If you have a laptop with HDMI port, you would probably want to channel the audio output from the TV which has a much better surround sound audio output . Unfortunately, this setting is not available out of the box for Ubuntu. You will have to install a special addon for the kernel to enable […]
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Google Chrome 35 was released a couple of weeks back with an array of new features, fixes and a new graphics stack Aura. In this version the global menu for Ubuntu Unity, which was missing from the previous builds, also makes a comeback. While bringing new features to the table, Google have dropped a few. One of
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NotifyOSD is useful for quick notifications and is used by almost all applications available in Ubuntu Software Centre except the web-browsers. You do have browser based popup notifications but they are sometimes obtrusive and apprear from the wrong places. If you are using Google Chrome and want to use NotifyOSD to receive notifications for your
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Bumblebee, by default, installs nvidia-304 graphics drivers. The current Nvidia graphics driver which supports optimus cards is nvidia-331. You can follow the following steps to get the latest Nvidia driver on your laptop. Read more here:
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Earlier I had blogged on how to create a fabric cluster on Fuse ESB/MQ. Today I will explain how to perform a disaster recovery of that fabric cluster, should it go down. Fuse ESB/FuseMQ/FMC 7.1.0 fabric cluster can crash when a new patch is added to an existing ensemble. There is a bug report at
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We Linux enthusiasts love to use Linux everywhere possible, even at work, where Microsoft rules the roots! For the last 3 years I have tried and tested various combinations which has helped me replace almost all Microsoft Windows applications which need to run in most office environments. My desktop of choice is Ubuntu. More adventurous
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If you have a broken display , rather a 640×480 display with no unity panels, you are one of the many who tried to install the new Nvidia beta driver which promised initial Optimus graphics card support for Linux. In reality, the Nvidia beta driver 319.17 does not support the current Xorg nor the current Ubuntu kernel
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Most of us nowadays do not use a mail client. If any of us do, then it is mainly for official work. For anyone using Gmail, I will show you how to set Gmail as the default mail client. That’s secondary though! The most important part of this blog is to set a calendar application. As
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sd@sd-1:~$adb get-serialno unknown sd@sd-1:~$ adb shell error: device offline If you are one of those frustrated users who cannot get adb to work with your android device, you may be in for a breather. The issue is probably similar for all operating systems. In Linux and to some extent Mac, this issue may be caused
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Sometimes, it so happens that after creating a unique user for a new Ubuntu install, you completely forget the username. If you are a single user on a Ubuntu machine, physical or virtual, you can easily recover the username without firing up the Ubuntu Live CD. Here are the steps: 1. Restart your machine and go to
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