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HOWTO: PulseAudio Fixes & System-Wide Equalizer Support - Ubuntu Forums

looks very useful - I look forward to trying it if I come aross glitches in Karmic

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  • The developers have done an excellent job with PulseAudio integration and configuration in this release - enough to make this guide virtually obsolete.
    • I wish I had known about this guide before today. I may not have had so much trouble with silence from Squeak, or volume controls resetting to zero. - on 2009-10-30
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21 Oct 09

BBC Breakfast Talk Up Windows 7 Dismiss Rivals | popey.com blog |Oct 21 2009

Cellan-Jones not up to his usual standards - though this piece is a little too harsh on him.

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  • ‘little community’ building Free Software you say Rory? Dismissive and unnecessarily Patronising
    • I didn't like that bit either - on 2009-10-21
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  • No mention of the pain users will have upgrading
    • yes there is - on 2009-10-21
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30 Apr 09

Linux.com :: Building a highly functional desktop with lightweight software

"an Ubuntu distribution with a fast and easy-to-use desktop, thanks to Fluxbox and a bunch of lightweight applications. There are other software packages you can install instead of the resource-hungry applications you may be used to: Claws as an email client, Abiword to edit and read .DOC files, Gnumeric for spreadsheets, Kazehakase as an even lighter Web browser, and Graveman for burning CDs and DVDs."

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Disable Hibernate and Suspend [Archive] - Ubuntu Forums - 2007

You need to do this each time you upgrade Ubuntu (or update the ACPI package). Hopefully debconf will warn you that it is updating /etc/default/acpi-support.

"editing /etc/default/acpi-support and commenting out the lines for ACPI_SLEEP and ACPI_HIBERNATE"

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25 Apr 09

Make Tech Easier - 9 Things You Need To Do/Install After Installing Ubuntu 9.04

  • UFW is installed by default, but if you need a graphical interface, install GUFW.
    • core security apps - on 2009-04-25
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  • Some common applications in the package include MP3 codec, Adobe Flash player, Java runtime and Microsoft core fonts.



    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
    • the bad stuff - on 2009-04-25
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23 Apr 09

Complete Download Options List | Ubuntu

on release day, an upgrade torrent may be useful

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