Speed Unity Performances

While performances with Unity have increased dramatically since first release users who are using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS are stuck with Unity version 5.x and didn't get performance boost that offers Unity 7.

There are ways you can increase performances with Unity on Ubuntu 12.04.

Install Latest LibreOffice Version

On Ubuntu 12.04 LibreOffice is outdated and you are only getting updates for 3.7.x version.
Current latest version of LibreOffice is 4.x. Version 4 brings new features Ubuntu global menu integration and better support for MS Office files formats.

You have few options for updating LibreOffice.

Watch Twitch.tv/justin.tv In VLC

With flash still used for video playback on internet suffering continues for users who have old computers or problems with flash. Here is a quick tutorial how to watch stream from Twitch.tv or Justin.tv.

Automount Ext3/4 Partition

Not used (for system purpose or home) ext3/4 partition will not automount same as ntfs partition. The easiest way to automount ext3/4 partition is with Storage Device Manager.

Storage Device Manager that allows full customization of hard disk mount points without the need to edit fstab manually. It also allows the creation of udev rules for dynamic configuration of storage devices.

Fix When Screen Shuts Off Every 10 Minutes

You may be wondering why is your monitor turns off every 10 minutes but in setting is not set to turn off or screensaver is off.

This can be very annoying because screen turn off even if VLC or other video player is running and making watching movies impossible.

Fix Distorted Sound With Skype and VLC

If you have distorted sound with Skype (login, first message...), VLC or Clementine (in general i notice this problem with QT apps). there is a simple fix for this issue.

You need to edit with text editor default.pa file located in /etc/pulse/

Fix Video Corruption In Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

If you started playing Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP and you have video/graphic corruption or glitches like in screenshot.

graphic corruption in Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP

"Black" Screenshot Workaround For Mutter Based DE

There is a knows bug that affects taking screenshot in Mutter based desktop environments like Gnome-Shell, Cinnamon and Pantheon.

This only affect users that have installed ATI proprietary drivers, screenshot will be black or only show desktop background.

Start Video Playback From Last Position In VLC

While Totem have this feature build in VLC don't have it and it is a nice feature to have.

Feature in Totem, needs to be manually enabled drom preferences menu 

August Bering have developed a extension script for VLC that resumes video playback from last position in VLC.

How To Add Non-Steam Games And Wine Games To Steam

Compared to the Windows adding Non-Steam games to Steam is not just selecting an .exe file and clicking OK.

Fix "Failed to create OpenGL device!" with Source games

This is a common error message if you have ATI/AMD card with FGLX legacy drivers version 13.1. This error occurs in Source game like Portal, Half-Life 2, Team Fortress 2, Left4Dead 2...
There is a official bug report on Steam for Linux GitHub page.