The name suitably describes the function. However ensure before you even start enabling this mode that you have an excellent firewall which is configured correctly. Still you might face some security problems.

First step you need to do is to install a VNC client on your system. Download and install TightVNC for Linux from here. After completing the installation, launch the TightVNC Viewer and  enter the IP address (or host name) of the remote system in the resulting Connection details dialog and press OK.

If a password is required then enter the same. The screen should load and display the remote desktop. Click on the System and then Preferences and then Remote Desktop on the Gnome top menu. This window will be displayed.

To enable the remote desktop mode you need to check the first two boxes under the sharing section.

Under the security section if you select the “Ask you for confirmation” code, then your presence in front of the computer is compulsory in order to allow another person to access your desktop.

If that is not what you want then un-check the box. This is usually done when one is trying to remotely access one of his own computers. For security reasons the second check box should always be checked, and ensure that you enter a secure password. Each time you try to log on you will be prompted for this password.

The following steps help to connect from an Ubuntu Machine:-

• Open your terminal. To do so navigate through Applications—>Accessories—>Terminal and then enter the following command: vncviewer full-screen 192.168.2.23:0.
• The following message will be displayed prompting for the password. Enter the password. When you see the VNC authentication succeeded message below, you know that everything has gone right.

VNC Viewer version 3.3.7 – built Jul 4 2006 10:04:48 Copyright (C) 2002-2003 RealVNC Ltd. Copyright (C) 1994-2000 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge. See http://www.realvnc.com for information on VNC. VNC server supports protocol version 3.7 (viewer 3.3) Password: VNC authentication succeeded.

If you want to quit VNC Viewer, press ‘F8′ and select Quit viewer.

I hope the steps were easy to understand and follow. Ubuntu is not the tough is it!!

Microsoft takes a more informative approach in trying to explain how browser benchmarking should be done and justifying their claim that Internet Explorer is faster than other browsers.

The testing team picked up TOP 25 sites from ComScore in December and started testing load speed across three browsers, Internet Explorer, FireFox and Chrome.  Results showed that IE won 48% of the times as opposed to Chrome’s 36% and Firefox’s 16%.

The following spreadsheet shows you all the 25 sites tested, their load times, and the winning browser.

The post also released a video which takes you through some of the details behind the whole benchmarking techniques and process. It also shows a few sites being put through the test.

Watch the video below

IE8 Performance

Well, I can’t disagree with the numbers and stuff but it’s just hard to believe IE is faster! Anyway that’s just me.

You can get more details from the whitepaper Microsoft released about the benchmarking and performance analysis.  Click here to download!

Arun Ranganathan, Firefox evangelist and Seth Bindernalgel, Firefox Localization team, are visiting India to attend several Firefox related focus groups and conferences.

This is will not only help them get a Indian perceptive of how the browser is being use in this part of the world but also help them understand how then can adjust the browsers to suit the local browsing behavior in India.

Following is the event schedule for Seth and Arun in India

• Feb. 10th, New Delhi:  Seth and Arun will be joining MozCampDelhi organized by Mohak Prince, one of our great campus reps. There will also be a Mozilla Labs session on the news Concept Series.
• Feb. 12th – 13th, Kanpur:  The duo will be participating in the inaugural FOSSKriti at Techkriti.  Arun will be leading a workshop on Web development & Open Source technologies on the night of the 12th and then a HTML5 talk on Feb. 13th.
• Feb. 14th – 15th, Pune:  Arun and Seth find themselves at GNUnify where they will be leading a mini Mozilla Camp covering localization, Web tools and more.  On Sunday morning from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m. they will be joining PuneTech.com for an open meet up.

So get your notepads and put down all your questions, suggestions and most improtantly complaints and compliments and head to one of these venues to pour it all out and be sure that all of this will certainly make it to the Firefox team and you never know you might see your suggestion as a new Firefox feature in the future.

Website

http://kde.org/

Description

KDE or the K Desktop Environment, is a network transparent contemporary desktop environment for UNIX workstations. KDE seeks to fulfill the need for an easy to use desktop for UNIX workstations, similar to desktop environments found on Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Now that you have some idea we are going to see how to install KDE 4.2 beta on Ubuntu. I have tested and installed it on Ubuntu 8.10 or Intrepid Ibex, but I am sure it won’t be rocket science for installing it on previous versions of Ubuntu.

Note: This version of KDE is still in beta and can be buggy. It’s advised to only use it for testing purposes. The final release is expected in January next year.

Installation

Before you can install KDE 4.2 beta you’ll have to add the repository to the software sources.

1. Go to System->Administration->Software Sources

2. Go to the tab Third-Party Software and click Add. Add the following line

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/project-neon/ubuntu intrepid main

3. Next open a terminal window and type the following command

Today we are going to see how you can get the famous 3D cube running on your Ubuntu. Not just that we are going to see a complete configuration guide which will blow your mind away. Also, we’ll see how the 3D cube has come a long way and now you can also use 3D cylinder and 3D sphere. The end result will look something like this.

Because, this going to be a really long post as we have to configure it a lot, we have planned to launch this post as a series so that we don’t make this post really long and also allow our readers some time to breath before they have all the features running. In order to get all the famous effects on Ubuntu, you’ll need to install something called as compiz fusion. Also, this post and posts in this series is almost useless for people who do not have a graphic card in their computer.

