Linux Tutorials on the topic “desktop”
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The Perfect Desktop - Debian Squeeze
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, desktop •
Comments: 25 The Perfect Desktop - Debian Squeeze This tutorial shows how you can set up a Debian Squeeze 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 Install VMware Server 2 On A Fedora 14 Desktop (Kernel 2.6.35)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, fedora, virtualization, vmware •
Comments: 13 How To Install VMware Server 2 On A Fedora 14 Desktop (Kernel 2.6.35) This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on a Fedora 14 desktop system (with kernel 2.6.35). With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system. This has the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money, and you can move virtual machines from one VMware Server to the next one (or to a system that has the VMware Player which is also free).
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How To Install VMware Server 2 On Ubuntu 10.10 (Kernel 2.6.35)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu, virtualization, vmware •
Comments: 18 How To Install VMware Server 2 On Ubuntu 10.10 (Kernel 2.6.35) This tutorial provides step-by-step instructions on how to install VMware Server 2 on an Ubuntu 10.10 desktop system. With VMware Server you can create and run guest operating systems ("virtual machines") such as Linux, Windows, FreeBSD, etc. under a host operating system. This has the benefit that you can run multiple operating systems on the same hardware which saves a lot of money, and you can move virtual machines from one VMware Server to the next one (or to a system that has the VMware Player which is also free).
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Enabling Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 14 GNOME Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce 8100)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, fedora •
Comments: 1 Enabling Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 14 GNOME Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce 8100) This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on a Fedora 14 GNOME desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I'm using an NVIDIA GeForce 8100 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop. I will use the free nouveau driver in this tutorial instead of the proprietary NVIDIA driver. nouveau is an accelerated Open Source driver for NVIDIA cards that comes with experimental 3D support on Fedora 14 - on my test system 3D support was working without any problems.
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How To Install Google Earth On Ubuntu 10.10
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 22 How To Install Google Earth On Ubuntu 10.10 In previous Ubuntu versions, there was a Google Earth .deb package available in the Medibuntu repository; unfortunately there is no such package for Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat). While it is possible to install the Google Earth package for Ubuntu 10.04 on Ubuntu 10.10, there is another way of installing Google Earth on Ubuntu 10.10. The method described in this tutorial will create a Google Earth .deb package for Ubuntu 10.10 from which Google Earth can be installed.
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The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 10 (Julia)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, ubuntu •
Comments: 9 The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 10 (Julia) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 10 (Julia) 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 10 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 10.10 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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The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 14 i686 (GNOME)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, fedora •
Comments: 20 The Perfect Desktop - Fedora 14 i686 (GNOME) This tutorial shows how you can set up a Fedora 14 desktop (GNOME) 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 Auto-Disable The Touchpad When The Mouse Is Plugged In (Fedora 13)
Author: deadlycheese •
Tags: fedora, desktop •
Comments: 18 How To Auto-Disable The Touchpad When The Mouse Is Plugged In (Fedora 13) Hello all, hopefully this brief how-to will help others, this issue has been bugging me for years. I want the same capability in Fedora that exists in most recent versions of Windows -- disable the touchpad on my laptop if an external mouse is plugged in. Note that my how-to is a little hardware-specific regarding the actual disabling of the touchpad; I'll discuss that more at the end of the guide.
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How To Upgrade From Fedora 13 To Fedora 14 (Desktop & Server)
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: desktop, fedora •
Comments: 6 How To Upgrade From Fedora 13 To Fedora 14 (Desktop & Server) This article describes how you can upgrade your Fedora 13 system to Fedora 14. The upgrade procedure works for both desktop and server installations.
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The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint Debian 201009
Author: Falko Timme •
Tags: debian, desktop •
Comments: 6 The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint Debian 201009 This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint Debian 201009 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. While the "normal" Linux Mint editions are based on Ubuntu, Linux Mint Debian 201009 is a Linux distribution based on Debian Squeeze (testing); its aim is to look identical to the main edition and to provide the same functionality while using Debian as a base.
