Category Archives: Linux distributions

How to make your username not visible on Ubuntu Panel

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Ubuntu

If you want to make your username not visible on Ubuntu panel, this is a quick tip to remove it.

Xubuntu, Kubuntu, Edbuntu: Ubuntu family will now have 12.04 LTS

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, Ubuntu

With Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin) slated for a  Long Term Support later this summer, three variants of the Ubuntu platform: xubuntu , which is Xfce-based; Kubuntu, which is KDE-based; and Edubuntu, which is a Educational ecosystem are also preparing for … Continue reading

How to upgrade to Kernel 3.2 in Ubuntu11.10 and LinuxMint12|PPA

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in Linux distributions, Linux Mint, Linux tutorials, Ubuntu

Few days ago was officially released the new Linux 3.2 kernel. The new release includes support for ext4 block sizes bigger than 4KB and up to 1MB, which improve performance with big files; btrfs has been updated with faster scrubbing, … Continue reading

Ubuntu Smart TV, everything you must know!

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in News, Software, Ubuntu

TV is becoming smart and so is Canonical. Canonical has displayed the Ubuntu TV, prototype unit, at the ongoing mega event of Consumer Electronic Show the CES 2012 in Las Vegas. In the exhibition Canonical demonstrated an optimized version of … Continue reading

Official CES 2012 App Let’s You be the first to know Ubuntu’s ‘Exclusive Concept Design’

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in News, Ubuntu

Canonicals’ recent blog post on an – exclusive concept design- just days before the start of CES 2012 has set the open source community abuzz, with speculation, if the concept will be that of a tablet or a Smartphone.

Minty- A nice Cinnamon theme for Ubuntu and LinuxMint

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Linux Mint, Ubuntu

Minty is a Cinnamon theme with some flavour of Linux Mint. It is compatible with the latest Cinnamon 3.2.

Redo- A simple live CD to Backup-Restore your computer

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Linux distributions, Software

Redo Backup and Recovery is a  live CD that offer a complete and a simple recovery solution for your Data,  according to their website,  Redo allows bare-metal restore.  this means that even if your hard drive melts or gets completely … Continue reading

The Growth of Linux in 2011 [Analysis]

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in Linux distributions, News

Linux OS, with time are emerging as fairly popular Operating System. This might not be the case with desktops though, where Microsoft Windows has already linux-logotaken a sizeable (and of course unparalleled edge); but this surely is not the era … Continue reading

10 most popular Android Apps of 2011

Written by Ayesha .A on . Posted in Android, Software

Another year comes to an end today. And the yea was very happening especially when it comes to Android. Google this very year released its first tablet optimized OS the Honeycomb and now by the end released yet another version … Continue reading

Best Browsers for Android

Written by Emily Cartman on . Posted in Android

Users of Android devices are increasing at record rates. There are Android phones and tablets and everyone who has an Android device uses the internet (there is not much use of a smart phone if you don’t use internet!) To … Continue reading