Fix for Touchpad Trouble in Ubuntu 11.10

Published in October 31st, 2011

Posted by Tom in tips

One of the issues introduced by Ubuntu 11.10 on my Eee PC 901 is touchpad dragging. The tap-and-drag gesture, for moving the cursor with the mouse button depressed, is too sensitive. I have to tap as fast I can to activate the gesture every time. Today I pursued the bug report for this issue to [...]

Disable Lock Screen After Suspend in Ubuntu 11.10

Published in October 28th, 2011

Posted by Tom in tips

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When waking from suspension or hibernation, Ubuntu prompts the current user to unlock the screen by entering their password. You might want to disable this prompt if you want your laptop to be ready to use faster, and don’t need the extra security. In previous versions of Ubuntu, the lock screen after waking could be [...]

Remmina: A Better Remote Desktop Client

Published in October 23rd, 2011

Posted by Tom in software

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I regularly use remote access with SSH, VNC, and RDP. Ubuntu comes with Remote Desktop Viewer (vinagre) for VNC/SSH, and Terminal Server Client (tsclient) for RDP. Remmina is a remote desktop client that does a better job supporting all three protocols. The main window is a simple list of your remote hosts, which can be [...]

Five Years of Desktop Support for Ubuntu 12.04

Published in October 22nd, 2011

Posted by Tom in precisepangolin, ubuntunews

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Canonical has announced that Ubuntu 12.04 LTS “Precise Pangolin” will be supported on the desktop for five years, which is longer than a normal long term support release. LTS releases normally receive security and bug fix updates for three years on desktops, and five years on servers. Canonical cites business deployments of Ubuntu desktops as [...]

Google Authenticator PAM Available in Ubuntu 11.10

Published in October 16th, 2011

Posted by Tom in software

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Google provides an application called Google Authenticator for various smartphone platforms. Using it, you can secure your Google account against hackers by logging in with a frequently-changing code from your phone alongside your regular password. Only your phone and Google know the key needed to generate the code sequence. This provides two factor authentication; you [...]

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