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Linux Nvidia drivers might also have the GPU fan speed issue

Written on March 6th, 2010 at 22:05 pm by shredder12

Just read a mail from Alberto Milone, where he mentions the warning issued by NVIDIA that the drivers 195.36.08 and 195.36.03 might be affected by the same GPU fan speed issues which were detected earlier in the windows drivers. You might not face any troubles with it but there have been a few reports so its better to be careful. The problem might take a while to resolve, so its better to take the measures suggested by Nvidia and Alberto Milone(for Ubuntu). Here I have discussed those measures.

Ubuntu 10.10 to be released on 28th October

Written on March 5th, 2010 at 05:06 am by shredder12

With around 5 weeks left for the release of Ubuntu 10.04, Lucid Lynx, the release date of the next version, Ubuntu 10.10, is already available, 28th October 2010. The code name of Ubuntu 10.10 is yet to be announced. As usual, this release will go through 4 alpha, 1 beta and 1 RC before the final release. More information regarding its schedule is available here.

Ubuntu rebrands for a Fresh New Look, now with the new "Light" theme

Written on March 4th, 2010 at 02:46 am by shredder12

If you have been using Ubuntu for the past few years or at least more than one version, you would have noticed the default "human" theme. This was probably motivated from Ubuntu's tagline "Linux for Human Beings" and so most of the theming reflected humanity. Now, after 6 years of glory, they have decided to rebrand Ubuntu to a new and better theme "Light". They have prepared a number of examples to show what they really mean by this new "Light" theme, check it out you sure don't want to miss this.

Ubuntu-Manual Project has a website now

Written on March 2nd, 2010 at 19:02 pm by shredder12

All of you would be aware of the Ubuntu Manual project which aims to provide anything you need to know after installing Ubuntu. And you will be glad to know that this project has it own nice looking website now, http://ubuntu-manual.org. As of now, there is not much on the website except a countdown to the day of manual's release.

How To's

How to install a Software in Ubuntu from a PPA

Written on February 15th, 2010 at 01:24 am by shredder12

Whenever a new version or a new software is released it is not directly available in the Main or Universe repos of Ubuntu. They are most likely to be available in Ubuntu's next release. But most of the latest software releases are available as PPAs (Personal package archives) in Launchpad. Using those personal repositories you can install the latest releases of any software in your Ubuntu. Let me show you the general method to do that.

How to install Thunderbird 3.0 or above in Ubuntu

Written on February 3rd, 2010 at 19:05 pm by shredder12

I am a great fan of Thunderbird. I use it to handle all my mails. Since, I have Ubuntu 9.10, Karmic Koala installed I was using Thunderbird 2.0 by default. A few days back, I thought, why not use the latest version. May be I loved its codename, shredder , but if you are a Thunderbird user then you should upgrade to this release. It has so many new features.

How to make your Ubuntu 9.10 an Ubuntu Electronics Remix

Written on January 24th, 2010 at 16:56 pm by shredder12

The project, Ubuntu Electronics Remix, received a huge response from the followers and because of a lot of downloads of the ISO, the monthly bandwidth was exhausted. They are trying to set up a torrent and mirrors to help their users. But in the meanwhile, if you are already using Ubuntu 9.10 you can make your own Ubuntu Electronics Remix. Let me show you how to do that.

How to download mms streaming videos in Ubuntu

Written on January 9th, 2010 at 18:11 pm by shredder12

Yesterday, a friend of mine came to me looking for a way to download a mms stream. Forget about the direct download I wasn't even able to stream it on the available players at the moment. But later after some searching I found out that there is an application for Ubuntu called mimms which can directly download the mms stream for you.