Sometimes after installing XFCE/Xubuntu along side Ubuntu LightDM the configuration for your present and active sound devices will get overwritten or removed. The first thing you should do is go to "Application Menu -> Multimedia -> Pulse Volume...
If your like me and are not a fan of the gui login screen that ubuntu uses or you want to reduce resource usage you can do the following to disable the gui login and rather use a console login instead. echo "manual" | sudo tee -a...
Using one of the many versions of Ubuntu but want to use a different window manager than the one it came with? This can be done quickly and easily by installing the window manager you wish to use and logging out and back in. Sound simple enough? It is. ...
In recent versions of Ubuntu popup notifications have been added keeping you aware of software and system activity. As great as it sounds to be constantly updated with this information it can get very annoying if you are running peer 2 peer software or...
13th November, 2013
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Apache Commons FileUpload could be made to overwrite files.
8th November, 2013
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
Several security issues were fixed in the kernel.
NVIDIA has announced the 331.20 certified version of its graphics driver for Linux operating systems. The latest stable driver from NVIDIA includes added support for NVIDIA OpenGL-based Framebuffer Capture (NvFBCOpenGL).
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The qBittorrent project aims to provide a Free Software alternative to µtorrent. Additionally, qBittorrent runs and provides the same features on all major platforms (Linux, Mac OS X, Windows, OS/2, FreeBSD). (…)Read the rest of qBittorrent 3.1.0 released and ubuntu ppa installation instructions included…
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VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (G…
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Thomas Bächler wrote:
With lvm2 2.02.98-3, we now utilize lvmetad to activate LVM volumes automatically. This implies the following changes:
lvm2 initramfs hook now requires the udev hook.use_lvmetad = 1 must be set in /etc/lvm/lvm.conf<...
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Read More gWakeOnLan is a free application to turn the machines on through the Wake On LAN system, regardless of their installed operating system…
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The Cassandra database is designed so that large clusters of systems can hold massive amounts of data. So why is a University of Dundee lecturer running it on the tiny $25 ARM-based Raspberry Pi?
Read MoreTCP/IP has utilities which allow for the testing of connectivity between two hosts. Ping and traceroute are two very useful tools. Ping can be used to test connectivity between two hosts, while traceroute can show the path between the two hosts using numerous pings.
Let’s say you want to connect to a web server and request a web page from your browser, but it doesn’t work. You can use ping to see that the web server is online….
Read More29th October, 2013
A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:
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