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Hi. I am working on a new spin of Ubuntu, based on 16.04 with the Unity desktop, with some UI tweaks. Most of it is simple stuff but I would really like to find a way to include a classic...

Thanks for the replies. I am checking out that other forum now.

I was thinking, it would be cool if support for android apps could be native to this distro in a future release. There is a way to run android apps in Chrome/Chromium using something called Archon. ...

I love this distro. I have installed it, and have been using it on a dedicated machine. Here are some tools I am playing with in order to enhance the experince. The first is Grive Tools, which is...

Brother has been great when it comes to providing GNU+Linux drivers in the past, and that continues with a new all in one "Driver Install Tool", that makes using your device with linux into a real...

conky is good and all, but i would like someone to port rainmeter to linux... it is much better, can do just as much if not more, and is better for beginners.... it is much easier to configure than...

Thanks DangerTux and Hungry Man. If I make a mistake about something, as I had in my initial post, I am glad that someone let me know.

I know that everything in my initial post, I've read in...

I would like this thread to be as accurate and complete as possible. If I make a mistake or leave out something, please post it.

I have rarely if ever seen the specific reasons precisely why one...

the easiest way to install a new font is to download the font file of your choice, from for example http://www.fontcenter.com/fonts/zero_threes.html. Font Center has a lot of goodies, and that...

thanks... btw this is a gui tutorial... for the terminal, refer to http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=590793&page=31 and this should hopefully help. i couldnt find my specifics in synaptic...

[solved] HOWTO: install Brother printer drivers in Ubuntu 10.04 or later or Mint 11.


No worries. With the help of some very nice people on IRC this was easy as pie :)

edit: i think i...

I had a similar issue and this helped me; I believe this will solve your problem:

First, go to: ...

i am using firefox 6.0, but if you are using an earlier version, i think this might work:

http://www.go-mono.com/moonlight/stable.aspx

Moonlight is the Linux Alternative to Microsoft...

i have a similar situation. My guess is that the reason it is different is because of the time elapsed since your problem. I am running dual boot, Ubuntu Lucid and Windows 7 Home Premium.In windows...

There has GOT to be a way to use the visualization plugins (that are used in Rhythmbox, Totem Movie Player, etc...) for desktop screenlets or GNOME Panel Applets or some way to embed them. I know...

i too was having the same problem when loggong into my defaut user, and after trying a million different things i found this thread, and i am glad i did! i too went into the home folder, viewed...

i agree. i have been an ubuntu user ever since hearing about it and picking up a book called Ubuntu: Unleashed at my local library, which included a live bootable dvd. That was for version 8.04,...

Hi. I'm chris from philly if we never talked before. I just wanted to add a post here because i saw this and thought it was a great idea for a thread. Linux "137'S" used to be such smart asses to...

i am so annoyed about the handling of the gulf oil spill. more angry than annoyed. instead of cleaning up the oil and "plugging the damn hole" we have Resolution HR-whatever and all this crap. ...

i put it in and got this:


fdisk: invalid option- '1'

Usage: fdisk[-b ssz] [-u] DISK Change Partition Table
fdisk -l [-b ssz] [-u] DISK List Partition...

oh and also i tried restarting in recovery mode, and i got a whole bunch of white text on a black screen and at the end was basically the same thing, and then... nothing. pressing enter does...

after a fresh install of ubuntu karmic, it worked for a little while, untill after using the update manager to get up to date, after which i restarted as required, and the computer stopped on a black...

in case anyone cares, i have determined that this must be a hardware issue. when i turned the computer to the left and prop a pillow under it, the probem is resoved. i was wondering is anyone coud...

not good... first i checked the disk for errors and it said all was good, so i chose try without installing and then when i got to the language screen it happened again. it was like the screen...

after installation it worked fine for a few hours and then this happenned. right now its not doing anything except for that weird screen right after pressing the on button, the first thing i see is...