I was trying to run Oracle Virtualbox in my Debian testing installation in which I have just installed Ubuntu Natty Kernel from Ubuntu repositories. I got an error followed by a dialog prompting me to run:
/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
as root.

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I am building a Java Applet which needs to connect to foreign host to operate. I created it and it runs good on OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.8pre) installed on my Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Beta. But it does not run with Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.6.0_18 on Windows. I don’t know if it also does not work with Sun JRE in Linux. Also, as far as I know, OpenJDK/OpenJRE for Windows does not exist.

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I am using Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx Alpha. I have a dsl connection (WiZoom, Wireless via ubnt but wired to my PC) from Worldlink Pvt. Ltd., Nepal. I need to connect via pppoe. I occasionally keep my PC to download overnight while I sleep or even when I am away. It works well with torrents (with deluge as my torrent client, I haven’t used transmission torrent client much) but sometimes it disconnects from the internet. So, I had to configure it to auto re-connect on disconnect. It should also connect on logon. Since network manager does not meet my requirements, Continue Reading

OpenShot is one of the best non-linear video editors coming up for Linux. You can install development version of OpenShot by adding ppa:openshot.developers/ppa to Synaptic>Settings>Repositories>Other Software>Add. Then, it can simply be installed from Synaptic Package Manager.

Docky is a great dock for Linux and is based on Gnome-do.

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As you know, Linuxmint is based on Ubuntu. So I thought, it might be possible to take Ubuntu as a base and turn it to Linuxmint with available Linuxmint software. Thats what I did.

I used Ubuntu Karmic Koala and turned it into Linuxmint Helena. You might use other Ubuntu base and turn it to respective Linuxmint distro, but you may need to follow different (yet similar) steps. Here is how I did it. Continue Reading

I want to build my college project on J2ME platform. I use Ubuntu and want to use NetBeans as my IDE.

I just installed netbeans, Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC and Mobility pack for netbeans. Here is how I did it. Continue Reading

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

Here is how I installed Linux Mint Menu in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope. I downloaded the following packages from the Linux Mint Repo which can be found here:
mintinstall
mint-info
mintsystem
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If you are outside of the country or somewhere where you cannot listen to these FMs or simply want to waste your bandwidth, you can listen to them online, LIVE.

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