 comments

If you want to make your windows XP,Vista Machines look like ubuntu you need to follow this procedure

Start with the visual style, if you haven’t already install Uxtheme Multipatcher, this will remove the limitations on your system, in order to install new themes. Then download the Human Visual Style

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May 6, 2008 · General · 14 comments

Install compiz-fusion plugins on Ubuntu with compiz-git.You need to follow this procedure to install

Download compiz-git using the following commands

In a terminal use the following commands

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May 6, 2008 · General · 38 comments

Download Vista font

Download Microsoft Segoe UI Font from here

Unzip the downloaded archive and place the two .ttf files in your .fonts directory.

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