Rebel Zero

I keep forgetting exactly how to do this without searching for it, so what better than to post it here for myself and others? I enjoy installing games that are either not in the official Ubuntu repositories or are newer versions than what is available. After downloading and extracting, I move them to /opt and [...]

Here’s a small introduction to using aliases on the command line to shorten commands.

Quick and easy guide to upgrading your OpenOffice.org to 3.1 on Ubuntu Hardy, Intrepid, or Jaunty using the Scribblers PPA.

You can upgrade Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid Ibex’s vlc package from 0.9.4 to 0.9.8a with a few easy steps.

Here’s how we add items to Ubuntu’s main menu.

Huh!? luke@digglers is what you really picked for a hostname? You really wanted luke@skywalkers and this is how you change it.

TualatriX keeps improving Ubuntu Tweak with each new release. For version 0.4.4, the theme is definitely the number four with four areas of improvement.

Forcing Grub to show the boot menu and wait for you to choose which option to use is very simple.