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7 Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu


Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat has already been released. Many of you must have installed it and other will be looking install it in a few days. In this post, we list the must have applications you will probably want to install after installing Ubuntu 10.10. You might also like to take this screenshot tour of…

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Download Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat


Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat has been officially released. We have compiled a collection of screenshots of the changes you are likely to see in Ubuntu 10.10 earlier and we have also published a list of 7 Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 10.10. Now you can download it and see those for yourself. You may…

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Ubuntu 10.10 – What’s New? [Screenshots]


Ubuntu 10.10 – What’s New? [Screenshots]

Today is the big day – 10/10/10 – the day Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat is going to be released. It will be available for download a later today. [It is available for download now]. While we wait for the ISO to be available for download, here are some screenshots of the changes in Ubuntu 10.10…

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How To Switch Between GPUs In Ubuntu 10.10


How To Switch Between GPUs In Ubuntu 10.10

Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat will have Linux 2.6.35. So, hot switching GPU using vga_switcheroo works in Maverick. However, it doe not include any GUI tools to do this. So to easily switch between GPU, you need to install the latest version of Ubuntu Control Center. Ubuntu Control Center is a pretty awesome application.

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Disable The Automatic Suspension Of Desktop Effects In Kubuntu 10.10


Disable The Automatic Suspension Of Desktop Effects In Kubuntu 10.10

Ever since I upgraded to Kubuntu 10.10, whenever I login the KWin desktop effects are automatically suspended. This happens in both my old laptop with an integrated Intel graphics and my new one with dedicated ATi graphics card.

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By Ricky

Create A Bootable Ubuntu USB Drive From Windows


Create A Bootable Ubuntu USB Drive From Windows

Creating a bootable Ubuntu USB flash drive from a Ubuntu is pretty straightforward. However, most of the new computers comes with Windows and if you want to install Ubuntu, you have two options – burn the ISO in a CD or you can use UNetBootin to create a bootable flash drive from Windows.

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By Ricky

Download Kubuntu 10.10 “Maverick Meerkat” Release Candidate


A few hours after the availability of the Ubuntu 10.10 Release Candidate, the Release Candidate for Kubuntu 10.10 is also available for download now. You can download it it from here http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/maverick/ Note: This is not a stable release. Installation in production machines is not recommended.

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By Ricky

Ubuntu 10.10 Release Candidate Available For Download


The Release Candidate for Ubuntu 10.10 “Maverick Meerkat” has been released and is now available for download. You can download it from http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.10/. The final release will be available on 10th October.

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By Ricky

OpenOffice Forked As LibreOffice


Today the OpenOffice community made a big decision to break away from Oracle and have formed The Document Foundation. Development for OpenOffice has been going on form about a decade now under Sun Microsystem. However, after Oracle’s acquisition of Sun Microsystem, the community have decided to fulfill the promise of independence mentioned in the original…

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