News, Tips, and How-Tos for Ubuntu Linux
Google Earth has an official version for Linux and it runs natively unlike Picasa, which uses WINE. But you wouldn’t know looking at Google Earth’s interface in Linux; it looks like an ugly WINE application.
I’ve got a how-to if you haven’t yet installed Google Earth.
Google Earth uses the Qt toolkit, which is what the KDE […]
Looking for some Ubuntu themes? The GNOME themes extras package provides two excellent themes and some popular icon themes.
You’ll need to have the universe repository enabled. Install the package gnome-themes-extras from your package manager, or from the terminal:
sudo apt-get install gnome-themes-extras
Open System->Preferences->Appearance. You’ll find two new complete themes:
Darklooks:
Unity:
Click the Customize button and select the […]
This is a bug that’s really been bothering me since I installed Ubuntu 8.04 Beta. When using Compiz, window shadows would appear pink, another odd colour, or not at all. Restarting Compiz a few times would usually cause the shadows to stop displaying.
This is a bug in the way that the proprietary Nvidia driver is […]
Ubuntu is becoming more and more complete and easy to configure. However, like any operating system there’s work to be done after the installation. Here’s a list of 10 tips that you can use after installing or upgrading Ubuntu.
Install software faster
As a commenter on Slashdot said:
I felt a great disturbance in the force, as […]
Ubuntu 8.04 “Hardy Heron” has been released!
What’s new in 8.04
Press Release
Download and Install from a CD:
Download CDs from this page, or from Ubuntu’s download page (seems to be down at the moment). Scroll down for the BitTorrent downloads, will be much faster while everyone else is trying to download the CDs.
Official CD artwork is […]
