Install The Ubuntu Font in Ubuntu Lucid
Canonical introduced a new default font for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat. In my humble opinion, this new font gives Ubuntu a more polished look. The new font is now available in the repositories for Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx. Read more
Tux Tweaks is Back On Line
Due to a glitch at my hosting provider, tuxtweaks.com was down for several hours today. I didn't discover the problem until I got home from work this evening. A quick call to tech support and they were able to resolve the issue in a manner of minutes. My apologies to anyone that was unable to access my site today. Thanks to Derek and the rest of the team at InMotion Hosting for the quick resolution.
Tether Your Android Phone With Ubuntu
One of the much touted features of Android 2.2 Froyo is the ability to connect the phone to your computer through USB and allow the computer to use your phone's internet connection. This practice it commonly known as tethering.
I'm not sure about other mobile carriers in the US, but Verizon modifies/disables this feature in Android so that you can't use it. Verizon wants you to pay another $29.99 a month to enable this feature. That wouldn't be too much of a big deal if they didn't already require you to already have a $29.99/month unlimited data plan just so you can activate an Android phone on their network. Read more
Fix The GNOME Screenshot Shortcut in Ubuntu 10.10
For years the keyboard shortcuts in the GNOME Desktop Manager have been Print Screen to take a shot of the whole screen and Alt + Print Screen to take a shot of the active window. (See the documentation here.) Something happened in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat that breaks the functionality to take screenshots of the active window. Read more
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