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Friday, September 29, 2017

Trying Out Ubuntu 10 04 On A Desktop PC Part Two

This blog describes the multimedia playback capabilities (both audio and video) of the standard Ubuntu 10.04 - that is, what this 64-bit OS can play out-of-the-box. Let us start with the audio capabilities first.

Multimedia - Audio Playback

It was obvious from the start that Ubuntu can handle sound - but what format? A quick peek into the /usr/share/sounds directory gave me some answers. The sound file formats that Ubuntu can handle out-of-the-box are .wav and .ogg type files. The wav format is an uncompressed PCM one while the ogg format is a lossy compressed one. Both are free formats and that is the reason they were included on a standard Ubuntu (which has a strict policy regarding non-free or propriety formats - they simply are not included).

A test was carried out by plugging in a USB drive containing several audio and video files of various formats, into the Ubuntu 10.04 PC. The USB drive was recognized by the OS and mounted automatically - an icon for that drive appeared on the desktop. The OS also obligingly open the Nautilus file browser showing the contents of the USB drive. Hovering the cursor over the various audio files on the USB drive, I discovered that Ubuntu can indeed play back wav and ogg type audio files plus it also can play back flac type audio files. This format is a lossless compressed PCM type and it is a free format (flac = free lossless audio codec) - hence it was included in the standard Ubuntu. However, out of the box Ubuntu CANNOT play back mp3, mp4, aac, m4a and ape formatted audio files. Obviously, extra non-free or propriety codecs need to be installed to handle these formats.

A quick check with the official Ubuntu 10.04 document did not help much but checking the community document on restricted formats gave instructions on which package to install in order to get support for the other audio (and video) formats. The package is appropriately named ubuntu-restricted-extras and besides the codecs necessary for play back of the other formats, also includes Microsoft TTF fonts, Java runtime environment, Flash plugin, LAME (to create compressed audio files), and DVD playback. Opening the Synaptic Package Manager, I installed this package - which took a while - mainly due to the downloading of the various TTF fonts from a busy server.

After the ubuntu-restricted-extras package was installed, another test was performed on the other audio files on the USB drive. Hovering the cursor over the files I can now play back mp3, mp4, aac, m4a and ape formatted audio files. This package indeed took care of the most popular audio formats found. By the way, I also found out that the popular Microsoft TrueType fonts (like Times New Roman, Arial, Courier New, etc) were also installed on my system - a big plus and another reason to install this package.

Another audio capability test was then performed - the audio CD playback capability. Inserting an audio CD into the drive resulted in it being recognized and mounted (a icon will appear on the desktop). A message box will also pop-up telling me that I have inserted an audio CD and asked which application to use the CD with - the default is Rhythmbox. Note that I can make this the default action also - however, for this test I accepted the default application by clicking on OK. Rhythmbox, the music management and playback software for GNOME, was launched and I was able to play the CD by clicking on the Play button. The details about the CD (album name, artist, and track/song title) was also displayed. This test confirmed that Ubuntu was indeed capable of handling audio CDs.

Thats it as far as my needs for audio playback on Ubuntu 10.04 goes. In my next blog, I will be describing the video playback capabilities of the OS, so stay tuned.

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Tuning DB2 system performance chat on Aug 12

Readers in Mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan, theres an upcoming chat on August 12:

Tuning and Monitoring DB2 System Performance
August 12 @ 10:00 AM China Standard Time (GMT+0800)
August 11 @ 10:00 PM Toronto Time
Speakers: Sal Vella - VP, Guiyun Cao - one of the key IBM DB2 performance analysts
Host: Frank Ning

In this chat, Guiyun Cao from the IBM Canada Lab will share some best practices about tuning and monitoring of DB2 system performance. He will talk about determining, addressing the system bottlenecks and some best practices for DB2 performance.

