Medibuntu is a packaging project dedicated to distributing software that cannot be included in Ubuntu for various reasons, related to geographical variations in legislation regarding intellectual property, security and other issues
Medibuntu
A repository of packages that cannot be included into the Ubuntu distribution for legal reasons
Website - www.medibuntu.org
How to use
Get the authentication key to verify the packages ( right click & save link as.. )
http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg
Go to System -> Administration -> Software Sources -> Authentication -> Import Key File ( browse & give the location where you downloaded the above key )
Then go to Third-Party Software -> Add ( add the following line )
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ gutsy free non-free
Then click close to reload the repository details
After you can access the packages for installation through System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager
List of packages in the repository - http://www.medibuntu.org/packages.php
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Medibuntu Ubuntu repository
Accessing Linux partitions from Windows
This article explains three ways to access Linux partitions from Windows in dual booting or multi booting machines.
http://www.howtoforge.com/access-linux-partitions-from-windows
History of LINUX
This is a little article wrote by me about the history of LINUX, you can download it in PDF format.
Download
Sunday, January 27, 2008
Microsoft fonts for Fedora/Redhat/Centos
Download Microsoft core fonts RPM that includes fonts in XP/Vista
http://avi.alkalay.net/software/webcore-fonts
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Custom GRUB splash image in Fedora/Redhat/Centos
- Log or Switch in to the root account
- Get an image file to use for the new splash image (can be some wallpaper in jpg, png format)
- Check whether ImageMagick rpm is installed
- If it's not installed you have to install it first
- Then, Assuming the image is in the root's home folder & the image name is "myboot.jpg"
# convert myboot.jpg -resize 640x480! -colors 14 -depth 8 myboot.xpm
# ls
- Now you will be able to see a file call "myboot.xpm"
- Then you have to gzip it.
# ls
- Now you will be able to see a file call "myboot.xpm.gz"
- Then you have to copy it to "/boot/grub" folder
- Then you have to edit "grub.conf" file with your favorite text editor, I'll use "nano" text editor
Edit the following line
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/splash.xpm.gz
to
splashimage=(hd0,0)/grub/myboot.xpm.gz
NOTE- DON'T EDIT ANYOTHER PARAMETER OF THE LINE, ONLY CHANGE THE IMAGE FILE NAME.
save & exit
- Then reboot your system
- Then you'll be able to see the new GRUB spalsh image during the startup.
Monday, January 14, 2008
Sinhala fonts for Ubuntu and Fedora
By default in Fedora Sinhalese is inbuilt, during the Fedora installation you can select it as a additional language but for Ubuntu go to http://sinhala.sourceforge.net and follow the instructions there.
Autoscan network
A cool tool to scan your networks
http://autoscan-network.com
A quick installation guide
http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/linux-windows-nokia-autoscan-network-monitoring-tool.html
Linux Commands list
A great place to find lots of Linux commands
http://www.linuxguide.it/commands_list.php
Wednesday, January 9, 2008
Online IP locator
An online tool to assist Internet users locate the geographical location of an IP Address
http://www.geobytes.com/IpLocator.htm
Tuesday, January 8, 2008
Is Red Hat still relevant
A nice article about RedHat role in the Linux world
http://www.montanalinux.org/redhat-relevent.html
Saturday, January 5, 2008
Hiding the NavBar in blogger.com
The Navbar is the top most section coming when you create your own blog in blogger.com, i simply don't like it, so here is the way to remove it thanks to http://howcanidothat.blogspot.com
http://howcanidothat.blogspot.com/2007/02/hiding-blogger-navbar.html
Welcome
Hi, Welcome to my blog about GNU/LINUX. My favorite distributions are REDHAT & CENTOS for network, FEDORA & UBUNTU for desktops.
