Kmando allows you to create a touch screen with a projector (or monitor) using a simple webcam. The software makes use of a low cost off-the shelf webcam that is calibrated against a standard projector screen. The webcam is used to determine the position of physical pointer (e.g. a pen) which is then used to [...]

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Statistics on memory usage in Ubuntu 6.10 and Xubuntu, and memory usage for various applications. There are some tips on optimizing your system. A lack of physical memory can severely hamper Linux® performance. In this article, learn how to accurately measure the amount of memory your Linux system uses. You also get practical advice on [...]

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10 tips for improving the performance of your computer running Ubuntu 7.04. Including IPv6, parallel booting, swappiness, and filesystems. Feisty performance – Fly like a butterfly [update] updated link Feisty performance – Fly like a butterfly [update] Found the link again: Feisty performance – Fly like a butterfly

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The people behind the Compiz and Beryl projects have decided that their goals are so similar that they should merge. Beryl (which forked from Compiz) wants to reserve the right to re-fork. The combined project will need a new name.

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In Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy) and 7.04 (Feisty) a misconfiguration in your hosts file could be slowing GNOME applications down when they start Open /etc/hosts as root in a text editor. If you see something like this: 127.0.0.1 localhost 127.0.1.1 computername Change it to this: 127.0.0.1 localhost computername 127.0.1.1 computername Replace computername with your Ubuntu computer’s [...]

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