by Administrator | Mar 18, 2013 | Error
Google chrome browser one of the leading and most used web browser. Recently I updated my chrome browser in my Ubuntu machine and after updating, flash plugin failed to load and got “couldn’t load plugin” error on Video sharing websites like Youtube... by Prasanna | Feb 20, 2013 | Linux
Apple iPhone has got Siri to control and carry on certain tasks which made Android users to stare at what response does Google do for them. As a result came the Google Voice Search, integrated with certain Android Phones. Results showed Google Voice search can do... by Prasanna | Feb 20, 2013 | Linux
As promised on seamless integration of its Operating System in diversity of devices , Ubuntu announced their OS for Tablets. Prior to the announcement a count-down timer on their website which made the announcement ” Tick, Tock, its Tablet Time “. A month... by Prasanna | Feb 15, 2013 | Linux
One of the biggest announcement in the Linux world and much expected device of the Year is a Smartphone from Ubuntu. The demo shown my the founder of Canonical and Ubuntu Mark Shuttleworth at the start of this year received appreciation from even non Linux users.... by Prasanna | Feb 14, 2013 | Chrome
Opera has been one of the favorite browser of most of the Mobile phone users before the Smartphones and Google Chrome came into existence. For Instance, I never used the default browser that came with J2ME powered phones from Sony or Nokia, but downloaded the Java... by Prasanna | Feb 12, 2013 | Linux
Ubuntu reached lakhs of people because of it’s free shipping CD all around the world. Unfortunately Canonical stopped free-shipping of CD / DVD’s since Ubuntu 11.04. But still Ubuntu is Free and always will be downloaded from their website if anyone wishes... by Prasanna | Feb 10, 2013 | How To Install
There are news surrounding web that Microsoft is in plan to port their complete Office Suite, Microsoft Office in 2014 to Linux based Operating systems, but still there is no official word from Microsoft. This has created a positive, negative and neutral response from... by Prasanna | Jan 17, 2013 | Firefox
While we are continuously hearing about the Firefox OS for Lower-end Smartphone from Mozilla which is a combination of Linux kernel running as a base & Mozilla’s B2G (Boot 2 Gecko) Rendering engine running on top of it to deliver top... by Prasanna | Jan 11, 2013 | Chrome
We have evidently seen how proprietary companies like Apple, Microsoft, etc., go beyond patenting system, wasting their time and hindering the development process as well as delaying, instead of focusing on more of Research & Developments. But Google’s... by Prasanna | Dec 31, 2012 | How To Install
Even though today we have TV Channels, Websites that streams Songs, still there are lot of people who love hearing to FM commentary and Songs to have a good pass time. Here we show you how to stream fm radio stations from Internet via VLC Media Player. Step 1: Find... by Prasanna | Dec 22, 2012 | Linux
While there is a major misinterpretation for beginners that Linux is a operating system and they get confused on hearing Gnu/Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Fedora, Debian, etc., The very next question that arises in their mind is that “What is the difference... by Prasanna | Dec 19, 2012 | How To Install
If you are looking for a cool Wallpaper changer for your desktop that automatically changes the wallpaper there are some in Ubuntu, but what we found is a tool named ” Variety ” which does variety of work as the name implies. Installing in Ubuntu 12.04 /... by Administrator | Dec 14, 2012 | How To Install
Linux Kernel 3.16.1 utopic has been released on August 14, 2014. Linux Mint, Ubuntu and Debian users can download the debian file directly from kernel.ubuntu.com. If you like to compile / build the latest Linux Kernel, then follow my previous guide on how to compile... by Administrator | Dec 8, 2012 | Linux
In Ubuntu 13.10 / 13.04 / 12.10 and Ubuntu 12.04, User defined login or GUI root login is disabled by default. You can enable the user defined login by modifying the lightdm configuration file. Once the manual login is enabled, then its easy to login as root in GUI.... by Prasanna | Nov 29, 2012 | Today's Wisdom
foss.in, India’s premier conference on Free & Open Source Software where Open-source Enthusiasts / Activists / Evangelists / Contributors / Programmers / Geeks around the world gather annually at India and for this year 2012 the conference has Kick-started... by Prasanna | Nov 26, 2012 | Error
If you have installed and running Ubuntu 12.04 on Hewlett Packard (HP) manufactured laptop like pavilion models, you may be facing this issue. Issue : Whenever you start your laptop and before landing in the Login screen, the display brightness may go Zero (i.e you... by Prasanna | Nov 22, 2012 | Firefox
Firefox 17 has been released recently. You can download from here or you can update from your existing Firefox from Help -> About Firefox and updates will downloaded automatically and will be installed if you are using Firefox 15/16. If you are using older versions... by Administrator | Nov 20, 2012 | Linux
