Sep
19
Support the Ubuntu WiFix project!
September 19, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in News
Some of your fellow Ubuntu users are putting together software to automatically detect and install wireless drivers for a variety of wireless cards and we need your help. If your wireless connection is working, please run the command below and post the result on this thread. Make sure you copy and paste the whole command.
sudo [...]
Sep
19
Ubuntu sources.list generator
September 19, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 2 Comments
Posted in News
Great news! Take a look at this super tool from ubuntu-nl.org:
This is a web application that can create custom sources.list files for various version of Ubuntu. The sources.list file tells the packaging system where it can look for software to install. The generator can add many additional sources, including those for proprietary software. Using this, [...]
Sep
18
How to Install TTF and CTF Fonts in Ubuntu.
September 18, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 4 Comments
Posted in How to...
Did you buy your desktop or laptop with Vista already installed? Do you want to switch to Ubuntu; but don’t want to lose the great looking Vista ClearType fonts (CTF)? If you’ve answered yes, then this “blurb” is for you.
Installing the fonts on your “Ubuntu Powered” system is not that difficult. Note: the following is [...]
Sep
11
Video Surveillance with ZoneMinder on Ubuntu
September 11, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in Applications, Installation, News
Anyone interested in video surveillance… Here’s a great resource to building a VERY high quality surveillance system on an Ubuntu box. I found this a great resource (as one of my business operations is SeeGuard Surveillance Systems Inc. - seeguard.com).
This is a great resource for two reasons.
1) Build surveillance systems without investing [...]
Sep
11
Ubuntu Hardware Compatability List (HCL)
September 11, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 2 Comments
Posted in How to..., Installation
It’s been some time since my last post as I’ve been away and working on other projects.
Since returning, I’ve had a couple friends ask if I could build an Ubuntu based computer for them. One in particular was looking for a higher powered unit.
I’ve always found that Ubuntu installs very well on any system I’ve [...]

