Asking questions

Recently I have ran into a problem, its starting to happen more and more. The problem is people asking a question and not accepting the answer because they think the answer is more difficult than it actually is. They ask a question thats simple but they google the answer become misinformed and think the answer [...]

Gnome 3.0

I recently heard that gnome are informally planing the 3.0 release. Before I start I just want to say I love gnome. KDE is nice but gnome is just stable and very easy to use.
My ideas are:
1. Making a gnome media player like ITunes or windows media player. I know that totem satisfies this slightly [...]

No mobile broadband section on ubuntu help site

I was complaining to the mobile companies in Ireland that supply mobile broadband and I googled mobile broadband ubuntu and didnt get a section on ubuntu help. Since it works out of the box and is quite a great feature I was quite surprised by it.
I think we need a section to show just how [...]

Indicator-applet in Ubuntu 9.04

A new thing I have just found on ubuntu 9.04 which is out in 17 days is the indicator applet. It simply works with pidgin and evolution and tells you whats going on. New emails, friends signing in on pidgin etc. It works very nicely with notify-osd the new notification system in ubuntu.
If you want [...]

Why doesn't compiz like my computer

I recently got a new computer. Its nice a lot better than my old one. The problem is I have a nvidia graphics card. I have ubuntu 9.04. Im a fan of compiz it adds something flashy to the relatively unflashy world of gnu/linux.
My problem is I cant enable compiz, Even with the new relatively [...]