I installed Vuze bit-torrent client and it seems really awesome. It has been written in Java but it is pretty fast and awesome. It has search and many helpful plugins. It has various types of options and configurations and it will sure take me some time to figure out. I installed it from Synaptic Package Manager and got the version 4.3.0.6 (Ubuntu Software Center will do the same). I went to the website and saw that 4.5.0.4 was available already. I downloaded the linux installer (Vuze_Installer.tar.bz2) and unpacked it. I got a directory named “vuze” which contained the files. Then, I just launched terminal and changed the directory to “vuze”, the one that I just extracted.
Then, I just had to copy the files to where they belong. Remember, you must have the version from the package manager installed. Then, I just backed up the original vuze files and then copied the new files over. Continue Reading

Running this commands in the terminal will stop these messages:

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 61E091672E206FF0
gpg --export --armor 61E091672E206FF0 | sudo apt-key add -

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If you add Hardware-sensors applet to avant-window-navigator panel, you will get the following warning if you have not set up hardware sensors and the sensor will not work. It will tell you “NO SENSORS FOUND” and give the warning: Continue Reading

If you have messed up gnome-panel settings or applets, you can simply reset it to default. To do so, just run the following commands from the terminal (Alt+F2->gnome-terminal): Continue Reading

UPDATE: See the comments below for additional help regarding the issue.

I created a bootable USB pen drive with Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Alpha Daily Build on it using Startup Disk Creator (usb-creator-gtk) in Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. This gave the following message during startup: Continue Reading

If you have downloaded an older daily build iso and want to update the iso with new daily build, you can use the zsync utility to get the latest version of daily build without having to download the whole of the new iso.
Install zsync: Continue Reading