How To : Make Compiz Smooth and Fast Without Tearing

On November 30, 2009, in General, by dipinkrishna

For a long time it has bothered me that Compiz does not seem to run as smoothly as Metacity on my desktop system. With desktop effects switched off, moving windows around the screen would seem smoother. With desktop effects switched on, I’d also notice tearing in areas of the screen with fast motion including in [...]

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HOW TO: Make Ubuntu Sexy

On November 28, 2009, in Ubuntu, by dipinkrishna

If you installed Ubuntu via wubi, or even by itself, you might want to be able to install all of those sexy bells and whistles you hear so much about. Providing you have a fairly decent graphics card or fairly decent integrated graphics, this is easy. Hey, it even works fine on an 630Mhz Celron [...]

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How to Gtalk in Ubuntu : Gtalx

On November 27, 2009, in Google, Ubuntu, by dipinkrishna

Did you fail to use “gtalk in ubuntu” … Now you can chat and talk to your gmail buddies in ubuntu… 1. check for gtk2.0 and qt4 $ sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev$ sudo apt-get install libqt4-dev 2. Remove ‘pulse audio sound server’ Open synaptic package manager and remove pulse audio 3. “Download gtalx” from hereDowload [...]

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10 New Things About Ubuntu 9.10 Worth Taking Note Of

On October 1, 2009, in Ubuntu, by dipinkrishna

Yet another major Ubuntu release is on the anvil. It is called Ubuntu 9.10 codenamed Karmic Koala. There is nothing really to get excited about this new release to be frank. And probably no major changes to the user interface. Canonical had promised major changes to the UI for Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron, but even [...]

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