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Hewlett Packard Mini Mi theme on Ubuntu

prathapml — Fri, 13 Feb 2009 06:24:29 +0000

Ars Technica has an article on this one.

Ubuntu and Wiimote

prathapml — Sat, 17 Jan 2009 20:41:54 +0000

Ubuntu and Wiimote

Matt Cutts has posted a handy article on how you can get Linux to talk with your Wiimote.

The process is pretty simple as long as you have supported Bluetooth hardware on your machine.

Checkout: Talking to a Wiimote in Ubuntu 8.10

Update Twitter and FriendFeed from the Linux command line

prathapml — Wed, 12 Nov 2008 02:38:18 +0000

Update Twitter and FriendFeed from the Linux command line

IBM has this interesting article on their website on how to: Update Twitter and FriendFeed from the Linux command line.

Check it out: Update Twitter and FriendFeed from the Linux command line

Installing OpenOffice 3 on Ubuntu

Sushubh — Mon, 10 Nov 2008 21:49:03 +0000

Ubuntu 8.10 is out but it does not include the latest and the greatest OpenOffice 3.0 release.

You can either download the packages manually or do it the easier way.

What you need is to go to System > Administration > Software Sources.

Here you need to go to: Third Party Software

Click on Add: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main

And click on Add Source.

This would add OpenOffice sources to your Ubuntu installation.

Close the Software Sources window. It would ask you to update the information. Once that is done, Ubuntu would ask you to update your OpenOffice installation!

It’s really that easy!

Upgrade Ubuntu using P2P technologies!

prathapml — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 17:32:17 +0000

Upgrade Ubuntu using P2P technologies!

TorrentFreak has a cool tutorial on how you can use the bittorrent protocol to update your Ubuntu installation.

This comes handy at times when the source servers are slow especially during the times of new launches.

Checkout: Use BitTorrent to Upgrade to Ubuntu â€˜Intrepid Ibexâ€™

Using Tripwire on a Linux machine

prathapml — Sat, 20 Sep 2008 23:04:09 +0000

Using Tripwire on a Linux machine

Here is a good article to checkout Linux security and how to look for intruders on a Linux machineâ€¦

Checkout: How to catch Linux system intruders

Installing Internet Explorer on Linux?

prathapml — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 13:52:13 +0000

Installing Internet Explorer on Linux?

Here is an article on Linux.com which details on how to get Internet Explorer working on Linux.

It details the process of installing IE through IEs4Linux.

Checkout: IEs4Linux lets you install Internet Explorer under Linux

Google Linux Software Repositories

prathapml — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:53:20 +0000

Google has a detailed section on adding Linux Software Repositories to stay up to date with Google software on the Linux operating system.

Checkout: Linux Software Repositories

The new and improved Vim editor

prathapml — Tue, 16 Sep 2008 01:17:07 +0000

IBM has this very useful page with information about the VIM Editor.

Checkout: Speaking UNIX: The new and improved Vim editor

Resetting the root password on Ubuntu Linux!

prathapml — Sat, 06 Sep 2008 18:56:31 +0000

Resetting the root password on Ubuntu Linux!

Linux might be hell lot stable and secure when compared to a typical Windows installation but it still has ways to reset the root password enabling complete access to a stranger.

Here is a guide.

If you are really worried about your data, itâ€™s the right time to encrypt it!