(Planet people: sorry if this pops up >1 time...when I add another question, Blogger thinks it has to bump it up in the RSS feed)

Following tradition, here's my Karmic FAQ:

1. How should I download?
   • Torrents, to keep the strain off the servers. There are IPv6 torrent files available as well, as a test so Canonical can see how many Ubuntu users are on IPv6 and thus how much support to give it. They don't list KTorrent as one of the clients that can do the IPv6 torrents, but I'm using it right now.
   • Or if you have a Beta or RC .iso sitting around zsync to the final
2. I have a netbook. What are my options?
   • Ubuntu Netbook Remix is still around, but it's now joined by Kubuntu Netbook Edition
3. How's audio?
   • Well, it's working fine for me, but Daniel has a "caveats" blog post (updated link). There is now a linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic-generic package so you can get ALSA updates
4. Where'd Add/Remove go?
   • It has been replaced by the new Ubuntu Software Center
5. Does Ubuntu Software Center sell proprietary software? I heard it did.
   • Not yet. There are plans in about a year to allow those commercial developers who are willing to support Linux to sell apps through it.
6. Can I use Ubuntu One with Kubuntu?
   • Yes, just install the ubuntu-one-client-gnome package.
7. Why Empathy? I like Pidgin!
   • You're welcome to keep using Pidgin, but here are a few things Empathy has going for it:
     • It's the GNOME default
     • It can do audio/video chat
     • The Telepathy framework lets it integrate better into the rest of the desktop
     • As Jono mentioned you can do desktop sharing through it
8. What happened to GDM theming?
   • The new GDM uses the GTK theme for the gdm user. To change it, you'll need to run gksudo -u gdm gnome-appearance-properties and select a new theme
9. Wasn't Gwibber supposed to be included?
   • Gwibber 2.0 was not ready in time. It is available in Universe.
10. New theme yet?
    • Yes! Softer icons, chocolate highlights, and orange wallpaper
11. Can Amarok play CDs yet?
    • Yes
12. Do Intel graphics not-suck this time?
    • Yes, they're very nice actually! Thanks to KMS, Intel graphics users can expect instantaneous resume from suspend!
13. How's Kubuntu's network manager?
    • It works this time
14. I upgraded from Jaunty and now have no sound. What do I do?
    • Run uname -r. Does it say "2.6.31-14-generic"? If it still says 2.6.28-16-generic, you're not running Karmic's kernel. Some people are having trouble with GRUB not showing new kernels. Try running sudo update-grub and then rebooting.

Additionally, I wrote an overview of Ubuntu and Kubuntu for another blog, if you'd like to check that out.

PS: Let me know in the comments if there's anything you think I should add!

From http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com

Ubuntu today released its latest offering namely Ubuntu Karmic Koala version 9.10. Ubuntu Karmic Koala comes with lots of new features.

New Features in Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

•  Upstart - an event-based replacement for the /sbin/init daemon which handles starting of tasks and services during boot, stopping them during shutdown and supervising them while the system is running. 
•  Software Center - a graphical utility for package management in Ubuntu. It replaces the Add/Remove programs tool.
•  GNOME version 2.28
• Quickly - An easy way to develop applications for Ubuntu and package them in a deb format.
• Ubuntu Karmic Koala is available in 25 languages.
• Linux kernel 2.6.31
• Ubuntu One - Integrates your Ubuntu machine with the cloud providing you free 2 GB of space to store and synchronize all your data like Tomboy notes, imortant files, contacts et al. More space is available for a nominal price of $10 / month.
• Better support for Intel chipsets.
• Ext4 file system by default.
• Grub 2
• Improved and enhanced AppArmor.

Of course, Ubuntu 9.10 is not without its share of glitches. Do check out the release notes for the lengthy list of issues that users might face while running this Ubuntu version.

How to download Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10

You can download Ubuntu 9.10 by visiting this page and choosing a mirror closest to your geographical location. You are encouraged to use bittorrent to download the ISO as it will ease the load on the Ubuntu servers.

