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How to install Google Chrome on Fedora 16

posted on November 9, 2011 in fedora, HowTo, Linux with 0 Comments

Fedora 16 just came out and here’s how to get Google Chrome on it. Start by creating a repository file for Google called google.repo and place it in /etc/yum.repos.d/ . sudo vim /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo Add the lines below into the repository file. google.repo [google-chrome] name=google-chrome – 64-bit baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub Update yum, sudo yum update [...]

Ubuntu 11.04 blank screen on boot. SOLVED

posted on May 25, 2011 in HowTo, Ubuntu with 25 Comments

Try these steps if you are experiencing a blank screen during boot or install of Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. 1. LiveCD boots into a blank screen. When you see the boot menu when you boot LiveCD, hit F6 and select the “nomodeset” option. 2. Boots into a blank screen after install. Reboot and keep your finger on the “SHIFT” key till [...]

Restart network service in Ubuntu

posted on February 21, 2011 in HowTo, Ubuntu with 0 Comments

Here’s how to restart the network service on Ubuntu without restarting the OS :~$ sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart

Adobe Flash Player 10.2 released

posted on February 11, 2011 in Tech, Ubuntu with 0 Comments

Adobe Flash Player 10.2 has been released and comes with some spanking new features. It now supports Stage Videos which allows Flash to utilize your machines’s hardware acceleration features thus greatly improving performance. 10.2 also introduces support for multiple monitors. No more headaches when trying to multi-task while watching a video, this is when you [...]

How to reset your Gnome desktop

posted on December 19, 2010 in HowTo, Linux with 0 Comments

So you messed up the Gnome desktop and don’t know how to restore it back to it’s default settings. Here’s how with no risks. 1. Log out and then hit “Ctrl + ALT + F1″ to opening up a terminal. 2. Delete the following directories. .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd .metacity Or run the this command. [...]

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