PostBooks is an excellent cross-platform commercial open source ERP / accounting software suite. These are my old instructions from installing PostBooks in Ubuntu-7.10.
This document will give you setup instructions for installing PostBooks from scratch. Ie, no previous install of postgresql or PostBooks on the system. You will need to read between the lines if your install does not fit that description. Read More
My Dell XPS M1210 had received an install of Ubuntu *the* day it arrived. But the mouse and touchpad always accelerated at different speeds. The problem is that when I go to Mouse Preferences, I can only adjust cursor speed, not the speed of individual movement sources. After a lot of searching here are the samples from my xorg.conf file.
I only use two devices for cursor movement. The trackpad, and a Logitech bluetooth mouse. After booting with an Ubuntu live cd, the trackpad moves at a medium-quick pace, and once I connect to the mouse, the mouse moves at a very-fast pace. Read More
The default look of Ubuntu can sometimes be a bit off-putting for a new user who is used to the flashy looks of OSX and Vista. And to customise the look of Ubuntu from boot to desktop can be a daunting task for new users.
From boot time there are three main themes that you see until you arrive at your desktop. Grub, Usplash and GDM themes. These themes are machine specific not user specific. That means that it affects all users, but only until their desktop is displayed. Then they will not see these two themes again until they log out or shutdown.
For user specific (desktop) themes the main components that govern you look are GTK2 engines and themes, Metacity, Icons, Wallpaper, Fonts and Splash Screen images.
After changing user themes the interface can also be customised by configuring existing applications (ie, gnome-panel and nautilus) and by adding new applications (ie, gnome-do). There is a thin line between configuring applications to change you desktop look and applications that change the themes used.
Although there is much more to cover than I will list, I will limit my content to just the changes I use most and separate the topic into three posts. Read More