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How To Disable Your Touchpad While Typing (Ubuntu, Windows, Mac)
If you are frustrated with your laptop/netbook/macbook because it mysteriously erases your text while typing or if it moves your cursor to undesirable places while typing, this quick guide can bring peace between you and your computer once again!
Ubuntu Unity Not Quite Unified
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Today I decided to upgrade my Netbook from Ubuntu 10.04 to 10.10 so that I could test out the Unity interface without having conflicts from my custom settings I had going on with the previous interface…
The Good
On one hand I have to say it is a lot cleaner and more crisp than I had first thought. The glitchy/buggy issues I was having with the menu/title bar were gone and the launcher bar seemed to work correctly this time. Also the overhead hub (or whatever they call it) for viewing files and applications seemed to be better as well.
The Bad and The Ugly
So what didn’t I like? Getting to my files was a major pain! I
Thoughts on Unity
Ubuntu Unity Interface
Mark Shuttleworth announced (back in May) that Ubuntu is going to begin phasing over to a new user interface called “Unity”. There seems to be a lot of talk about it now for some reason — probably because it is starting to become a reality with Ubuntu 10.10 going official just weeks ago and in less than 6 weeks 11.04 will go official, which is when Unity will become the default GUI for Ubuntu.
Oh, and I almost forgot to mention… Unity will work with multitouch gestures… that’s kind of a big deal
Why is Unity such a big deal?
Well basically it is taking a new approach to how users interact with their operating system. Instead
How to: Initiate a Timed Shutdown
On Friday I was downloading some files on my Netbook (running Ubuntu Remix 10.04) and was not planning to stick around for the downloads to finish (it was already close to 7pm, I needed to get home for the weekend). I didn’t want to leave it running all weekend and I still had another hour to go before my downloads finished… What to do?
Well I decided to initiate a delayed shutdown of my system. Since the downloads had about 1hr and 15 minutes left, I decided to be extra safe and set the shutdown for an extra 30 minutes after that… Here’s how I did it:
In your terminal, run the following command:
sudo shutdown -h 20:45 "See you
Better late than never…
Well I know I promised this a while ago, but I finally had time to complete the tutorial for installing the Ubuntu 9.04 Netbook Remix. You can check out the guide here: http://alexsantidote.com/ubuntu/install-ubuntu-904-netbook-remix-dual-boot/
Let me know how it went for you in the comments here!
If you have any questions or run into any problems let me know, I’d be happy to help.