Archive - Aug 2009

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1253252

This guide aims to help those people who are interested in configuring their Ubuntu boxes to login using an account from a Windows Domain. This is particularly important to integrate Ubuntu computers in large Windows networks. I have got this to work using a Windows 2003 Server with an Ubuntu Server 9.04.

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1252275

1 Install Ruby & Subversion

sudo apt-get install subversion ruby libruby rdoc libyaml-ruby libzlib-ruby
sudo apt-get install libopenssl-ruby libdl-ruby libreadline-ruby
sudo apt-get install libiconv-ruby rubygems libgtk2-ruby libglade2-ruby

Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/secure_voip_gnu_sip_witch_an...

For the last few years I had occasionally been working on what is called the GNU Telephony Secure Calling initiative. The GNU Telephony Secure Calling initiative was itself originally formed specifically to make passive voice communication intercept a thing of the past using free software and public standards, and came out of ideas from and work of the New York City civil liberties community and New York Fair Use in the early part of this decade.

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1250496

As I have gone back to using Linux once again I installed Ubuntu 9.04 “Jaunty” on my Acer Aspire One netbook. One thing that I noticed is when typing my thumb or part of my hand would touch the mouse sensor pad and click it. Sending whatever I was typing to another place. The easy fix was to disable clicking via the touch pad but I found that I was too used to it so here is a easy script to fix the problem.

Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/open_letter_michael_dell_why...

Dear Michael,

I have been a fan of yours for many years — since I was a kid in fact! I watched as you created Dell, one of the first (“the” first?) companies that sold computers by mail order. I watched you become wealthy, successful, and then retire, only to come back to Dell to remind its managers what they seemed to have forgotten: listen to your customers. I watched you embrace GNU/Linux; I remember thinking: I wonder if people realise what this will actually mean. I am sure he does.

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1246688

This is my first attempt at a tutorial so bare with me. I've found most of this information throughout the forums, but it seems to be incomplete and difficult to find so I'm attempting to just get it all in one place. This tutorial is designed to cover a complete installation of the Brother Printer/Scanner Model MFC-420cn specifically, although I think it applies to all brother mfc models with a few variations. I haven't confirmed that this works on hardy or older, so if anyone has any input on those versions, I would appreciate it.

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1247022

This simple script will add the flash plugin to Chrome.

Please make sure that google chrome is updated as only the newer versions support plugins.

Source: http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/columns/durian_coming_blenders_third...

Blender third open movie project, code-named “Durian” is ramping up to production, and time is running out for the pre-sale campaign if you want to get your spot in the credits. This time the project is focusing on an adolescent audience with an epic-fantasy setting and a female protagonist (my son aptly dubbed this the “Chicks in Chainmail” genre). The only art yet available from Durian itself is the series of banner ads (by concept artist, David Revoy), but an impressive creative team has already been announced.

Source: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1241830