We’ll divide this post into 3 post series. The first post will talk about how to install compiz fusion and before installing how to set up your computer to take full advantage of compiz fusion. We are now going to see how to setup your computer for unleashing compiz fusion. Ubuntu by default doesn’t support proprietary drivers. However, we’ll have to install them in order to take the complete advantage of the graphic card and hence compiz.

I have tested this guide on HP dv6910tx with nVidia 8400M GS running Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Check if you already have graphic drivers running and activated

To check whether you computer has third party restricted drivers, you’ll have to add some third party repositories to your software sources. But before that it’s a good idea to check if you already have the required drivers. To do so, go to System->Administration->Hardware Drivers. A window will pop up and will show if you have drivers running already.

In case you already have the drivers, you’ll see them activated, if not then you’ll have to activate them. However, if you do not see any drivers and you are sure that you have a graphic card which has restricted drivers then you’ll have to follow the steps below.

Installing Restricted Drivers

To install third part restricted drivers, you’ll have to add third part repositories to your software sources. To do so, go to System->Administration->Software Sources.

In the Ubuntu Software tab make sure that the check box Proprietary Drivers for devices (restricted) is selected. Now you’ll be able to see if there are any restricted drivers available for your graphic card. If there are, then you should install it and activate it. After installing the drivers make sure to restart the computer.

Installing Compiz Fusion

We are now all set to install compiz fusion in Ubuntu. We want to ensure that this guide is as user friendly as possible and hence I will try to avoid terminal as much as possible. You can install it by clicking the link below:

apt:compizconfig-settings-manager

You will be prompted with a window like this

Click on Install to be begin the installation. After the installation is done, you’ll see a window like the one below confirming the successful installation.

That’s all now we have compiz fusion installed on Ubuntu. In the next series we’ll see how to configure compiz fusion and get the desktop cube and other funky effects. In case you don’t want to miss the rest of the series feel free to subscribe to our RSS.

So let’s see what are the ways in which we can remove/uninstall KDE from Ubuntu. I am not a big advocate of removing KDE from Ubuntu, so we’ll also see how to get back on GNome and set it as default desktop manager for every logged in session. So let’s begin by seeing how to revert to Gnome as the default desktop manager while still keeping KDE

There are a great number of download manager available for Windows. But today we’ll see the best of download managers which are available for Linux. These are not in any order of preference.

Jigsaw Download (JigDo)

Jigsaw Download, or short jigdo, is a tool designed to ease the distribution of very large files over the internet, for example CD or DVD images. Its aim is to make downloading the images as easy for users as a click on a direct download link in a browser, while avoiding all the problems that server administrators have with hosting such large files.

Still in beta Jigdo is a very basic with an interface which even kids can understand. There’s pause and resume capabilities. However, I did not find any place to check for settings, like scheduling and changing the number of connections or limiting the speed. This one has a long way to go!

You can get this software using Synaptic by searching for Jidgo or downloading the deb installer for the same which can be found here.

Gwget

Gwget is almost a complete

I am sure by now most of you must have upgraded to Ubunutu 8.10. One very important thing that I love about Ubuntu us the gnome desktop manager (GDM). However, if you did not knew, you can have different desktop managers. One of the most popular one is KDE.

KDE which stands for K Desktop Environment is a network transparent contemporary desktop environment for UNIX workstations. KDE seeks to fulfill the need for an easy to use desktop for UNIX workstations, similar to desktop environments found on Macintosh and Microsoft Windows operating systems.

Some people swear by KDE and use it as their default desktop environment and then there are others who love their Gnome Desktop Manager. KDE probably is better eye candy compared to GDM and is a good replacement. Today, we’ll see how to install KDE 4.1 on Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex). We’ll try to make things as simple as possible.

Adding KDE 4.1 repositories to software sources

Go to System->Administration->Software Sources

After entering your admin password you’ll be presented with a window like the one below add click on the Third-Party Software tab and click the Add button.

Add the following repositories in the Apt line and click Add Source:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-members-kde4/ubuntu intrepid main

Click the button close and you’ll be prompted to reload the software sources. Make sure you are connected to Internet. It’ll take a few minutes depending on your Internet connection speed. The next step is to install KDE 4.1.

Installing KDE 4.1

I tried to use apt URL to install by seems like it’s not working so we’ll play safe and install it using a terminal window. In the terminal window type:

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-kde4-desktop

The package is around 400 MB and will take time depending on your internet connection speed. After a while you’ll be prompt with a configuration window like the one below.

Hit Enter to reach the screen like the one below

Select your default Display Manager. The first one GDM will keep your Gnome Desktop and the second one KDM will make KDE as your default desktop manager and click enter.

That’s it after a few more seconds you’d have finished installing KDE 4.1.

Optional: Restoring default Ubuntu boot splash screen

Once you have installed KDE your bootsplash screen would change to show KDE bootsplash. To change this you’ll need Startup-manager. You can install it using Synaptic Package Manager.

Once you have installed this application you can start it by going to

System->Administration->Startup-Manager

Go to the Appearance tab in Startup-Manager window and under Usplash theme, select usplash-theme-ubuntu.

That’s it! Now just logout and select KDE 4 in “Select Session” and you should be logged in KDE. This is how the KDE desktop looks like:

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