Linux Tutorials on the topic “Ubuntu”

• Delete Unnecessary Files From Your Desktop With BleachBit On Ubuntu 9.04

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 10

  Delete Unnecessary Files From Your Desktop With BleachBit On Ubuntu 9.04 This guide shows how you can install and use BleachBit on an Ubuntu 9.04 desktop to delete unnecessary files. BleachBit deletes unnecessary files (such as cache, cookies, Internet history, localizations, logs, temporary files, and broken shortcuts) to free valuable disk space, maintain privacy, and remove junk. It wipes clean Adobe Reader, APT, Bash, Beagle, Chromium, Epiphany, Firefox, Flash, GIMP, Google Earth, Java, KDE, OpenOffice.org, Opera, RealPlayer, Second Life viewer, Skype, VIM, XChat, Yum, and more.

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• The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 7 (Gloria)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 20

  The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 7 (Gloria) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Linux Mint 7 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 9.04 that has lots of packages in its repositories (like multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Skype, Google Earth, etc.) that are relatively hard to install on other distributions; it therefore provides a user-friendly desktop experience even for Linux newbies.

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• Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 9.04

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: lighttpd, php, ubuntu • Comments: 1

  Installing Lighttpd With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Ubuntu 9.04 Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an Ubuntu 9.04 server with PHP5 support (through FastCGI) and MySQL support.

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• Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 5

  Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 9.04 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200) This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop.

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• How To Build xfstools, xfsprogs And xfsdump From Source On Ubuntu

  Author: vantreeseda • Tags: ubuntu • Comments: 10

  How To Build xfstools, xfsprogs And xfsdump From Source On Ubuntu This short guide explains how you can build xfstools, xfsprogs, and xfsdump from the sources on an Ubuntu system.

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• The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu Studio 9.04

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 7

  This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu Studio 9.04 desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

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• The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 70

  This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

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• How To Upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) To 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) (Desktop & Server)

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 4

  How To Upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) To 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) (Desktop & Server) Yesterday the new Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) was released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 8.10 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 9.04.

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• Installing Windows TTF Fonts Automatically

  Author: h4desz • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 2

  Installing Windows TTF Fonts Automatically Sometimes you miss some good looking fonts available over the Internet, mostly because you work on design or you just want to make something look better. However, most of the fonts are in the truetype format, which is a little bit tricky to get to work in Ubuntu. The process of installing TTF fonts manually isn't very complex, but doing it over and over again everytime you want to install a new font can become tiring. That's why I wrote a little application in C which does all the work for you.

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• Creating A Bootable Ubuntu USB Thumbdrive From Windows With uSbuntu Live Creator

  Author: Falko Timme • Tags: desktop, ubuntu • Comments: 3

  Creating A Bootable Ubuntu USB Thumbdrive From Windows With uSbuntu Live Creator uSbuntu Live Creator is a free software for Windows that allows you to create a bootable USB stick with Ubuntu 8.10 on it. This software also offers a new option for virtualization to run Ubuntu directly into Windows and without any setup or installation - this is done by using a portable version of VirtualBox. uSbuntu Live Creator not only supports Ubuntu 8.10, but also Kubuntu 8.10 and Xubuntu 8.10.

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