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Regularly drinking coffee may help prevent or reduce the symptoms of Alzheimer’s Disease:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7326839.stm
And binge drinking can affect memory recall (at least in young drinkers):
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7328863.stm
Ubuntu Linux to be certifiied on some of Sun’s hardware:
http://www.reuters.com/article/technologyNews/idUSN0236534620080402
A lot of Linux enthusiasts have taken to Ubuntu, and all of its versions are freely available. I think that this can only [...]
Dell BIOS updates using Linux
Dell provides Ubuntu support for updating the BIOS of Dell systems:
http://direct2dell.com/one2one/archive/2007/12/05/37446.aspx
… be sure the Universe section is enabled in /etc/apt/sources.list, then run as root:
wget -q -O - http://linux.dell.com/repo/firmware/bootstrap.cgi | bash
aptitude install firmware-addon-dell
aptitude install $(bootstrap_firmware -a)
update_firmware
Thanks Dell!
kde4 and ubuntu
Follow the instructions at the link below to install KDE 4 for Ubuntu:
http://kubuntu.org/announcements/kde-4.0.php
Screenshots follow!
KDE 4’s Show Desktop Grid, use Ctrl-F8:
Pick running app, use Ctrl-F10
If you want some more screenshots let me know.
Update: To install extra goodies do the following:
sudo aptitude install kde4
Gnome theme problems.
Wow, major problems with Gnome and trying to change themes. Ended up the issue was some weird conflict with the gtk-qt-engine package. A simple:
apt-get remove –purge gtk-qt-engine
solved the problem. Of course it took a fews days of googling to find the answer, which was on Ubuntu’s bug tracker (don’t have the link handy sorry). [...]
One of Gnome’s main philosphy is simplicity but in this endeavour, some things are a pain! For instance, Gnome’s pictures screensaver doesn’t let you specify what directory to look for pictures or photo’s to display (nor has the neat zooming and paning features of Xscreensaver’s Glslideshow). It expects all your pictures to be in a [...]
Ubuntu & Hibernate
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/udev/+bug/105490
Had the same problem but replace the UUID in /etc/fstab with the actual device. Looks like I needed to also update ‘/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume’.
Instructions here:
http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=1773316&postcount=3
Mac4Lin
Make your Linux Gnome Desktop look like a Mac:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/mac4lin
Instructions here:
http://www.howtoforge.com/mac4lin_make_linux_look_like_a_mac
This is what my desktop like before:
And I got this far and gave up:
I’m all praise to the folk who put all the work into this. But, having a Apple logos on my Gnome desktop just seems odd. If you want to get a desktop that [...]
If bluetooth works on your computer, then getting your system to talk to your N73 isn’t hard and I’m not going to cover it here. See this posting for what packages I needed to install to get bluetooth working in my Dell 700M laptop running Ubuntu Linux:
http://timony.com/mickzblog/2007/10/09/ubuntu-bluetooth-sd-card/
If you have T-Mobile T-Zones internet service for your [...]
Ubuntu & Bluetooth, & SD Card.
Just got a Bluetooth dongle (adaptor) from NewEgg (for $12.99). To get it to be able to browse (using Gnome) my phone I had to install the gnome-vfs-obexftp package (along with the bluez-gnome package).
I also got a Kingston 2 GB MiniSD-Card for my phone (for $20.99), with an adaptor so I can plug the card [...]
ET: Quake Wars
Will have a Linux version:
http://www.linuxgames.com









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