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On January 27th, AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) announced a brand-new version of its versatile ATI Catalyst proprietary Display Driver for Linux users.
ATI Catalyst 10.1 updates the software to version 8.69 and it introduces production support for the Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) operating system from Canonical. Available for both x86 and x86_64 architectures, ATI [...]

If you migrated from Windows to Ubuntu you might be missing the Windows key on your keyboard. In Windows OS if you press the Windows key the Start menu opens up but not in Ubuntu. Here’s an easy way to open up the Applications menu under Ubuntu with a press of the Windows key.
First of [...]

We all know that Ubuntu users use a lot of terminals. I know I was using about 5 terminals at one time and it really was a fuss finding the one I needed next.
With Terminator you now can run multiple terminals in 1 window. To install Terminator open up a terminal and run the following [...]

GShutdown is a tool for Ubuntu which performs and schedules system shutdown, logout and restart. To install it open up a terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install gshutdown
After installation you can find GShutdown under Applications -> Accessories.
And here it is:

As you can see it’s really simple to use. Just enter the time [...]

qOrganizer is a general tool that provides organizing utilities such as a calendar, reminders, journal/notes, to-do list, etc. No doubt that it’s a very useful tool for students and professionals who have to manage their timetables and schedules. It bundles several small tools together into one package and you don’t need to install [...]

This is the easiest way to download youtube videos to your personal computer if you’re using Ubuntu. All you have to do is to install YouTube-Dl. It downloads YouTube videos from the command line and works on Linux, and Mac OS.
To install YouTube-Dl open a terminal and run the following command:
sudo apt-get install youtube-dl
To download [...]

If you’re an Ubuntu user and you have your own blog then you might find this really interesting and useful. Everybody likes posting images to their blog, right ? But what if you have a bunch of photos and you need to rename (for search engines) and resize (to fit your blog layout) them [...]

Let’s start with a really simple to find Ubuntu hidden Easter Egg. All you have to do is to open a Terminal and type:
apt-get moo
The result:

And now here’s a funny one. You have to type the commands below one by one:

aptitude moo
aptitude -v moo
aptitude -v -v moo
aptitude -v -v -v moo
aptitude -v -v -v -v [...]

Everybody likes Google Chrome, right ? Well, now you can have Chromium on Ubuntu as well.
But first, let’s clarify something: Chromium is an open source browser project. Google Chrome is a browser from Google, based on the Chromium project. Right now Google’s browser is only available on Windows.
I know I installed Windows on my [...]

I bet you’ve seen this a lot on Microsoft CD’s ( 95, 98, XP, 2000, Vista, Office etc. ) but you haven’t seen it yet on Ubuntu CD’s. Well … here it is.
Don’t worry … this is just a joke. But you can still print it, stick it on your laptop, server, computer, toaster, [...]