Tag: ubuntu
Device Drivers, Part 3: Kernel C Extras in a Linux Driver
This article in the series on Linux device drivers deals with the kernel's message logging, and kernel-specific GCC extensions.
Enthused by how Pugs impressed their...
phpVirtualBox — Accessing VirtualBox from a Browser
This article introduces phpVirtualBox, an open-source, AJAX and PHP-based implementation of the Oracle VirtualBox user interface
Exploring Software: What Makes Netbook Hotkeys Tick!
This article explores the often confusing issues around ACPI handling in Linux, with the particular perspective of getting hotkeys working on netbooks.
One weakness of...
Moodle Helps a Business School Overcome Administrative Challenges
Over the past several years, the Inmantec Business School, Ghaziabad, faced problems related to information flow from departments to students, faculty members, department staff...
Exploring Software: Understanding a Netbook Desktop
Desktop environments are wonderful in the way they just work. The complexity of what is happening "below the hood" is well hidden from us....
Live Life to the Full with Ubuntu 10.10
On October 10, 2010, Canonical released the latest avatar of Ubuntu, 10.10, codenamed "Maverick Meerkat". The desktop version of its last release, Ubuntu 10.04...
A Quick Look at Ubuntu Studio 10.10
Ubuntu has a large and growing variety of flavours. Ubuntu Studio is a useful Ubuntu derivative targeted at multimedia artists. If you're a professional,...
Cut and Play with Pitivi Video Editor
In this article, I talk about editing videos (one of my hobbies) using one of the many open source video editors available -- Pitivi....
Accessing a Home Laptop Remotely from Android
Consider this: You're on vacation in the Maldives, when your office calls, with an urgent request for some files and information. These happen to...
Puppet Data Centre Automation Solution, Part 1: Setting Up Master &...
Managing data centres comprising hundreds of systems is tough. Fortunately, configuration-management systems help bring things under control, by automating common configuration tasks, making systems...
