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I was trying to install some applications when I saw extremely low speed of downloading. I had a fast connection and browsing was fast. Therefore, there was a problem with the synaptic. To solve this: Go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources In the ‘Download from’ box choose other. And click on ‘Select best server’.… Continue reading [Solved] Really slow Synaptic downloads

I had many wmv files but I wasn’t able to play them. Ubuntu by default doesn’t support wmv files due to legal reasons. You can, however, make them play. In terminal, type: sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras Or, you can go to synaptic package manager and install ubuntu-restricted-extras. After installation, you will be able to play… Continue reading [HowTo] Playing wmv files in Ubuntu

Applications is the key element of a computer. Without applications/softwares, computer is useless. Ubuntu has a pretty good software installation mechanism. All the softwares are at one place in Synaptic Package Manager which. This makes it easier to install applications. Instead of browsing the application website and downloading it from there and then installing it, all the… Continue reading Installing applications (Using synaptic package manager and terminal)

For Rar files: My friend sent me a link to a rar file just today. After downloading, I found that rar file wasn’t supported natively on Ubuntu. I tried different softwares but none was good. So finally I installed rar and unrar, both of them aren’t free. They provide integration with the native gnome archive… Continue reading Extracting and adding files from and to Rar and 7z files

This is a common problem in Ubuntu. The led which shows wlan activity doesn’t blink (flicker) at all. I googled and found some results out of which this tutorial helped a lot: http://madwifi-project.org/wiki/UserDocs/EnableLEDs This maybe due to the fact that I am using madwifi drivers for my wlan. The other solution that I found was,… Continue reading [Solved] Wlan led does not blink in Ubuntu

Well, you would consider this to be very difficult task to accomplish but it wasn’t. It was confusing at first but once you know what you got to do, its really simple. Samba is the application you need for this purpose. To install samba type: sudo apt-get install samba4 in terminal and enter your password… Continue reading Connecting to a windows computer on LAN using Samba

Well, I didn’t talk about the Ubuntu interface much in my first post. The top-panel: Well, its simple, clean and neat interface. You’ll find a panel on top of the screen (Yes, its called a panel). You have multiple menus on panel and you have the liberty to add more custom menus. By default, it… Continue reading The Ubuntu Interface

System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager Search for pysdm and click on the square and click on ‘Mark for installation’ and click apply. The package will be installed. Alternatively you can go to Applications->Accessories->Terminal and type ‘sudo apt-get install pysdm‘. It will ask the password, enter it and pysdm will be installed. Once installed,  type sudo pysdm in… Continue reading Auto mounting partitions at start-up in Ubuntu

The only thing most of the people do on computer is surf the Internet. And for surfing Internet, the best browser, IMHO is Firefox (thankgod, someone made it). I use many plugins in firefox which make my life easier as well as help me in debugging my web applications. I logged back into the windows… Continue reading Moving my firefox profile from windows to ubuntu

It feels so good typing this post in Ubuntu. Finally, I made it. After postponing installing Ubuntu for complete one year due to HDD free-space constraints, I finally dragged my lazy head and burned half a dozen dvds to get free space of 20 GB. I thought it was more than enough, so didn’t burn… Continue reading My first day on Ubuntu – Installing Ubuntu