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To find out the kernel release you are using, open the terminal and type: uname -r

1. Open the document that contains your artwork and prepare it for conversion. Save a copy in the same folder; using a copy will let you start over if something goes wrong. If necessary, clear any background color. You may have to use "Add Alpha Channel." If you plan on making an arrow-type cursor, move or rotate the artwork so the "tip" of the cursor is in the upper-left corner of the image. Make the "canvas" perfectly square, so that height=width, being careful to not distort your artwork. The artwork should cover at least one-third of the canvas, regardless of actual size. 2. Scale the image to 32 pixels in size, keeping it square and save it as a PNG image. Name the image after your artwork but also to remind you of what kind of cursor it is. The example is a default arrow-like cursor called "arrow.png". 3. Launch a text-editor to open a new text file; use "Save As..." immediately, giving it the same name as your cursor ima...

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet text messaging (chat) or synchronous conferencing. It is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-to-one communication via private message as well as chat and data transfers via Direct Client-to-Client. IRC client software is available for virtually every computer operating system that supports TCP/IP networking. IRC is based on a line-based structure with the client sending single-line messages to the server, receiving replies to those messages and receiving copies of some messages sent by other clients. The basic means of communication in an established IRC session is a channel. Channels in a server can be displayed using the IRC command LIST that lists all currently available channels. Channels that are available across an entire IRC network are prepended with a '#', while those local to a server use '&'. Other non-standard and less common channel ...

This Yahoo! client for Linux operating system supports almost all of the features you would expect to find on the official Windows Yahoo! client: Voice chat, webcams, faders, 'nicknames', audibles, avatars, display images, and more. Yet, it remains very light-weight and memory-friendly. GyachE Improved uses Gtk-2 for its user interfaces (Gtk-2 2.0.6 or better required). To install GyachE Improved in ubuntu jaunty Open sources.list $ vi /etc/apt/sources.list Add these lines to sources.list deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/loell/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/loell/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main Now update apt-get. $ sudo apt-get updat Install Gyachi $ sudo apt-get install gyachi Other linux users please see http://gyachi.sourceforge.net/download.shtml

Learn how to limit the download speed of the APT package manager in Kubuntu, Ubuntu or any Debian-based Linux system. Do you share your ADSL connection to your neighbors? Your broadband connection is shared by several computers on a small network or LAN? If so, it is likely that everyone will complain that the internet is very slow when doing a system update in broad daylight as apt-get will occupy the entire bandwidth of your Internet connection. To avoid this problem and have to do updates during the night, with a few lines in a text file you can limit the bandwidth consumed by apt-get and not saturate the Internet connection. For Kubuntu, Ubuntu and company Just as root, you must create a text file in the folder: $ vi /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/ limitlevel The text file can have any name. This example 'limitlevel'. This file should contain the following lines of text: Acquire { http { Dl-Limit "100"; } } The number 100 can be changed to your liking and represents...

You can use the utility " iotop " to find out the " disk usage of each process " running on your system. Type this command at terminal to install " iotop " on your system. $ sudo apt-get install iotop If you just want to know the cpu usage and memory usage of each process, then simply use "top" command for it. " iotop " is also same as " top ", but it shows disk usage of all processes and threads.

Work with the images as you do it in " photoshop in ubuntu using gimpsho p" . GIMPshop is a modification of the free/open source graphics program GNU Image Manipulation Program (GIMP), intended to replicate the feel of Adobe Photoshop. Its primary purpose is to make users of Photoshop feel comfortable using GIMP. GIMPShop tries to replicate Photoshop’s interface as close as possible , hence many tutorials designed for Adobe Photoshop could be followed for GIMPshop !! . Now besides all the interface change it adds naming convection similar to photoshop to Gimp . Other than this all the features of GIMP are preserved . Like GIMP which is crossplatform and runs on Windows , Linux , OS X ,Solaris GIMPshop too is crossplatform. Since GIMPshop is based on GIMP so it has all the features of GIMP+some extras. Howto Install Gimpshop in Ubuntu If you want to install gimpshop first you need to download .deb package from here . Now you have gimpshop_2.2.11-1_i386.deb package install...

I installed ubuntu and then vista, i found that my ubuntu grub was lost.. I followed these steps to "restore" the " grub boot loader" of ubuntu. Here are the steps 1. Boot from the ubuntu Live CD. 2. Now open a terminal from Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal. 3. Now you need to start grub as root $ sudo grub Following was the output for me [ Minimal BASH-like line editing is supported. For the first word, TAB lists possible command completions. Anywhere else TAB lists the possible completions of a device/filename. ] grub> 5. Now find the disk location of your ubuntu installation grub> find /boot/grub/stage1 i got it as (hda0,2) 6. Now you will need to set the root device with the help of the above result. grub> root (hd0,2) 7. Now setup the grub grub> setup (hd0) 8. Exit grub grub> quit Now restart the system. Your ubuntu grub will be back.

Exaile is a wonderful music player for Linux written in written in Python. It incorporates Handling the library of music. To open tabs on the playlists and have several open lists.. The easiest way to dispose of exaile Ubuntu is updated by adding their repositories.  To add repositories are going to System -> Administration -> Origins of the software -> Third-party software and add the following lines:  deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/exaile-devel/ubuntu intrepid main   Another serious option from the terminal with the following commands:  sudo gedit / etc / apt / sources.list   and add at the end of the document: deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/exaile-devel/ubuntu intrepid main   Now at the terminal type: sudo apt-get update   Once you're done one of two steps and we are going to the terminal: sudo apt-get install exaile 

If you've ever forgotten your password, you aren't alone… it's probably one of the most common tech support problems I've encountered over the years. Luckily if you are using Ubuntu they made it incredibly easy to reset your password. All it takes is adjusting the boot parameters slightly and typing a command or two, but we'll walk you through it. Reset Your Ubuntu Password Reboot your computer, and then as soon as you see the GRUB Loading screen, make sure to hit the ESC key so that you can get to the menu. Root Shell - Easy Method If you have the option, you can choose the "recovery mode" item on the menu, usually found right below your default kernel option. Then choose "Drop to root shell prompt" from this menu. This should give you a root shell prompt. Alternate Root Shell Method If you don't have the recovery mode option, this is the alternate way to manually edit the grub options to allow for a root shell. First you'll ...

You know,Fedora project has a tool names Fedora liveusb-creator for easily installing Fedora live operating systems on to USB flash drives.I found a tool names Ubuntu LiveUSB which also for creating a bootable Live USB stick from the running Ubuntu Live CD. Ubuntu LiveUSB performs the following actions:: Detects available USB sticks (using HAL) and asks user which one to use Partitions USB stick with 1 partition Sets partition bootable Writes MBR to USB stick Formats partition FAT16 Installs bootloader (syslinux) to partition Writes bootloader configuration file Copies necessary files from running Live CD to USB stick Sets language and keyboard of USB Live system to match running Live CD Optionally: Downloads and integrates Adobe Flash Player Some experience: 1.It does not supports USB HD,supports USB flash stick only. 2.The USB stick must be bigger than 1G. 3.Can only save data on home folder. 4.Time for making an Ubuntu live usb is almost = installing the Ubuntu onto hard...

To change the mac address of your ethernet port follow the steps below. Type the following in a terminal with root permission 1. Disable your ethernet. # ifconfig eth0 down 2. Configure new mac address. # ifconfig eth0 hw ether 1b:2a:4c:4d:8e:9f ( 1b:2a:4c:4d:8e:9f is only for example..give your preffered mac address) 3. enable your ethernet # ifconfig eth0 up Check your new MAC address by using # ifconfig