Posts tagged with Ubuntu
How To: Install Portable Linux Ubuntu on a bootable USB Flash Drive from SUN VirtualBox
Posted on 13. Feb, 2010 by Dragos.
Recently I have got a shiny and beautiful Chrome finished, shiny Transcend 8GB USB flash drive. What did I first think to do with it? Put Ubuntu on it, of course There are many ways to create a live USB drive carrying an operating system like Ubuntu, but the method I will describe further is [...]
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Ubuntu: How to check hard disk healthiness based on SMART data (Karmic Koala)
Posted on 06. Oct, 2009 by Dragos.
I remember that a good application on Windows was HDD Doctor, which gave a plenitude of useful information about the hard disk status. Now in Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 there is a similar application which shows important information about the status of the hard-disk installed on the system (such as hard disk temperature,model number, total [...]
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OS: RAM difference between Ubuntu x86 (32 bit with physical address) and Ubuntu x64 (64 bit)
Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by Dragos.
The first ever version of Ubuntu I have installed on my computer was Hardy Heron 8.04 (x64/64 bit). As time passed and new versions appeared, I have upgraded to the latest version of Intrepid Ibex 8.10. As a web developer, It happens sometimes to run an excessive number of simultaneous applications at a time, which [...]
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Ubuntu: How to upgrade from Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04 to Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10
Posted on 05. Oct, 2009 by Dragos.
In order to upgrade your Ubuntu operating system from the 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) version to the latest (but still in beta) version 9.10 (Karmic Koala) you’ll have to open the Run Application window (ALT+F2) and enter update-manager -d in the input field. Hit enter. [ad]You’ll be asked whether you’d like to update to the latest [...]
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Ubuntu hacks: Extend visual effects in compiz. More settings, more fun
Posted on 26. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
If you want to work on a fancy Ubuntu operating system, all you have to do is enable Extra visual effects from Appearance preferences (System->Preferences->Appearance preferences->Visual effects). However, by default you will get only some basic visual effects. To get access to all extra visual effects (including the Compiz Desktop Cube and more), you will [...]
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OS Hacks: Installing Mac OSx 10.6.1 on Toshiba Satellite A300
Posted on 19. Sep, 2009 by Dragos.
Unfortunately not all Toshiba A300 models are supported by Mac. The only thing that you will not find is the kext for the graphic card (in case it’s integrated Intel chipset). If your card is nvidia, you have more chances of finding a kext for your video card. I suggest you visit hackint0sh.com for more [...]
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Ubuntu terminal: invalid host type && configure: error: can only configure for one host and one target at a time
Posted on 24. Aug, 2009 by Dragos.
If you get this error, then most likely a file doesn’t exist or the browser plays tricks on you, driving you mad. For example here’s a command: ./configure –with-apxs2=/usr/bin/apxs2 –with-mysql=/usr/bin/mysql Either /usr/bin/apxs2 doesn’t exist or the argument is incorrect. Instead of a one hyphen before “with-apxs2….”, there should be two. The browser automatically transform the [...]
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Ubuntu: How to play online radio stations in Exaile (open .pls playlists)
Posted on 20. Jul, 2009 by Dragos.
How to play online radio stations in Exaile if the application won’t open the .pls file ? Sometimes Exaile won’t open some .pls files. That is because it doesn’t recognize the format of some playlists, but that doesn’t mean that the playlist is incorrect. In order to listen to online radio stations in Exaile download [...]