November 16, 2009 · News · (No comments)

Only 6 weeks after the launch of Amarok 2.2.0, the Amarok team is proud to present the next release in the 2.2 series: Amarok 2.2.1. While the developers have focused on fixing bugs and polishing existing features, a few new features make their appearance as well.

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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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November 15, 2009 · News, Security · 2 comments

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Ubuntu Security Notice USN-859-1 November 13, 2009
openjdk-6 vulnerabilities
CVE-2009-2409, CVE-2009-3728, CVE-2009-3869, CVE-2009-3871,
CVE-2009-3873, CVE-2009-3874, CVE-2009-3875, CVE-2009-3876,
CVE-2009-3877, CVE-2009-3879, CVE-2009-3880, CVE-2009-3881,
CVE-2009-3882, CVE-2009-3883, CVE-2009-3884, CVE-2009-3885
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A security issue affects the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 8.10
Ubuntu 9.04
Ubuntu 9.10

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November 15, 2009 · General · 6 comments

On a single user system i like to have the same background for bootsplash, login screen and desktop. As the new xsplash and gdm in ubuntu karmic (9.10) makes this easy to access.
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