1. Unetbootin is a tool that installs LiveSystems of all major Linux distros on USB devices such as USB sticks or USB drives. It works with partitions instead of whole images so is able to use any device that contains partitions. So Unetbootin can also be used to install Ubuntu on a Memory Card i.e. for the EEE PC.

Thre is also a very informative Wikipedia page on Unetbootin.

2. Ubuntu LiveUSB Creator is very useful tool to get a Ubuntu LiveCD on a USB stick or other USB drive. It is able to even pre-install Adobe Flashplayer on the LiveSystem and also allows a persistent home section on the USB stick where you can save your setup and user data. Very convenient!

There is also a page on Wikipedia for Ubuntu LiveUSB Creator, and packages can already be downloaded here.

3. WineDoors is a user interface for administrating Wine, the Windows Emulator for Linux, with ease. The Wikipedia page of WineDoors contains an overview of the goal of this tool. The Ubuntu package is available here.

4. Overview on all user packaged packages in Ubuntu’s PPA (Personal Package Archive) - if your are looking  for a packages that is not available via packages.ubuntu.com, you may look here before your hunt it on the web.

Linux-Gamers has compiled a collection of Linux games and put them on a single Live DVD. They recently released a new version.

The Live-system is, of course, Linux based (Arch Linux, to be more specific).

Get the DVD (via bittorrent) here.

Today I found a very easy-to-understand HowTo on changing the fancy 3D-desktop settings of Ubuntu in order to get the famous desktop cube and the Vista windows overview.

No command line involved, just some clicks with your mouse.

(C) Screenshot: Nick (a.k.a. Forlong); licensed under the Creative Commons Share-Alike license 2.0

Ubuntu Hardy is a mixed experience on the HP NX6325. On the one hand, there are many improvements in general, but also some NX6325-specific regressions, compared to Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon (7.10) on the NX6325.

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Linux-Gamers today had a report on a not so popular, but very interesting site for old people such as me who grew up with the Ataris and Commodores: Linux Emulation is a website dedicated to emulation software that gives you back the feeling of ancient computer times.

In opposite to other emulation sites, Linux Emulation is focusing, as the name suggests, on the Linux ports of the various famous and not so famous emulators.

Ever wondered why your notebook fan is turning on and getting louder while you just surf the net?
continue reading "Re-gain the power of your notebook with Flashblock"

Fortsetzung von Teil 1 (Hardware unter EUR 200)

Die Architektur meines kleinen Heimserver-Projektes habe ich im ersten Teil des Artikels ja schon skizziert: Auf dem 190-Euro AMD-Sempron-Rechner wird Ubuntu 64 Bit Server Edition als NFS-Fileserver und Host für 3 virtuelle Maschinen (VirtualBox 1.6) laufen. Auf den virtuellen Maschinen, die als Webserver, Web-Test-Umgebung sowie Games-Server vorgesehen sind, kommt Ubuntu JEOS zum Einsatz, als schlankes Minimal-Betriebssystem für virtuelle Maschinen.

Durch den NFS-Zugriff habe ich außerdem den Vorteil, dass ich von jedem Client meine virtuellen Maschinen über die grafische Oberfläche von VirtualBox “lokal” steuern kann, anstatt den Remote-Zugang aktivieren zu müssen.

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I am fully aware of the fact that there exist literally thousands of useful pages with How-Tos and hints with regard to redirecting web pages. A lot of higly sophisticated stuff can be learned, for various exotic situations when you need to redirect web traffic from one page to the other.

My specific situation however, the basic problem of all redirect problems, was not covered: The simple redirect from one Wordpress (or any other PHP) page to another Wordpress / PHP page.

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Zattoo has published an online TV player for Linux. I really love this program, as you can watch live TV on your desktop. The delay to the real program is only a few seconds, and it is Flash-based so you have a good quality even on low bandwith.

continue reading "Zattoo: Online TV for Ubuntu Linux"

Hary Heron works quite well on the HP NX6325. Installation is easy and basically fool proof

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