ATI Catalyst for Ubuntu 12.10 - a successful story

If you have a shiny new notebook with ATI hybrid graphic and running Ubuntu 12.10, it is most likely you had trouble with proprietary ATI drivers and you given up and continued with integrated Intel video card while ATI card is still switched on, not used but ... heating your computer. Not any...

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PyQt4 or QtRuby - memory comparison

Well, this is another Python vs Ruby article, hope it is useful. Today I have measured memory consumption of QtRuby against PyQt4. quite similar scripts were used in both tests and the results are here: Python 3.3           - 11,040K  / 19,456K shared memory Python...

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Firefox 16 has security vulnerability, do not install

Firefox 16 appeared in Ubuntu 12.04 repos as an update two days before, and I installed it like usual. Now, Mozilla have withdrawn it because the security vulnerability. The bug allow the attacker to see your browsing history. For now, Firefox 15.0.1 is considered stable and bug free. Ubuntu 12.04...

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Calligra Suite - a different office suite

Calligra Suite is an office suite, part of KDE community software.  It targets mainly Linux and FreeBSD, though some preliminary support for Mac OS X and Windows exists. I have heard about it long time ago and if I recall well, it is supposed to be descendant to the KOffice. I have tested KOffice...

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How to permanently change screen resolution in Ubuntu

Today I tried Kubuntu & Ubuntu 12.10 beta2 in my Virtual Box. Then I went o the friend who has a Mac and I asked him to run Ubuntu on his Mac. Unfortunately he had'nt VirtualBox, but Parallels. When Ubuntu boots it shows that the wrong screen resolution (1920x1080) has been detected, although...

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Kubuntu 12.10 beta2 is out

The Beta2 release of Kubuntu was released yesterday. The iso file is quite large - about 1GB, so you will not be able to burn it to blank CD, instead a blank DVD should be used. My favorite way is to write it out to the USB flash dongle using simple command in konsole: sudo dd if=kubuntu-12.10-beta2-desktop-amd64.iso...

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How to install GDM instead of LightDM in your Ubuntu

If you choose to try Gnome in your Ubuntu, or just find out LightDM is not your favorite, then you can change your login manager. Here is how: in terminal type: sudo apt-get install gdm then type your password and wait for the software being installed. After that, type sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm and...

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