Quick Tweaks For Your System
April 16, 2008 | In: Design, Linux, Software
Designers know the pain of managing fonts in any OS. Without a font manager, previewing each fonts and than copying them to the fonts folder is very cumbersome. There are no. of font manager available for Windows such as AMP Font Viewer, Fontonizer....
April 15, 2008 | In: Hardware, Linux, xserver
Since I loaded Hardy into my system a month ago, it has been my routine job to fix xserver after nearly every updates. After many desperate attempts to fix the things, I've found a way to fix it. I don't claim that whatever I've done should work for...
April 14, 2008 | In: Hardware, Linux, System
A friend of mine writes "...when I open some heavy sites with Firefox, my Ubuntu desktop gets freeze. I can't close the Firefox so I find no other way than to restart my system. Aren't there any other ways to unfreeze the system without restarting?" Yes...
April 13, 2008 | In: Installation, Linux, Software, System
Ever wanted to show your favorite image as your GRUB splash screen in Ubuntu something similar to other distros such as Fedora? Follow these steps: [ad] Get a picture and open it with GIMP. Go to Image>Mode>Indexed... Make the maximum no. of...
April 11, 2008 | In: Desktop, Software
How can you make your Ubuntu desktop look beautiful and be productive at the same time? With these three things: [ad] I. Avant Window Navigator: Avant Window Navigator (AWN) is a Mac like dock-bar which (as of now) sits horizontally on the bottom of your...
April 10, 2008 | In: Hardware, Installation, Multimedia, Software
In this article I will show you how to make your webcam work in Ubuntu Linux 7.10 without even without opening the terminal window once. I pre-assume your microphone is working, if not leave a comment and then I will help you. You would have more pain to...
April 9, 2008 | In: Installation, xserver
Though there are many alternatives for MS Office, no doubt MS Office 2007 is a winner. If you want to install MS 2007 in Linux follow these steps: [ad] Install Wine Select Applications>Wine>Configure Wine to bring the Wine Configuration...
April 8, 2008 | In: touchpad
Often when you are typing, your thumb touches the touchpad and the typing start from another position. Follow these steps to disable accidental touchpad tapping: [ad] Enable SHMConfig in your xorg.conf file. Press Alt+F2. It will bring you the Run...
April 7, 2008 | In: Installation, Linux, Software
This tutorial is about installing Fedora Linux without burning a CD/DVD. Scenario/ Assumption: 1) You have Microsoft Windows 2) You have your system drive as C: (No matter whether it is FAT or NTFS) 3) You have Fedora .ISO files in the root directory of...