How To Install Linux Kernel 3.14 In Ubuntu

Currently Linux kernel 3.14 is not available in Ubuntu. To upgrade to kernale 3.14 you need to install it manually.

While installing latest Linux kernel is obligatory the main reason why people install latest kernel is driver support and performances.

Latest kernels brings better system performances and driver support. The main reason why i install latest kernel is improvements in radeon video driver.

Linux 3.14 kernel enables dynamic power management (DPM) for newer AMD hardware, various bug-fixes, RadeonSI UVD support.

Linux kernel 3.14 release notes you can read here http://kernelnewbies.org/Linux_3.14

How To Install Cisco Packet Tracer 6 In Ubuntu

Cisco Packet Tracer is a network simulation program that allows students to experiment with network behavior and ask “what if” questions. As an integral part of the Networking Academy comprehensive learning experience, Packet Tracer provides simulation, visualization, authoring, assessment, and collaboration capabilities and facilitates the teaching and learning of complex technology concepts.

Portal 2 Beta For Linux Available

Valve have finally released beta version of Portal 2 for Linux.

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On Ubuntu 12.04 LibreOffice is outdated and you are only getting updates for 3.7.x version.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.

UberWriter - Simple Markdown Editor

UberWriter is a simple Markdown editor. Challenge, write this review it this editor.

How To Setup Joystick/Gamepad In Ubuntu

Here a little tutorial if you got joystick or gamepad and you want to use it in Ubuntu.
It is really easy you just need one app to make it work and another one to configure it to work with games that don'r support game pad or joystick.

Control Mouse With Your Gamepad/Joystick

If you have gamepad /joystick you can you can use it to control mouse cursor.

Remove AMD/ATI Drivers "Testing Only", "Unsupported Hardware" Watermark

If you have installed latest beta AMD/ATi proprietary drivers watermark will appear in down right corner.

Clementin Global Menu Support

If you have Clementin music player installed (version 1.0) you can see that global menu support is disabled.

This is because of bug with global menu and QT applications. Now when this bug is fixed you can have global menu support enabled again.

Local File Syncing In Ubuntu

Now days cloud storage is very popular, from Ubuntu One, Google Drive, Dropbox, Apples iCloud or MS Skydrive.

This services offers file syncing and storage in internet. but what if you wan't to sync files locally or over local network with other computers or USB flash or backup hard drive.
One awesome tool for this purpose in Grsync.