tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83598987679033122002011-11-28T06:36:09.555+05:30A blog by a Linux newbie for Linux newbies :)linux_n00bhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17388446554062824598noreply@blogger.comBlogger131100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8359898767903312200.post-15486788853919499822010-08-28T13:12:00.010+05:302010-08-28T15:10:27.078+05:30

Its been far too long, so I thought I'd post something :)Generally the prefered method of installing Ubuntu is via CD or (these days) from a USB stick.But there is also another way if you already have an existing Linux partition around.I'll list down the steps to installing Ubuntu from the hard disk itself without using any other external media.To perform this installation I used the Maverick (

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Thanks to flyguy97 on code.google.com we finally have Sopcast for Linux made very easy.Installation notes hereDownload it hereMake sure you install correct version depending on your architecture (32-bit or 64-bit)And probably you need to install "sp-auth" first before installing "sopcast-player" which is the procedure I followed.Of course you can download the source and compile it for you own

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Aamod's blog..: Shiretoko Shock in India - Firefox 3.5 is coming!

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If you are using Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) or later, it is very likely that your USB stick will be detected as a modem and you can use Network Manager to connect to the Internet by following the instructions here: ubuntuforums.orgOn my Hardy system the USB stick was not detected as a modem but as a mass storage device. First thing I needed to do was to make the system detect it as a modemFor

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Basically you need to change your network settings so that your DNS nameservers always point to the openDNS servers rather than those provided by your local ISP.openDns nameservers are: 208.67.220.200 & 208.67.222.222For the case of a DHCP client that is mobile or where you do not have control over the DHCP service configuration, the procedure is:sudo gedit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.confAdd a prepend

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Jaunty Jackalope or Ubuntu 9.04 which will be out on 23rd April 09 will have a new notification system.If some eager folks like me are interested in making them work on Intrepid, follow the instructions below:$ sudo apt-get update$ sudo apt-get install bzr gnome-common automake libdbus-glib-1-dev libgtk2.0-0 libgtk2.0-dev libgtk2.0-common libgconf2-dev libx11-dev libnotify-dev libnotify1

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Created a wicd template using the instructions found here:http://wicd.net/templates.phpWICD btw is a great network manager, I've found it to be a fair bit better than the default network manager which comes with gnome.Also I fixed my laptop touchpad problems (this was actually a while back, feb 16th to be exact)http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=911184 &http://www.ossramblings.com/

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Some really good information on what LVM is all about is given in these few links:Learning Linux LVM, Part 1Learning Linux LVM, Part 2TLDP LVM docsRHEL DOCS for LVMThis was something I always wanted to try, so here are the steps:Firstly, put in your liveCD for Intrepid. The problem is that by default the liveCD has no support for LVM. We need to install it and load the kernel module.$ sudo

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Well... i have this with my for some time now... but i thought i'd post it on this anyway:~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~In Ubuntu 8.04 the Intel wireless cards have switched from the ipw driver to the iwl driver. The version of the iwl driver that ships with Hardy is slightly buggered. The driver does not support SCAN_CAPA = 0×0 which prevents it from connecting to hidden networks. Though

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I was having really irritating problems with PulseAudio which is installed by default in Hardy.Was pointed to this tutorial by my friend Raju.It worked well for me.After following the instructions mentioned above I installed the package " adobe-flashplugin " from the repositories using the command:$ sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install adobe-flashplugin;Also if you experience any problems

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Now you might wonder why I would need to install Oracle on Linux, but I just wanted to see if it could be done... obviously it can be done !Here it is :Add the following repository to the "/etc/apt/sources.list" file using the following command to open the file in any editor:$ gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.listGoto the very end and paste the following line:deb http://oss.oracle.com/debian

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Ok... so nothing much after that first post.Now I'm thinking of just making a list of all the things i have done on ubuntu before i start making entries for them.1. installed and setup (if any !!!) LAMP (not difficult at all)2. installed wine and using Dreamweaver and uTorrent3. installed extra compiz plugins4. installed AWN and screenlets5. installed kde4 then removed it, installed kde3.5 and

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With GNUnify 09 coming up in a month or so... its about time i started this.Been using Linux (Ubuntu Hardy Heron mostly, but tried out a Fedora 9 as well openSuse 11 and Mandriva Spring 2008) for 6-7 months now.And as a newbie user, I have done a fair bit of tinkering around ( as much as could grasp with my limited knowledge so far).This will be where I'll just be putting down stuff that I have

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