Following on from my recent article about Linux File System defragmentation, people have asked me how to correctly partition their machines to run Ubuntu. In particular, to do things like dual boot with Windows and other Linux Distributions. So I thought I would write a quick article on how to do it for you guys. In the examples below I will be partitioning a 100GB example Hard Disk Drive (HDD) in... »
It’s seems not so long ago that we were all celebrating the release of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS, but straight away the Ubuntu development team begun work on the next release -Ubuntu 12.10 ‘Quantal Quetzal’. Yesterday the fruits of their labour started to come to fruition with the release of Ubuntu 12.10 Alpha 1. Now, before you get too excited and start burning ISO’s – there ... »
People who use Google’s social network, Google+ or any Google products like Gmail, Google Docs or Google Drive will recognise the new Google interface that consists of a cool grey colour with contrasting buttons of red and blue. It’s a really modern, clean look – and now it has appeared in Gnome-Shell. How To Use The Theme The theme isn’t the easiest to apply, but it does l... »
If you’re anything like me then you will trawl the vast amount of blogs and news sites on the Internet looking for interesting things to read about. I do this so much that my girlfriend has actually made her own verb for this action. She calls it ‘Ubuntuing’, phrases like “Are you Ubuntuing again?” and “Turn that bloody laptop off and stop Ubuntuing!” are ... »
For those that don’t know, Linux Mint is a popular Ubuntu derivative. I recently wrote a review of their latest release, ‘Linux Mint 13 Maya’. It seems that Clem & Co are dipping their toes into the hardware market, with the imminent release of the ‘Mint Mini PC’ (that’s probably not it’s official name – just one I gave it) as little as a week aw... »
Are you one of those people who like both Gnome Shell and Unity, but can’t decide which one to stick with? Well, there has been a Gnome Extension released called ‘Bolt’. This extension is basically the Unity Dash for Gnome Shell. It does a lot of what the actual Unity dash does, like storing recent items, changing it’s background colour to suit your background and it has a ... »
I recently wrote a quick article about the new release of Linux Mint 13 and as promised in that article, here is my review of Linux Mint 13. So I setup the Cinnamon version of Linux Mint 13 in a Virtual Machine with 1GB RAM and 3D graphics enabled. First Impressions The first thing that I obviously noticed was the logon screen (pictured below), it has changed from previous versions and is n... »
The newest iteration of the very popular Ubuntu variant, Linux Mint has been released today. Linux Mint 13, code named ‘Maya’ is based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS and since it’s an LTS (Long Term Support) release, it will be supported for 5 years. This version of Mint comes with two desktop environments, Cinnamon and MATE. They are both designed to look more like the traditional Gnome 2 ... »