Ubuntu 10.04 LTS (Long-term support) is out and trust me its out with a bang. The new OS looks really cool in its new theme or avatar I’ll call is awesome. Lets look at some of the new features and updates. The desktop edition of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS comes with extensive design work, faster boot speed, social network integration, online services and the Ubuntu One Music Store. You can purchase tracks, store in Ubuntu One and share DRM-free music from one location across multiple computers and devices.
Installation

Installation is extremely easy …

The most recent release of the cross-platform-friendly office suite, OpenOffice 3.2 has grown better at handling Microsoft Office’s XML-based file formats. Version 3.2 supports of ODF 1.2 Metadata, support for Opentype/CFF fonts, support for Graphite Smart fonts, XHTML export filter update and support for Quicklook on OS X. OOo 3.2 Calc and Writer both have a reduced ‘cold start’ time by 46% compared to version 3.0 OpenOffice.org 3.2 is available in versions for Windows, 32- and 64-bit Linux, OS X and Solaris, you can grab your copy from OpenOffice …

Ubuntu is most popular Linux distribution for the Desktop/Netbooks, claiming approximately 30% of Linux installations. Recently Canonical released Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala), on 29 October 2009 and is Canonicals eleventh release of the distribution and will be supported until April 2011. The desktop installation of Ubuntu 9.10 includes, among other programs, GIMP 2.6, GNOME 2.28, Mozilla Firefox 3.5, Open Office.org 3.1, Linux 2.6.31, X.Org 7.5 and Empathy Instant Messenger instead of Pidgin. The default file system is ext4. By the following tutorial, you’ll be able to install Ubuntu 9.10 …

Marcan42 developer/hacker through an article on his blog, has revealed a project usbmuxd. This project is likely to be more desired by the Linux community. usbmuxd is basically an iPhone/iTouch usb comm daemon for Linux. usbmuxd stands for "USB multiplexing daemon".  To the user/developer what it actually does is to proxy requests over a USB cable on directly to a listening TCP port on the iPhone. Through the union of software specifically engineered, in fact, everyone can synchronize your Apple software that simulated using various features built into iTunes, currently …

This is a very common issue which Linux users face when they try to install any package from a CD or DVD they always have dependency errors as the package manger only tries to install the package you selected and if there are dependency issue it will not look for the required file either on CD (even if they are presnet in the disc) so to resolve this issue there is a Hack we can make the disc which contains package looks like a online repositry to the package manager. …

What is yum ?
Yum or Yellow dog Update, Modified is a package manager that was developed by Duke University to improve the installation of RPMs. Yum searches numerous repositories for packages and their dependencies so they may be installed together in an effort to alleviate dependency issues. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 uses yum to fetch packages and install RPMs.Yum uses a configuration file at /etc/yum.conf. Also refer yum(8) man page for more information.
There are multiple ways by which you can install a repository on the system and install/update packages …

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 supports the cpu-hotplug mechanism, which allows for CPUs to be dynamically disabled and re-enabled on a system without requiring a system reboot. Note: CPU hot-plugging will only work if physical hotplug is supported by the hardware. A more novel use of CPU-hotplug support is its use in suspend resume support for SMP. Dual-core and HT support makes even a laptop run SMP kernels which didn’t support these methods.
In order to disable a CPU core in a running machine, use the file /sys/devices/system/cpu/cpuX/online.
The following command will disable a CPU:
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Many Linux distributions include Firefox by default, and most have a package management system that lets you easily install Firefox. For those who are eager to run  Firefox 3.5 on their Ubuntu Linux system can follow any of the three methods given below. Please note that installing Firefox 3.5 will overwrite your existing installation of Firefox. You won’t lose any of your bookmarks or browsing history, but some of your extensions and other add-ons might not work until updates for them are made available. …

Amarok is the most popular audio player for Linux based operating systems. Amarok is able to play media files in various formats including but not limited to (depending on the setup) FLAC, Ogg, MP3, AAC, WAV, Windows Media Audio, Apple Lossless, WavPack, TTA and Musepack. Amarok does not play digital music files embedded with DRM. Amarok 2 in Ubuntu 9.04 doesn’t come with mp3 support. In order to play mp3 files with Amarok in Ubuntu 9.04 we need to install the libxine1-ffmpeg package. This package contains plugins for the xine …

After the launch of Moblin 2.0 it has created a great hype around its name. If you haven’t checked Videos of moblin 2.o from Intel check here. Moblin 2.0 marked a shift from the XFCE desktop environment to a custom built UI based on OpenedHand’s Clutter, a key piece of the Maemo and Sugar graphical environments, built around the standard Xorg X-Windows server. The new UI also includes an integrated Gecko engine web browser. Moblin Which is funded by Intel and has more then 50 partner companies has now started showing its presence all across. Mark Shutleworth owner of ubuntu recently informed press that they are working on there own version of …