Linux Mint is an Open Source, free and powerful GNU/Linux desktop distribution. Which is easy to use and based on Ubuntu Linux. Linux Mint 14 Nadia is released today (Nov 20, 2012) and available for download. New features : MATE 1.4 Cinnamon 1.6 MDM Software Manager... by Prasanna | Nov 20, 2012 | Linux
Linux and Android While there is a rivalry between the top tablet manufacturers (Samsung running Android vs Apple Ipad running iOS) each other trying to suppress the rival’s products by investing more on Patents and wasting time by finding out what patents are... by Prasanna | Nov 16, 2012 | Firefox
All of us have the habit of bookmarking the website links for future reference either to use it ourself or to show the page to our friends. But, there can be hard times when we wanted to change our Operating system (or) to uninstall and reinstall Firefox web browser.... by Prasanna | Nov 9, 2012 | How To Install
Any Windows user, who are using Ubuntu or any GNU/Linux like LinuxMint, Fedora, etc., would definitely look for a Download Manager to download and manage files from Internet. Probably the most widely cracked and used software would be Internet Download Manager (IDM).... by Administrator | Nov 9, 2012 | How To Install
Insync is a Client for Google Drive / Docs, Using Insync Google Drive Business users or power users can sync and share files easily. Insync is now available for Linux. It supports Multiple accounts, Offline Google Docs editing using the local applications and Recent... by Administrator | Nov 8, 2012 | How To Install
Cairo Dock 3.1.1 has recently been released with new features and bug fixes. Cairo Dock is a Good alternative to Unity, Gnome-Shell, Xfce-panel, KDE-panel or you can also use Cairo Dock along with it. Its a Desktop Interface, which can be customized easily. You can... by Administrator | Nov 2, 2012 | How To Install
On October 31, 2012, CodeWeavers Announced Flock by Administrator | Oct 31, 2012 | How To Install
VLC is one of the most popular, powerful, free and open source media player. VLC media player is available for Ubuntu, Fedora and other Operating Systems including Mac OS X. Using VLC you can do media conversion and you can also play streaming videos from most of the... by Administrator | Oct 23, 2012 | Error
In my earlier post on Things to do after installing Ubuntu 12.10 Marek has commented that, while using apt-get update he’s getting some error message on the terminal. Check the error below. “”” W: Duplicate sources.list entry... by Administrator | Oct 19, 2012 | Linux
To create a application launcher and add that launcher to Unity in Ubuntu 13.04 / Ubuntu 12.10 / 12.04, is easy with gnome panel package. Using gnome panel, you can create a application launcher on the desktop or wherever you like to create in Ubuntu 12.10 / 12.04 /... by Administrator | Oct 18, 2012 | Linux
Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal is released today and you can download it from Ubuntu official site. Alternative download options are also available in the Official Site. This guide is to do basic things after installing Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. The very first step... by Administrator | Oct 17, 2012 | Linux
In Ubuntu 13.04 / 12.10 Additional Drivers application is integrated with Software Sources in System settings. Additional Drivers are used to activate / install your proprietary drivers like Broadcom b43Install Broadcom b43 wireless driver in Ubuntu 12.10, Broadcom... by Administrator | Oct 16, 2012 | Linux
InUbuntu 13.04 / Ubuntu 12.10 Unity has a new feature that when you search for an application in Dash, you will also get an shopping results by Amazon with your search results. If you don’t like this Amazon shopping results in your dash search, you... by Administrator | Oct 15, 2012 | How To Install
Skype is an Free Video calling tool which also support IM,Chat and Screen sharing on Ubuntu. Now Skype 4.2 is available in Canonical Partner Repository. You can install the latest Skype 4.2 in Ubuntu 14.04 / 13.10 / 13.04 / 12.04 / 12.10, by just adding this PPA to... by Administrator | Oct 13, 2012 | Wordpress
To make text field as read-only in contact form 7 WordPress plugin, you just need to add few lines of code to text.php under modules in contact form 7. You can find the text.php in the below url. “wp-content/plugins/contact-form-7/modules/text.php” If you... by Administrator | Oct 6, 2012 | How To Install
If you have LAN / Broadband connection or some kind internet access, then it is easy to install the Broadcom b43 and b43-legacy wireless driver in your Ubuntu Machine. This method supports Ubuntu 14.04 / 13.10 / 13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04 /11.10 / 11.04 /10.10 / 10.04.... by Administrator | Oct 6, 2012 | How To Install
In my previous post I wrote about how to activate STA wireless driver using Additional Drivers but I had comments saying it doesn’t work. Additional Drivers always search for the proper driver and it will install it, If it doesn’t work for you then you... by Administrator | Oct 6, 2012 | How To Install
