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Getting Ready For Karmic Koala – Upgrading To GRUB 2


Getting Ready For Karmic Koala – Upgrading To GRUB 2

This is a continuation of the series of article “Getting Ready For Karmic Koala”. The previous articles in this series are: 1, 2, 3, 4. You might have heard it or maybe you have not, but Karmic Koala is to have GRUB 2 by default if you did a clean install. However, if you upgrade…

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By Ricky
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Getting Ready For Karmic Koala – Upgrade Your File System To Ext4


Getting Ready For Karmic Koala – Upgrade Your File System To Ext4

With the final release of Karmic Koala just days away, it is worth taking a look at the filesystem used in Karmic Koala. By default, Karmic Koala uses the new file system ext4. In this article, we briefly look at a few advantages you can expect to get because of ext4 and then how you…

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By Ricky

How to set a proxy for Amarok while using it in Gnome? [Linux]


How to set a proxy for Amarok while using it in Gnome? [Linux]

If you are using Amarok in GNOME, then you need to check out this tip in order to set a proxy for Amarok.

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By Debjit

How to install a software that comes in a tar.gz package in Linux?


How to install a software that comes in a tar.gz package in Linux?

In this article we will tell you how to install any software on Linux that comes in a .tar.gz package.

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By Debjit
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How to make your own theme in Windows 7? [VIDEO]


In this Video Tutorial, the entire process of building your own theme for Windows 7 from scratch has been explained.

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By Debjit

How to fix the headphone sound problem in HP laptops in Linux?


HP Laptops in the series dv-5, dv-6, dv-7 and some HP minis have a strange problem in Fedora 10. When you plug in headphones, the sound still continues to come out the speakers as well as out the headphone jack. And In Fedora 11, no sound actually comes out of the plugged in headphones. In…

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By Debjit

How to fix broken videos (avi) in Ubuntu or Fedora linux?


How to fix broken videos (avi) in Ubuntu or Fedora linux?

Learn how to fix your favorite videos (which are in avi format) in both Ubuntu and Fedora Linux using an utility called DivFiX++

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By Debjit

How To Enable Nepomuk/Strigi Desktop Search in Kubuntu 9.10/KDE4.3


How To Enable Nepomuk/Strigi Desktop Search in Kubuntu 9.10/KDE4.3

Nepomuk/Strigi is a very powerful desktop search in KDE. Strigi is the file indexer which allows for search not just by the file name but by the content of the file as well and Nepomuk is allows for the tagging and rating of the files and it is integrated along with the desktop search.

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By Ricky

How to stop your picture from appearing in the MyBlogLog widget in other blogs?


How to stop your picture from appearing in the MyBlogLog widget in other blogs?

In case you do not want your profile picture to show up on the MyBlogLog widgets of those blogs, then we have a short tip for you.

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By Debjit

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