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Playing DVDs in Ubuntu

Image via Wikipedia Ubuntu by default does not play encrypted DVDs. This is because most commercial DVDs are encrypted with CSS (Content Scrambling System), which restricts the software that can play a DVD. To enable you must install the libdvdcss2 package to allow Ubuntu to play DVDs. For that you need to run the following […]

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Transfer files Effortlessly between Ubuntu Systems using Kepas

Kepas is a KDE4 file transfer tool. It discovers your local LAN for buddies (KDNSSD) and lets you transfer files or Klipper(KDE Clipboard) entries from a tray icon or using drag and drop with the Kepas plasmoid. Kepas has only one requirement, that it must be installed in all the systems that are expected to […]

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Apt-Get: Fixing GPG Error

While updating a Debian based system, you may encounter an error as follows: W: GPG error: http://ppa.launchpad.net lucid Release: The following signatures couldn’t be verified because the public key is not available: NO_PUBKEY 2836CB0A8AC93F7A This is a feature of the apt-get package manager that checks the authenticity of servers while updating Debian. It just means […]

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Setting Up Simple Dropbox Integration with Ubuntu

Image via CrunchBase The default installer of Dropbox for Ubuntu works with the Nautilus file manager. But this integration is not always desireable, below is a method to install Dropbox on your Ubuntu box without installing Nautilus.

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Getting Multimedia Working on Ubuntu

Image via Wikipedia If you are a newbie Ubuntu user then in all probability you have struggled to get the system setup to listen to your favorite music, watch your favorite movies and browse your favorite sites(video and flash). Is there a quick simple way to fix these problems in one go? Yes there is […]