If u have installed Ubuntu over an kubuntu or vice versa , u may switch over gdm to kdm or kdm to gdm .This can be done in simple steps .

Go to terminal

type

sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm

now u can switch over easily .

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Would you like to use Ubuntu Linux programs, but prefer the convenience of Windows 7?  With VMware Player, you can install a full copy of Ubuntu and integrate it with your Windows 7 computer for free.

VMware Player makes it easy to install Ubuntu Linux as a virtual machine in only 5 clicks.  It then offers easy access to Ubuntu programs straight from your desktop with Unity mode.  Here’s how you can set this up on your computer.

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Cpulimit is a simple program that attempts to limit the cpu usage of a process (expressed in percentage, not in cpu time). This is useful to control batch jobs, when you don't want them to eat too much cpu. It does not act on the nice value or other priority stuff, but on the real cpu usage. Besides it is able to adapt itself to the overall system load, dynamically and quickly.

Visit : http://cpulimit.sourceforge.net/

A Twitter phishing attack is spreading rapidly today, attempting to obtain Twitter logins via Direct Messages. If you receive a message reading “lol, is this you”, and linking to a site called “bzpharma”, do not click the link.

Users who do click that link and enter their details are inadvertently letting spammers take over their accounts, which are then used to spam the same Direct Message to all their friends.

Ubuntu’s latest release is here, version 9.10 “Karmic Koala”, and with it a batch of new users. It seems like each new release brings a pool of new adopters, and with it a pool of new questions. With this post I thought I would outline the simple process of adding all of the “extra” goodies to your installation.

Ubuntu Restricted Extras

Many Linux distributions use .RPM files, like Red Hat and Fedora. There is a great program to convert RPM's into DEB's, Alien.

To install Alien, Go to Terminal and type

sudo apt-get install alien

Once installed, you can convert the RPM file like:

sudo alien -k FileName.rpm

To then install the DEB file, you can either double click on it or run the command:

sudo dpkg -i FileName.deb

Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced last week that open source industry veteran Matt Asay has joined the company as chief operating officer (COO) -- responsible for aligning strategic goals and operational activities, the optimization of day-to-day operations, and leadership of Canonical marketing and back-office functions.

After installing Ubuntu , first thing i missed was Daemon tools. so i thought of writing post which can solve this problem . This is the solution to those users like me , who are using many image(*.nrg,*.iso) files .

The package name is AcetoneISO .

We can install it by clicking here

Yesterday i took backup of my  hard disk . So i Thought of writing this as my post .Now we can duplicate the contents of one harddisk to another,Using dd command  Following are the steps .

Open the terminal 

Type

#dd    if =/dev/sda       of =/dev/sdb

SSH Menu is a GNOME panel applet , that helps  you for managing all of your regular SSH connections within a single mouse click. Each menu option will open an SSH session in a new terminal window.

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