How To Upgrade Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) To 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) (Desktop & Server)
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Last edited 10/13/2011The new Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) has just been released. This guide shows how you can upgrade your Ubuntu 11.04 desktop and server installations to Ubuntu 11.10.
This document comes without warranty of any kind! I do not issue any guarantee that this will work for you!
1 Desktop
Start the Update Manager (System > Administration > Update Manager):
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The Update Manager should show that a new distribution release (11.10) is available. Click on the Upgrade button to start the distribution upgrade:
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A window with the release notes for 11.10 comes up. Click on Upgrade again:
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The upgrade tool is now being downloaded. Afterwards, type in your password:
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The upgrade is being prepared:
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Click on Start Upgrade to finally begin with the upgrade process:
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The upgrade packages are now being downloaded...
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... and installed. This can take some time, so please be patient.
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At the end of the upgrade process, you should remove obsolete packages:
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The system needs to be rebooted to complete the upgrade, therefore click on Restart Now:
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When you log in, Ubuntu 11.10 will by default start the new Unity desktop:
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Welcome to your new your new Ubuntu 11.10 desktop:
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If you want to use GNOME instead of Unity, you must install it first. Open the Ubuntu Software Center and search for gnome. Click on the Install button next to the GNOME package to install the GNOME desktop environment:
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Afterwards log out of your desktop session. Back at the login screen, you now have the option to choose GNOME:
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And this is how Ubuntu 11.10 looks with the GNOME desktop:
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Thursday, October 13, 2011
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Skype for Linux gets an update after almost 15 months
Skype for Linux gets an update after almost 15 months
by Vlad Bobleanta on April 7, 2011 at 03:00 PM
Proving how much it cares about those people who use its app on Linux, Skype has released version 2.2 for Linux. Don't run towards the champagne though, as this is still a beta version, and, as its minor revision number implies, isn't the much-awaited big new version that achieves feature parity with its Windows and Mac brethren.It's only been what, almost 15 months since the last Skype beta for Linux? Well, during this time, Skype's main focus has clearly been improving its Linux app, since the new version fixes the amazing number of 49 bugs. It also brings 23 'improvements', and yet somehow still manages to have a fair share of 'known issues'. Exciting, no?
What is perhaps the most important feature addition here is the support for Skype Access. This lets you easily connect to paid Wi-Fi hotspots across the globe while paying for them with Skype credit. Skype for Linux has also received support for call waiting and holding, as well as easy conference hosting. Audio and video quality have been boosted (hopefully in a way that's going to be noticeable in day-to-day use), and some of the languages have been updated.
Download Skype 2.2.0.25 for Linux
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- source: Skype Garage Blog
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
How to Install a Wireless Card in Linux Using Windows Drivers - How-To Geek
Linux has come a long way with hardware support, but if you have a wireless card that still does not have native Linux drivers you might be able to get the card working with a Windows driver and ndiswrapper.Using a Windows driver inside of Linux may also give you faster transfer rates or better encryption support depending on your wireless card.
If your wireless card is working, it is not recommended to install the Windows driver just for fun because it could cause a conflict with the native Linux driver.
Download Wireless Card Driver
The first thing you need to do is figure out what wireless card you have. There are a couple ways to do this and some involve finding the device chipset and others involve scouring through system logs.
The easiest method is to just look at the device itself, if you have an external wireless card, or search your manufactures website for what wireless card came with your computer, if you have an internal wireless card.
Once you know what wireless adapter you are trying to install, go to the manufacturer’s website to download the Windows drivers for the device.
If at all possible, you should try to download the 32-bit Windows XP drivers in .zip format rather than .exe. If you don’t have an option, select the latest Windows driver that your manufacturer provides.
Extract Wireless Driver
To extract the files, browse to the .exe or .zip file, right click on it, and select open with archive manager.
Note: Although archive manager can extract both .exe and .zip files, sometimes the files within the .exe may not work with ndiswrapper.