Guiyun Cao has been with IBM more than 10 years specializing in DB2 performance, in particular with SAP and DB2 performance. He is one of the key performance analysts to serve IBM customers for their business success.
Register to attend

Cheers,

Leons Petrazickis
DB2 Express-C Community Team

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Ubuntu 13 04 Raring Ringtail on a Multitouch Screen Monitor

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Ubuntu 10 04 Netbook Remix On An HP Mini 2140 Netbook Part 3

Now that I have Ubuntu Netbook Remix installed on my HP Mini 2140 netbook, I became aware of another thing about the HP that is different from my Lenovo S10-2 netbook, and that was the display size and clarity. At first I thought it was simply my imagination but after comparing the powered-up netbooks side by side, it became apparent that the display on the HP was very much sharper and was easier to read. It was also noticeable that the HPs screen was slightly smaller than the Lenovos - which was confirmed by the specification in the HP Mini 2140 Data Sheet. The HP has a 1024 x 576 pixels screen while the Lenovo has the normal (for a netbook, that is) 1024 x 600 pixels screen. Why this was so is not clear but the type of LCD panel used by HP resulted in the sharper and clearer display than the Lenovo - so I am not complaining :)

Another feature of the HP that differs from the Lenovo is the standard battery that came with the netbook. HP only supplies a 3-cell battery as standard while Lenovo supplies a 6-cell one. Obviously this has an impact on battery life under normal netbook usage. According to reports and reviews found on the web, the 3-cell battery on the HP was only good for about 2 hours under normal usage - compare this with an actual 4.5 hours which was actually obtained by me for the Lenovo. So, if I wanted to extend the battery life on the HP, I have to purchase the optional 6-cell battery. After making several inquiries, I discovered to my horror that such a battery cost around 25% of the actual cost of the netbook! Way to go HP! Is this your way of screwing your users? In retrospect, I should have expected this - after all, after working with HP for more than 20 years, I should know by now that HP stands for High Price.

Expect for the 6-cell battery price farce, I found several things to like about the HP Mini 2140 - which was a saving grace (else I would have just got rid of it). One, as I mentioned previously, was the sharp screen display. The other likable item was the keyboard - the keys were large and nice to use - unlike the somewhat soggy feel of the Lenovos keyboard. I also felt that the inclusion of the ExpressCard/54 slot as a nice feature to have - provided, of course, I can get actual ExpressCard/54 cards locally. As mentioned previously, I am looking for a 4-port USB ExpressCard/54 card in order to expand the number of available USB ports. More on this ExpressCard later.

Anyway, enough about the HP Mini - allow me to elaborate on my first impression of the new Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Remix (UNR) OS. The first and most noticable impression is the new color scheme (or theme). The standard brown scheme found in the previous version (9.10) has been replaced with a purple, gray, and orange theme called Ambiance. Personally, I prefer the old scheme but I could live with the new one. Fortunately the background could be easily be changed to almost anything I wish and I do have some nice images to serve as the background. This was the first thing I did on the netbook - copy my favorite images to my home folder (Pictures subfolder) and changed the background to my liking.

The next (and somewhat irritating) thing I noticed about the new UNR is that, for some reason or another, the Canonical team decided to place the windows control (maximize, minimize and close) buttons on top left side of the windows - instead of the usual (and familiar) top right side. According to reviews found on the web, the decision was to copy the Mac OS layout. It was also evident from the various posts on various user forums that this was not a popular decision. Fortunately, there is a way to restore the placement of the button back to the normal position. The procedure can be found at this link (http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/13535/move-window-buttons-back-to-the-right-in-ubuntu-10.04/).

As the HP netbook is to be a mobile device, battery life must be preserved at all time - which means that the power management utility in the new UNR must work correctly. This was tested next - the result was not very encouraging - in fact, it was downright disappointing. On my other netbook (the Lenovo S10-2), power management worked flawlessly with the UNR 9.10. When I close the lid of the Lenovo netbook, the system went to sleep. At the predetermined time it went into hibernation. With this power management I was able to make the battery last for the duration I am on the road. On the HP, closing the lid did not do anything - the only way I could put the HP netbook to sleep was to do it manually by pressing the Fn+F1 key combination. Opening the lid after manually putting the HP netbook to sleep did not wake it up - again I had to manually wake it up using the on/off button. To my alarm, I noted that it did not prompt me for a password upon waking up (as it is supposed to) - it just restored the last screen. Plainly, the 10.04 UNRs power management utility did not work as it was supposed to do.

After doing a bit of research on the web, I discovered that there was indeed a unresolved bug concerning the HP 2140 and its lid closing detection on UNR 10.04. It seems to be unique to the HP - other netbook did not seem to be affected. At the moment, it cannot be determined as to when this issue will be resolved. This fact alone put a bit of a damper for my plans for the HP Mini 2140 and I need to re-think them for my sleep-deprived netbook.

More to come ... stay tuned.

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Tutorial How to Install CrossOver Office 10 on Mandriva 2012

This article will explain tutorial how to install CrossOver Office 10 on Mandriva Linux Operating System 2012.

