Tag Archives: Ubuntu
DIY: Installing touchlib based cheap touch pad on Ubuntu 10.04
While I was watching the below youtube clip, I was not able to control my passion to try it out. This is actually a do it yourself cheap touch pad for your computer. This is a touch pad made with a … Continue reading
How to get Lilliput DisplayLink based USB Monitor UM-70 (17e9:02a9) working in Ubuntu Linux
Recently I got a DisplayLink based 7″ USB Monitor manufactured by Lilliput. The model is UM-70, which supports 800×480 resolution. It works without any external power. It takes power and graphics data from USB port. It has built-in Graphics chip … Continue reading
Weather report at command line in Linux
Are you a 24×7 command line guy? Chances of not switching to X console in your linux distro are more for you. Here is a command line weather report tool for you. This tool helps you to plan for your … Continue reading
Shutter: Advanced Screenshot Tool for Linux
Are you bored with limited features of screenshot tool in your linux distro? Here is the Shutter, an advanced screenshot tool. It is a must tool for any technology blogger and technical writer. It has amazing features defined as below … Continue reading
How to upload pictures to Picasa from Ubuntu in simple right-click
GoogleCL is a project intended to access Google services from Linux command line. Uploading the pictures to Picasa Web Album is one such service. Though the intention of this project is to make the services easily accessible from command line, … Continue reading
How to disable login sound in Ubuntu
Many times I have felt the sound clip played while login to Ubuntu desktop is unwarranted. I am not interested in this login sound, which makes my kids to come to me and start doing all possible things to prevent … Continue reading
Application: Desktop recorder software for Ubuntu and uploading to YouTube
Desktop recorder software is highly useful in teaching, tutorial and knowledge sharing side. That too in Open Source communities, the video tutorials are famous through YouTube. You can also make your own desktop recorded video tutorial using gtk-recordMyDesktop software in … Continue reading
How to safely remove ubuntu in dual boot installation
It is not uncommon to see dual boot installation featuring Ubuntu and Windows. I have seen many of my friends try to install Ubuntu in a partition keeping the Windows installation not disturbed. Now a days I suggest them to … Continue reading
How to get rid of “Enter password to unlock your login keyring” prompt in Ubuntu
Ubuntu uses Centralized password management tool called Seahorse. This tool is a front end GUI to GNOME’s keyring management system. In simple this tool stores all passwords with a master password which is normally same as login password. This tool … Continue reading
How to run DOS games on Ubuntu
Many of us would have not forgotten the good old days of DOS. We use to play a lot while learning BASIC and Foxpro kind of stuff. Here is a way to play those DOS games in Ubuntu also. You … Continue reading
English to Spanish dictionary in Ubuntu (and also English to Hindi)
Ubuntu is having powerful applications in the default installation. Dictionary is one such. You can find Dictionary application in Ubuntu main menu -> Applications -> Office -> Dictionary. This application needs internet connection since it fetches data from dict.org server. … Continue reading
How to find Ubuntu Version number
Ubuntu release cycle is once in 6 months and Long Term Support (LTS) release is once in 2 years. Ubuntu follows version number in the format of YY.MM (i.e.: Year.Month). Here are two ways to find the your Ubuntu installation’s … Continue reading
How to recover files from lost+found after fsck in linux (How I did it in Ubuntu)
Yesterday, My Ubuntu 10.04 was not able to boot, displaying “Continue to wait; Press S to skip mounting or M for manual recovery” due to file system error in / and /home partitions. I went ahead with Recovery boot option … Continue reading
How to convert Canon .mts video files to other formats in Ubuntu
My Canon Handycam (Camcorder) makes high quality HD videos in .MTS file format. Though the quality of this file is of very high, still there is no good software to play this in Linux (so Ubuntu) without compromising the quality. … Continue reading
