Fix for Sendmail Boot Error in Ubuntu

Sendmail is a Mail Transfer Agent, which is the program that moves mail from one machine to another. Sendmail implements a general internetwork mail routing facility, featuring aliasing and forwarding, automatic routing to network gateways, and flexible configuration.

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Workaround for Feisty screensaver bug

When I watch videos in full screen, I usually stop using the mouse. When I do this, I find that the screen blanks after just about exactly 20 minutes.

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How to install Vmware server From Canonical commercial repository in Ubuntu Feisty

VMware Server is a free virtualization product for Windows and Linux servers with enterprise-class support and VirtualCenter management. VMware Server is a robust yet easy to use server virtualization product and is based on proven virtualization technology, which has been used by thousands of customers for more than six years

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How to empty root trash

How to empty root trash

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Ubuntu Studio Screenshots Tour

Ubuntu Studio is a multimedia editing/creation flavour of Ubuntu. It’s built for the GNU/Linux audio, video, and graphic enthusiast or professional.Ubuntu Studio is an unofficial derivative of the Ubuntu open source operating system, based on Ubuntu, which is explicitly geared to general multimedia production.

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Ubuntu Gutsy Feature Plan

Now that the set of feature goals planned for Ubuntu 7.10 ("Gutsy Gibbon") has been largely finalised, it seems like an appropriate point to announce the plan to the world.

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Ubuntu Validates as Genuine Microsoft Software

An Ubuntu user manages to download Windows Defender and other software using IE4Linux and WINE.

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Pocket PC + Ubuntu = True Love

The biggest vendor lock I am experiencing is that of Pocket PC (can't do without it) + Windows. This article explains how to get Pocket PC and Ubuntu to play nice... albeit with some annoyances.

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Vote for Dell to run a commercial for their Ubuntu Linux PCs

Now that Dell is selling the Linux PCs, they really need to advertise them and show off the best features. The general public needs to see how cool Linux has become with Beryl/Compiz desktop effects, OpenOffice, and the lack of viruses. Especially the burning windows and the cube.

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Howto Install E17 Enlightenment Desktop in Ubuntu

Enlightenment, commonly referred to as e, is a open source software X window manager primarily for Unix-like computers. Enlightenment focuses on pushing the limits of existing technologies while remaining lightweight, flexible, and beautiful. The project has a long history; the current stable version is e DR (development release) 16, and the unstable developer version is e DR17

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How to install Adobe PDF Reader with Plug-in for Mozilla Firefox in Feisty Fawn

Adobe Acrobat was the first software to support Adobe Systems’ Portable Document Format (PDF). It is a family of software, some commercial and some free of charge. The Adobe Acrobat Reader program (now just called Adobe Reader) is available as a no-charge download from Adobe’s web site, and allows the viewing and printing of PDF files. It is a major component of the Adobe Engagement Platform, and is widely used as a way to present information with a fixed layout similar to a paper publication.

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Enable Moodbar in Amarok Music Player

Amarok is a sound system-independent audio-player for *nix systems. Its interface uses a powerful “browser” metaphor that allows you to create playlists that make the most of your music collection.

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SMPlayer - Nice Frontend for MPlayer

MPlayer is a movie and animation player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4,DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2. It has many MX/SSE(2)/3Dnow(Ex) optimized native audio and video codecs, but allows using XAnim’s and RealPlayer’s binary codec plugins, and Win32 codec DLLs. It has basic VCD/DVD playback functionality, including DVD subtitles, but supports many text-based subtitle formats too. For video output, nearly every existing interface is supported. It’s also able to convert any supported files to raw/divx/mpeg4 AVI (pcm/mp3 audio), and even video grabbing from V4L devices.

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How to install Flock Web Browser in Ubuntu

Flock is an amazing new web browser that makes it easier to share media and connect to other people online. Share photos, automatically stay up-to-date with new content from your favourite sites, and search the Web with the most advanced Search Toolbar available today.

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Bpalogin - Login client for the Telstra Bigpond Cable Network

bpalogin is an open source login client for the Telstra Bigpond Cable Network in Australia. It is neither written nor supported by Telstra or Bigpond. It is both simple to use and stable. Unlike the standard client it does not crash, reconnects when there is a network problem, is available for most operating systems, can run as a service on WinNT/2k and comes with source.

