Archive for the “linux” category

How To Fix Songbird 1.1.2 Crash At Start On Ubuntu 8.10

4Milinda3rd Jun 2009linux, linux tips, ubuntu

When you try to start Songbird(in my case version 1.1.2) on Ubuntu 8.10 and if you have libvsual-0.4-plugins installed in you system it More »

How To Improve Ubuntu Desktop Performance

0Milinda29th Apr 2009linux, linux tips, ubuntu

I think most of us who use Firefox on Linux (in this case Ubuntu) had bad performance experiences when we run it with More »

Quickly Share Your Files Over The Network in Linux

1Milinda27th Mar 2009linux, linux tips

The Python Way Open the Terminal Go to directory you that you want share Then run the command ‘python -m SimpleHTTPServer’ Now you More »

Meld: The Visual Diff Tool for Linux

1Milinda26th Mar 2009linux, programming

These days I am working on WSO2 BPS next release which will based on Apache ODE 2.0. Apache ODE 2.0 will be released More »

Use ‘wicd’ As Your Network Manager To Get Rid Of Network Problems in Ubuntu 8.10

3Milinda7th Jan 2009linux, ubuntu

    Couple of days ago I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my Dell Latitude D830 laptop and network management applet worked well with More »

GCC Compiler Extensions Used in Linux Kernel

0Milinda21st Nov 2008c programming, linux

GCC and Linux are a great pair. Although they are independent pieces of software, Linux is totally dependent on GCC to enable it More »

Linux Directory to an ISO

0Milinda14th Nov 2008linux, linux tips

If you want to backup any of your directories in Linux file system, you can use following command. Replace LABEL and directory to More »

PulseAudio Flooding LAN with Multicast Packets

0Milinda14th Nov 2008linux, linux tips

If you enable Multicast/RTP Sender and set the option ‘send audio from local speakers’ in above PulseAudio configuration window, it will flood the More »

Getting Started with libusb on Ubuntu

5Milinda12th Nov 2008Uncategorized, linux

What is libusb? libusb is a library which user level applications can used to access USB devices without worrying about the underlying operating More »

Linux boots in 2.97 seconds

0Milinda12th Nov 2008linux, news

Japanese embedded Linux house Lineo has announced a quick-start technology that it claims can boot Linux in 2.97 seconds on a low-powered system. More »