Notice: Site Changes

Published in August 31st, 2007

You may have noticed that Tom-buntu’s name has dropped the dash and become the new Tombuntu. The site has also moved to a new domain name. Everything on the old domain should be forwarding to the new domain thanks to Apache’s mod_alias. All the links between pages should have also been fixed. PLEASE leave a [...]

Two More Linux Games

Published in August 31st, 2007

Posted by Tom in software

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Here are two more great open source Linux games that you may not have tried yet: VDrift and Secret Maryo Chronicles.
VDrift
http://vdrift.net/
DEB package available at GetDeb
VDrift is a driving simulator made with a focus on drift racing. It includes 19 tracks and 28 cars.

Secret Maryo Chronicles
http://www.secretmaryo.org/
DEB package available at GetDeb
Secret Maryo is a platform game which [...]

Traffic Monitoring with vnStat

Published in August 30th, 2007

Posted by Tom in software

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Interested in how much bandwidth you are using? vnStat is a simple command line utility to track network traffic on a Linux computer. vnStat is easy to set up and use on Ubuntu, and works well on both server and desktop systems.
Run these three commands to install vnStat and set up permissions so every user [...]

Introducing the Hardy Heron – Ubuntu 8.04

Published in August 29th, 2007

Posted by Tom in hardyheron, ubuntunews

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The codename for the Ubuntu 8.04 LTS release is “Hardy Heron”. Mark Shuttleworth already announced that this was going to be long-term-support at UbuntuLive. The announcement of the name today was made at Jono Bacon’s blog and by Mark Shuttleworth in an interview with Lifehacker.

I am delighted to have the pleasure of announcing the Hardy [...]

Turn Off GNOME Panel Tooltips with Compiz Fusion

Published in August 28th, 2007

Posted by Tom in tips

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In the current version of GNOME there is no way to turn off tooltips on the panel. This is an annoyance when using the Compiz Fusion Window Previews plugin, which shows a thumbnail of a window. The yellow GNOME tooltip stills shows up under the fancy Compiz preview.
The perfect solution would be GNOME having an [...]

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