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In Ubuntu 9.10, it includes a rotating cosmos background which automatically rotates through a collection of pictures from space. It also includes a number of really nice background. So I thought, wouldn't it be nice to have Ubuntu automatically rotate through all the background images...

Recently, I had to help a missionary in a remote area of Papua New Guinea retrieve data from their failed hard drive. Unfortunately, their backup wasn't so up to date, so they may loose up to a year's worth of culture and language acquisition data.

Ubuntu now can play Midi files directly using the media player, and can even preview MIDIs by hovering the mouse over a MIDI file in Nautilus. This is done implemented using wildmidi.

Now days, you do not need to have Windows in order to make use of your lightScribe disc labeler. LightScribe has released the drivers and software to burn labels for linux.

After having some problems updating to the Release Candidate, I decided to try out Debian. However, since Debian is currently in a freeze which some predict may last until June next year, I decided maybe I'll try that another time and returned to Ubuntu.

I am running a HP Pavilion dv2308tx, with Intel PRO/Wireless 3945ABG wireless card, using the open source iwl3945 driver. After upgrading to Ubuntu Hardy 8.04, I find myself not able to connect to wireless access point. I can see the access points in the Network Manager or by running

Well, I've finally taken the plunge and installed the beta version of Ubuntu Hardy - again just like Fiesty, after installing it I wish I hadn't, there were quite a few problems associated with it... some are solved easily, some still need work... I'm using a HP Pavilion dv2308tx Intel core2duo machine, using the 64bit version of Ubuntu.

Today, I have finally got my S-video to RCA plug to work so I can watch movie from the computer on my television. I have a HP Pavilion dv2308tx laptop, running Ubuntu 7.10 Gutsy.

The easiest way to get the S-video to work is to plug in the S-video cable, then turn on the computer.

If you are using a Chinese session, then you should be able to use SCIM to input Chinese straight out of the box.You can install the Chinese language support by going to System, Administration, Language Support.

I really like the Virtualbox virtual machine. However, there are two issues with it running on Ubuntu Gutsy. Firstly relates to file sharing and the second with USB.