Click extract at the top and copy all the files to an easy to find location.
Install Ndiswrapper
Ndiswrapper is the tool that allows Linux to use Windows drivers for wireless card support.
To install it in Ubuntu go to the Software Center and search for ndisgtk.
Note: Linux Mint comes with ndiswrapper installed.
Install Windows Driver
Now that you have your wireless driver extracted and ndiswrapper installed, open Windows Wireless Drivers from the System -> Administration menu.
In the window that opens, click on install new driver and browse to where you extracted the driver.
Sometimes the .inf files will be in sub-folders inside the driver so you may need to dig around to locate the right file to use.
After you select the .inf file for your wireless card click install. It will take a couple minutes to install the driver so be patient while it works.
After the driver is installed the main window will indicate if you selected the right .inf file by telling you if the hardware is present or not. If you selected the wrong driver the first time you can try installing a different .inf file that was extracted from the driver.
If none of the .inf files work you may want to try the driver for the same card for a different version of Windows (e.g. XP, Vista, 7).
After you get the right driver installed click configure network to open Ubuntu network connections and connect to your wireless network.
If you are still having trouble you may want to check out the ndiswrapper wiki to see if others have had success with the wireless card.
Monday, February 7, 2011
How to Assign/Remap Keyboard Shortcuts For Better Productivity [Linux]
By default, Ubuntu comes with a set of keyboard shortcut that you can use straightaway. However, some of these keyboard shortcuts might not be desirable, troublesome, or obstructive and disrupting your productivity. For example, if you have a keyboard with a media button, that button is automatically mapped to Rhythmbox. If your favorite media player is Banshee, or Exaile, you might want to change the keyboard shortcut to your favorite application.
There are several ways to manage your keyboard shortcut in Linux. You can do it via Xmodmap (and Xkeycaps), Gnome Keyboard Shortcut or Compiz. In this article, we will focus mainly on Gnome Keyboard Shortcut and Compiz.
Gnome Keyboard Shortcut
The Gnome keyboard shortcut is by far the easiest way to assign/remap a shortcut key in any Gnome-based distro. Go to System -> Preferences -> Keyboard Shortcuts.
From here, you can scroll down the list to find the particular keyboard shortcut you want to change, click on the existing shortcut (and see the entry change to “New Shortcut”), and press the new keyboard shortcut that you want to assign to. For example, the default shortcut to launch the Run Application dialog is “Alt + F2“. If I want to change it, I will click on the Alt + F2 entry, follow by the new key, say “Alt + F12“.
In addition, you can also create your own keyboard shortcut and assign it to run an application, a command or a script. Click the “Add” button. It will prompt you to enter the name and command.
After you have added the command, you will see a new entry with the shortcut field “Disabled”. Click on it.
Press the keyboard buttons that you want to assign to launch this command. That’s it.
You can also use the above method to overwrite a default shortcut key. For example, the default behavior of the “Delete” button in your keyboard is to move your file to the trash. You can, however, create a new shortcut and map the “Delete” button to shred the file beyond recovery. It will overwrite the default behavior.
Note: If you want to remove the overwrite, you can remove the shortcut entry and restart your current session (logout and login again). The default behavior will restore.
Compiz
Compiz is slightly more complicated than Gnome Keyboard Shortcut, but it is more versatile and give you more option.
Before we start, make sure you have Compiz Config Setting Manager installed, either from Ubuntu Software Center or from the terminal:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-managerLaunch Compiz Config Settings Manager (System -> Preferences -> CompizConfig Settings Manager)
Click the “Commands” option.
Enter the command in the command field. It can be an application, a command or even a path to script.
Next, go to the Key Bindings tab. Click the “Disabled” button for the command line that you have entered just now.
Check the “Enabled” checkbox and click the “Grab key combination” button. Press the keyboard shortcut and add any modifier key (Ctrl, Shift or Alt) if necessary. Click OK.
That’s it. What other ways do you use to assign/remap keyboard shortcuts in your distro?
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