We’ve already mentioned the Philly Karmic Koala Release Party, Oct 31st from 2-6PM. Now Pittsburgh has an event planned too!

Friday, October 30th, 7:00 PM

Fox & Hound

2002 Northway Mall, McKnight Road

Pittsburgh, PA 15237

GOOGLE MAPS

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1298063

Thanks to everyone who came out to make our CPOSC table such a success!

Photos of the event have been posted to our gallery:

http://gallery.ubuntupennsylvania.org/main.php?g2_itemId=830

And there are even more photos over on Flickr under the “cposc” tag:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/cposc/

WHEN

A collaboration service allows multiple people spread across the world to remotely get  together and edit a single document simultaneously. AbiCollab is one such service. What is interesting about AbiCollab is that it is based around the popular open source wordprocessor Abiword.

Once you create an account in AbiCollab.net, you can create Abiword documents, open existing Abiword documents for collaboration with others, even view the documents right within the web browser. If you have created any documents in Abiword on your computer, you can also upload your Abiword documents to your online account.

I do like Abiword and find it a superior wordprocessor which holds a lot of promise. Visit AbiCollab.net and give this new service a try.

[News via Slashdot]

ABLEconf (Arizona Business and Liberty Experience conference) was held on Saturday, October 24, 2009. Once again at the University of Advancing Technology in Phoenix, the conference held more presentations than in its inaugural. Among those displaying their services was the Ubuntu-Arizona LoCo team.

I was disappointed with the conference at first, this year. Not because my table was bracketed by Red Hat on one side and Fedora on the other. That was pure serendipity, and we had a lot of fun talking about our experiences and discussing mutual problems with various programs and new converts. No, it just seemed that there were very few people attending the conference. All morning long, we only had a handful of people approach the tables.

BOY! Was I wrong. Noon-time came, and the whole area around the vendors' tables seemed to sprout people by the handfuls and in bunches. Then it hit me. Everyone had been at the morning presentations. That's why we hadn't seen them. About 90 people filled the space as PLUG (Phoenix Linux Users Group) leader Hans started up the raffle for prizes. Sponsors had donated a number of prizes to be given out - everything from books to a USB pen (literally) drive, to a child's penguin costume, to various food items. Excitement ran high as Hans had tickets selected and numbers called off, and good natured teasing erupted from all over.

Reports I've heard lead me to believe that the presentations were well received. Certainly discussions at my table were enlightening both for the people who came to ask questions and for me. If the questions raised at my table are any indication then people are starting to think of more than just "what's in it for me." They are beginning to ask about how Linux behaves and what is available, as well as differences between distributions.

The talks with the Red Hat representatives was just as enlightening. We discussed problems we'd had with various elements of our distributions - everything from window managers and sound and graphics to problems raised by others and how we strove to solve them. It was interesting to find that we all shared similar problems and solutions. Unlike commercial software vendors, there was no competition between us, or at least only good natured competition. We were just as apt to suggest to someone that they also look into Red Hat or Fedora or Ubuntu, and see if it suited their needs. We even discussed SELinux, both between ourselves and with conference attendees. The spirit of Free Libre Open Source Software seems to have been the attitude of the whole conference. Though we each presented our own distributions and situations, we didn't restrict ourselves, and tried to make things as all-inclusive as possible.

For myself, the AZ LoCo distributed 12 Ubuntu server disks, 9 Kubuntu desktop disks, and 19 Ubuntu desktop disks. In all, I think this ABLEconf was a success, and was glad that I was able to represent Ubuntu and the Arizona LoCo. I look forward to future ones as being even better.

It’s almost about that time. Karmic Koala 9.10 will officially be released on October 29th and we will be gathering up the same night at Fiddler’s Green to celebrate. This will be a social event in honor of the the latest Ubuntu release. It would be great to have you all there. If you’re interested you’re welcome to RSVP here http://tinyurl.com/yhfo7y3 otherwise we’ll just see you there.

This will be the first of two release parties planned for Orlando.  Keep looking at http://tinyurl.com/yhfo7y3 for more details for the second party.

