Compiz on Ubuntu 9.10 [video]

Ubuntu 9.10 seems to have made considerable progress both in the management of 3D graphics on Intel GFX that the integration of Compiz, the fantastic window manager that can enrich the Ubuntu desktop with 3D graphics comparable to a Mac OS X is much higher to any version of Windows!

If you still have doubts beware this video (really deserve!)

Turn your Linux PC into a Mac OS X

The desktop of the Mac OS X is probably the best ever in terms of usability, simplicity and productivity: it is no coincidence that many Windows users are slowly switching to the Mac without too many regrets

The problem is that though many may have budget problems that make this transition, though coveted, hard to implement. If you are in this situation, it is not the case that you demoralize thrown in the towel: is there an alternative solution of all respect!
If your computer runs on Linux Ubuntuyou can pass (no cost) to an interface in all respects similar to the Mac, installing Mac4Lin, a transformation pack that will make the Linux desktop virtually identical to that of Mac OS X! Read more

Mounting a remote filesystem via SSH on Ubuntu Linux

What is the fastest way ever to have available on your computer the contents of the file system of a remote server accessible via a local network or the Internet? Until recently, I personally would have necessarily thought that the only way to solve the problem consisted in creating an archive on the remote server to be able to download and unzip locally, do you know, it is rather costly in terms of time and disk space and bandwidth needed ... Read more

Ubuntu Pocket Guide: Manual Ubuntu Linux Wallpaper

Would you like to switch from Windows to Linux, but at the same time you have a fear of not being able to familiarize yourself with this powerful operating system?

Ubuntu Pocket Guide is a guide designed just for those approaching for the first time in Ubuntu Linux at the same time not want to give up permanently in Windows given that this is a handbook that covers a simple and immediate in all aspects of installation (disk partitioning, installing dual boot with Windows, used as a virtual machine, ...) And optimal configuration of Linux (wireless printers, bluetooth, drivers, owners, ...) and at the same time is a valuable reference for the resolution of common questions that are normally incurred when using Linux for the first time (the importance command line, package installation, file system, permissions, users, ...). Read more

How to reset the root password on Linux Ubuntu

Linux is an operating system is extremely stable and secure than Windows, and this might make us think that recovering a forgotten password can take the form of high transaction difficulty. Actually, on Linux there is a startup mode, termed "single user mode" that allows access to the operating system as root without the need to specify a password: access of this type is usually aimed at maintenance details, so that, for example, in this mode, the computer is started without thenetwork support so as to prevent any risk of interference from other users.

To change the password of a user in a standard installation of Ubuntu Linux, with the boot loader, the steps are: Read more

15 highly original wallpapers for Ubuntu

Here you a list of 15 highly original background (or resolution) prepared specially for lovers of Ubuntu Linux!

The images are high resolution and then ready for use: no need to do is save them locally on your computer. Read more

How to airlift them home with a free installation DVD and Unbreakable Linux Ubuntu Linux

If you have no time or way to download and burn your favorite Linux distribution you can always opt to send you home a free CD / DVD installation requires online. Currently it can take the free mailing to your home, both Linux Ubuntu is the most recent Unbreakable Linux, a distro (based on Redhat) manufactured and distributed by Oracle and obviously optimized for Oracle products.
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Install gOS on Ubuntu Linux in 3 Easy Steps

gOS (GreenOS) is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 7.10 and uses Enlightenment aswindows manager.
The factor that characterizes most gOS is that the system requirements necessary for getting it are very low-just a Pentium III with 256MB of RAM and 2GB hard drive. This is mainly due to the fact that gOS is an operating system designed to "cloud computing", a new way of thinking about the computer as a kind of client that leaves much of the processing and productivity applications to remote or shared based on Web 2.0 technologies and Ajax such as Google Apps, Meebo, YouTube or FaceBook. Read more

Setup Apache2, MySQL and PHP5 on Ubuntu Linux

Last weekend I decided to give a purpose to an old PC (Pentium III with 128MB RAM, 30GB HD) on which a few months ago I installed Ubuntu Server 6.0.6. As always what I was missing was an online test environment that allowed me to make the modifications and new features to add to my sites to avoid doing hot, I needed to install and configure Apache2, MySQL and PHP5.
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Start a virtual PC with Linux Ubuntu 5.10 in 5 minutes

In order to give a strong boost to the techniques of virtualization is to make a mass phenomenon, VMware has recently changed its policy of distributing software for free is beginning to distribute its flagship product, VMware Server is a light version called VMware Player .

The main difference between the server version and the player is essentially the fact that the latter is only able to start a virtual machine pre-existing and pre-configured while the server version allows the creation and installation from scratch, with the can also vary hardware parameters of the virtual machine.

But since the site of VMwarealready exists also a section on "Virtual Appliance" that already makes available a large number of virtual machines ready for use, and because of me not to have special needs when the configuration I wanted to opt for installing the player that simple plus is lighter and less intrusive.

So I downloaded the setup file of VMware Player (at the time of writing this is VMware-player-1.0.1-19317.exe) and the zip file containing the virtual machine of Ubuntu 5.10 Linux.

When the download is completed I simply run the setup and unzipped the zip, VMware Player, only requires the opening to indicate the position of the virtual machine to start and that's it: I was able to attend the boot a Linux operating system within Windows XP thanks to the power of VMware virtual machine!Think about that for network connectivity did not have to do anything: VMware automatically installs a virtual network adapter that is configured in bridging with the existing physical PC.