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EdUbuntu 12.04: Configuring to get work done

Last night we installed the new Ubuntu 12.04 Precise on our HP 6910p business class notebook from a USB memory stick. The installation went about as quick and painless as any we have done. We also installed Blue Fish, FileZilla, Chromium, Compiz configuration manager, and SSH Server, and did some configuring of the Launcher bar. [...]

Heads Up!

android-phone

Pay Attention! This is powerful. You carry your phone with you, use it when you are mobile.

When you get home you drop it into its charging dock and it connects to keyboard and screen — it is now a PC with PC performance, software, and features.

You go to a friend’s house, drop it [...]

How Linux is Made

Gnome 3 Taskbars

The last year has been one of aggravation for us, as we have been using Ubuntu for our teaching lab and of course the Unity thing was shoved down our throats. Now we have a sideways Launcher  we have to hunt down and take pot shots at while it tries to evade our clicks by slipping off the side [...]

Configuring Ubuntu 12.04 Precise (beta) to get work done

In Ubuntu 12.04 Precise (Beta) we installed the basic OS. Now we will configure so we can actually get work done. First we need to know what the root password is so that we can shell to root. Otherwise we are stuck every command typing sudo and our password — which gets old very fast.

Open [...]