http://nostradistro.com Foreseeing Your Linux Needs... Sat, 14 Nov 2009 17:39:23 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I have 5 Google Wave beta invitations to hand out to anyone who wants one!  Google wave is an excellent online collaboration tool.  With an account, one can hold a video conference, collaborate on a trip, or do many other things.  Go to wave.google.com for more info.  To get an ... http://nostradistro.com/2009/11/14/want-a-google-wave-beta-account/ Here is a brief guide on how to setup a TonidoPLUG from Ubuntu to provide remote backup facilities for us road warriors! Setup port forwarding at your home router: port 22 should be forwarded to your TonidoPLUG. Note: When you open port 22 on your router, note that anybody can try to ... http://nostradistro.com/2009/11/04/tonidoplug-rsync/ I have been receiving a lot of new registered users on Nostradistro in the past few days.  (OK, four new users in two days, but for this site that is a lot!)  I became suspicious of the new users and did a Google search on the email addresses and found ... http://nostradistro.com/2009/09/02/warning-to-wordpress-users/ After searching around for some new themes for Ubuntu... i came across some really nice themes from a website called Bisigi Project.  There are a total of 10 themes in all.  Here are just a few of my favorites: Install for Ubuntu Jaunty: First edit /etc/apt/sources.list file: sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list Add the next two ... http://nostradistro.com/2009/07/18/great-themes-for-jauntyintrepid/ Tonido seems to be one of this years hidden wonders. I have begun local testing for implementation in a small consulting firm. Thus far I have no significant issues with the Music, files or other documents.  Setup has also been super easy thus far (up until my thunderstorm).  I tested things ... http://nostradistro.com/2009/06/26/tonido/ If you wish to use non-standard cursor themes with Ubuntu (Gnome) and Compiz the following steps will keep you from going crazy: Find a xcursor theme you like (they are available via Synaptic, gnome-look and other sources) The following steps are required if you manually download your preferred xcursor theme: If you download ... http://nostradistro.com/2009/02/08/cursor-themes-xcursor/ As you probably know, I am a user of Ubuntu (currently running 8.10). By way of giving a little bit back to the community, I have created a unified desktop environment with Login Screen, Desktop, icons and sounds to provide a cohesive (to my mind) environment. If you would like to try ... http://nostradistro.com/2009/01/02/ubuntu-desktop-environment/ I recently switched from Ubuntu to Linux Mint.  Linux Mint is an amazing distro which almost completely worked out of the box for me (minus wireless of course, but I'll leave my fix for that for another post.)  I did notice however that my embedded flash player for Firefox 3 ... http://nostradistro.com/2008/11/21/firefox-3-embedded-flash-player-stops-working/ As most Ubuntu users probably notice, the longer you use Ubuntu, the longer your boot times become.  I have a few quick commands you can run to help with this issue: 1. Disable unnecessary services:  Go to System --> Administration --> Services Shut down unnecessary services you do not use.  ie:)  ... http://nostradistro.com/2008/10/07/speed-up-ubuntu-boot-time/ I have 10 beta invites for a nifty file storage/sharing program called Dropbox.  Basically it enables a user to store & share files across the net with a base computer.  Right now Dropbox supports Windows and Mac, but they are currently alpha testing a Linux port (Ubuntu to be more ... http://nostradistro.com/2008/07/23/want-a-dropbox-account/