If you are in the text console (Ctrl+Alt+F1) you can switch different workspaces with Ctrl+Alt+F2/3/4. To return to the GUI (or the xserver) press Ctrl+Alt+F7.
A very good repository for softwares on Linux is Livna (rpm.livna.org). Visit their website, download their repository package installer and you are good to go.
The Default Application Manager in Fedora 9 really sux… It can only perform one action at a time (which is true for most installers) but is very poorly implemented; such that you have to sit and wait for a download/install to finish before you can browse more libraries.
On many linux distributions NTFS partitions that you may be using will not be mounted by default. One excellent tool to solve this problem is the NTFS-3G Read/Write Drivers (http://www.ntfs-3g.org/).
From Official Website:
“The NTFS-3G driver is an open source read/write NTFS driver for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, NetBSD, and Haiku. It provides safe and fast handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000 and Windows Vista file systems. POSIX file system operations are supported, and full file ownership and permission support is available as well.”
Kopete supports Webcam on Yahoo, but no Voice Chat.
Skype has both Video & Audio Chat support but is tricky to use.
kMess has both support but only for MSN.
I found the best solution was Meebo: web-based, supports yahoo/msn/gtalk/lot more, audio chat, video chat… only generic chatrooms are missing but who needs them anyway?
In case you mess up your Grub install… do this (I learned by messing my GRUB)..
Step 1: Insert Linux Live CD and reboot into Live Mode
Step 2: Run Terminal
Step 3: Do “sudo grub”. This will take you to the GRUB Prompt.
Step 4: Do “find /boot/grub/stage”. This will give a result in the form of (hdx,y) where x and y are numbers. There might be a series of results, but we nee dthe first one. In my case it was (hd0,1) so using the same as example.
Step 5: Do “root (hd0,1)”
Step 6: Do “setup (hd0)”
A series of messages will come and you are all done. Reboot and fall in love with the GRUB menu all over again.
When you start using Ubuntu, chances are your Mic wont be working. To make it working, do the following:
1. System > Preferences > Volume Control: File > Change Devices AND Edit > Preferences… Enable all devices and unmute them all.
2. Add the line “options snd-hda-intel model=ref” to your /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-bas provided your sound hardware is identified with “hda-intel”
I don’t know if both are needed to make the mic work (technically, step 1 alone looks fine) but this worked for me.
It is a pain to try rename a batch of files using terminal; even the rename command is sort of tricky… if you need to rename a batch of files, use this contributed script:
***
for fl in *.wav
do
echo $fl
tmp=`basename $fl `
newfl=$tmp” ”
mv $fl $newfl
done
***
I am looking for some open source groupwares; some candidates i am exploring: egroupware.org, phpgroupware.org, citadel.org, moregroupware.de, projectengine.se, gforge.org, group-office.com, bruni.org, mindquarry.com, libresource.org, knomos.org, nextgroupware.com
Unfortunately, Nokia does not provide softwares for the Linux OS. That would mean that you have to use 3rd Party Applications to use your smart phone with your Linux PC or you don’t use your smart phone at all.
In Ubuntu/Debian, Local Administrator is disabled by default but you can enable it from System > Administration > Login Window > Security > Allow Local System Administrator Login
It is recommended that you use nVidia Legacy drivers with a not-updated Linux Distribution, if it does not install a specific nVidia Driver. Since I only have a nVidia Graphics Card, I can’t comment about the treatment to other cards.
Ubuntu/Debian: While Synaptics Package Manager has an exhaustive repository, It is not newbie-friendly. Dependency Resolution can be cumbersome. Tread Cautiously.
Pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1 in Ubuntu/Debian brings up the Console. It is the base fo the Linux OS and is very powerful, so be cautious when you mess with it.