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Import Thunderbird Email Into Evolution

This Tutorial will explain how you can import mails from Thunderbird to Evolution. Changing email clients can be a risky task, as you usually want to keep your old email just in case you need to refer back to it. This can usually be easily done by using the Export function from the client you want to move from, and finally import to your new client using the Import function.

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Apache Log file analyzer Using Awstats in Debian

AWStats is a free powerful and featureful tool that generates advanced web, streaming, ftp or mail server statistics, graphically. This log analyzer works as a CGI or from command line and shows you all possible information your log contains, in few graphical web pages. It uses a partial information file to be able to process large log files, often and quickly. It can analyze log files from all major server tools like Apache log files (NCSA combined/XLF/ELF log format or common/CLF log format), WebStar, IIS (W3C log format) and a lot of other web, proxy, wap, streaming servers, mail servers and some ftp servers.

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Switching to Ubuntu Linux: Download Squad Switcher Podcast #1

Podcast of Grant Robertson and Alex Hung, two guys with a boatload of Windows and Mac experience, who have been trying out Ubuntu Linux. We hope to offer you a little insight and advice. But mostly, we hope that you can learn from our mistakes.

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Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy Gibbon Alpha 1

Looks like the upcoming verison of Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon has reached Alpha 1, the wiki page contains information and also download links for people to try out.

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Ubuntu - Issue #1 Full Circle Magazine Released

The people at Full Circle Magazine (on digg a bit earlier, too) have released Issue 1 of Full Circle Magazine, an Ubuntu e-magazine. Take a look!

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Ubuntu Web Edition - Wubuntu!

Ubuntu Web Edition - Wubuntu!

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Filesystem Encryption Tools for Linux

Crypto filesystems keep your data safe – even if someone steals your computer.Linux offers a number of encrypted filesystem options – each with a different approach to the encryption problem.Encrypted filesystems may be overkill for family photos or your résumé, but they make sense for network-accessible servers that hold sensitive business documents, databases that contain credit-card information, offline backups, and laptops.

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Howto Install Feisty & Beryl On Dell Inspiron 6400, ATI x1400, Dell 1390 WiFi

This is simple guide Howto install Feisty & Beryl On Dell Inspiron 6400, ATI x1400, Dell 1390 WiFi

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How to Fix Slow Fesity Boot For Laptops

Feisty has a terrible boot time on laptops compared to server (roughly 3x as long) even though it is a faster computer. You can speedup your boot time from over a minute to roughly 30 seconds by doing the following

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Azureus - Java BitTorrent Client in Ubuntu

Azureus implements the BitTorrent protocol using java language and comes bundled with many invaluable features for both beginners and advanced users.Azureus offers multiple torrent downloads, queuing/priority systems (on torrents and files), start/stop seeding options and instant access to numerous pieces of information about your torrents. Azureus now features an embedded tracker easily set up and ready to use.

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Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) LAMP Server Setup

Automatic LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) In about 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Feisty Server Edition, you can have a LAMP server up and ready to go. This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at the time of installation.

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Audio Preview in Nautilus

Using this trick, music can be played if the cursor is brought over a music file in Nautilus File Manager.

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Fixing a scanner broken by the Feisty upgrade

If you have been using a USB scanner and upgrade from Edgy to Feisty, you may find that your scanner no longer works.

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Howto Install Pidgin 2.0.0 on Ubuntu Feisty with Plugin Pack

Pidgin is a graphical IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. It uses GTK+. It was formerly called Gaim.

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Free Ubuntu Linux E-Books

If you are ubuntu user and if you are looking for some ubuntu related books for free check this

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FoF in Debian!

Frets on Fire is, according to the Wikipedia, a music video game, a clone of the Guitar Hero video games, in which the player emulates playing a guitar with the keyboard of their computer.

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Aggregate Free Wi-Fi using Debian

A new device dubbed the Slurpr proposes to aggregate bandwidth from up to six Wi-Fi networks into a single, very wide pipe, based on Debian

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Dell + Linux + Wal-Mart

Lots of news from Dell about Linux lately. A few weeks ago, Dell said they planned to preload Ubuntu Linux version 7.04 on three new PCs, two desktops and a laptop. Desktops were expected, but the laptop was a nice touch. So many laptop parts are customized many Linux distributions have trouble running on them.

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