Ubuntu 8.04 Alpha 1

Published in November 30th, 2007

Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” Alpha 1 has been delayed one day to November 30. Later today I will update this post after I have the alpha running in VirtualBox. Hardy Release Schedule [update] The alpha has been officially released. It is available for download from Ubuntu. Not much has changed yet. The only difference that [...]

Creating Launchers for Network Locations

Published in November 29th, 2007

Posted by Tom in tips

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I love how Nautilus can browse network shares using a variety of protocols. I just don’t like typing in the protocol, username, and location into the address bar every time. GNOME makes it easy to create launchers for network locations. Right-click in a folder and select Create Launcher. Set the type to Location and type [...]

How-to Install Google Earth in Ubuntu

Published in November 28th, 2007

Posted by Tom in software

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UPDATE: See How to Install Google Earth in Ubuntu 10.04 for up-to-date instructions! Google Earth is a 3d globe that puts the world’s geographic information at your fingertips. It’s is available on Linux, Mac, and Windows. Start the installation by downloading the Linux installer. Open a terminal and change to the directory where the installer [...]

Dangerous Linux Commands

Published in November 27th, 2007

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I found an interesting post on the Ubuntu Forums explaining some malicious commands in Linux. It was in response to recent posts that have been attempting to trick new users into running commands that cause damage. The Linux command line is very powerful, which means there are a lot of ways to mess up a [...]

Installing the Ubuntu Studio Theme

Published in November 26th, 2007

Posted by Tom in tips

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Ubuntu Studio is a multimedia creation focused distribution based on Ubuntu. It’s black and blue theme may appeal to you more the Ubuntu’s default brown. The Ubuntu Studio theme is easy to install in Ubuntu. Just run this command to install all the pieces: sudo apt-get install ubuntustudio-theme ubuntustudio-icon-theme ubuntustudio-wallpapers ubuntustudio-gdm-theme Now open the Appearance [...]

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