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Pimp Up Your Ubuntu

I was going to write a guide on how you can pimp up your ubuntu to give it blings and make it look sexy. then i can across a well written detailed guide on one .hence in other not to reinvent the wheel i decided to just post the linky

Mints of Ubuntu

I was giving a new laptop at work some weeks back so i decided to try another Linux distro on it .i use Ubuntu hardy heron on my home computer so i wanted something different on the work computer. my choice wasn’t too difficult because i have been hearing

How Linux Greatly Changed my Life

In the Beginning First i missed my one year anniversary on Ubuntu which was on july 5th 2008 ..its funny how i came to start using Linux .. cus my journey started in a flame war btw me and some “Linux Geeks” in the biggest online forum for Nigerians http://www.

HOWTO: Wireless Data CardsHOWTO:

Wireless Data Cards These instructions will walk you through the process, step-by-step, of configuring the Novatel Merlin 620 EV-DO CDMA Wireless Data Card and other similar models. Note: This tutorial assumes that you are using Ubuntu with the GNOME Desktop Environment. Activation In most cases, activation of your wireless data

Dial-up Internet on Linux

To get online in Linux isn’t that hard and since this is Linux there are several ways of achieving this. to do this we can either use the terminal or kpp although there are others like gprsec although this is more oriented towards GPRS. The terminal would be treated

Dual Booting Ubuntu and Winows XP

[http://ubuntunigeria.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/ubuntu.png] + [http://ubuntunigeria.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/xp.png] Majority of people intending on installing Ubuntu would not want to lose their windows Operating system.these can easily be achieved through a process of dual booting which simply means booting 2

Dual Booting Ubuntu and XP with XP already Installed

[http://ubuntunigeria.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/xp.png] + [http://ubuntunigeria.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/ubuntu.png] This Tutorial is for People who wants to install Ubuntu with XP already installed on your system. What you Need Ubuntu Live CD Preparation. Make sure that you defragment your drive like

The Difference

The Difference [http://ubuntunigeria.files.wordpress.com/2007/09/ubuntu_610.jpg] There are many different operating systems based on Linux: Debian, SuSE, Gentoo, RedHat, and Mandriva are examples. Ubuntu is yet another contender in what is already a highly competitive world. So what makes Ubuntu different? -Based on Debian,

Versions of Ubuntu

[http://ubuntunigeria.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/feisty-fawn.jpg] A new version of Ubuntu is released every 6 months and usually supported for for 18 (with the exception of L.T.R – long time support- release which is supported for 3 years) The numbering scheme of each release is the

About the Name

[http://ubuntunigeria.files.wordpress.com/2007/08/ubuntu.png] The name Ubuntu is a South African ethical ideology focusing on people’s allegiances and relations with each other. The word comes from the Zulu and Xhosa languages. Ubuntu (pronounced “oo-BOON-too”) is seen as a traditional African concept, is regarded as