I think it is not a problem for many people to find out every time you start your Ubuntu and find out the boot up splash screen is 640 x 480, instead of your preset resolution. But for perfectionist, it is very suffering.

Ok, here is a 3 steps method to solve this.

type “sudo gedit /etc/usplash.conf” in your terminal. After accessing with your root permission. You will see something like

# Usplash configuration file
# These parameters will only apply after running update-initramfs.
xres=640
yres=480

Just change the xres and yres to what your favourite resolution. Maybe 1024 x 768, then xres=1024, yres=768. After that, save it.

The last step, you need to type “sudo update-initramfs –u” to update your initramfs.

Reboot your PC and see whether you have a nice boot up GUI.

Saw this trick on downloadsquad.com, so share this tips here on how to reset your forgotten password.

1. In GRUB message, press the escape key.
2. Select the one with the recovery mode
3. Boot up in shell until you reach the command prompt. Type in "passwd username" where username is your account username. (typing "ls /home" to bring it up)
4. Enter your new password. Confirm your password again.
5. Type "shutdown -r now" to reboot your system.

Ubuntu announced the roadmap for the upcoming OS today. Mark Shuttleworth has mentioned the arrangement for Ubuntu till 11.04 in the year 2011. After Ubuntu 8.04, the upcoming LTS will be 10.04 and will be supported up to year 2015.

Ubuntu 11.04 seems to be very far from now. I’m more expecting Ubuntu 8.10, it was mentioned by Ubuntu developer saying that it will be major appearance changes and great performance on network.

In Linux and Unix, users only allow to access files/folders with their permission only. However, under a superuser named root, users are able to have the privileges to all the administration work.

su root

su stands for Switch User. To access other users, just use their username instead of "root".

What Ubuntu different from other Linux distro is it includes sudo command. It will assign users for temporary root-level privileges. So, to execute your command in terminal under root-level privileges is simple, just add "sudo" before your command. Please note that the password require is user password and not the root password.

userA@machineA:~$ sudo vi /etc/testing.conf

"sudo -s" is equivalent to "su"

You do not have to worry when running GUI programs that require for root privileges as it will prompt for a password automatically.

Yeah, Ubuntu 8.04 is coming on the way! What make Ubuntu 8.04 so special? It’s a LTS, which mean it will be given Long Term Support. Ubuntu last version LTS is 6.06.

Ubuntu 8.04 is built on top of Linux kernel 2.6.24-11.22, it compliance with the Completely Fair Scheduler. Besides that, the application software used on Ubuntu are up to date like Gnome is 2.22.0, Firefox 3.0 beta 4, Gimp 2.4.5, Apache httpd 2.2.8 and much more.

Another new thing you can expect on this Buntu version is ufw ( Uncomplicated Firewall ). It significantly improved the currently complicated command iptable firewall.

So, your final question might be, how do I down it? If you are currently using Ubuntu, you just need to type update-manager -d in your terminal.

If you are the only user that is using the desktop and you do not have any sensitive information, you sometimes might find it is troublesome to go through the login windows and key in password after every boot up.

Here is how you enable auto login feature in Ubuntu.
On Taskbar choose System > Administration > Login Window

Then in Login Windows Preferences highlight the Security tab. Just check Enable Automatic Login with your preference user selected and you have get rid with your Login Window already.

Last time I thought I have managed to settle the drives mounting problem on Ubuntu. But later I realized it was not 100 percent.

On /etc/fstab, my setting was

UUID=472C-857B /media/Zzz vfat user,auto,fmask=0777,dmask=0000 0 0

But in the end when I mounted a drive, on Properties of the drive, it was shown as read-only and permission allowed only for root.

On the terminal shown that it was read and write permission enabled.

but on windows Properties:

Is there any explanation for this out there?

One of the thing you want to be proud of using Linux is you can compile the kernel yourself! Of course, if you using Linux distro on your desktop, you will not need to worry of the kernel compilation or upgrade. Time to time, there will be ready binary download for you to upgrade.

But if you want to learn then carry on the reading.

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Yes! Today is the release of Ubuntu 7.10 - Gibbon Gutsy. If you do not have Ubuntu on your laptop, desktop or server. You could go download from this url: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download.

If you are an existing Ubuntu users, you can just upgrade your system by just go to System > Administration > Update Manager and then click check for new updates. You might prompt to install some updates first, if so, just do it first. After that, a message will then alert you of the new Gibbon Gutsy! Just click Upgrade!

For Kubuntu desktop and Ubuntu servers, it is recommend to upgrade over networks. Try out the new 7.10 and share your experience with us!

Still have 3 more days left for the final release of Gibbon Gutsy. On the internet, there are all kinds of related news spreading. Here I share some which I think worth reading.

• Ubuntu Power Consumption Test
  On the new Gibbon Gutsy will be using Linux kernel version 2.6.22, this is where it will put the tickless kernel feature to test. This help to improve the power efficiency of desktop.
• Ubuntu Repositories Merge
  One changes on Ubuntu 7.10 is the merges of the Ubuntu Studio repositories. So what does that mean? It mean you could install all the multimedia software just with one command line.

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Ubuntu Gibbon Gutsy News