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I took this from  http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=8261958&postcount=6   There are so many variations on these VPN implementations that it is extremely difficult to generalize a known-good configuration for each. Install from the various VPN components PPTP  (Microsoft VPN) pptp-linux network-manager-pptp b. VPNC ( Cisco VPN) vpnc network-manager-vpnc c. OpenConnect  openconnect network-manager-openconnect Reboot PPTP VPN Configuration - This setup works for connecting to ISA 2004/2006 PPTP VPNs. It should work for connecting to MS PPTP VPN implementations in general. I can't speak for other PPTP VPN implementations. Create new PPTP connection VPN Tab Settings Set Connection name Set Gateway Set username (for domain-based user accounts, use domain\username) DO NOT SET PASSWORD DO NOT SET NT DOMAIN PPTP Advanced Options (Advanced button) uncheck all auth methods EXCEPT MSCHAPv2 check "Use Point-to-Point encryption (MPPE)"...

I recently installed Windows 7 on my laptop which already had ubuntu remix installed in it. The problem i faced was, the GRUB was lost. But i had trouble getting your GRUB boot loader since the process of restoring GRUB has changed. Follow these instructions to restore your GRUB. 1. Boot from your UBUNTU LIVE from which you installed Ubuntu 2. Now open up the terminal. 3. Now find out the drive in which you installed Ubuntu. print the "Partition table" and find out the drive. $ sudo fdisk -l 4. Now mount the drive. $ sudo mount /dev/sd D P /mnt ' D ' is the drive number and ' P ' is the partition number. In my case, It was 'sudo mount /dev/sda3 /mnt' 5. Now install GRUB. $ sudo grub-install --root-directory=/mnt /dev/sd D ' D ' is your drive. For me it was 'sda'. 6. Now unmount the drive and reboot. $ sudo umount /mnt You should have your GRUB restored by now.

I recently installed the new Ubuntu Remix 9.10 karmic Koala on my laptop. I found that all windows where automatically maximized when open. I had showed you how to disable the auto-maximize feature of ubuntu remix earlier. Another annoying feature was that the maximized windows doesn't have the restore/maximize, minimize and close buttons on it. If you need it just enable it as i have said below: Press Alt + F2 , enter gconf-editor , Go to -> /apps/maximus/undecorate and unset it. (i.e uncheck the check-box). Thats it.

I recently installed the Ubuntu Remix on my netbook. The most annoying feature i found was the 'Maximus'. It maximizes every window you open, even small windows which should not be maximized. This is how you can disable this feature. Press Alt + F2 , enter gconf-editor , Go to -> /apps/maximus/no_maximize and set it to " true " (i.e check the check-box). So, if you want the restore, close buttons on the maximized windows then uncheck 'undecorate' .

Follows the steps below to play DVD in your ubuntu 9.10 karmic Koala 1. Become root $ sudo su - 2. Add medibuntu repositories to your sources.list. # wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/karmic.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list Now add the GPG Key: # apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update 3.Update your system. # apt-get update 4. Now install the libdvdcss library. # apt-get install libdvdcss2 # cd /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/ # ./install-css.sh

The two methods  below doesn't work now. Please see http://blog.dipinkrishna.info/2009/11/how-to-download-and-install-skype-for_3060.html for a successfull installation of skype on ubuntu. I have provided two methods. Please do comment which one is successful. Follow these steps to install skype in ubuntu 9.10 (64 bit).         First add:             deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free         to your source.list Now open a terminal and type: $ sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list Then do an update: $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring $ sudo apt-get -q update And finally install Skype. $ sudo apt-get install skype Ready ... now start skype with $ skype OR Download the setup 32 -bit 64 -bit Launch the Skype i...

The Road to Ubuntu 9.10 continues steadily with the release of Alpha 4 karmic Koala, of course it is not a version for use in production environments, but if you're interested in working with the community, you can install it and report bugs . Some new things includrd in this version emphasizes GNOME 2.27.4 . Ubuntu ones installed, by default you will have Linux Kernel 2.6.31-5.24 architecture , new intel video driver available for testing, compiler GCC-4.4 by default, Firefox 3.5.2 by default, Grub 2 default among other improvements . In the case of Kubuntu highlights the first version Netbooks and Kde 4.3.0, more details are here: Kubuntu 9.10 Alpha 4 . Links to download are: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/alpha-4/ (Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Netbook Remix) http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/alpha-4/ (Ubuntu Server UEC) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/karmic/alpha-4/ (Kubuntu Desktop and Netbook) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/k...

Splash screen GDM theme GDM theme – selected user GDM theme – menus Mat Tomaszewski posted this message on the Ubuntu-art mailinglist : Hi, Not so long ago we announced the revamp of boot and login experiences in Ubuntu and received a great response from the Artwork Team, with many interesting concepts being submitted. Thanks again for all your hard work. The deadline approaches fast and the time is now to make final decisions. We have just returned from the Platform Sprint in Dublin, where folks directly responsible for making Ubuntu release happen on time have gathered. The design team's role was to propose final concepts, communicate them to the developers and make sure they can be implemented on time. We have received a lot of valuable feedback and revised our proposals accordingly. The initial assumptions, however, remain unchanged. The Foundations Team's goal is to start the X server as fast as possible (3-4 seconds on a reference machine) and therefore, Usplash will not ...

The two methods  below doesn't work now. Please see http://blog.dipinkrishna.info/2009/11/how-to-download-and-install-skype-for_3060.html for a successfull installation of skype on ubuntu.   I have provided two methods. Please do comment which one is successful. Follow these steps to install skype in ubuntu 9.10 (64 bit).         First add:             deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free         to your /etc/apt/source.list Now open a terminal and type: $ sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list Then do an update: $ sudo apt-get update $ sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring $ sudo apt-get -q update And finally install Skype. $ sudo apt-get install skype Ready ... now start skype with $ skype OR Download the setup 32 -bit 64 -bit ...

Server Ubuntu aims to keep free software at the forefront of cloud computing by embracing the API’s of Amazon EC2, and making it easy for anybody to setup their own cloud using entirely open tools. They’re currently in beta with official Ubuntu base AMI’s for use on Amazon EC2. During the Karmic cycle they want to make it easy to deploy applications into the cloud, with ready-to-run appliances or by quickly assembling a custom image. Ubuntu-vmbuilder makes it easy to create a custom AMI today, but a portfolio of standard image profiles will allow easier collaboration between people doing similar things on EC2. Wouldn’t it be apt for Ubuntu to make the Amazon jungle as easy to navigate as, say, APT? What if you want to build an EC2-style cloud of your own? The Eucalyptus project, from UCSB, enables you to create an EC2-style cloud in your own data center, on your own hardware. It’s no coincidence that Eucalyptus has just been uploaded to universe and will...