Overheating in laptops is not a new issue. Specially after Ubuntu 11 series, the number of complaints against overheating and battery drainage has increased exponentially.
One superb and simple way to deal this issue is to use Jupiter. It helps in controlling the heating to a certain extent and thus it also helps in improving batter life. All you have to do is to install Jupiter and choose Power Saving mode from the options in Performance. [Read more…]
I made a decision to switch to Linux Mint from Ubuntu. After the successful installation I tried to install some of my favorite applications that include Dropbox, Ubutnu One and Google Chrome.
To install Google Chrome, I downloaded the from Google Chrome website and when I double clicked on it to install it gave me following error: [Read more…]
There is a file (mainly log files) which you want to see but its content keep on changing. You want to see the in real time in a way that you can see only the current changing content for better analysis. This is one of the classic situation where you want to read a log while running the application. [Read more…]
The new and stylish VLC 2.0 has been released recently and now it supports the integration with the sound menu meaning you can now control the VLC player from the Ubuntu sound menu like you do with Rythembox or Banshee.
By default it is not enabled in Vlc but can be easily enabled by following the steps given below: [Read more…]
In this post we will see how to add an application in start-up so that it automatically starts each time you login in to Ubuntu.
Go to Unity or Gnome dash and look for Main Menu:
Ubuntu is conducting an official survey to know what users think about Ubuntu, how much satisfied they actually are with the Ubuntu experience and whether or not they would like to use the experimental new service offered by Ubuntu apart from the basic demographic information.
So the users who always cry for “I hate Unity” or “I hate Gnome” should take Ubuntu Survey to have their say in an overall assessment of the survey.Belwo is the link to official Ubuntu survey:
http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/UbuntuSurvey2012
Results will be declared soon and will be available to everyone. Kindly spread the word and encourage more users to take the survey.
Not everyone likes the sound at the time Ubuntu starts for some reason. In this post we will see how to disable start up sound in Ubuntu 11.10.
Go to the right top of corner of your screen and there choose Startup Applications…
Here clear the option of Gnome Login Sound:
Voila! You don’t need to listen to the start-up sound anymore. Enjoy 
It happened to me a number of times. Usually, I am habitual of using Ctrl+S to save a text editor like Word, Gedit etc. What goes wrong is when I am editing in command line editor such as Vi and I press Ctrl+S or if I accidently press this combination of key. Because it makes the terminal dead, frozen, hanged.
Using Ctrl+S in Linux terminal locks the terminal output and it seems as if the terminal is frozen or hanged. It frustrates the most when it happens for the first time and user is simply unaware of the fact that he has accidently locked the terminal output.
To unlock the terminal output use Ctrl+Q. It will resume the terminal output and put it back to normal.
Hope it helped you. Cheers
While installing Ubuntu it gives an option whether a user is required to enter password while login or not. Most of the people opt for password at login time. If you want to change this option and want auto login option for particular user, here is how to do that:
Go to System Settings from the top right corner of the screen:
Now here, go to User Accounts:
Now choose the account for which you want to change the login option and click on the Unlock option on the top right corner:
Now In the Login Options, click on Automatic Login to make it ON.
And now you can auto login with the specified user. Hope it helped you. Cheers
