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Multi Touch (Touchpad) in Ubuntu 9.10, Synaptics Driver (How-to)

If you have a multi-touch enabled touchpad for your laptop and are using ubuntu, it may not automatically be recognized and enabled.

Posted 09 December 2009 † brett § linux ‡ Comments (3) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,

Fix the Tick Sound in Ubuntu 9.10

Some power settings were changed in Ubuntu / Kubuntu 9.10 that makes the speaker amp turn off when not in use–it then turns on before playing a sound, creating a (rather annoying) ‘tick’ sound.

Posted 04 December 2009 † brett § linux ‡ Comments (2) ° Also tagged: , , , , , ,

Downgrade Grub 2 to Grub Legacy (Ubuntu 9.10)

I have experienced a load of problems with GRUB 2 (betas that are included in Ubuntu 9.10–why did they include a beta, anyway?) so I sought a method to downgrade, or revert to GRUB legacy (ver 0.97).

Posted 23 November 2009 † brett § linux ‡ Comments (34) ° Also tagged: , ,

Fix Ubuntu / Kubuntu 9.10 Screen Brightness Problem

I recently purchased a Lenovo IdeaPad Y450 Laptop, but the screen brightness was not being adjusted when I used the proper key combination (FN+UP/DOWN).

Posted 21 November 2009 † brett § linux ‡ Comments (24) ° Also tagged: , , , , , , , ,

Dropbox on Linux without Gnome (for KDE users)

A quick how-to to get dropbox on your linux distribution without being required to use nautilus (for us KDE users)! Works with dolphin! Credit: antrix.net

Posted 01 November 2009 † brett § how-to ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , , ,
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