Security and Privacy in Industrial Cooperation
Starting with Ubuntu Linux 8.04 (Hardy Heron) it’s even easier to get the decent printers from Brother running. The drivers for a lot of their printers (lpr drivers and cups-wrappers) are now available in the multiverse repositories.
Read More Brother printers and Ubuntu Linux 8.04Recentley I recieved my brand-new DELL Vostro 1510 with the following hardware built-in: Intel Core 2 Duo T5870 (2.0 GHz, 800 MHz, 2 MB) 15.4″ Widescreen Display WXGA+ 3 GB 667 MHz DDR2 Dual Channel RAM 256 MB NVIDIA GeForce 8400M GS Intel Next-Gen Wireless-N Mini-PCI-Card 1.3 MP built-in Webcam Installing Ubuntu Linux 8.04 LTS …
Read More Ubuntu Linux on DELL Vostro 1510I’ve just updated my DELL Inspiron 6000 to Ubuntu Linux 7.04 (Feisty Fawn), before that I used 6.06 LTS (Dapper Drake). Having missed nearly one year of development, I noticed that Nautilus shows all partitions (no matter if mounted or not) in the places area. I’ll never need to mount DELL’s rescue and restore partitions …
Read More Hide unmounted volumes in NautilusGetting the Brother HL-2070N monochrome laser printer running with Ubuntu Linux is quite simple. You just have to download two files and configure the driver properly.
Read More Brother HL-2070N and Ubuntu LinuxToday I switched to the next release of Ubuntu Linux 6.06 code-named Dapper Drake. As setting up WLAN with WPA for my Intel PRO/Wireless 2200BG chipset changed, I’ll write down, what you have do to in order to get everyting running:
Read More WPA with IPW2200 on Ubuntu Dapper DrakeUp from now you can order free CDs of the next release of Ubuntu Linux named Dapper Drake (6.06 LTS) at ShipIt. Shipping will start in early June and – according to experience – last four to six weeks (at least to Germany).
Read More Dapper Drake ShipIt startedAs posted at Launchpad, Ubuntu Linux 5.10 has a security hole that might local users allow to gain root privileges using sudo. The password for the first user created during installation (who has sudo-priviliges by default) is stored in a plain-text file. To protect your machine of getting hijacked by a local user you have …
Read More Critical security hole in Ubuntu LinuxListen is back! After some problems concerning the license, Listen, my favourite music browser and jukebox is back with a new version and even Audioscrobbler support. Listen is free software written in Python for GNOME (GTKlib) and comes with a cutting-edge user interface and an amazing OSD. Repositiories for easy installation on Ubuntu Linux (5.10 …
Read More Listen, just listenAs postet at ubuntuusers.de Ubuntu Linux will be presented at this year’s CeBIT in hall 5 at booth F67/8. The Ubuntu Deutschland e.V. will show Edubuntu and a prewiew of Dapper Drake (the new Ubuntu version to come in April). There will also be free Breezy Badger CDs, flyers and a suprise for all visitors. …
Read More Ubuntu Linux at CeBITToday I found a nice litte program that allows you to minimize every program shown in Gnome’s Window List to the system tray. There’s support for other windowmanager like KDE, XFCE, Fluxbox and WindowMaker, too. This powerful tool is named AllTray. A package for Ubuntu is provided, but I suggest compiling the latest version from …
Read More Gnome: Minimize programs to system tray