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Ubuntu 10.04 Released LTS and ready for download

Ubuntu Desktop 10.04 LTS will feature extensive design work, faster boot speed, social network integration, online services and the Ubuntu One Music Store.
There will also be a Ubuntu 10.04 Netbook Edition, which enables netbook users, in addition to benefiting from the improvements in the Desktop Edition, see even faster boot …

Upgrade to ubuntu 10.04 beta1

Instead of downloading the CD image for Lucid Lynx, you can upgrade via the update manager.
Here is how to upgrade to the new version of an Ubuntu
Caution:  Beta releases may not work properly, so do this with caution!
1. Hit Alt-F2 to bring up a command line.
2. Check the ‘Run in …

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Lucid lynx

Ubuntu 10.04 lucid lynx release the official Beta 1 Release was announced this week on March 18th, 2010. the overall look and feel of the GUI was changed to a new color scheme and style also known as “slick”, to resemble the beauty and elegance of the desktop, but also …

Installing firefox 3.6 on ubuntu

upgrade to the latest Firefox 3.5, featuring improved security, stability, personalization

1.You need to below lines to sources.list file,to do this run below command on terminal
$sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
2.Add below scoure links
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
3.Save and close file.
4.Now you need to add trusted key for this repository,by running below …

Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) and available for download

Ubuntu community has been graphically the richest distro in the entire Linux community.After six alphas, a beta version and a release candidate, we are pleased to announce that Ubuntu 9.10 is available for download.9.10 offers a new look as well as a whole range of new technical features.

better integration with …

man page in color text with most

most – browse or page through a text file
most  is  a  paging program that displays, one windowful at a time, the
contents of a file on a terminal.
most  is  a  paging program that displays, one windowful at a time, the contents of a file on a terminal.
if you want to display …

installing IntelliJ IDEA on ubuntu

To Install IntelliJ IDEA 8.1 on ubuntu
Following are the steps :
1.first you need install java for you need to run below command on terminal.
admin@smartproteam~$ sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jdk
2.Now you need to download IntelliJ IDEA from below source
click here to download
3.Unpack the idea-8.1.3.tar.gz with tar …

unable to delete trash file from trash in ubuntu

if you can’t  delete a file from trash here is the solution.
run the command on terminal :
admin@smartproteam$ nautilus /home/smartproteam/.local/share/Trash/files/
nautilus windows opens like below

Now select the file and delete.

About Ubuntu 10.04

Next release of Ubuntu LTS will be The Lucid Lynx and its going to release in April 2010.Ubuntu 10.04 Lts target for 10 second booting with Lucid.

click here for info

Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Alpha 6

ubuntu 9.10 alpha 6 as noUsplash for making a faster startup.application is now present and it is available under the System menu.AppArmor has also been greatly improved and new profiles are available

Highlights :

KDE 4.3.1
Linux kernel 2.6.31
Konqueror Web Browser
Amarok 2.1.80
KPackageKit 0.4.2
Userconfig 0.9
QtCurve 0.68.0
kcm-gtk 0.5.2
OpenOffice …