May 25, 2008 · General, Server · 1 comment

If you want to know more details about your file system you need to use dumpe2fs utility.dumpe2fs prints the super block and blocks group information for the filesystem present on device.dumpe2fs is similar to Berkeleyâs dumpfs program for the BSD Fast File System.

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May 24, 2008 · General · 1 comment

In Ubuntu 8.04 if you want to configure compiz manually we have a new tool called Simple Compizconfig settings manager.The OpenCompositing Project brings 3D desktop visual effects that improve usability of the X Window System and provide increased productivity.

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May 18, 2008 · General · 5 comments

QEMU is a generic and open source machine emulator and virtualizer.When used as a machine emulator, QEMU can run OSes and programs made for one machine (e.g. an ARM board) on a different machine (e.g. your own PC). By using dynamic translation, it achieves very good performances.

When used as a virtualizer, QEMU achieves near native performances by executing the guest code directly on the host CPU. A host driver called the QEMU accelerator (also known as KQEMU) is needed in this case. The virtualizer mode requires that both the host and guest machine use x86 compatible processors.

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May 14, 2008 · General · 5 comments

Total newb. It took me days to find this solution so I thought it worth posting to improve somebody else's chances of finding it.

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May 11, 2008 · Package Mgmt · 14 comments

Am I doing something wrong?

My Update Manager is downloading at a rate of about 1Mb/day! The System Monitor shows that about 100 to 400 bytes are downloaded every 5 seconds or so. I have no trouble using e-mail or Firefox at normal speed.

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