Ok, so you’re a long term Ubuntu user that normally upgrades to new versions rather than going through the hassle of a re-install. On previous releases you get the option within your update manager to upgrade to the latest version on the OS that we all know and love. However, this time around in Ubuntu 12.04 there doesn’t seem to be an alert within the update manager informing you that... »
I don’t know how it is with other GNU/Linux distributions, but recent versions of Ubuntu (such as 12.04 LTS) comes with a set of tools/scripts called ‘pm-utils’ that fine tune the power usage of your mobile computer. It is pre-optimized by default, thus under most circumstances, one doesn’t need to tweak anything manually. However, if you do need to do that, then it is a li... »
Yesterday the guys over at Ubuntu launched a new contributions page for the Ubuntu project. Whilst it’s not uncommon for open source projects to have a contributions/donations page as they obviously don’t sell their software to users, Ubuntu have decided to do it a little differently. The guys at Ubuntu have decided to do their contributions page in the same way as Humble Bundle do. So... »
So next week marks the official release of Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal along with a whole host of new features. Today it occurred to me that I am yet to write a single piece about the up coming Ubuntu release so I’m going to give you guys my Ubuntu 12.10 cherry with this article. I’ve been testing Ubuntu 12.10 in a virtual machine for a few weeks now and there are some great features ... »
Mounting a shared drive in Ubuntu can be quite a confusing process. With many of us having multiple machines and NAS drives at home, auto mounting network locations is becoming a very common requirement in most homes and offices. I have a NAS drive at home that I use for multimedia and I make Ubuntu auto mount the NAS as soon as I log on. Here’s how I do it: First of all you need to run this... »
A few days ago I was speaking to a friend of mine who is completely none technically. He saw my computer screen (Ubuntu 12.04) and asked how I got Windows to look like that. I explained that it wasn’t Windows but rather Ubuntu. I then went on to explain what Ubuntu was. After about 30 minutes or so of ‘geek talk’ with this friend, he asked me a very simple question. So which is b... »
Recently I have bought a couple of new pieces of hardware (as all good geeks do). Some of the new toys I have bought are a HP Envy Sleekbook Laptop, a HP Officejet 4500 Wireless Printer and also a Wacom Bamboo graphics tablet. I use Ubuntu on most of my machines but on my Sleekbook laptop I have both Ubuntu 12.04 and also Windows 7 in a dual boot configuration so all my new toys had to work with b... »
Today I read a post on Mark Shuttleworth’s blog about the justifications as to why Amazon search results will appear in the Dash of Ubuntu 12.10 when you search for something. For example, if you search for “Office” to open LibreOffice there will be additional links for you to buy Microsoft Office via Amazon. Shuttleworth goes on to justify the decision: It makes perfect sense to... »
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