Archive for October, 2008

5 things to do after installing Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex

  • October 30th, 2008
  • Posted in How-to

Ubuntu is a complete, full featured distro. But it can’t come with support for everything OOTB. That’s why you’ll need to install/tweak some things after installing it. Especially if you are new to Ubuntu (linux), this will be useful[ READ MORE ]

Share Ubuntu folders with Windows (samba)

  • October 28th, 2008
  • Posted in How-to

I just bought a Asus Eeepc 900 yesterday and had to settle for the Windows version. Since these netbooks come with limited hard drives (ssd actually)  I have to access my music and videos from my Ubuntu desktop. I already have a ssh server running for my other laptop but setting up ssh in Windows [ READ MORE ]

Change (gk)sudo timeout

  • October 21st, 2008
  • Posted in How-to

I have always found that the standard behaviour of sudo and gksu in Ubuntu is very dangerous and a huge security thread. If you don’t know what I mean, I’ll explain. Every time you enter your password to get root access in the terminal or when launching an app like synaptic, ALL applications can become [ READ MORE ]

Post your screenshots

  • October 20th, 2008
  • Posted in News

I’m going to update the “screenshots” page on this website. I want to give you the change to get your screenshot(s) on there. Upload your screenshot to http://xs.to or any image host you want. Provide the details (wallpaper, gtk theme, icon theme, …) together with the link to the screenshot(s) in the comments. It doesn’t [ READ MORE ]

Ubuntu 8.10 beta review

As promised a while back, I’m doing a review on [ READ MORE ]

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 36 other followers