Blogs - BoiseUbuntu

How to Sync Blackberry with Evolution.

Great news if you own a Blackberry. I have finally figured out how to set up your Blackberry to sync with Ubuntu. Here are the following step by step instructions: Setting up an account with Scheduleworld. Step 1. go to http://www.scheduleworld.com/tg/signupHome.jsp and sign up for a free account with ScheduleWorld. Step 2. Next, go to your Blackberry's browser and go to this address: http://my.funambol.com/bb/plugin.jad, and download the Funambol Blackberry PIM Plugin. Step 3. Once downloa… Continue

Added by Roger Goerrich on November 13, 2008 at 10:00pm — No Comments

Run your virtual OS directly from GDM

If you regularly run a couple of OS from your VirtualBox and want to login to those OS directly from GDM session, here is a quick way to do it. For this to work you should have already set up your VirtualBox. Here we won’t be talking about how to setup VirtualBox but only how to login to a virtual OS from GDM session. 1. Create a bash script with the following contents #!/bin/bash VirtualBox -startvm NameOfYourVirtualOS Replace NameOfYourVirtualOS with the name that you have give… Continue

Added by Ashok Gelal on October 18, 2008 at 11:15am — 2 Comments

Tweet your ‘apt-get’! Let Twitter keep track of whatever you install in Ubuntu

Hey folks! Time for another scripting fest. This time it is lot more useful than something like BSU search plugin. Three sleepless nights and then the outcome is 'tapt', apt that tweets. This script tweets all your 'apt-get' activities to your Twitter account. It can also do some activities which apt-get can't do such as multi-operations with a single command for example installing one application, removing… Continue

Added by Ashok Gelal on October 5, 2008 at 2:01pm — No Comments

Taking out the trash

In the course of handling my EePC installation I create a bootable USB drive from whatever .iso I am attempting to complete the installation with. When I create this bootable drive it usually leaves my system with read-only files which I sometimes move to my trash folder. What this does, it leave root-level permission files stuck in my trash folder which cannot be simply deleted by using the "Empty Trash" button. What I hope to help people with is this, read-only (or unremoveable) files from th… Continue

Added by Ryan on October 5, 2008 at 10:46am — No Comments

Inkscape and Group Propaganda!

I just began using Inkscape vector graphic suite about a day ago. With it, I realized that I could make something more efficiently than OpenOffice.Org Draw and easily create graphical objects 100% easier than Gimp. Below is a screencap of the Inkscape UI. … Continue

Added by Ryan on October 2, 2008 at 12:00am — 4 Comments

Ripping audio from DVDs

I have been beating my head against the wall.... My church makes video dvds from our pastor's sermons and I would like to extract the audio from the DVD so I can transfer the audio to my ipod shuffle... Anyone know how to extract audio that I can convert to an MP3? If so could you email me on how to do it.... Greatly appreciated! Continue

Added by Roger Goerrich on October 1, 2008 at 11:37pm — 1 Comment

Twitter on Linux

I realize many of you don't use twitter, and Ryan used it like times. Here is a cool reason why you should check it out: http://search.twitter.com/search?q=ubuntu&lang=en my username is cutlerite, Ryan's is ripvan. It is a quick way for us to keep in touch, and you can use it through the web, phone, or application. Through twitter alone, I h… Continue

Added by Trent Cutler on September 23, 2008 at 9:14am — 1 Comment

BSU Search Plugin for Firefox

Hey folks! I've just created a small BSU Search Plugin for Firefox. If you want to search anything inside boisestate.edu website, you don't need to open the site. Just search right inside from the Firefox search box. Look at the screenshot below. I've attached bsu.xml file. Put it inside ~~/usr/lib/mozilla-firefox/searchplugins~~… Continue

Added by Ashok Gelal on September 21, 2008 at 11:30am — 4 Comments

Help, I can't get my wireless card to work...

my laptop crashed over the summer and I ended up having to install a new hard drive into it. I lost ALL my data. I ended up having to install vista on my laptop. Compaq Presario C751NR, 120GB HDD, 2GB RAM, Intel 1.6GHZ Processor, Atheros Wireless card. I installed ubuntu back on it but cannot get my wireless card to work, even after going through the steps on installing it onto my computer.. Can anyone help? Give me a call if you can, My number is 208-392-8654. Thanks! Roger Continue

Added by Roger Goerrich on September 4, 2008 at 6:25pm — 3 Comments

Hardy Heron Release Party This Friday!