CrossOver is an application that can be use to install windows application on Linux. CrossOver made based of Wine, but CrossOver better than native Wine application if look from graphical interface. CrossOver is commercial application or not freeware, but we can download free trial CrossOver.

By using CrossOver, we can easily install Microsoft Office 2010 on Linux Mandriva 2012.

This is step-by-step to install CrossOver on Mandriva 2012:

Download file installer CrossOver by clicking this URL address: http://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/cxlinux/demo/install-crossover-12.2.2.bin (in this case, we use crossover version 12.2.2).
We need to make the .bin file executable. Use this command to do this:
chmod +x install-crossover-12.2.2.bin
Now install it with following command:
./install-crossover-12.2.2.bin
Then will display graphical installation like this screenshot.
Click Next.
Select the directory where you want to be installed CrossOver. Leave it as default if you are unsure.
Wait after installation is finish.
CrossOver has been installed. Click Finish if there is no error during installation.
Now you can running CrossOver and install Windows software on Mandriva 2012.

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Unable to verify certificate for vCenter on Horizon View Connection Server

Recently during an outage of my host during to hardware issue in my home lab where my vCenter 6.0 sit on it, resulted some strange behaviour on my View Connection Server 6.1. I encounter the below error message:

When I go to my Horizon View Dashboard, it looks fine.

When I try to remove the vCenter entry under the Server options and adding it back I end up with another error when trying to add the View Composer.

However this is not related to the strange behaviour above. But rather this is due to my login did not contain a domainusername but instead of use just username.

Back to the strange behaviour. It seems my connection to my vCenter via Connection Server has a sudden slowness and the certificate seems to be corrupted. I tried to find a solution to replace the self-signed (in my case) certificate on my View Connection Server however in vain. I tried removing the vCenter and re-adding it back, that does not help.

So I chanced upon some steps by our internal team and use it to resolve my problem and it works.

In summary, this is what was done. First we backup the ADAM database and then we invalid the entry of the vCenter in View Connection Server. Then we try to add the existing vCenter again. So now we have two entry of the vCenter where oneis an invalid entry. Taking from the valid entry certificate thumbprint, we overwrite the invalid ones and remove the latter vCenter entry. Next revert back the entry to previous valid entry.

Here are the detailed steps that help me resolved my issues.

To manually regenerate data:

Note: Back up the ADAM database before proceeding. For more information, see Performing an end-to-end backup and restore for View Manager (1008046).

Log in to the machine hosting your View Connection Server. If there is a cluster of View Connection Servers, this step can be done on any of the servers.
Click Start > Run, type cmd, and click OK. The command prompt opens.
Run this command, substituting a name for your back up file.

vdmexport > ViewBackupFilename.ldf
Connect to the ADAM database. For more information, see Connecting to the View ADAM Database (2012377).
Expand OU=Properties > OU=VirtualCenter.
Note the entry is is after expanding the OU=VirtualCenter.
Document the first four characters of the vCenter Server entry, for example CN=f030. Right-click the vCenter Server entry and click Properties.
Document these three values:
- pae-NameValuePair. Note the entry here and then remove it.
- pae-SVIURL. Note the entry and set to a value similar to https://OFFvComposer.domain.com:18443
- pae-VCURL. Note the entry and set to a value similar to https://OFFvCenter.domain.com:443/sdk
In the View Administrator portal, refresh the dashboard to confirm the name change you made.
Do note that changes are reflected at two different location.
In View Configuration > Servers > vCenter Server, add an entry for the proper
Open the properties page for each vCenter Server entry.
Manually copy these values from the new vCenter Server entry to the old vCenter Server entry:

Note: Take a note of the entries before copying. When copying these values, copy and paste directly between properties sheets or copy to a plain text editor that does not add any formatting such as Windows Notepad.exe.
- pae-SVISslCertThumbprint
- pae-SVISslCertThumbprintAlgorithm
- pae-SVIUserName
- pae-SVIUserPassword
- pae-VCSslCertThumbprint
- pae-VCSslCertThumbprintAlgorithm
- pae-VCUserName
- pae-VCUserPassword
Remove the new vCenter Server entry from the View Administrator webpage.
Undo the three changes you made at the beginning of the process, including adding the UNIQUEID=XX value back into pae-NameValuePair and rename the pae-SVIURL and pae-VCURL.
Reboot all Connection Servers in the replicated group.
In the View Administrator webpage, refresh the Dashboard page again and confirm vCenter Server and Composer are both shown correctly and are now showing as green status.
Proceed with testing provisioning and recomposing, as well as login functionality.

