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GRUB error: invalid signature
I have a dual boot system with Ubuntu 9.10 and Windows 7. Everything was working fine until last week. I tried to boot into Windows and I got Invalid Signature error when I selected Windows in the GRUB menu. Ubuntu … Continue reading
How to install OpenOffice 3.2 in Ubuntu 9.10
OpenOffice 3.2 was released 10 days back. It has some new enhancements including faster startup. I wanted to install the new version, but it won’t get into Ubuntu repositories soon. Here is what I did to install OpenOffice 3.2 in … Continue reading
iPod support in Ubuntu 9.10
I have a weird thing happening in my Ubuntu desktop since the time Ubuntu moved to Brasero as their default CD/DVD writer. I had written about this 8 months back here. I have a Gateway GT5628 Quad core desktop which … Continue reading
How to install and use KVPNC in Ubuntu
If you don’t want to undergo the manual installation and configuration of Cisco VPN or VPNC as described here, then there is a good GUI solution in the form of KVPNC. It’s primarily developed for KDE, but it works well … Continue reading
Ubuntu 9.10 microphone setup
With Ubuntu 9.10, based on my experience, sounds work at the same time for multiple devices. If you have Ubuntu 9.10 and Skype 2.1 beta, all you have to do to get the microphone to work is, right click on … Continue reading
Ubuntu 9.10 what I like…
Here is the quick summary of what I like (some dislikes) in Ubuntu 9.10. Webcam video quality is very good. Video quality was bad in the last 2 versions of Ubuntu, but it’s back to normal. Pulse audio works with … Continue reading
10 minutes experience with Kubuntu 9.10
I wanted to give Kubuntu a try in my laptop after I gave it a try and was dissatisfied and removed it when Kubuntu 9.04 was released. There were lots of bugs and for a laptop, using the widget for … Continue reading
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Tagged Arora, Firefox, KDE, Konqueror, Kubuntu 9.10, Plasma, Ubuntu 9.10
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Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala released
Ubuntu team has released their next iteration of Ubuntu OS, Ubuntu 9.10, code named Karmic Koala. I have already covered extensively the new features in Ubuntu 9.10 during the alpha, beta and RC cycles. Here is a short list of … Continue reading
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Tagged AppArmor, Empathy, Ext4, GRUB 2, Karmic Koala, KDE4.3, KPackageKit, Kubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu 9.10, Ubuntu One
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Didn’t know this before about Ubuntu
I didn’t know the bullet points before, until I stumbled upon this BBC article. The French national police force runs its operations on Ubuntu Computer systems supporting Spanish schools run on Ubuntu Wikipedia runs hundreds of its servers on Ubuntu … Continue reading
Ubuntu 9.10 Release Candidate available
Ubuntu has released the release candidate of Ubuntu 9.10, a week before the final release. You can download it from here. Here are the known issues in Ubuntu 9.10. Please go through this if you are planning to upgrade or … Continue reading