BIOS Setup emulator: http://appro.mit.jyu.fi/tools/biossimu/simu.html#. This is a BIOS Setup simulator. This runs as a HTML page and this is a very interesting diversion as well as a learning tool. The computers BIOS or Basic Input Output System is stored on a CMOS chip with the settings stored with the power…
Read MoreThe Gnome Shell 3.6 builds are available for Ubuntu 12.10; but if you want to install the unstable builds of Gnome Shell 3.7 to test it out on your computer, then these commands will install it. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 #The GNOME3 team PPA</code> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging #The GNOME3 staging…
Read MoreThere is a MATE remix available for the Ubuntu distribution named Mateu. This is a remix of Ubuntu created by Gil Nóbrega that includes the MATE desktop by default. This is a worthy answer to the domination of the Linux Mint 14 MATE distribution and a good alternative to the Ubuntu…
Read MoreThis is the new Voyager Linux distribution; this is based on Ubuntu 12.10 and includes quite a few extra packages and addons to give far more eye candy than the default Unity desktop. This distribution uses the Xfce4 desktop and is well worth installing if you want some nice eye…
Read MoreThe Ubuntu 12.10 Linux distribution has been on my computer for a short while and I have tried out the KDE 4.9.2 desktop and Gnome Shell. The KDE desktop works pretty well in this distribution; but I prefer Gnome Shell right now. Just type sudo apt-get install gnome-shell to install…
Read MoreThis is an awesome Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal wallpaper. This photograph features an old Flour Mill that will soon be a commercial area.
Read MoreThe Ubuntu 12.10 dash now has magazines appearing in the online search results as well as the usual music albums and application packages available for download. This is a good thing if you are interested in purchasing a magazine and downloading it. I assume that the magazines are PDF copies…
Read MoreThe Apache2 web server is a very powerful and useful web server that is used to host websites all around the world. This is available for the Ubuntu 12.10 Linux distribution. To install this; type this command. sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php5sudo apt-get install apache2 mysql-server php5 This command…
Read MoreAfter my experiences with the installation of the Ubuntu 12.10 Linux distribution in Virtualbox; finding that even with the latest Virtualbox 4.22 release the Ubuntu 12.10 Unity desktop is still very slow; I have installed this distribution onto a 2 terabyte hard disk and I am currently downloading the fglrx…
Read MoreThe Ubuntu 12.10 Linux distribution is getting a workout here and I have noticed quite a few cool changes in the final release. The annoying bugs from the alpha and beta releases are gone and in their place is quite a fast distribution indeed. The Unity desktop running in Virtualbox…
Read MoreThe Ubuntu 12.10 distribution has just been released. Download a copy here: http://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop/alternative-downloads. Despite the many problems experienced by users of the Unity desktop in the past it is developing, and is quite a usable desktop with a good search function that can find available packages in the software repositories…
Read MoreThis sequence of commands will install the Linux Mint 13 MATE desktop on Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal. [flynn@flynn-grid-runner Desktop]$ sudo add-apt-repository “deb http://packages.mate-desktop.org/repo/ubuntu quantal main” [flynn@flynn-grid-runner Desktop]$ sudo apt-get update [flynn@flynn-grid-runner Desktop]$ sudo apt-get install mate-archive-keyring [flynn@flynn-grid-runner Desktop]$ sudo apt-get update [flynn@flynn-grid-runner Desktop]$ sudo apt-get install mate-core [flynn@flynn-grid-runner Desktop]$ sudo…
Read MoreThe Ubuntu Unity desktop is a good solution for a Linux desktop and appeals to some Linux users. The fact is that Linux is about freedom of choice and if someone wants to use the Unity desktop then that is their choice. I prefer the MATE desktop on Linux Mint…
Read MoreThe Ubuntu 12.10 Linux distribution looks set to keep the Grub2 bootloader; the controversial UEFI Secure Boot system looked set to jeopardise the presence of the easy to use Grub2 bootloader; but the Canonical developers have come to their senses and decided to keep the Grub2 bootloader after all. They…
Read MoreThe Ubuntu 12.10 Linux distribution will be shipping with a dedicated Gnome option. So you will be able to download a Gnome Shell ISO of Ubuntu as well as the Kubuntu and Ubuntu options. You can already install Gnome Shell by typing sudo apt-get install gnome-shell to install the newest…
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