Category Archives: Linux tutorials

AMD released ATI Catalyst 12.3, howto Install in Ubuntu and LinuxMint

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Hardware Linux, Linux tutorials, News

AMD announced the release of AMD / ATI Catalyst 12.3, the biggest news of this new release is that Catalyst 12.3 now fully supports the AMD Radeon HD 7900, AMD Radeon HD 7800 and AMD Radeon HD 7700 series of … Continue reading

Howto- Install Oracle Java7 in Ubuntu12.04 Precise Pangolin | PPA

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

The “Oracle-java″ package is no longer available in the official Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot and Precise Pangolin.   In this post i will show you how to remove OpenJDK and install Oracle Java7 on Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin.

Can see samba share folders in windows but can`t access them |Linux

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Frequently Asked Questions, Linux tutorials, Ubuntu

Question: I installed and configured samba share on Ubuntu, now from a windows machine i can see the shared folders but i can not access them, how i can resolve this?

Howto- Resolve nosound problem on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail,12.10 and Older

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

Updated 05/04/2013 : One of the common issues facing Ubuntu users after installing or upgrading Ubuntu is the nosound problem, there are many reason for this issue, sometime is related to a volume setting configuration, misconfiguration or can be that … Continue reading

A relook at Sunflower file manager

Written by anuradha.shukla on . Posted in Linux tutorials, opensource, Software

Sunflower File Manager, the dream file manager that integrates into GNOME framework has now reached Alpha phase. Every since thedream twin-panel file manager began two years ago, the development team has made rapid progress with bugs and request made for each … Continue reading

Install and Configure Samba share in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail , 12.10, 12.04| Howto

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

Updated 05-04-2013: One of the most asked features for Samba is a graphical user interface to help with configuration and management,  there are several GUI interfaces to Samba available, for me the most  simple and powerful one of these tools … Continue reading

Medibuntu repositories available for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail | PPA

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

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Updated: 19-04-2013 : Medibuntu is a packaging project dedicated to distributing software that cannot be included in Ubuntu for various reasons, related to geographical  variations in legislation regarding intellectual property, security and other issues, some examples of packages included in … Continue reading

How to switch between runlevels in Fedora 16 ?

Written by Mel Kham on . Posted in CentOS, Fedora, Frequently Asked Questions, Linux tutorials, Uncategorized

How  to  switch  between runlevels  in Fedora 16 ?

Next Generation- Another nice conky theme from Conky-Lua author

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in eyecandy, Fedora, Linux Mint, Linux tutorials, Suse, Ubuntu

Conky-Lua next generation is a nice conky theme from the same author of Conky Lua. This theme is available for Debian, Fedora, LinuxMint, PCLinux, Opensue and Ubuntu. From my side i tested this conky theme in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise … Continue reading

Configure conky-Lua in Ubuntu (12.10 & 13.04 Raring Ringtail), Fedora, debian and LinuxMint | Howto Conky

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

Updated 05-04-2013: Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any information on your desktop. There are many nice themes available for conky that can display clock, CPU usage, ram usage, swap, disk, net and more, one … Continue reading