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Installing Ubuntu 11.04 and Testing Unity

15 Apr

Well, all you guys must be very familiar with the new Unity interface of Ubuntu and some are finding it buggy, unsupportive DE and want to stick to Gnome. Perfect approach ? No, a little wrong coz Unity is now really stable and by the end of April, you will see it as a really good DE to work with. We in this post will cover the basic aspects of Unity and howto get it working on your Ubuntu 11.04 Desktop. Laptops have integrated cards so they might pick it up directly but when it comes to desktops and external Video cards, things get messy. We are going to cover every small bit so that your Ubuntu experience remains better as it was with Gnome 2.32.

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Kubuntu 11.04 & KDE 4.6

05 Apr

Kubuntu 11.04 – The KDE version of Ubuntu Natty Narwhal that makes your heart beat even faster is ready for download. Kubuntu 11.04 Beta has come up with some really cool features and updates ranging form the new KDE 4.6.1 to Owncloud to Plasma Desktop. Everything you need is already there.

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Kubuntu 11.04 Final has been released and is ready to download.

Download the image, burn it to a DVD or make a USB bootable and follow the installation instructions below.

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ns2 Simulator On Ubuntu

04 Apr

ns‘ is a discrete event simulator targeted at networking research. Ns provides substantial support for simulation of TCP, routing, and multicast protocols over wired and wireless (local and satellite) networks. ns-2 is a packet-level simulator and essentially a centric discrete event scheduler to schedule the events such as packet and timer expiration. Centric event scheduler cannot accurately emulate “events handled at the same time” in real world, that is, events are handled one by one. However, this is not a serious problem in most network simulations, because the events here are often transitory. Beyond the event scheduler, ns-2 implements a variety of network components and protocols.

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Elementary OS ‘Jupiter’ Review

02 Apr

The much awaited ElemetaryOS  0.1 – ‘Jupiter’ from the elementary-project is now live. Ubuntu 11.04 Beta also hit the ground and is ready for testing. Jupiter is an Ubuntu based open-source operating system aimed at all kinds of users who love performance and looks both. Midori is the default internet browser and is really light and fast, Dexter is an cool address book, Postler is there for managing emails & feeds and obviously ‘Elementary’ is the default desktop theme making it a worth to test the OS.

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Direct ->> ElementaryOS 0.1 - 32 Bit & 64 Bit

Torrent ->>ElementaryOS 0.1 -  32 Bit

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Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal First Impressions

01 Apr

Yo! Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal Beta 1 is now ready for download and testing. This release of Natty has gone through rigorous development and is now shining with Unity 3.6.8, latest Linux kernel, New wallpapers, Unity panel updates and much more. Ubuntu 11.04 has reached feature freeze and user-interface freeze. All the updates regarding new features and improvements in UI are almost done. There is another good news that Ubuntu Netbook Edition is not separate now, Unity for desktops is the same Unity for Netbooks, that means Unity has united Ubuntu Desktop edition and Netbook edition. So conclusion is that Unity has got something for everyone.

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Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 CD images

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Ubuntu 11.04 Beta 1 DVD Images -

Download AMD- x64 DVD Image |  Torrent Download
Download Intel-x32  DVD Image |  Torrent Download

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LibreOffice 3.3.2 Released

22 Mar

The Document Foundation has come up with a good news today i.e. the second micro release of Libreoffice 3.3 is out now. This is primarily a bug-fix release which is all set to improve the stability & usability of the software and sets the platform for the next release viz Libreoffice 3.4, due in mid May. If you already have LibreOffice 3.3.2 RC2, then you dont need to remove it and reinstall it all over. Just wait for the update to hit the Update Manager.

For those who cant wait, the post is as follows

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LibreOffice 3.3.2  -  32-Bit.deb64-Bit.deb

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Starting WordPress Development In Ubuntu 10.10 in 10 Minutes Part 1 – Installing LAMP

19 Mar

LAMP(Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP/Python) is a free software bundle used by Web-developers to generally develop using all open source technology.It is a great viable alternative to paid development softwares and with the power of few Development Tools you can really beat the paid ones too :) . LAMP developed web applications are easy to code, develop & compatible with their Apple or Windows counterparts and hence a provide a great flexibility.LAMP is commonly used for WordPress development which is out next goal after this article.So lets get going.

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Mozilla Firefox 4.0 RC1 Released for Ubuntu

10 Mar

A good news for all Ubuntu users out there: The latest release of our favourite browser Mozilla Firefox 4.0 codename MineField i.e the Release Candidate has been released. Yes, its out and ready to roll. In this post, we will discuss how to install Firefox 4.0 RC without losing your preinstalled Firefox 3.6 or any of your bookmarks, addons etc.

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Firefox 4.0 RC-1 [Post Updated]

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