I like Ubuntu

happy anniversary, linux

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Sat, 09 Apr 2011 02:38:00 PDT

First letter hereI like Ubuntu. Do you?

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iphone 4 and ubuntu: not so much

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Tue, 21 Dec 2010 12:06:00 PST

got a new iPhone 4. tried to mount it. didn't work in the first place, because ubuntu could not recognize the device. search on google. found something about libmobiledevice. still did not work...

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firefox and flash on ubuntu 10.10: crash! boom! bang!

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Thu, 18 Nov 2010 13:47:00 PST

I really don't know which of the three is the weak link here, I don't care and I am becoming sick of it: firefox (version 3.6.12) crashes almost every time I want to play a flash video (you tube...

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Macbuntu makes your linux feel like a mac

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Wed, 13 Oct 2010 12:52:00 PDT

Even after the first install (that was long time ago, at 7.04 release) I wanted to make my Ubuntu to look like a mac. Back then this was somehow an 'aspirational' motivation, because I didn't had a...

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upgrading to ubuntu 10.10

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 00:04:00 PDT

As always, I didn't have enough patience to wait until the final release and last night I performed a network upgrade to 10.10. Things went very smoothly until the first restart when the splash...

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no more K3B

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Sun, 02 May 2010 02:39:00 PDT

It's final! I will not use K3B to burn my DVD-s for (at least) a while! The last several attempts with made the burnt DVD-s unreadable for my Sony home cinema, and honestly I do not care why this...

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Virtual Box: Ubuntu vs. MacOS X Leopard

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Thu, 07 Jan 2010 03:07:00 PST

Even if I cannot declare my self as a huge fan of windows, I become a fan of virtualization lately. I tried Virtual Box purely because it is free, and I must say that I am very happy with this...

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25 Linux tips for Windows switchers

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Sat, 19 Sep 2009 06:57:00 PDT

Since I don't have much time to post here, a recommendation for reading is the least I can do. This is very good starting point if you did not already switched to Linux, from thechradar.com.I like...

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Cairo Dock: why do you need a tutorial

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:29:00 PDT

If you take into account that Cairo Dock is available in the official repositories of Ubuntu, the question in the title is a legitimate one. I like Cairo Dock a lot (I told you already that it won my...

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Changes

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 09:41:00 PDT

I hope you'll find the new layout more friendly and more useful. There are other things that I will try to improve on this blog, and they will be here soon, I hope. Stay tune. :)I like Ubuntu. Do you?

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Mac4Lin v 1.0 is out

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 13:30:00 PDT

I am sure that you know that. Only just to be sure that nobody will miss the news, and because I am a heavy user and supporter of Mac4Lin project, I'm telling you that you can download it from here....

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Amarok - Five good reasons to roll back on 1.4 .10

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Wed, 03 Jun 2009 11:55:00 PDT

The fact is that I'm not a very patient person, and still it can be said that I have been indulgent enough (3-4 months already!) with the 2.0 version of Amarok. Yep, the interface rules, but...

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I still rock with Amarok

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 16:07:00 PDT

After upgrading to Ubuntu Jaunty Beta, my Amarok 2.0 did not work for some time and today I found out that one of my friends had the same problem. To be more precise, the application start but didn't...

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Upgrading Ubuntu to 9.04

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Sat, 04 Apr 2009 04:53:00 PDT

Oooops! I did it again. That is I didn't have enough patience to wait until the stable release. I started it this morning, and because I had to go somewhere, I assisted only partially to the network...

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Good night Google Earth!

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 16:50:00 PDT

Of course that is not nice, but this is the way how Google Earth 5.0 works on my machine... Dark as hell. No globe. No Earth, just Google. I found some workarounds on forums and other blogs, but it...

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Secret Maryo Chronicles v 1.7

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 14:05:00 PST

Today I was glad to find (after a quick check on it's website) that Secret Maryo Chronicles was launched in it's 1.7 version. Well, somehow it's old news, because the version was released on 25th of...

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My iPod Nano works fine with Amarok 1.4

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Sun, 14 Dec 2008 04:19:00 PST

Santa came earlier this year with a brand new iPod Nano (4th gen) blue. Since I am a fan of Amarok, and all my music is stored and organized with 'the wolf', naturally I was very fond to manage my...

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Installing Ubuntu 8.10 on a laptop with SATA drive

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Mon, 17 Nov 2008 10:57:00 PST

Making long story short: Ubuntu 8.10 does not boot with default options on a Fujitsu Siemens Amilo Pi 2530 (at least mine did not). It breaks after Ubuntu Splash in a 'dead' cursor status.I have...

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Intrepid Ibex: first, second and third look

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Sun, 26 Oct 2008 09:40:00 PDT

Of course I could not wait for the final release as promised, and I made my upgrade on Friday to 8.10 release candidate. This time, all things run smoothly, and after an hour and a half (I used...

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Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 23:31:00 PDT

This time I will wait for the final release before upgrading to the new version. For 8.04 I made the upgrade using a beta release. Wasn't such bad, but I had some awkward moments with the sound. So...

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Edit your videos with Avidemux and k9copy

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Thu, 16 Oct 2008 09:27:00 PDT

Recently I had to cut a small scene (1 minute or so) from a DVD movie in order to include it in a presentation. The job seemed trivial at the first look but it was not. Because when you use wrong...

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Cairo Dock or AWN? Episode 2

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 10:44:00 PDT

One of the many greatest things about Ubuntu is that you always (or almost always) have an option. Well here's the story: the last two updates involving Cairo Dock resulted a slow death of my dock....

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How to install Google Earth on Ubuntu 8.04

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 09:55:00 PDT

Actually is quite simple if you enable the Medibuntu repository. You can find a full tutorial here. I don't know why, Google Earth 4.3 did not work properly on my machine, but I am quite happy with...

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Google Gadgets vs Compiz Screenlets?

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Sat, 07 Jun 2008 08:39:00 PDT

As you probably read already, Google Gadgets for Linux were launched this week. Because I am not very fond of installing form source, I waited some time and finally today I found the debian package...

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Cairo Dock or AWN?

noreply@blogger.com (engambament ondulatoriu) — Mon, 19 May 2008 06:35:00 PDT

Recently I switched from AWN to Cairo Dock. The reason: apparently Cairo Dock is more flexible and easy to use. There are many configurable options and it seems to me that is a little more stable (I...

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