Orlando

Date: Thursday, Oct 29th

Time: 7:00 PM EST

Where: Fiddler’s Green

What: Release Party!

What to bring: Candy? Cupcakes? Depends on what they’ll let us bring to a restaurant

Team Contact: pak33m, cary-haynie

Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition puts the user at the
heart of its new design

Integrates dozens of new features and improvements to take
user experience to next level

LONDON, October
26, 2009: Canonical announced today the upcoming release of
Ubuntu 9.10 Desktop Edition, the latest version of the popular Linux
desktop distribution. Ubuntu 9.10 will be available for free download
on Thursday 29 October. Ubuntu 9.10 brings changes small and large
that all have a common purpose - to make Ubuntu the most
user-friendly operating system available. Ubuntu 9.10 features a
redesigned, faster boot and login experience, a revamped audio
framework, and improved 3G broadband connectivity, all of which
contribute to a first-class user experience.

read more

Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition: cloud computing made
real

Latest version of popular operating system allows businesses
to build on proven Ubuntu server technology

LONDON, October
26, 2009: Canonical today announced the general availability
of Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition for free download on Thursday 29
October. Ubuntu 9.10 Server Edition introduces Ubuntu Enterprise
Cloud (UEC) as a fully supported technology. This is an open source
cloud computing environment, based on the same Application
Programming Interfaces (APIs) as Amazon EC2, that will allow
businesses to start taking advantage of the possibilities of private
clouds. Private clouds allow businesses to reap the benefits of
flexible compute environments while avoiding the security, regulatory
or policy restrictions inherent in pushing data onto a public cloud.

read more

My first web page was in Yahoo Geocities. That was a time when the now ubiquitous server side technologies like PHP had yet to make an appearance. Yahoo was one of the few web hosts who were providing amateur website builders like myself a platform to host our files.

While I did find Geocities very useful to host files, I was always irritated by the protruding Yahoo ads on my website which were ruining my web page design. If you are wondering how my web site looked, then here is a screenshot I saved for nostalgic reasons.

You will be surprised to know that my Geocities website featured Linux resources as well - mostly links to useful resources on the net.

It had been a while since I have visited my very first web page though. To be honest, I had forgotten about my website till this day.

26th October 2009 is the last day stipulated by Yahoo after which, it will delete all the Geocities hosted websites.

It is my take that Yahoo has milked Geocities to make a ton of money through the ads it ran on each of the over a million websites hosted on the Geocities portal. And unlike Google, it hasn't shared even a penny with the webmasters who diligently maintained their sites.

I guess it is time to bid adieu to a portal that has well over, served a useful purpose for millions of people.

Ubuntu Florida Team Booth

The 2009 Florida Linux Show in Orlando was a blast!  For those of you who couldn’t make it, or those that could but want to relive the good times, here are photos of the event for your enjoyment.

mhall119’s photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/38053898@N02/sets/72157622658565816/

itnet7’s photos: http://picasaweb.google.com/itnet7/FloridaLinuxShow2009Orlando

Ubuntu Florida Logo

Florida Linux Show Attendees!

Join the Ubuntu Florida Local Community team.  Advocacy, education, and a cure for your proprietary software ills.

We’re a loosely affiliated group professionals and enthusiasts from all walks of life who have an interest in learning and promoting Ubuntu, Linux, and Free and Open Source Software.  We welcome all skill levels and interests.

Join us on the journey to a free world.

Didn't even dream such a day would dawn, did you ? Now here is the father of Linux posing before a Windows 7 stall in Japan with a thumbs up sign.

The story behind the picture

The occasion was a Linux Symposium held in Japan in which Linus Torvalds was an attendee. Microsoft knowing about the Linux Symposium erected a Windows 7 promotion booth right across the venue.

During the break, when Linus Torvalds was dragged to the Windows 7 booth by a few of his buddies, he chose to pose as seen in the picture.

If you are wondering, No! Linus didn't buy a copy of Windows 7.

