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80Ubuntu, CPU Scaling, Battery life and You
CPU Scaling is a feature built into most modern (mobile) CPUs that allows them to scale up or down in how fast they run and how much energy they suck down based on demand. If you have a fairly modern mobile...
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68How to turn on Compiz Fusion and get great custom effects in Ubuntu’s Gutsy Gibbon
So you want to get extra cool effects using Compiz Fusion as it’s built into your new Ubuntu 7.10 install but you’re unsure how to get more than a few wobbly windows or how to even turn on wobbly windows?...
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72ArsGeek's guide to Ubuntu and UUIDs
Have a burning urge to discover the UUID’s of your disk partitions? Run Ubuntu or some other Debian based distro like maybe Debian? Well have I got the article for you friend! Here it is, two easy steps to...
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70How to enable CD ripping and mp3 encoding with Sound Juicer in Ubuntu 7.10
I’ve been using Sound Juicer in previous Ubuntu releases to rip my CD’s and encode them as CD quality mp3’s for a while now so I can retain my one legal backup copy of them. When I did a fresh install of...
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65How to turn off the annoying system beep in linux (Debian/Ubuntu)
If you’re like me, you start getting real annoyed, real fast at the system beep that insists on beeping far to often. This system beep emits not from your laptop speakers, but from that deep, dank recesses...
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59How to install Nvidia drivers in Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy)
You’ve got yourself a nice Ubuntu 7.10 install on a computer that has a similarly nice Nvidia based graphics card and you’re wondering - how do I use it? Wonder no more, here’s a fairly simple, fairly...
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66Ubuntu flash sound problem fix for 7.10
When I first updated to Gutsy, everything was working like a charm. Then one day flash videos no longer played with sound. I cast about for a bit trying to figure out what exactly happened. Finally I...
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47How the X-prize will save humanity
Does that seem a little pretentious? Perhaps it does but I ask you to indulge me for a 900 words or so and we’ll see where all of this is going. The new X Prize was announced by the X Prize Foundation and...
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56The future of your interaction with computers
Once again, we’re going to peel back the layers of time and peer into the murky and slightly onion scented future. Where are we going with all of this computer stuff? Where’s the pretty? and will we ever...
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48Life in other places - how would the discovery of extra-solar intelligence affect us?
Unless you’ve been hidden under a rock or sequestered in an outpatient lead chelation clinic (what can I say, I like the taste) you’ve heard that there are other planets out there that may harbor the...
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