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Category Archives: Ubuntu
Disable Login Sounds in Ubuntu 10.04
When you log into Ubuntu 10.04, you’ll hear two different login sounds. A drum sound will play at the login prompt, and the Ubuntu theme song will play upon successful login. In the past, I’ve had to plug in a … Continue reading
Install Dragon Age Origins on Ubuntu 10.04
Dragon Age: Origins is a really cool PC game by Bioware very similar in gameplay to Elder Scrolls: Oblivion. I love first person RPGs like this, and I wanted to run Dragon Age on my laptop, but I now run … Continue reading
Open Shared Folders on a Windows Machine from Ubuntu 9.10
Thanks to Ubuntu’s Samba File Sharing Server, Ubuntu users are able to access shared folders on Windows computers. However, it doesn’t always work as well as it should. For the rest of this page, I’m going to assume you already … Continue reading
Share Folders from Ubuntu 10.04 to a Windows Machine
Ubuntu makes it easy to share folders with a windows machine. Contrary to popular belief, there is no need for the terminal or a text editor. Just use nautilus (the file browser that opens from the Places menu) to browse … Continue reading
Run Application as Root at Startup
Very handy guide to starting an application as root during startup. Continue reading
Run Your Program as a Service with Upstart in Ubuntu
According to Ubuntu’s Upstart website, “Upstart is an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervising them while the system is running.” Basically, Upstart is an init … Continue reading
Install Java on Ubuntu 10.04
Just a quick reminder of the easy way to enable Java on Ubuntu. Continue reading
Can’t Run Your Program When Double-Clicking in Linux?
Here’s the problem. You have written a script and you are unable to execute the script by double-clicking in the file browser (for Ubuntu users, like myself, the file browser is Nautilus). You can double-click on that program all day … Continue reading
Remember Which Packages You Had Installed Using Synaptic on Ubuntu
Have you ever re-installed Ubuntu and then had trouble remembering which applications and packages you had installed before? I have. You can easily prevent that problem with the Synaptic Package Manager. Just open it up from System → Administration → … Continue reading
Use Force Quit to Terminate Frozen Applications in Ubuntu
Windows has the Task Manager and Ubuntu has Force Quit. If your application is frozen, you don’t have to know the process name and use killall from the terminal. You don’t even have to go into System → Administration → … Continue reading