Gimp Fonts

added '/usr/share/fonts' to gimp

preferences> folders > fonts

Asus Eee PC X201E - Laptop Preinstalled Ubuntu

Found another laptop that has Ubuntu preinstalled available in the UK. 

Asus Eee X201E neat little 11" 

Open Source Wallpaper made in Gimp

Wanted a wallpaper that represented Open Source for my Linux machine. So I made one in Gimp.
You can download it here 1366 x 768 download

How to remove the Mail icon indicator applet?

http://askubuntu.com/questions/65858/how-to-remove-the-mail-icon-indicator-applet

Ubuntu 12.04 Server network and user admin GUI

http://askubuntu.com/questions/66718/how-to-manage-users-and-groups

Ubuntu 12.04 add bookmark in Nautilus

Open the folder then in menu Bookmarks>add bookmark
This add to the left menu

VirtualBox Ubuntu Share

http://darrenma.wordpress.com/2012/07/18/you-do-not-have-the-permissions-necessary-to-view-the-contents-of-shared_folder/

Nautilus Root Access Shortcut Ubuntu 12.04

I get frustrated when I can't get Root Access in Nautilus. So I decide to create a shortcut.

Virtual Box and Ubuntu 12.04

So today I;ve been using Virtual Box and Ubuntu to be honest the best experiences I've had with Linux is virtually. Everytime I've used it directly on hardware it has been a disaster and wasted time.

However I found 2 things to day that made my Linux experience more pleasurable. So I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 and trying to keep to it to really get to know the quirks and features. Resisting upgrading for now until the next LTS.

Here are the 2:

Install the 'guest additions' this lets you use Ubuntu in fullscreen.

and I found how to use Ubuntu Unity 3D. You need to enable '3D acceleration' in virtualbox settings for the virtual machine.

Xps file to pdf

I have been trying to convert Xps files to pdf to view them on mac.

The answer was to use Google drive.
Upload the Xps file to Google drive. You can view the file in a browser or download as a pdf.