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The Best Ubuntu Linux Repository List

August 1, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 14 Comments
Posted in How to..., Installation

If, like me, you enjoy tweaking and playing with your Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty) installation then check out the download (zipped text file). It contains pretty much all the software repositories for Ubuntu Feisty (7.04) that are available to enhance the “apt-get install” command. Obviously, if you plan on continuing to upgrade your distribution as new [...]

Jul

28

Speed Up Web Browsing by Caching DNS to Your Hard Drive in Ubuntu.

July 28, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 19 Comments
Posted in How to...

I was sent a web link today that contained a great article about how to speed up web browsing by locally caching DNS name resolution results using dnsmasq. That article is great and it is here: Local DNS Cache for Faster Browsing. I like it because it is equally simple to do and works, but [...]

Jul

26

Surf the Web Faster by Disabling IPV6 in Ubuntu Linux

July 26, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in How to...

IPV6 is an Internet protocol. Currently most applications use IPV4 and this can cause conflicts which slow down your system.
Complete the following to disable it.
 
sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/bad_list
and type this in:
alias net-pf-10 off
Then save the file.

This work by James House is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 United States License.

Jul

21

Speed Up Your Internet Connection in Ubuntu Linux – Part 1

July 21, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 10 Comments
Posted in How to...

After you’ve installed Ubuntu, you may want to tweak your system further, such as improving how Ubuntu connects to the Internet, and therefore speed up your web surfing.
To accomplish this, we’re going to configure IPv6 and the TCP Window Size. Please remember to back up any critical files or data you may need as well [...]

Jul

19

Using Your Windows Key Just Like the Start Menu in Ubuntu.

July 19, 2007 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in How to...

Now that you’ve installed Ubuntu, what can you do with your old Windows Start Menu key? Use it for the same thing of course!
Here’s a cool trick!
As you can see, Ubuntu has a drop down menu starting from the toolbar at the top of the screen, so… if your desktop used Gnome (which it [...]

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