Ubuntu Grub Splash Image
For some crazy reason the grub selection menu in Ubuntu does not have a splash image background install (I am guessing it is because if it were there you would hardly ever see it, unlike some M$ OSes). Anyway to add your own or just a generic one that comes with the package, you have [...]
Ubuntu DIGIPRO T-8000U T-6000U T-5500U 12000U 14000U
OK, I recently purchased a DigiPro T-6000U Graphics Tablet to use with Ubuntu (More Specifically Jaunty Jackalope or AKA 9.04) and it took me a while to figure out how to get it working, but as I found out in the end it is way easier than I thought to get it working, and I [...]
Ubuntu: Install Cinelarra: Linux Video Editing
Cinelerra has three main functions: capturing, compositing, and editing audio and video with sample level accuracy. It’s a movie studio in a box, he best of the best …. Yaddie, Yaddie, Yaddie.
Ubuntu: Install LAMP: Linux Apache2 MySQL PHP5
First off, this one will be quick and painless, and only applies to those who are installing Apache2, MySQL, and PHP5 after the fact. The major step that stumps most people is getting PHP5 to work, more on this in a moment. If you are doing any kind of PHP development at all, most will [...]
Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope 9.04: DVD, MP3, Quicktime, Windows Media
For the sake of making a long story short, patent and copyright restrictions, complicates Ubuntu distributing software to support proprietary formats such as DVD, MP3, Quicktime, Windows Media, and others. Now, Ubuntu has made a commitment to include only completely free software by default meaning that proprietary media formats as the ones mentioned above are [...]
WINDOWS VISTA AERO vs LINUX UBUNTU BERYL
Get the Flash Player to see this content. var params = { ‘allowfullscreen’: ‘true’, ‘allowscriptaccess’: ‘always’, ‘wmode’: ‘transparent’ }; var attributes = { ‘id’: ‘video0′, ‘name’: ‘video0′}; var flashvars = { ‘file’ : ‘http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xC5uEe5OzNQ’, ‘image’ : ‘http://i1.ytimg.com/vi/xC5uEe5OzNQ/default.jpg’, ‘width’ : ’400′, ‘height’ : ’250′, ‘controlbar’ : ‘bottom’, ‘dock’ : ‘false’, ‘icons’ : ‘true’, ‘logo.hide’ : ‘false’, [...]
Installing Microsoft Fonts – Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)
There many reasons why you might want to use Microsoft Fonts, the largest reason is going to be compatibility. Lets face it some people are not going to quit using Microsoft Products, no matter what. Installing the Microsoft TrueType fonts will make OpenOffice more compatible and will improve the look of some web pages (Some [...]
Canon Pixma IP1800 – Ubuntu
OK, here we go I am going to be providing the much need drivers for the Canon Pixma IP1800 Printer, and a nice little script to install these drivers. This script will install it on both 64 bit and 32 bit architectures so no worries. Just for clarification though, there are not 64 bit drivers, [...]
A Migration Story – Windows to Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)
So, you have decided for one reason or another to give up Windows and switch to Linux. One of the problems is that most people don’t know how to accomplish this and those who do understand have already done. Human nature dictates that most people, once they learn how something is done become sensitized as [...]
A Viable Alternative to Microsoft – Ubuntu Linux 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope)
Ubuntu Linux 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope), is just one of the many Linux flavors out there today that can run the software your business needs to run its day to day operations. If there are so many flavors out there why choose Ubuntu, simple in my opinion they have the best online community, they tend to [...]
