Howto: Upgrade to Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin from 10.04, 11.04, 11.10 | Desktop & Server

Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Beta has been released Ubuntu 12.04  Beta Precise Pangolin will be released Soon, If you have ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot or older version of ubuntu installed on your system, and you want to upgrade to this new release,  you can do it by following these instructions.

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Resolve slow connexion when using wifi in ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, 12.04 Precise Pangolin & LinuxMint12

Updated-20/01/2012: If  after installing or upgrading to Ubuntu 11.04 , 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot or to Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangoline,  you noticed that the connexion is too slow when using the wifi, this is a simple solution. This solution works also for LinuxMint12 and above.

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Kde 4.6.4 has been released! Howto Upgrade Kubuntu & install in Ubuntu 11.04

The June maintenance update of the KDE Software Compilation 4.6 has been released, 4.6.4 updates bring many bugfixes and translation updates on top of the latest edition in the 4.6 series and are recommended updates for everyone running 4.6.3 or earlier versions. As the release only contains bugfixes and translation updates, it will be a safe and pleasant update for everyone.

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Wxcam – Another great application that convert your webcam into a security camera

wxCam is a webcam application for linux. It supports video recording (in an avi uncompressed and Xvid format), snapshot taking, and some special commands for philips webcams, so you can also use the program for astronomy purposes. It supports both video4linux 1 and 2 drivers, so it should work on a very large number of devices.

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Confity & Gunity- 2 Simple tools to configure Unity the easy way

Among the many things to improve for Unity , in addition to searching for installed applications , we find the lack of customization. Luckily start arriving the first applications unitythat help us to customize our new environment(1).  Here are 2 simple applications that will help you to customize unity the easy way.

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Eve-Installer- A Great tool that let you install software, add repositories with a simple click| Ubuntu & LinuxMint

Eve Installer is great tool similar to Ubuntu Tweak, it lets you install the basic applications in Ubuntu 11.04 and LinuxMint with a simple click, also using this tools, you can  add  Medibuntu, getdeb , Playdeb repositories , or  install elementary theme, Mint theme…, for Desktop, install also with a simple click Gnome3, Unity 2D, Unity 3D and more.

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Find your favorite apps installed by default in PinguyOS 11.04

PinguyOS 11.04 is released, Based on ubuntu 11.04 natty Narwhal, this new release is an optimise build of Ubuntu 11.04 Minimal CD with added repositories, tweaks and enhancements that can run as a Live DVD or be installed. It has all the added packages needed for video, music and web content e.g. flash and java, plus a few fixes as well. Like fixing the wireless problems, gwibber’s Facebook problem and flash videos in full-screen.

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UbuntuStudio 11.04 Natty Screenshots tour

Ubuntu Studio is  a multimedia creation flavor of Ubuntu. Ubuntu Studio is aimed at the GNU/Linux audio, video and graphic enthusiast as well as professional.

The latest release is Ubuntu Studio  11.04 ‘Natty Narwhal’, a 1.5 GB DVD ISO image that comes with Numerous improvements , but here are some of the more notable ones. The task selections during installation have been updated; the audio tasks have been parsed into two groups: generation and recording. The ‘generation’ task selection is focused more on synthesizers and sequencers and the ‘recording’ task focuses on recording live musician performances. Currently, Ubuntu Studio is shipping the -generic kernel; we are working with the Ubuntu kernel team to get a -lowlatency kernel into the archive.

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How to install Burg boot loader in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise “Pangolin” and LinuxMint13

Updated 26-04-2012burg is a brand-new boot loader based on GRUB. It uses a new object format which allows it to be built in a wider range of OS, including Linux/Windows/OSX/Solaris/FreeBSD, etc. It also has a highly configurable menu system which works in both text and graphic mode. In this post we will show you how to install Burg in Ubuntu 11.04 , 11.10 “Oneiric Ocelot” and LinuxMint.

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