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Trying Out Ubuntu 10 04 On A Desktop PC Part One

As mentioned in several of my previous blogs, I use Ubuntu Netbook Remix exclusively on my netbooks (a Lenovo S10-2 and an HP Mini 2140). After playing around with the relatively new UNR 10.04 on the HP, I grew to like the OS - so much so that I decided to install it on a spare PC that I had around (which was mainly used for testing) and play around with it some more. The PC is built around an Asus M2N-E motherboard and the CPU I had installed is an AMD Athlon 64 X2 5200+. The amount of RAM on the motherboard is 8 GB of DDR2-800. Clearly the 64-bit flavor of Ubuntu 10.04 was the choice of OS here. To top up the hardware, I also installed a ATI HD 4670 video card, a 550W power supply and a 320GB SATA hard disk. The display was an Acer 23 inch wide screen LCD. With all the hardware pieces in place, I ventured into the world of 64-bit Linux computing. This blog and more will describe my journey in that world.

After downloading the ISO image of the DVD, I burned it to a disc and used it for the installation. The actual installation was painless - the only unusual item of note is that I partitioned the hard disk manually and used ext3 filesystem instead of the default ext4. I also used my normal (normal for me, that is) partitioning scheme - i.e., a small boot partition, the root partition, a swap partition and a home partition. The reason for using the ext3 filesystem was mentioned also in my previous blog - it enables me to backup or clone my hard disk using the Arconis Home 2010 software, which at the moment can only handle ext3 type filesystem.

The first boot-up went without any problem and after logging in, was presented with the purple-colored desktop. The first thing I did was to change the screen desktop background to a more pleasing one - right-clicking on the desktop and selecting Change Desktop Background, I was presented with several choices. I selected Maraetai before sunrise as my background - at least it does not hurt my eyes as much as the default! :)

The second thing I did was un-mute my sound system, which, for some reason or other, the Ubuntu team decided to initially start off muted. I also adjusted the volume level sliders to a reasonable value. Note that the Sound Preference dialog box that appears upon clicking it, do not have the option to test the sound levels - a shortcoming which I urge the Ubuntu team to fix.

The next (and somewhat irritating) thing I fixed is the placement of the windows control (maximize, minimize and close) buttons from the top left side of the windows to the usual (and familiar) top right side.

As with my previous installation of UNR 10.04 on my HP netbook, I was prompted to update my system and it also indicated that propriety drivers were available for my system. Putting aside the drivers for the time being, I updated the system via the Update Manager - which took a while since there was a fair amount of updates that needed to be applied. Once completed a re-boot was required - this was done and the system restarted - this time it was accompanied with the Ubuntu startup sound.

The Firefox Browser

The first software I tried out on the Ubuntu 10.04 was the default web browser that come with it - the Firefox. I started it and changed my home page to news.google.com.my and then checked the installed plugins by executing about:plugins via the address bar. All the necessary multimedia and java plugins were installed except Shockwave flash-player and pdf-reader plugins.

The Shockwave flash-player plugin package (named flashplugin-nonfree) can be installed using the Synaptic Package Manager but note that this is a 32-bit plugin - the 64-bit one is still in beta and was not included in the standard installation of Ubuntu 10.04. As it is a 32-bit package, there was a lot of dependencies for it - the major ones being nspluginwrapper and ia32-libs. These are required to make the 32-bit plugin work on 64-bit Ubuntu. A lot of work to get one plugin to work - I just wish Adobe would get the 64-bit one working as soon as possible. However, the plugin worked - I verified it by playing a YouTube movie (my favorite HQ movie of Sarah Brighman singing Harem). The command about:plugins also verified that the shockwave flash is indeed installed.

The pdf-reader plugin, on the other hand, is not such a simple package to install. First the lucid partner repository need to enabled - this is done by editing the /etc/apt/sources.list file (as root) and un-commenting the two lines for the lucid partner repository. Then the Synaptic Package Manager need to be restarted and the package database refreshed by clicking on the Reload button. Alternatively, the command sudo aptitude update can be run from a console. Then a search for acroread need to be done and once found that package need to be installed. Note that this will also install the free Adobe Acrobat Reader and if you choose so, make it the default pdf type file reader. Once the plugin (and reader) has been installed, the Firefox browser has to re-started. The command about:plugins has also to be executed to verify that the pdf plugin is indeed installed - which in my case, was. In order to test the plugin I used a web page containing a pdf test document and it verified that the installed plugin worked. However, for some strange reason, the Acrobat Reader was not listed in the Applications menu list. Loggin out and then back in solved this - Acrobat Reader 9 was now listed in Applications -> Office.