Source of News : Engadget
Photo Credits : Chris @ Japan Linux Symposium

Google has reached an agreement with Twitter to include real time tweets from Twitter in Google search results. All the more reason to take tweeting and tweets seriously.

So how is this news relevant to the lay person like you and me ? Twitter is synonymous with real-time updates of data. There are millions of people the world over who are tweeting information each day, which translates to billions of tweets. Now our Google search will also have real time data from people who have tweeted about the same topic. You can get real time information about disasters that have happened in a region, weather, traffic conditions in your area ... the list goes on and on. The basic premise is that someone, somewhere, is tweeting about these topics at any given time which makes this information valuable to the seeker.

This blog also has a twitter account associated with it. I concede, I am a late entrant to the twitter field. However, my twitter account already has 195 followers. You may follow my tweets at twitter.com/aboutlinux if you haven't done so already. It will contain atmost one or two tweets a day on relevant topics. So you won't be inundated with tweets from me.

[Source of news : Google Blog]

Americans between ages 20 and 30 probably remember the Care Bears, a TV show where the Care Bears (which look like teddy bears), who are from Care-a-Lot fight off mean characters with the power of caring. Their attack is called the Care Bear Stare and their tummies have little icons that light up and shoot whatever their power is at the enemy. I'm not sure why, but one was Grumpy Bear. There was also Funshine Bear, Friend Bear, and a few others, including Cheer Bear. Cheer Bear's motto was "when in doubt, SMILE!" and had the power to make others happy.

Where am I going with this? Yesterday, Amber commented that Daniel Holbach* has a contagious smile, and somehow I immediately thought of Cheer Bear. James Westby agreed that putting the two together kinda made sense. So, I did:

It does make sense, right? I mean, you just can't hang around the guy without getting at least 1 hug (more likely: a half dozen) and a huge grin.

Yeah yeah, off topic for this blog (again), but Jorge Castro said I had to blog the picture of his Care Bear coworker.

* To those who don't follow Ubuntu development and thus going "uh…who's Daniel Holbach?" He's one of Ubuntu's Community Council members, and a developer, and…ya know the list's too long.

From http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com

IBM and Canonical Launch Linux- and Cloud-based Desktop Software in the U.S.

Open Standards-based Alternative to Microsoft Windows 7 Offers 50 Percent Savings, Runs on Existing Hardware

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Free download of a collection of cheet sheets for computer networking professionals. All the cheat sheets are in PDF and are beautifully made. The cheat sheets are segregated into different categories such as -

1. Protocols (BGP,EIGRP, First Hop Redundancy, IEEE 802.11 WLAN, IEEE 802.1X, IPsec, IPv4 Multicast, IPv6, IS-IS, OSPF, Spanning Tree)
2. Applications (tcpdump,Wireshark display filters)
3. Reference (IOS IPv4 Access Lists, IPv4 Subnetting, Common Ports)
4. Syntax (Markdown, MediaWiki)
5. Technologies (Frame Mode MPLS, QoS, VLANs)
6. Miscellaneous (Cisco IOS Versions, Physical terminations)

Courtesy of PacketLife.net

I had put together a small Cheat Sheet for MySQL a couple of years back which helped me in remembering the command line parameters used in manipulating MySQL database.

The idea of a cheat sheet is to help a person keep track of all the essentials of a topic. Thus cheat sheets play an invaluable role in brushing up ones knowledge in the least possible time.

I often see the Blogger domain of this blog and have a sinking feeling that I am stuck with this blogspot sub-domain. Believe me, there is nothing wrong in running your blog on a blogspot sub domain. There are instances of blogging successes on a blogspot domain too. It is just that with a custom domain and paid hosting, you have more flexibility and control over the various elements that comprise your blog. And for SEO benefits, it is advised to always run your blog on a custom domain - preferably using a blogging software like Wordpress - though Drupal would also make a good fit.

Today, I stumbled upon a very useful article written by Amit Agarwal which explains how to migrate your blog from blogger to paid Wordpress hosting and your own custom domain. What is relevant about this article is, Amit explains how to do the migration without losing any of the visitors to your old blog hosted on blogspot domain.

