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A package that was made default in Ubuntu Feisty is “command-not-found“, the following is an example of what it does:

igama@marte:~$ xmms
The program ‘xmms’ is currently not installed.  You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install xmms
bash: xmms: command not found

What more information does a new user to ubuntu need?

I know most of you should already know about this, but for some its new, like me.

This also will work on other Distros

Changing /etc/hosts

Just by doing this small change, the Xorg will be more responsive, making the applications start faster.

For the example the hostname will be ubulaptop.

To see your hostname do this in the Terminal:

$ hostname
hostname_of_the_machine

Access the file /etc/hosts to edit it:

sudo gedit /etc/hosts

The file will have the following:

(…)
127.0.0.1 localhost
127.0.1.1 ubulaptop
(…)

Change to:

(…)
127.0.0.1 localhost ubulaptop
127.0.1.1 ubulaptop
(…)

You can test this, by opening some applications before and after the change, and see the speed difference.

Found @ UbuntuForums

So, did it make a difference?

Finally Beryl 2.0 stable is out!

* New Plugins
- Thumbnail: Thumbnails on the taskbar (window list) which show a mini view of the actual window
- Snap: Allows windows to “snap” to each other, or provide edge resistance
- Opacify: Makes windows behind the active window transparent
- Group: Allows windows to be group, to easily switch between a set of windows

* New system requirements check
- The improved check has much better accuracy
- The check is a lot faster

* New Window Decorators
- Since 0.1, we have two new window decorators
- Heliodor: Uses metacity themes
- Aquamarine: Uses Kwin themes.

* Newly Rewritten Beryl-Settings
- Written in Python
- More user-friendly UI
- Better profile support

* New Translations
- Thanks to all of our foreign speaking users, we’ve had a much better time getting translations

Repositories:

deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org edgy main

deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org feisty main

deb http://debian.beryl-project.org etch main

Links: 

http://nesl247.org/2007/03/14/beryl-020-released/

http://blog.beryl-project.org/?p=29 

Have fun updating your system

This is a very good tip for anyone with a Ati Graphic Card on Ubuntu

Today I was trying to give a bust to meu ATI 9200, using the OpenSource Drivers “Radeon”. But even so, with my actual config I was only getting a average of 1100 FPS.

So search on ubuntuforums and the web I stumbled upon a package named “driconf“.

This application allows to change some configs of the DRI (that gives the 3D accelaration). One of the options available is ” Use HyperZ to boost performance“, and guess what, it really does! I now have a average of 3500 FPS! And with Beryl active I get 2000 FPS, much more than before, so it feels much smoother

So, what is HyperZ?? Wikipedia told me this:

HyperZ is the name of a set of computer graphics processing techniques used by ATI Technologies in their Radeon video cards.

On the Radeon R100-based cores, Radeon DDR through 7500, where HyperZ debuted, ATI claimed a 20% improvement in overall rendering efficiency. They stated that with HyperZ, Radeon could be said to offer 1.5 Gigatexels per second fillrate performance instead of the card’s apparent theoretical rate of 1.2 Gigatexels. In testing it was shown that HyperZ did indeed offer a tangible performance improvement that allowed the less endowed Radeon to keep up with the less efficient GeForce 2 GTS.

This should work with all Ati cards from 7000 to the 9700 using the OpenSource Drivers.

$ sudo apt-get install driconf

$ driconf

Note : Run driconf has normal user, don’t use sudo.

My Device Section in Xorg.conf:

Section “Device”
Identifier “ATI Technologies Inc Radeon R250 [Mobility 9200]”
Driver “radeon”
Option “AGPMode” “4″
Option “AGPFastWrite” “true”
Option “DisableGLXRootClipping” “true”
Option “AddARGBGLXVisuals” “true”
Option “AllowGLXWithComposite” “true”
Option “XAANoOffscreenPixmaps” “true”
Option “EnablePageFlip” “true”
BusID “PCI:1:0:0″
EndSection

More Info:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HyperZ

http://dri.freedesktop.org/wiki/

A Revista Linux é uma revista grátis bimestral em PDF e tem como alvo o público com interesse na área do Linux. Os nossos artigos vão desde artigos técnico-práticos a artigos teóricos e mesmo artigos filosóficos sobre o espírito Open Source!

Principais Conteúdos:

• Do Photoshop para o GIMP
• Automatix
• Mac OSlinuX
• Zenity
• Fully Automated Install
• XFCE 4.4
• Lazarus
• Entrevista com Darío Rapisardi
• Jogos: Frets on Fire e Second Life

Data de lançamento: 08/03/2007

Mais uma excelente edição desta revista portuguesa. Recomendado a todos.

Vejam em www.revista-linux.com

Foi lançada mais uma edição da Revista Programar.

Está revista tem uma edição Bi-mensal e faz parte do projecto Portugal-a-Programar.org.

Artigos

Tema de capa
Introdução ao WML (WAP)

A programar
Programação Orientada a Aspectos com AspectJ
Sockets de Berkely em C
Estatísticas em PHP - 1ª parte

Tutorial
Programação em C - 1ª parte

Tecnologias
Multi-Core

GNU/Linux
Ambientes gráficos em sistemas de fraco desempenho

Análises
UML, Metodologias e Ferramentas CASE

Segurança
Pharming

Electrónica
Rede CAN
Eventos
Tecnonov 2007

Download @ www.revista-programar.info

Aprovado e aconselhado

Existem várias formas de poder ajudar a comunidade, criando guias, ajudando outros utilizadores, fóruns, etc.

No entanto é preciso ajuda para a tradução do Ubuntu para Português, e a nova versão está para sair em Abril - Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty Fawn”

Se querem ajudar na tradução vejam os seguintes endereços:

• http://www.ubuntu-pt.org/Web/ubuntupt_participar.html
• http://www.ubuntu-pt.org/Wiki/Traduzir

Ou se tiverem mais ideias, por que não juntarem-se a comunidade ?

Ficamos a vossa espera.

IRC : #ubuntu-pt @ freenode.net