For example in Windows XP (and onwards), you can Right Click My PC -> Properties -> Advanced System Settings and disable a whole slew of features that turn off eye candy and make the computer runs blazing fast.
Since I'm running Ubuntu on a Virtual Machine for development purposes I really don't care if my windows have transparency or slide in and out. I just want it to run as fast as possible.
Is this possible in the latest version of Ubuntu?
I used to have a Windows 7 setup on my desktop.
C:\ for system.
D:\ for data.
Now I've decided to install Ubuntu as the main OS:
\ for Ubuntu (80Gb)
swap for swap
D:\ I kept this partition for the data. It still contains my data.
I've opened the file system and noticed that I can access the data on it, I just have to "mount" it? It seems Ubuntu is doing that for me though as I haven't had to configure anything.
Will creating a fixed size Virual Machine disc (VirtualBox) on the mounted (D:\) partition make my virtual machine slower than if it were on a regular ext4 partition?
I'd like Banshee to automatically find and fix the correct song title and artist names and album information for my music from the internet. Is this possible with this software?
Something like, 'find music metadata'.
I just realized I can't unrar .rar files on my Ubuntu machine!
What's the easiest way to accomplish this fundamental task? If possible I'd love something like 7Zip that I can just right Click, and extract and have the program worry about how to do it regardless if it's a .zip, a .rar or a .foo compressed file.
Sometimes my mouse will freeze randomly. The only solution is to reboot the machine entirely.
However sometimes I just don't feel like rebooting and I resort to Ctrl + F, 'word here', ESC and then press enter to navigate websites.
As a better solution, do you know if there is a way to move the mouse pointer with the keyboard? Is this possible?
Thanks.
The intruder started opening windows and in firefox opened the search prompt and start typing in some commands I didn't capture.
Then he opened Google and searched for:
&fs:ik &del ik &svcnost.exe &exit
What is this command?
How did someone get into my machine? In Windows this has never happened and this feels like a huge breach of security of my personal PC.
I've already went ahead and disabled remote desktop, but when it was enabled it clearly mentioned:
So does this mean that ANYBODY could have entered and messed with the machine? I set the option to notify me when someone entered otherwise I wouldn't have been the wiser.
I downloaded VirtualBox OSE from the Ubuntu Software Center but it seems that that version is limited. I prefer to have the complete version and don't really care if it's closed source or not.
Can I install it via a terminal or do I have to download something from a website?
I don't know how to install software I download from the web. So far I've only used the Software Center.
I've used only VMWare on my Windows 7 machine, but I'd like to use something on Ubuntu.
What software would you recommend to create other Linux and Windows virtual machines?
I downloaded and installed Ubuntu from the official site. However, I don't know if I installed the 32-bit or 64-bit version.
In Windows 7 I could right click My Computer and it listed which version it was.
Is there an easy way to check in Ubuntu?
For example, I have a file called HCYD.mp3 on my Music folder.
If I open it in Banshee I see the actual song name, artist, etc.
Is there a way to rename the file (actual file name!) to something like: Frank Sinatra - My Way.mp3
I plugged in my iPhone, and it correctly detected all of my media! :)
I can play songs and browse my files, it Just Works™. Now I'd like to make a copy of all the music on my phone to my hard drive.
How can I do this? I see a Sergio's Phone -> Music (1043) item, and when I click my phone, I see the options to sync.
But wouldn't this delete the information on my phone? How can I just 'fetch' the data to my computer?
What do you suggest? Thanks!