November, 2009 Archives

What’s new in Ubuntu 10.04 Ubuntu Lucid Lynx – Download Daily Build

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November 29th, 2009 Permalink

Ubuntu 10.04 daily build is now available for download at the Ubuntu Website. Here you go: http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/ UPDATE: Beta 1 is available here However, if you are using Karmic already, don’t expect anything changed soon. It is almost like Karmic at the time of this posting. Changes will start to appear later. UPDATE Feb, 2010: [...]

Ubuntu 10.04 daily build is now available for download at the Ubuntu Website. Here you go:
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/daily-live/current/
UPDATE: Beta 1 is available here

However, if you are using Karmic already, don’t expect anything changed soon. It is almost like Karmic at the time of this posting. Changes will start to appear later.
UPDATE Feb, 2010: Alpha 3 brings theme changes.
UPDATE: Beta 1 brings other signification changes.

Having said that, they have plans to bring about following changes with Lucid Lynx: Continue Reading

[HOWTO] Facebook. Hack Challenge Click (mychallengeclick) , Impossible Click Final (o_myclick) and other such games

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November 21st, 2009 Permalink

I use Facebook a lot and recently I came across a few games that use Javascript and are Click Challenges. They are Challenge Click (mychallengeclick) , Impossible Click Final (o_myclick). They can simply be tricked by modifying JavaScripts using Firebug. So here is what you need: Firefox Firebug Plugin for Firefox I am using Firefox [...]

I use Facebook a lot and recently I came across a few games that use Javascript and are Click Challenges. They are Challenge Click (mychallengeclick) , Impossible Click Final (o_myclick). They can simply be tricked by modifying JavaScripts using Firebug. So here is what you need:
Firefox
Firebug Plugin for Firefox
I am using Firefox 3.5.5 and Firebug 1.4.5 but other versions should work just fine. Continue Reading

[SOLVED] DSL PPPoE not able to Connect in Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

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November 8th, 2009 Permalink

I used to connect to PPPoE connections in Kubuntu with knet. Recently, I moved to Ubuntu to find out that Network Manager was unable to connect to DSL. However, it can be achieved using pppoeconf or knet, I wanted to use Network Manager. I figured out that it was a problem with the final release [...]

I used to connect to PPPoE connections in Kubuntu with knet. Recently, I moved to Ubuntu to find out that Network Manager was unable to connect to DSL. However, it can be achieved using pppoeconf or knet, I wanted to use Network Manager. I figured out that it was a problem with the final release itself when I visited the forums (I had installed Ubuntu Karmic Koala Alpha 4 and then upgraded as new packages came in).

The newer version of Network Manager did not have this problem but it is still not available on the main repos at the time of writing this post. There is a ppa however, which helped me. It contained updated version of the package which is https://launchpad.net/~network-manager/+archive/trunk. Continue Reading

[HOWTO] Upload Multiple Photos to Facebook using F-spot Photo Manager from Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

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November 1st, 2009 Permalink

A few days ago, I had written a blog post about uploading multiple photos to your Facebook account using Windows Version of Google Picasa using Wine. The same can be achieved with F-spot, a great photo manager for Linux.

A few days ago, I had written a blog post about uploading multiple photos to your Facebook account using Windows Version of Google Picasa using Wine. The same can be achieved with F-spot, a great photo manager for Linux. Continue Reading

[SOLVED] Problem Playing Media on Firefox on Ubuntu Linux

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November 1st, 2009 Permalink

I am using Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala on my Desktop with Firefox 3.5 as my primary browser. Recently I was facing problems playing online media (streaming mp3s, non-flash) including FM from my own page on Firefox.

I am using Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala on my Desktop with Firefox 3.5 as my primary browser. Recently I was facing problems playing online media (streaming mp3s, non-flash) including FM from my own page on Firefox. Continue Reading