Not long ago I blogged about using KDE again to help squash bugs and expand my Kubuntu desktop knowlege. Well, turns out apparently a few people actually read that post and it was pointed out to me here at UDS that I was not currently using it.. So, being reminded of my promise I have… Read More »
How many of you have played Neverball raise your hands? If you actually raised your hand you get a cookie. If you haven’t played Neverball and you have a Macbook you’re going to start playing because this tutorial makes it *so* much more fun! We can make use of the motion sensors built into the… Read More »
On May 9, 2007 RedHat released a set of free fonts called “Liberation” at the RedHat Summit. This font set includes a Sans, Serif and Mono set, and I have been using these fonts for quite some time. I realize I enjoy these fonts but have never shared the steps needed to install them for… Read More »
I finally have a few minutes to blog about the Ubuntu Developer Summit now on the morning of the second day. The first day was a blast and a *lot* of information! Basically, as someone described it at the beginning of the day, is its like “speed dating for ideas”. We’re basically sitting around tables… Read More »
I’ve been seeing a number of comments on this blog lately concerning the compiz fusion “cube” effects only setting up two workspaces and therefore only allowing more of a toggle option instead of a cube. I thought I would throw out the method I use to make sure I get the four-panel cube functionality. Prerequisites… Read More »
UPDATE: Install Adobe Acrobat Reader 8.1.2 on Ubuntu 8.04 It was recently pointed out to me on one of our local mailing lists that my previous tutorial on installing Adobe’s Acrobat reader for Firefox no longer worked. It seems that those packages have been pulled from the repository since that writing. I wanted to take… Read More »
I’m about to head to bed for the nite. First thing in the morning I’m getting on a plane and heading out to the Ubuntu Developer Summit in Boston. I’m excited to be spending a week planning Ubuntu’s next release, 8.04 “Hardy Heron”. I feel very privileged to be invited and hope to help get… Read More »
Update : Since this was written Sunbird 0.7 has been released. The package in the Ubuntu repository is 0.5. Here are steps for manually installing the latest. Manually Installing Sunbird 0.7 Download the latest version of Sunbird at Mozilla. “Save to Disk” Unpack the archive into the /opt folder. (sudo tar -C /opt -xjvf ~/Desktop/sunbird-*.tar.bz2)… Read More »
I have done a bit of testing for Ubuntu 7.10 “Gutsy Gibbon” on some of our classroom machines this week. These machines are Dell Dimension 4600 with ATI Radeon video cards. Well, as has been my experience with ATI and nVidia with Linux they are a pain in the butt. …all ranting aside I wanted… Read More »
I ordered a new monitor the other day to replace my aging 20″ CRT beast. The thing still works pretty well but I swear it weighs one-hundred pounds. So, I broke down and bought a 19″ LCD that does 1440×900. I figure if I can extend the display that I currently have to an additional… Read More »