Install OpenOffice 3.0 Final in Ubuntu

admin on October 12th, 2008 | File Under Linux ariticles, Recommended -

OpenOffice 3.0 Final is all set to be officially released on Monday, October 13 but it has already been uploaded to many servers worldwide. As of this writing there is no .deb package available. If you can’t wait a couple of more days to get it installed in your Ubuntu box, here is a quick way to install it. Visit the linked page..

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Glow theme-a beautiful Gtk theme

admin on August 5th, 2008 | File Under Desktop Effects, GTK theme -

Glow is a beautiful Gtk theme which is based on Aurora Gtk Engine.It has up to 16 colour variants and 2 designs!As the Glow theme is based on the Aurora Gtk Engine,so you can customize colour for Window Background ,Input boxes,Selected Items out of box. Read More »

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Installing WMware on Arch Linux

admin on July 16th, 2008 | File Under Linux General Tips, Linux Software, Linux Tips, System Tool -

Arch Linux doesn’t offer WMware, and it is difficult to install WMware by compiling source on Arch Linux due to its different service setting in /etc,so we need to install it by yaourt Read More »

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Install and enable mod_auth_mysql in Ubuntu

admin on July 12th, 2008 | File Under Linux General Tips, Linux Tips, Ubuntu -

1. Install mod_auth_mysql:

sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql

2.Enable mode_auth_mysql

cd /etc/apache2/mods-enabled
sudo ln -s ../mods-available/auth_mysql.load

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Video tutorial for installing and activing SELinux on Debian

admin on July 7th, 2008 | File Under Debian, Linux Server Tips -

This is a good video that guides to install and active SELinux in few minutes.”I made this video to show how easy is install and activate Security Enhanced Linux on Debian.”the poster  said. Read More »

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General steps for installing Nvidia diplay driver in Linux

admin on July 5th, 2008 | File Under Hardware Driver, Linux General Tips, Linux Tips -

nv_logo_footerThis guide is based on Ubuntu,but it can be a reference for other Linux distributions as well. Read More »

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Howto install Realpayer 11 and solve scim conflict in linux

admin on July 1st, 2008 | File Under Linux Software, Multimedia & Video -

008_softThough Realplayer 11 Linux version’s function is simple by contrast with its Windows version, I think it is still a way to play mp3,rvmb, rm… files in Linux.Besides, its audio engine really impressed me.

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Howto install/remove Gnome,KDE,Xfce in Ubuntu

admin on July 1st, 2008 | File Under Linux General Tips, Linux Tips, Ubuntu -

tipsSometimes we want to have 2 or more desktops ,sometimes we want to remove 1 or more desktops,right?I have just removed kde4 from Ubuntu.By the way,I summarized some tips for installing/removing desktops in Ubuntu as follow:~ Read More »

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Easy way to install Ubuntu 8.04 from hard disk

admin on June 26th, 2008 | File Under Linux General Tips, Linux Tips, Ubuntu -

tipsThis method is contributed by freeflyfish , I have tested it. It is really very easy way to install Ubuntu 8.04 from hard disk. Read More »

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NVIDIA linux display driver 173.14.09 realsed

admin on June 18th, 2008 | File Under Hardware Driver -

nv_logo_footerApparently,NVIDIA is more and more pay much attention to linux field,the NVIDA linux display driver often been updated .It is good news for our linux fans,right?’course we may run more and more game in linux smoothly like in M$ windows. Read More »

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