Next I installed some extra essential (to me!) plugins - Adblock Plus, Download Statusbar, Webmail Notifier and Yoono (a social neworking app to mintor my twitter and facebook account). Once these were installed I now have the Firefox browser that I can use productively. In fact, I use the same setup for my netbooks and my Windows 7 workstations. Later I get my bookmarks synchronized across all my computers. I wonder if there is an application that will allow me to do so.

Next, I will check out the multimedia capabilities of Ubuntu 10.04 ... stay tuned.

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TUTORIAL BITCOINTALK SIGNATURE CAMPAIGNS Make DOLLARS Posting On Forums

Introduction

This is yet another small tutorial for people to make a few extra dollars per week by doing nothing but posting on a forum.

For this tutorial, well be talking about BitcoinTalk.org and the amazing paid-to-post programs started by users of the forums

. Do note that this method is something you should do for fun and pocket change, but it can also be scaled up by using many accounts to post.

All you need to do for this method is post constructively on BitcoinTalks gambling section with a signature.

Requirements

BitcoinTalk.org Account (Junior and above)
Time

BitcoinTalk.org Account

So, the only important thing you need for this method is to have a BitcoinTalk account. Many of you might already have it,

but for those who dont, you can register for an account here - https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?action=register

An account will look something like this:

Account (Click to Hide)

One of the most important factor for this method is to make sure your account is in good standing and increase its

rank by constantly posting and being active

. Youll get paid according to your rank on the forum. For me, Im a Senior Member as seen from this screenshot.

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Right at the start, you will start as a Brand New and will not be able to join any signature campaigns. But, if you post a few posts

a day and make constructive posts, your rank will increase eventually. For more information about the ranks and how to increase you

Alternatively, you can purchase BitcoinTalk forum accounts from other users. Just make a quick Google search, but I do not recommend this as you can build it on your own.

Choosing a campaign.

So once you have a decent activity & rank (Jr. Member at the very least), you can start looking for some campaigns. This is one that I have picked out as an example:

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As a Junior Member, you can make 0.0002 BTC per constructive post and a maximum of 50 posts per week. Thats about $4 a week for just posting!

For my account, a Senior Member - I can get paid 0.0008 BTC per constructive post. Thats $15 per week for just 50 posts.

So its that simple, just create an account and start posting. In case you dont know what is a "constructive post", it is something like this:

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Its just a few sentences - maybe 3 to 4.

Conclusion

Of course, this is not a $5000 a week method, but a small method for you to get some extra cash for gambling, buying things, etc. Its just something smallr rank and activity, check out this link - CLICK HERE

Rank Details (Click to Hide)

you can do on the side or upscale it and make a ton of money from it.

Imagine having 10 Senior Member accounts, thats $150 a week from 500 posts! Thats a lot of money for just some posts about gambling.

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TWISTED METAL HEAD ON PSP ISO DOWNLOAD

Game Description:

Twisted Metal Head On Is A Racing Game For Sony Play Station Portable Published By Sony Computer Entertainment. This Game Was Released On March 24, 2005. In This Game You Would Have To Struggle To Win The Race Because Its A Unique Racing Game And You Would Discover Many Features After Playing The Game. You Would Come To Know About Each And Every Game Mode When You Will Download And Install It On Your PSP.

Game Images:

TWISTED METAL HEAD ON BY PSP BIRTHS

Download Info:

Version: 1.0

Developer: N/A

Publisher: SCEA

Genre: Racing

Release Date: Mar 24, 2005

Region: USA

Language: English

|Download| Part 1 USA

|Download| Part 2 USA

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Ubuntu on XO

Today I finally got Ubuntu to work on my XO.

With some Christmas money I purchased a 4Gig SD card. I even shopped around until I could find the kind that read/write faster than your standard SD card to give better performance. I tried a few months ago when I first purchased the card, and I followed all the instructions at http://www.olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=4053.0, but upon reboot I still just got the regular Sugar desktop. After a while I put it on the back burner.

Tonight I picked the project back up and finally got it working. It turns out I missed the very last step of getting the developer key, where the key is actually placed in the /security folder. After I solved that, my Ubuntu was in business.

