Category Archives: Gnome

Turning Wireless on Causes Laptop to Freeze on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal? My Work Around

Posted on April 30, 2011 by bigbrovar

It all started.. …after I installed Kubuntu 11.04 beta, everything was going smooth, wireless worked out of the box, (unlike 10.10 where I had to install some freedom hating broadcom driver) I had the awesome kde 4.6.2, seating on top … ...

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Enable MultiTouch Support for Clickpad On Ubuntu 10.10

Posted on January 12, 2011 by bigbrovar

NB if you are on U|K|Xubuntu 11.04 there is a better workaround were both right / middle click and multitouch works and works way better than this. Although I don’t know if same would work on Ubuntu 10.10. One thing … Continue reading &r...

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The Coolest Mobile Media Converter

Posted on December 24, 2010 by bigbrovar

About 3 years ago when I started my Linux adventure one of the challenges I initially had was finding an easy way to convert videos to formats I could play on my mobile phone.  I remembered having to search through the … Continue reading &ra...

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How to Enable Right | Middle Click On Clickpads – Ubuntu 10.10

Posted on October 10, 2010 by bigbrovar

Update: There is a Post on how to enable Multitouch support using a patch not supported with this work around, you might want to take a look first. I got my self a new laptop recently. The old one was … Continue reading →...

Posted in Gnome, Guides, KDE, kubuntu, Linux Admin, Ubuntu | Tagged , , , | 43 Comments