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Broken Arrow Keys during an Ubuntu 9.04 install on Vmware Server 1.X
Background
Recently I was trying to create a Ubuntu 9.04 vmware image using Vmware Server 1.08, but I was doing it remotely from my Fedora 10 laptop which was running Vmware Server 1.06. This can normally be done by using Vmware Server’s ability to remotely connect to other Vmware Servers.
VMware Server Console
Here’s my work flow. [...] Continue reading
Posted in centos, fedora, redhat, Syndicated, tip, tips & tricks, Ubuntu, vmware
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[one-liner]: Getting Remote Desktop Sharing & Compiz to play nice under Ubuntu 9.04 with GNOME
Background
This one threw me for a bit but I finally realized that when I had Compiz enabled on an Ubuntu 9.04 system, I couldn’t use VNC to connect via Remote Desktop Sharing in GNOME (aka. Vino, aka. VNC Server). Apparently this has been an issue going back since 2007 8-(, when Compiz is enabled. Since [...] Continue reading
Posted in GNOME, one-liner, remote desktop, server, Syndicated, tips & tricks, Ubuntu, VNC
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Use the same GTK theme for applications started as root
If you start a GTK GUI with root permissions and you notice that it uses the old GTK theme, you can make all applications started as root to use your current theme by doing this:
sudo ln -s ~/.themes /root/.themessudo ln -s ~/.icons /root/.iconssudo ln -s ~/.fonts /root/.fontsThis will basically create symlinks to your icons, fonts [...] Continue reading
Posted in Applications, GTK, Syndicated, System, theme, Ubuntu
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Disable NTP sync during USplash in Ubuntu Linux
NTP sometimes greatly slows down your Ubuntu’s boot time. To disable it just do a simple
sudo apt-get remove ntpdate
Posted in cli, ntp, Syndicated, System, Ubuntu
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Make applications remember their last state in Ubuntu
If you want your most-used applications already opened when you boot up into your Ubuntu box, all you have to do is go to System > Preferences > Startup Applications and in the Options tab check the box next to “Automatically remember running applications when logging out“.
Original tip source.
Posted in Applications, GNOME, remember, Syndicated, System, Ubuntu
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Install KDE 4.3 in Ubuntu Jaunty
Here’s how to install the newly-release KDE 4.3 in Ubuntu Jaunty.Open up your sources.list file:
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list
add the following line at the bottom of the file:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu jaunty main
Save the file and do a
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Posted in Jaunty, KDE, Syndicated, Ubuntu
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