The thing runs much faster than I expected. In fact, it runs really well. I changed some of the panel configurations, and installed some more applications, like GCompris for the kids.

The installation comes with some quirks, such as no region set, and the microphone light is constantly on, which can all be resolved by following the instructions at http://www.olpcnews.com/forum/index.php?topic=4057.msg27470;topicseen#msg27470.

Currently, I am backing up the SD card, and am going to attempt a Jaunty install. If that works find then Im going to install gnome-desktop and remove xfce-desktop and see what kind of performance I get.

My main motivation for this is that my kids where having trouble figuring out the Sugar interface. My seven-year old has it mostly figured out, but not Athena (5.) We run all Ubuntu in the house, so they are pretty good with getting around in it.

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TWEAK UTIL ON HOLD

Hello everyone. As fate would have it, I have put on hold the development of the tweak util for the X3100.

This util was meant to edit the registry settings, implementing the steps outlined on the "Advanced Tweaks" method without anyone having to mess around with Regedit itself and putting their systems at risk.

However, I have recently gotten a lot of work which limits the time available for me to continue development. In addition to that, I have been assigned away from my main comp which I use for programming, company-provided comp is not up to the job.

Rest assured I will continue work on this as soon as time permits. There are a lot of X3100 owners out there and I really want to help them maximize the gear they purchased.

Thanks for understanding.

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Ubuntu 17 04 Zesty Zapus Beta 2 Installation on VMware Workstation

Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Installation on VMware Workstation

This video tutorial shows Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Beta 2 installation on VMware Workstation/Player step by step. This tutorial is also helpful to install Ubuntu 17.04 on physical computer or laptop hardware. We also install VMware Tools (Open VM Tools) on Ubuntu 17.04 Beta 2 for better performance and usability features such as Fit Guest Now, Drag-Drop File and Clipboard Sharing.

Ubuntu 17.04 Beta 2 Installation Steps:

Download Ubuntu 17.04 Beta 2 ISO
Create Virtual Machine on VMware Workstation/Player
Start Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus Installation
Install VMware Tools (Open VM Tools)
Test VMware Tools Features: Fit Guest Now, Drag-Drop File and Clipboard Sharing

Installing Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Beta 2 on VMware Workstation

Ubuntu 17.04 Zesty Zapus New Features and Improvements

The default DNS resolver is now systemd-resolved.
For new installs, a swap file will be used instead of a swap partition.
Ubuntu 17.04 is based on the Linux Kernel 4.10.
It support printers which allow printing without printer-specific drivers.
LibreOffice has been updated to 5.3.
The Calendar app now has a Week view.
gconf is no longer installed by default since it has long been superseded by gsettings.
Apps provided by GNOME have been updated to 3.24. Exceptions are the Nautilus file manager (3.20), Terminal (3.20), Evolution (3.22), and Software (3.22).

Ubuntu 17.04 Desktop Minimum System Requirements

700 MHz processor (about Intel Celeron or better)
512 MB RAM (system memory)
5 GB of hard-drive space (or USB stick, memory card or external drive but see LiveCD for an alternative approach)
VGA capable of 1024x768 screen resolution
Either a CD/DVD drive or a USB port for the installer media
Internet access is helpful

Hope you found this Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus) Beta 2 installation tutorial helpful and informative. Please consider sharing it. Your feedback and questions are welcome!

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Turn on RF switch Acer Travelmate 290 WIFI

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=541953

http://rfswitch.sourceforge.net/?page=laptop_matrix

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Ubuntu Minimize programs on single click of the Unity launcher icon

This is a very useful piece of functionality that is somehow disabled by default...

First you need to install CompizConfig Settings Manager:

 sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

You can now start CCSM and click on the Ubuntu Unity Plugin icon. Here on the Launcher tab click on the checkbox next to "Minimize Single Window Applications (Unsupported)"

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Ubuntu Sound not working on HP Pavillion dv9000 Using the ICH8 Family

I spent quite a bit of time researching my problem and found the solution at: http://www.mail-archive.com/ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com/msg549082.html Let me copy the relevant bits:

 cd /tmp wget ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver/alsa-driver-1.0.16rc2.tar.bz2 tar -jxvf alsa-driver-1.0.16rc2.tar.bz2 cd alsa-driver-1.0.16rc2/ ./configure --with-cards=hda-intel && make sudo make install sudo cp ./modules/snd-hda-intel.ko /lib/modules/$( uname -r )/ubuntu/media/snd-hda-intel/ sudo depmod -a sudo reboot

Make sure that you check the ftp://ftp.alsa-project.org/pub/driver directory to see if a new version has been released.

