Aug
15
The Simple Way to Get 5.1 Surround Sound Audio Working in Ubuntu
August 15, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 19 Comments
Posted in How to..., Installation
I recently upgraded the audio card on my Ubuntu (7.10) system, which was an “issue” simply because I created it (instead of looking at the issue and jumping to conclusions instead of analyzing possible causes). Suffice it to say, a word to the wise… If your motherboard comes with a soundcard embedded and you want [...]
Aug
15
Ubuntu Users Around the World
August 15, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in News
Aug
11
30 Dollars, 30 Minutes, 1 Nice Fileserver
August 11, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 26 Comments
Posted in How to..., Installation, Linux Projects - Hands On
When I’m working, I like to listen to music (which I stream over the local network). I also often download ISO images of Ubuntu CD’s, Ultimate Boot CD, etc. The problem comes when I have to power down my main computer. If I have an ISO downloading from Ubuntu or somewhere else, I cannot power [...]
Aug
11
Simple apt-get to Keep Your Ubuntu System Clean.
August 11, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in How to...
I received a couple questions this morning about “apt-get” and thought they were good in the sense that the answer helped to alleviate a couple of my personal annoyances. What are these annoyances? Well…
When I use “apt-get remove” the package is removed, but all the associated extra libraries (dependencies) are not. Additionally if I [...]
Aug
10
Easy PDF Creation in Ubuntu Linux.
August 10, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in How to...
When I was still a Windows user. I found it easy to create PDF documents through the use of software such as Adobe Distiller, Cute PDF Writer and so on…
After switching to Ubuntu, I was a little unsure how to do this until I installed OpenOffice which made PDF creation simple by using the file [...]