Install the latest NVIDIA GeForce graphics driver (version 304.108 / 319) in Ubuntu 14.04 / 13.10 / 13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04 / 11.10 / 11.04 / 10.04 using PPA. This PPA doesn’t support Ubuntu 10.10. This PPA is from Ubuntu-X team and xorg crack pushers team which... by Prasanna | Oct 4, 2012 | Today's Wisdom
Open Source – The term most widely used today wherever you turn up, especially in the field of Web (i.e. Internet). 1. The Web itself is Open with HTML + CSS + JAVASCRIPT. 2. VLC Media Player , world’s most downloaded and top most player that plays... by Prasanna | Aug 28, 2012 | Linux
We said how to Find your most Frequently used command in terminal in our last post. Now you once found that and if you feel a Single letter can replace a command in terminal, your productivity in terminal would be faster. Here in this post, we would tell you how to... by Prasanna | Aug 27, 2012 | Linux
Which is your favorite command in Linux that you use in terminal ? If you are a hardcore GNU/Linux user, damn sure you would be preferring terminal over Graphical user interface. You may be using number of commands while using the operating system, but sometimes, you... by Prasanna | Aug 10, 2012 | How To Install
Have you got a Epson branded Printers or Scanners / Multifunction Epson products which can Print + Scan + Copy and looking for drivers for the devices to work in GNU/Linux ? An Organization from Japan named Avasys is providing Drivers for Epson Printers + Scanners +... by Administrator | Aug 8, 2012 | Chrome
You can check Google Page Rank of internal pages or post in a blog / website instantly using Google Chrome. If your not using google chrome browser just install it. To install Google Chrome browser you can check my previous post. PageRank Status is the google chrome... by Administrator | Jul 22, 2012 | How To Install
Latest stable version Linux Kernel 3.9 raring has been released on April 29, 2013. Ubuntu and Debian users can directly download the debian version from kernel.ubuntu.com. If you like to compile the latest Linux Kernel in Ubuntu Click Here. The packages needed to be... by Administrator | Jul 22, 2012 | Linux
Linux Kernel 3.5 was released yesterday on July 21, 2012. Linux official page on Google + said “Changes all over with almost 60% of the patch being drivers (mainly networking, GPU, media and sound, but it’s all over), 20+% arch updates, and 20% being... by Administrator | May 19, 2012 | How To Install
Broadcom Wireless driver can be installed using Additional Drivers application in Ubuntu 13.10, 13.04, 12.04, 11.10, 11.04, 10.10, 10.04. Update If the below method doesn’t work then follow these links. Install Broadcom STA wireless driver in Ubuntu 13.10 /... by Administrator | May 17, 2012 | Error
While installing google chrome stable from debian package, you might face dependency error. To avoid this dependency error, Install Google Chrome in Ubuntu using PPA “”” dpkg: dependency problems prevent configuration of google-chrome-stable:... by Administrator | May 11, 2012 | Linux
GillyCricket is the one which update you the current cricket scores by notification on your Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Fedora OS or you can also use the simple gui tool which supports on Windows 7 / Ubuntu / Fedora / Linux Mint. GillyCricket is developed using Python. It... by Administrator | May 3, 2012 | Linux
This is the common problem which is faced, when you try for dual boot. Easily Recover / Re-Install Grub in Ubuntu using Boot-Repair from live cd / usb. Boot Repair is the simple graphical tool used to repair, restore or reinstall the grub bootloader on Ubuntu. Now... by Administrator | Nov 1, 2011 | Error
After installing Google Chrome in Fedora 16 / 15 / 14. Chrome Browser failed to start and no window appears when you click on the chrome icon. or Error on starting the Google chrome in terminal. See the error below. “/opt/google/chrome/chrome: error while... by Administrator | Oct 16, 2011 | How To Install
Google Chrome is a free web browser developed by Google. One of the popular and widely used web browser by most of the internet users, available for Linux, Windows and Mac OS. In Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Debian OS you can directly download and install the debian version.... by Administrator | Sep 9, 2011 | Linux
After the Security Breach on Kernel.org, the site is down for Maintenance. Check the screen shot below. You can still download the Linux Kernel source from Linus Torvalds github. To Download Click Here. For Jeremy Fitzhardinge xen kernel Click Here. Update The Site... by Administrator | Sep 5, 2011 | Linux
They have discovered this on August 28th, 2011. Linus Torvalds on Google+ said """ kernel.org has been down, so people aren’t sending me nearly as many pull requests las they normally do (I could hope it’s because we’re late in the -rc cycle and...