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Twitter how to sign up log in down load and how to find friends on twitter

Register/Sign Up, Login Find friends and how to Download twitters application in your phone in https://twitter.com/

Twitter is is just like any other social networking service that enables users to send and read short 140-character messages called "tweets"

Twitter only allow registered users to read and post tweets while unregistered users can only read them. The users of twitter can access it in two ways , you can either access twitter in their official website https://twitter.com/ or you can access it through a mobile device application which am going to put you as we proceed.

Twitter was developed and in March 2006 and lunched in July the same year. As of 2012 twitter recorded having more than 100million active users who in who posted more than 340 million tweet per day so Create twitter account to day and tell the World what you fill and connect with you friends

How to register/create/sign up account and log in twitter account

In other for us enjoy unique futures of twitter you have to have an account with them first
Now this a step by step on how how to create account/ sign up/ register twitter account

First visit this url/website https://twitter.com/ and a box like this will display on your browser

Fill in the appropriate information that displayed on the box
click sign up for twitter
Another box will also display requiring your username
Fill it up and click sign up
Another box will also display requiring your phone number and your country fill it and click verify
Finally verification code will be sent to your phone put in the box and click verify
You now have a twitter account start enjoying

Now this is how to log in your twitter account

Just like i said above you can either log in with twitter official website https://twitter.com or you can do it in your phone and that is only when you have the application in your phone, Now this how to log in with the official web

Visit this link/Url/ website https://twitter.com/ and a box like the previous one will display
Right on the top of the box
Put your email/phone number or your Username and click log in

Features of twitter

You may one to start using twitter after to day when you know about the unique features of twitter which am going to be listing one after the other here in this online tutorial.

Even though a know registered person can read a post on twitter you can choose to send to your friends alone.
You can also follow other users

With twitter you can also update your profile mobile phone

You can share your post 100millions of User of twitter
Twitter does not charge in before you can use ( it is free of charge) but accessing it through mobile phone may incur some share by your network provider service is free

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tv on pc with progdvb and vplug

First of all, you will need a good computer that has no problems handling audio and video streams. Second of all, you will require a satellite dish, and nevertheless a TV-tuner card with satellite support ( i would suggest a Skystar2 from Technisat )

Next you will be installing ProgDvb from their official website and start scanning your satellites ( in case you have more than one ).

Here is where it gets tricky, since no one man can be satisfied with such small amount of channals that come FTA (free to air), so you will be more than content to read the following section of the article.

Vplug, a plugin developed by vahid, holds all the answers you seek. With this tool you can decript the stream without the "intervention" of a smartcard. Now Im legally obligated to tell you this is illegal, and it servers only for education purpuses, so be carefull how you use it.

This tool decripty Nagra and Nagra 2 ( some SECA and CRIPTOWORKS as well ), most known package being DigiTV ( Europe ) after PREMIEREs so called blackness

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Ubuntu 10 04 Netbook Remix On An HP Mini 2140 Netbook Part One

It was 5 months ago when Canonical announced the release of the Ubuntu 10.04 (codenamed Lucid Lynx) Linux OS - which also carried the LTS (Long Term Support) moniker. The Netbook Remix version was also released at the same time. At that time I was using the 9.10 Netbook Remix version (Karmic Kaola) on my Lenovo S10-2 Ideapad netbook and was very satisfied with it. Needless to say, I was tempted to upgrade to the 10.04 version - however, from experience, I decided to hold off for a few months until all the bugs have been ironed out from the OS.

Recently, I obtained a Hewlett-Packard Mini 2140 - a netbook similar to the Lenovo S10-2. My sister had purchased it because it was relatively cheap but was very disappointed with its small sized screen. After using it for a short while, she gave up and offered it to me. I now own 2 netbooks - one already running the Ubuntu 9.10 (the Lenovo) and the other running Windows XP (the HP). This situation presented me the opportunity to try out the Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Remix OS on the HP Mini.

The HP Mini 2140 is an Intel Atom based netbook and it uses a 1.6 Ghz N270 CPU. It also use the Intel 945GSE chipset with the GMA950 mobile graphics. For wireless connectivity, it utilize the Broadcom chipset. As you can see, these specifications are the same as for the Lenovo S10-2 with one major exception. The exception is the number of USB ports - only 2 is present on the HP while the Lenovo has 3. The space that would be required for the extra USB port on the HP is occupied by an ExpressCard/54 slot (with an SD cardslot immediately below it). Note that the Lenovo does not have an ExpressCard slot. It looks as if a USB hub is a must for the HP - or if a 54mm wide ExpressCard card with 4 USB ports is available, it would meet the need for extra USB ports.

