Following the grand releases of Snow leopard and  Windows 7 the latest Linux distribution - Ubuntu 9.10, or Karmic Koala made its debut recently. The upgraded Ubuntu deserves an acclaim for bettering its predecessors in most respects. Ubuntu 9.10 hosts a number of features that brings it at par with Windows 7.  With a swift boot time, flashy enhancements and additions like Empathy, Mozilla Firefox , and ext-4 as the default file system, it's definitely an OS that will woo the Linux buffs. Still, like its predecessors, Ubuntu 9.10 is not flawless and complete.  It requires fix es for things that are not working, some tweaking and installing useful applications to make it an accomplished OS. We decided to provide you with the 10 things that you must do after installing Ubuntu 9.10. Full article (981 words) »

Ubuntu Studio 9.04 is out and you must be thinking of ways to spice up your Jaunty Jackalope? Well, you know it's easy to customize everything in GNU/Linux systems. Given that, what about fantabulous themes to embellish your Ubuntu. If you are not too overwhelmed with Ubuntu’s default theme, here's something for you. We had already done with 10 cool Ubuntu theme. This time we hunted down some really enticing Ubuntu themes. Have a go at the top 10 most beautiful themes for your Ubuntu.

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Ubuntu 9.04, released yesterday, has got a lot of great new features. One of them is ext4 filesystem. If you don't know about it yet, ext4 is more useful than you think it is, from the ext3. ext4 filesystem supports large volumes of files, backward compatibility with ext2 and ext3, persistent pre-allocation of on-disk space for a file, delayed allocation, journal checksumming, online defragmentation and many more such things. If that isn't enough for you, Jaunty Jackalope has been a very fast, powerful and beautiful distro version of Ubuntu that everyone is appreciating. So to avail of the upgrade from your Ubuntu 8.10 to Ubuntu 9.04 and also improve your file system from ext3 to ext4, read the quick  guide.

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Ubuntu is perhaps the richest graphically well equipped operating system from the Linux world. It gives us a more sophisticated flavor that an usual Linux misses in the eyes of a layman. I remember, after my reviews of Ubuntu 8.10 - Intrepid Ibex, how people were crazy about the theme and the wallpaper that is by default there. So how about getting an Ubuntu feel without having to install ubuntu? I will give you a transformation pack that will install ubuntu like theme in your Windows XP. Full article (120 words) »

This is a pretty cool trick for Ubuntu users. Ubuntu users frequently go through updates that they download to keep the OS up-to-date. But while doing so, there is no definite way that Ubuntu will choose the fastest server for you. It may take you insanely long time if you happen to get a slow server to upgrade and update your operating system. But there is a process by which you can choose the best and fastest server always. How? here is the trick

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With all the good intentions you can think of, name it a tutorial purpose or something to learn purely for the fun and never to harm anyone, I will now show you a simple way to hack a Windows administrator password using Linux. You will only need a Live CD, and for this example, we will utilize Ubuntu.

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I have seen people facing problems with ipv6 in Ubuntu machines. The network performance dcecreases considerably through ipv6 protocols and there are some notable bugs too. So if you are wondering how you can get rid of this upgrade which is not actually upgrade by any means, then lemme give you a solution. Google search provides you with numerous solutions but most of them don't work or is incomprehensible for your network. Here is a working trick.

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