Pre-requisite: you need python and python-dev packages installed. Python is probably already installed however python-dev may not be. Also, we are going to need wget, which if you installed from a Live CD may not be installed. So, from a command line as root or by using your sudo powers issue the following: yum -y install python python-devel wget Now we need to download wicd, unpack it, configure
Saturday, June 13, 2009
Thursday, June 11, 2009
Home Eyecandy Themes for Ubuntu - Download via Launchpad PPA Repo
Posted on 7:23 AM by Unknown
Eventhough there is a number of good quality themes available for Ubuntu through various sites like gnome-look or deviantart, it is still a difficult job to find full set themes which include gdm themes(login window theme), wallapaper, metacity themes, icon set etc. But there is an option to download it from PPA launchpad repo itself, which is always the safer bet. Special thanks to the
Using Movies in Impress on Linux Without Java
Posted on 7:21 AM by Unknown
Insert > Picture > From File Right click on the inserted graphic Select Interaction Select Run macro as Action at mouse click By writing a simple macro running our shell script, which in turn starts our movie player, we hook our movie player in. Figure 1: The concept Writing the external shell script #!/bin/sh#file:///home/me/tmp/ooo-movie-hook/m1.shxine --no-splash --geometry 400x400+
Tuesday, June 2, 2009
Linux for Kids
Posted on 2:37 AM by Unknown
LinuxKidX was, until recently, a Brazilian-only Linux distribution, but, as of March 20th 2009, it is also available in English, so a lot more children have access to it. You will probably be surprised, but this particular distribution is based on Slackware and comes in the form of a 525MB Live CD. The desktop environment used is KDE 3.5, but this won't matter to children, as they will absolutely
If Maximium resolution can't be set on ubuntu
Posted on 2:27 AM by Unknown
For those who own Intel graphical chipset it might happen that the maximum resolution can’t be set. Why this problem still isn’t solved I don’t know. It might have something to do with Ubuntu Linux or Intel drivers.Earlier in my blog I wrote how to install drivers for a Intel Graphical card. I took my own graphical card as an example. You can read the guide here.But even I have to apply an
Monday, June 1, 2009
Install linux from image on hard disk
Posted on 7:38 AM by Unknown
there are many ways to do soyou can install Linux by1) booting from the network2) Having a ISO image on your hard disk3)Boot from USB4) Installing a linux system from scratch by building your ownI am assuming that Linux is not installed on your system and neither grub or lilo is thereThis method is taking Open Suse 10.2 Image but is same for Fedora or Debian or any other distro .There is one
Solution : Hibernate stopped working. Usplash would show the animated splash screen for a few seconds on boot
Posted on 7:33 AM by Unknown
After upgrading to Hardy, hibernate stopped working. Usplash would show the animated splash screen for a few seconds on boot, then it would go away an I would see a text boot screen starting with the “Reading files needed to boot” text. The system would go into hibernate normally, but would never boot back to where I was, it was like I’d never hibernated. After a bit of digging, I found the
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