Desktop related tutorials
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Tweaking Hidden Ubuntu Settings With Ubuntu Tweak |
| Post date: January 29, 2008, 12:01 Category: Desktop Views: 2275 Comments: 0 |
| Tutorial quote: Ubuntu Tweak is a tool that lets you change hidden Ubuntu settings, for example: hide or change the splash screen, show or hide the Computer, Home, Trash, and Network icons, change Metacity, Nautilus, power management, and security settings, etc. Currently Ubuntu Tweak is available only for the Ubuntu GNOME desktop, i.e., it will not work on Kubuntu or Xubuntu. This short guide shows how to install and use Ubuntu Tweak. |
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Installation Guide: CentOS 5.1 Desktop |
| Post date: December 16, 2007, 11:12 Category: Desktop Views: 2984 Comments: 0 |
| Tutorial quote: This document describes how to set up a CentOS 5.1 desktop. It provides all you need for daily work and entertainment, incl. multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Skype, TrueType fonts, VMware Server, ntfs-3g, Sun Java, and many more. |
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Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop (NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200) |
| Post date: November 28, 2007, 11:11 Category: Desktop Views: 1743 Comments: 0 |
| Tutorial quote: This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) desktop (I am using an NVIDIA GeForce FX 5200 graphics card). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop. |
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Ubuntu Customization Guide v2 |
| Post date: November 26, 2007, 05:11 Category: Desktop Views: 4162 Comments: 0 |
| Tutorial quote: Today with a hike in Linux acceptance its pretty hard for competitors to provide similar solutions at free of cost. Open Source is known for User Interaction with Operating System which cannot be done with other OS. Linux user can customize, create, edit, add files according to his/her taste..and customization is the part where Linux is one step ahead of every OS. |
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Installation Guide: Linux Mint 4.0 Daryna (a.k.a. The Perfect Desktop) |
| Post date: November 22, 2007, 11:11 Category: Desktop Views: 2363 Comments: 0 |
| Tutorial quote: This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 4.0 (Daryna) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Linux Mint 4.0 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu 7.10 that has lots of packages in its repositories (like multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Skype, Google Earth, etc.) that are relatively hard to install on other distributions; it therefore provides a user-friendly desktop experience even for Linux newbies. |
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Installation Guide: Fedora 8 Desktop (a.k.a. The Perfect Desktop) |
| Post date: November 18, 2007, 10:11 Category: Desktop Views: 2378 Comments: 0 |
| Tutorial quote: This document describes how to set up a Fedora desktop - including how to enable special mouse buttons, improve laptop support (depending on your model), set up printers (especially HP) and the usage of Compiz Fusion. The result is a fast, secure and extendable system that provides all you need for daily work and entertainment. |
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Enabling Compiz Fusion On An Ubuntu 7.10 Desktop (ATI Mobility Radeon 9200) |
| Post date: November 16, 2007, 10:11 Category: Desktop Views: 2002 Comments: 0 |
| Tutorial quote: This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on an Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I am using an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop. |
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Enabling Compiz Fusion On A Fedora 8 GNOME Desktop (ATI Mobility Radeon 9200) |
| Post date: November 15, 2007, 12:11 Category: Desktop Views: 2208 Comments: 0 |
| Tutorial quote: This tutorial shows how you can enable Compiz Fusion on a Fedora 8 GNOME desktop (the system must have a 3D-capable graphics card - I am using an ATI Mobility Radeon 9200 here). With Compiz Fusion you can use beautiful 3D effects like wobbly windows or a desktop cube on your desktop. |
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How To Manage An iPod From A Linux Desktop With Songbird 0.3 |
| Post date: November 14, 2007, 10:11 Category: Desktop Views: 1259 Comments: 0 |
| Tutorial quote: This article shows how you can use an iPod on a Linux desktop with Songbird 0.3. It covers how you can upload MP3 files from your desktop to your iPod, download MP3 files from your iPod to your desktop, and how you can delete files on the iPod. Normally, Apple's iTunes software is needed to manage an iPod, but iTunes is not available for Linux. Fortunately, there are Linux alternatives such as Songbird that can handle the task. |
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