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| Change tty Resolution | The tty (or in general; the boot console resolution) can be changed either by editing the kernel vga parameter in the /boot/grub/menu.lst by hand or with StartU… | ubuntu, linux, howto, software recommendation |
| Easy Installation of Newest ATI or NVIDIA Drivers | The graphics card noob trick: Envy is a nice tool which automatically detects your graphics card (ATI/AMD/Nvidia), then downloads+installs the newest driver f… | ubuntu, linux, software recommendation |
| Encrypted USB Disk on Ubuntu Linux and Windows | This sounds crazy, but: Howto encrypt a USB disk with Ext3 filesystem and use it in (Ubuntu) Linux and Windows. This HowTo is based on dm-crypt and especia… | ubuntu, linux, software recommendation |
| Find and read your mainboard sensors | If you want to find (and read) all your temperature/fan/voltage sensors in Linux, this script might help you. sudo apt-get install lm-sensors ... sudo sensor… | linux, ubuntu, software recommendation |
| Gnome Hotkey to Switch Keyboard Layout | Finally I found it: How to configure a Keyboard Shortcut to switch the Keyboard layout. Go to the Gnome Keyboard Preferences / Layout Options tab. In the sect… | ubuntu, linux, gnome, bugs |
| HowTo Deactivate the Touchpad while Typing | When you work on a laptop, the touchpad can get pretty cumbersome while typing on that tiny keyboard. This is a way to automatically deactivate the touchpad whi… | ubuntu, linux, howto, software recommendations |
| HowTo Logitech MX Revolution on Ubuntu | If you have a Logitech MX Revolution Mouse (or any other fancy mouse) this howto might help you to get all the special features working. If you are not using Ub… | ubuntu, linux, howto |
| Intel 855GM Graphics Card not working in Ubuntu 7.10 | If you have an Intel 82852/855GM Integrated Graphics Device in your laptop, you might (surely) get problems with Ubuntu 7.10. To find out if you have this card… | ubuntu, linux, bugs |
| Laptop-Mode | Because I have to do this very often, I write down the steps to configure laptop_mode the way I want here. This also replaces the former (and unfortunately los… | ubuntu, linux, howto |
| No tty[1-6] in Ubuntu 7.10 | If you notice that you don't have any tty's and no boot prompt (when the Ubuntu splashscreen is not enabled), then this might fix your problem. * Edit /etc/… | bugs, ubuntu, linux |
| Pidgin and skype message led-notification | By Thomas Preindl I found it a good idea using my mail-notification led to notify me about a new message received with skype or pidgin. For this reason I found… | ubuntu, linux, howto |
| Setting up Latex to work with 'classicthesis ' | I wanted to use the CTAN classicthesis.sty package for Latex. I needed to install several texlive- and font packages to make every option work. Here is a list o… | linux, ubuntu, software recommendation |
| Streaming on Ubuntu 8.04 with PulseAudio | You'll need the following apps installed to make it work: sudo apt-get install pavucontrol paprefs padevchooser I would recommend the padevchooser tray app… | ubuntu, linux, howto |
| Ubuntu 7.10 Upgrade | Same as every half year, I had problems with upgrading Ubuntu. Here are some of my problems, for some of them I have already a solution. I will add any problem … | bugs, ubuntu, linux |
| Ubuntu 8.04 Upgrade | New software, new features, new bugs. Here are some of my problems, and some workarounds. More will follow. Maybe. You might also want to have a look at the U… | bugs, ubuntu, linux |
| Unlock Gnome-Keyring Automatically | I was annoyed with having to type in my keyring password every time I log in to my Wi-Fi (NetworkManager connects to the available Wi-Fi networks automatically … | ubuntu, linux, howto |
| Use powernowd for more battery life in Ubuntu | Thanks to André for this post. While watching some Divx, I noticed that my Pentium Mobile CPU was clocked on full speed, but only with constant 25% CPU usage… | bug, ubuntu, linux, howto |
