After reading news about UEC and Ubuntu One, I have been waiting impatiently for it to be released to market…
Desktop edition is integrated to “Ubuntu One” technology which gives you 2 GB of online storage for FREE!!! Then, you can easily share files with anyone!!
In Server edition, I am interested in the private clouds, where [...]
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Ubuntu 9.10 finally launched!
Posted in Linux, tagged Ubuntu on October 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Ubuntu – How to launch AWN on startup
Posted in Linux, tagged AWN, Linux, quick reference, Ubuntu on February 19, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To launch the AWN automatically during system starts up…
Go to System > Preferences > Sessions
In the Startup Programs tab,
Click on the Add button.
Type Avant Window Navigator or the name you like in the Name field.
Type avant-window-navigator in the Command field.
Click Ok.
This should automatically launch the AWN the next time you start up your system.
Ubuntu – Enable the shutdown function in Quit/Logout applet (AWN)
Posted in Linux, tagged AWN, Linux, Ubuntu on February 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
This is another quick reference of what I did to enable the Shutdown function in Quit/Logout applet in the AWN.
Right-click on the Quit/Logout applet and select Preference.
Then, replace gnome-session-save –kill with gnome-session-save –shutdown-dialog
Ubuntu – Updating the system
Posted in Linux, tagged Linux, quick reference, Ubuntu on February 17, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
To update the system or software in the Ubuntu Linux System, I can use the following two methods.
Method 1:
Open the terminal and type
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
Then it will usually check and prompt you the required space to install those updates.
Method 2:
Using the GUI screen, select System > Administration > Update Manager
It will check for [...]
Mouse support for Ubuntu in Virtualbox
Posted in Linux, Virtualization, tagged mouse support, Ubuntu, Virtualbox, Virtualbox additions on November 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
After I installed the virtualbox additions on my Ubuntu VM in the Windows XP host, I discovered that the mouse sharing between the host and guest does not work properly. So after searching through the web, I found some workarounds. This is one of the solutions from Kirya [.net] and over here, I am noting it [...]
