by Marlon Cisternas Will Ubuntu Unity be the end or the start of a new Ubuntu? Article by Erick Aqqa At first and before I start, I want to be fair to Ubuntu. Ubuntu has given to the Linux Desktop in the past few years more than any other Distro out there. In fact without Ubuntu I might have failed to switch to Linux. It has always given a great interface and ease of use …

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by inky Burned by Ubuntu? If you’ve been involved with the IT community at all, or are even a serious internet addict, the chances are high that you have heard of Ubuntu Linux. If you have heard of it, then the chances are also good that you have considered installing the operating system, and playing around with it a little. If you did install it, say, 2-3 years ago, chances are, things didn’t work properly. I mean, …

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by nixternal How to Install Windows Xp After Ubuntu With Gparted Step 1: First, download a copy of the Gparted Live CD ISO and burn it to a CD. The ISO image can be found here [ http://sourceforge.net/projects/gparted/files/old-gparted-livecd/ ] To burn an ISO file with Ubuntu, simply right click on it and click “Open with CD/DVD creator”, then click Burn. After burning the ISO to a CD, restart your computer with the CD in the drive. …

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by Commodore Gandalf Cunningham Make Ubuntu Faster Ubuntu is a GNU/Linux operating system, and as such, is quite fast like other Linux systems when compared to Windows. But there are things that can make Ubuntu faster. Here are some changes that will let Ubuntu boot up more quickly: Lower the timeout on GRUB Ubuntu’s bootloader is configured to give the user 10 seconds to choose which kernel to boot. Most of the time this is …

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by motagirl2 Question by Jimmy Neutron: Ubuntu………………………..? I am running Ubuntu 8.04 release on my Intel Pentium III with 256 RAM. If i upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 will it slow my computer or will my computer be faster than it is now? Best answer: Answer by DarnentalUbuntu upgrades are pretty lightweight so you should not see a difference, but chances are it will be slower. Add your own answer in the comments!

Here’s sequence of to make a subdomain: 1. Open Terminal and Edit file /etc/hosts [crayon lang="shell"]sudo gedit /etc/hosts[/crayon] That file will contain more or less as follows: [crayon lang="shell"]182.2.188.239 webeks # Added by NetworkManager 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost ::1 webeks localhost6.localdomain6 localhost6 127.0.1.1 webeks # The following lines are desirable for IPv6 capable hosts ::1 localhost ip6-localhost ip6-loopback fe00::0 ip6-localnet ff00::0 ip6-mcastprefix ff02::1 ip6-allnodes ff02::2 ip6-allrouters ff02::3 ip6-allhosts[/crayon] Then add the following line “127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost” in accordancewith the desired domain names as follows: [crayon lang="shell"]182.2.188.239 webeks …

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