Arun’s Blog

I’m using Virtualbox to run Windows inside my Ubuntu box. I have a Dell AIO A962 printer/scanner/copier/fax which doesn’t work under Ubuntu. I set Virtualbox to load that printer when I boot into Windows. Printing part works fine, but when I try to scan or preview the scan, I get a message saying the scanner [...]

I’m happy to say that my dad and my father-in-law use Ubuntu as their main OS. My FIL used Ubuntu when he stayed with us and liked it, so he asked me to install Ubuntu in the new Dell Inspiron laptop he got. He logs into Windows for tasks that can’t be performed in Ubuntu [...]

Dell launched Dell Inspiron Mini 9 today. Dell Inspiron Mini 9 comes with either Ubuntu or Windows XP. Ubuntu system costs $349 and is $50 less than Windows XP system with identical configurations (except for the hard drive). The Mini weighs 2.28 lbs and carries solid state drive. The display size is 8.9″. Built-in webcam [...]

Amarok team has released their first beta version of Amarok 2.0, code named Nerrivik. Amarok is a very good music player for Linux with a very nice GUI and lots of features. I love Amarok and though I use Ubuntu (GNOME), I use Amarok to play my music. Amarok 2.0 beta 1 has the following [...]

According to Gizmodo, the internal 910 web documentation they got, Dell’s Inspiron 910 (Mini), Dell’s answer to Eee PC, will sport Intel Atom N270 processor (1.6 ghz), 512/1024 MB memory, 4/8/16Gb Solid State drive (SSD) and Ubuntu 8.04 or Windows XP SP2. The system will go on sale on August 22nd. It’s good to know [...]

Zimbra has announced a partnership with Canonical and will be avaialable in the Ubuntu partner repository providing easy access to Zimbra suite both offline and online. Zimbra provides access to your Yahoo Mail, GMail, AOL Mail and any IMAP or POP email accounts in a single place. It also offers spreadsheet and document functions as [...]

IBM is expected to announce expanded backing for Ubuntu in a desktop and collaboration software deal to challenge Microsoft’s Windows and Office. Canonical, Ubuntu’s commercial sponsor, has agreed to re-distribute IBM’s Lotus Symphony productivity suite with its public Linux repositories. The news follows IBM’s decision earlier this year to offer a version of its Open [...]

The number of machines shipped with Linux preloaded on them has multiplied a whopping 28 times since Microsoft launched its Vista operating system in January 2007 in U.K. The Linux share of this route to market has edged up ever since the Vista launch. Then it broke the two per cent barrier in May after [...]

I use Simple Backup program that comes as default with Ubuntu for backing up my home folder. I had problems with this software on and off for the past few months. It fills the var/backup folder sometimes when it can’t find the backup medium and that fills up my “/” (root) partition. I then have [...]

The older versions of Ubuntu used to have hardware infromation menu under System - Preferences. The newer version don’t have it. If you want to find your system hardware information, open Synaptic pacakage manager from System - Administration and search for gnome device manager. Select gnome-device-manager and install it. Once installed, go to Applications - [...]