Archive for August, 2010
Gmail Voice and Video Chat for ubuntu
by sahab on Aug.21, 2010, under Uncategorized
After two years of waiting, Gmail’s plug-in for voice and video chat is finally available for Linux users. “Voice and video chat for Linux supports Ubuntu and other Debian-based Linux distributions, and RPM support will be coming soon,” says Tristan Schmelcher, from Google.
Download the package and double click for installation.
Screen dims issue using compiz cub
by sahab on Aug.04, 2010, under Uncategorized
Today I have enabled compiz on my colleague 64 bit Ubuntu desktop. It works well, but the screen dims significantly once I click the mouse button to rotate the cube. Releasing the mouse button brings the screen brightness back to normal. For fixing the issue I have follow below steps
Go
System >> Administration >> Synaptic Manager
>> Install compizconfig-settings-manager >> General Options ->Display settings tab and remove the selection from “Lighting”