This is going to be a bring your own beer party. The get together will be at my house:
StreetView… Continue

Added by Trent Cutler on April 23, 2008 at 10:30am — No Comments

Welcome New Members

I have no idea where all of you came from, but we are very happy to have this much support! We're meeting this Saturday, and I will have a more structured format to follow through the meetings, I promise. If you attended last week, I'm expecting you to bring a "show and tell." or a tutorial for the rest of us. We're Meeting this Saturday @ 3pm second floor of the ILC. Thanks, Trent Continue

Added by Trent Cutler on April 10, 2008 at 1:50pm — 2 Comments

April Updates!

As you may already know, April 24th is the release date for Ubuntu 8.04! We've got a lot of stuff to do before then! I want to put up some flyers around campus, letting people know about the release with our group address as well! there are Ubuntu users out there! Phil found me and joined our ranks recently. For this Saturday, I'd like to design the flyer, and write an article about Hardy Heron. (I submitted the opinion article to the arbiter, but I don't know if they'll publish it). Then we a… Continue

Added by Trent Cutler on April 2, 2008 at 6:33pm — No Comments

My beautiful Ubuntu desktop

Just played with my Ubuntu desktop for some time and came up with this

[Upda… Continue

Added by Ashok Gelal on March 16, 2008 at 12:00am — 3 Comments

Boise Ubuntu Meetup #3

Hi guys. Here is a following calendar for you to check. Our next meet up is scheduled for the 22nd. (Sorry I have a wedding to go to on the 15, Actually a guy that uses Ubuntu too!) For all of those whom I have your email address, I have invited you to use the google calendar, which we will schedule events for. For those of you who I do not have an email for (Ashok, Cale, and who ever else might troll this page)… Continue

Added by Trent Cutler on March 12, 2008 at 9:27pm — 1 Comment

Meeting #2

I want to have another meeting, (like meet every other week or so). But this time I think we can assign some tasks for each of us to do. That way we can start to make some real progress. Ryan told me he's very close to having a customized operating system done. Education topics: -Back up programs (for ryan especially). -Terminal education and linux commands -New flyers, -appearance in front of student senate. Saturday @ 3pm ILC Room 205. -Trent Continue

Added by Trent Cutler on February 24, 2008 at 5:29pm — No Comments

Ubuntu Shortcuts

Alt-Ctrl-L Locks the screen. Alt-F1 opens the Applications menu, then use the arrow keys to navigate the submenus. Alt-F2 opens the Run Application dialog box. Alt-F3 opens the Deskbar Applet (F3 opens the search bar at the bottom of the window). Alt-F4 closes the current window. Alt-F5 unmaximizes the current window (if it's maximized, of course). Alt-F7, followed by arrow keys or mouse movement, adjusts the current window's position. Alt-F8 resizes the current window. Alt-F9 minimizes the curr… Continue

Added by Trent Cutler on February 20, 2008 at 10:56pm — 1 Comment

Yahoo! We need your attention!

One of my friends saw me playing with Compiz-Fusion effects in Ubuntu on Saturday and was pretty much impressed with Ubuntu when I detailed him some more advantages of using Linux OS. He came yesterday with his laptop to get Ubuntu installed. He was more than satisfied with all the things. He was very proud not to be called 'Pirate' any more. His friend had told him that he need to spend a lot of time tweaking Linux OS to work for him; installing library files, install each and every codecs manu… Continue

Added by Ashok Gelal on February 19, 2008 at 12:30am — 7 Comments

Don't Panic.

It's not WINDOWS?! There is an alternative...

Marvin commands you, you won't panic, he won't let you. We are your galactic guide to the Ubuntu world. Source location for the wallpaper ~Ryan Continue

Added by Ryan on February 17, 2008 at 10:42pm — No Comments

Meeting

If you're looking for us, we moved from the library to the ILC room 205 Continue

Added by Trent Cutler on February 16, 2008 at 3:37pm — 2 Comments

Install Linux without burning a CD/DVD

The first hurdle you come across when you think of using Linux is not 'to know how to install' it, but you will be confused 'whether to install or not'. The benefits of using Open Source Software are great. You hear a lot about them and you think to give it a go for a test. But when you know you have to burn the .ISO file into a CD/DVD, you start scratching your head. Why to waste a CD/DVD when you are not sure you will be using it or not? Also, for people like me, who like to tast… Continue

Added by Ashok Gelal on February 15, 2008 at 1:00pm — No Comments

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