In order to try out Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Remix on the HP Mini 2140, I purchased a brand new WD Scorpio Blue 500GB hard disk to replace the existing disk (which I carefully stored it just in case I need to use Windows XP again) in the HP netbook. I also replaced the 1GB memory stick in the HP with a 2GB stick. I also discovered that I simply could not locate a 54mm wide ExpressCard card with 4 USB ports anywhere here in Malaysia - only a 34mm wide version is available. Anyway I had a spare 4-port USB hub for use during the trial if needed. Thus armed with all the items mentioned, I then proceeded to download the ISO image of the Netbook Remix from the Ubuntu web site and a CDROM was created using Brasero (a CDROM burning software) on the Lenovo with an external CD burner attached. Instructions was also available on the download web site on how to create a USB drive for installing UNR from it. Just in case something happens to the external CDROM drive for the netbook, I also created the install USB drive.

I then proceeded to install the Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Remix on the HP Mini 2140 netbook. Happily, it was a success. The installation will be described in the next part of this blog ... stay tuned.

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Ubuntu AIO DVD Has All Ubuntu 14 04 LTS Flavors on One Disk

Ubuntu AIO DVD (all-in-one), a collection of the most important Ubuntu 14.04 LTS flavors made available on April 17, 2014, is now ready for download.

Canonical released its latest Ubuntu 14.04 LTS distribution back in April, and along with it all the other famous flavors were also offered. There is a single problem with this launch, namely that the distros come as separate operating systems and you will have to download five ISOs, including the original, if you want to have all of them.

The Ubuntu AIO DVD was put together by Milan Raj?i? and helps users have all the major Ubuntu spins on a single DVD: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS, Kubuntu 14.04 LTS, Ubuntu GNOME 14.04, Xubuntu 14.04 LTS, and Lubuntu 14.04 LTS.

There are some caveats to this collection. For example, not all the official flavors that are based on Ubuntu have been integrated, which means that Ubuntu Server, Edubuntu, Mythbuntu, and Ubuntu Studio are not present. Also, Ubuntu, Kubuntu, and Ubuntu GNOME feature only the 64-bit version, and Xubuntu and Lubuntu are only present in the 32-bit release.

As you can imagine, this is a very large compilation and it holds the official images that you can also download from the Canonical servers. The difference is that users have a single image that holds them all.

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) was deemed a success by its developers and the adoption rate for the new system has been high. Given the fact that Ubuntu 13.04 has just reached end of life and Ubuntu 13.10 only has a couple more months to live, its likely that more users will flock to the new Ubuntu 14.04 LTS.

If you are not familiar with the official Ubuntu flavors, here is a rundown: Ubuntu is the base operating system developed by Canonical and comes with the Unity desktop environment, a piece of software made by the same developers.

Kubuntu is built by the community and is based on KDE SC, another type of desktop environment. In the case of Kubuntu 14.04 LTS the latest KDE available is 4.12.3.

Ubuntu GNOME is a newer member of the Ubuntu family, developed by the user base as well. As the name implies, this is a distro built with GNOME, in this case 3.10.

Xubuntu is also developed by the community and comes with the Xfce desktop environment, which is a lighter solution for people who want a more conservative desktop, although it can be greatly customized.

Lubuntu is probably the lightest official flavor of Ubuntu and its based on LXDE. Its been around for quite some time, and it is recommended for older systems.

You can download the Ubuntu AIO DVD right now from Softpedia.

Source: http://news.softpedia.com/news/Ubuntu-AIO-DVD-Has-All-Ubuntu-14-04-LTS-Flavors-on-One-Disk-441202.shtml

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Friday, September 29, 2017

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Saturday, September 16, 2017

Ubuntu 17 04 Zesty Zapus Beta 2 Installation on VMware Workstation

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Thursday, September 14, 2017

Twitter how to sign up log in down load and how to find friends on twitter

Register/Sign Up, Login Find friends and how to Download twitters application in your phone in https://twitter.com/

How to register/create/sign up account and log in twitter account

Now this is how to log in your twitter account

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Ubuntu 10 04 Netbook Remix On An HP Mini 2140 Netbook Part One

Wednesday, September 13, 2017

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