Check out Amit's article to learn how to do the search engine friendly switch of your blog from Blogger to Wordpress platform without losing any link juice.

Do you run a website or blog ? If yes, how accessible is it on a mobile device ? Now a days, with more and more people browsing the net straight from their mobile devices like cell phones, it is very important to make your website as accessible to this group of users. Google teaches you how.

Steps to make your website mobile friendly

The following are the steps you need to take to make your website easily accessible on cell phones and other mobile devices.

1. Provide an obvious link to the mobile version of your website from the desktop version of your site.
2. Use a conventional "mobile URL" and advertise it. Eg: Gmail uses the m.gmail.com URL to provide the mobile version of Gmail.
3. Your mobile version of website should have a mobile friendly web design and should provide large, actionable, clickable UI elements.
4. Mobile phones can be broadly classified into different categories - depending upon the degree of internet connectivity they support. Design your mobile friendly website for all these categories.
5. Reduce the number of requests and the amount of data transferred.
   • Sprite your images using CSS or transfer your images using a data URI scheme.
   • Consolidate all your page's dependencies like CSS code, JavaScript and so on into a single file.
   • Compress your HTML code where ever possible.
   • Eliminate redirects.
   • Transfer data when needed and preload where appropriate.
6. Take advantage of new features in HTML.
   • Use an application cache for local content storage.
   • Use CSS3 instead of images where ever possible.
   • Plan for the lowest common denominator. For example, Flash is not widely supported by many mobile devices. Dito for JavaScript. So these are best left out from your mobile friendly website design.
7. Last but not the least, extensively test your mobile friendly website on multiple devices - which includes, actual devices like iPhone, Windows mobile and mobile simulators like Blackberry simulator, Opera Mini simulator, Android Emulator and so on.

[Source : Google]

Its mid-October already? Indeed! Which means it’s time for CPOSC! Fliers are printed, poster is ready, volunteers have signed up, raffle tickets are in hand.

Details about the table we’re running can be found on our wiki page: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/EventsTeam/CPOSC2009

Hope to see you there! It’s also not too late to volunteer, so please let us know if you’d like to lend a hand - or just drop by and mingle

Sir Tim Berners Lee - the creator of the World Wide Web (WWW) has apologized for the mandatory forward slashes in web addresses. He says he could easily have deviced web addresses without the forward slashes.

This apology was made in the mist of a light hearted talk with a Times newspaper reporter.

However, Berners Lee need not be unduly worried. Most modern web browsers assume the http:// part and prepend it to an address when a user type a web address.

Web browsers are getting more and more intelligent. For example, if you type a phrase in the address bar of Firefox, chances are it will display the results for the query in your default search engine (usually Google). More over, if it is a well known phrase associated with a particular website, then you may even be taken directly to that website.

[Source : BBC]

The Ubuntu Florida LoCo team will be meeting the evening of October 20, from 8:00pm to 9:00pm to discuss the agenda.

B there or B square:)

A bash script is a text file containing a list of commands to be executed by the bash shell. A long time back, I had written a guide on Bash scripting which teaches you the basic syntax of bash scripts in a mere 10 seconds.

However, while writing bash scripts, you should keep a sharp lookout for any mistakes that may arise in your bash syntax. This is where Greg's wiki comes into the picture. Greg's wiki has a page which lists around 29 bash examples that highlight all the common mistakes that people usually make while writing bash scripts.

It’s been a busy fall, and we aren’t stopping yet! The Philadelphia team has secured a space for our Karmic Koala Halloween party, thanks again to Jim Fisher for handling the logistics on this.

For more information, check out our wiki page about this event:

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/PennsylvaniaTeam/EventsTeam/PhillyKarmicRelease 

 

• http://gallery.ubuntupennsylvania.org/main.php?g2_itemId=800
• http://www.flickr.com/photos/ahotw/sets/72157622383830903/

Say you want to find out where an email came from. Maybe it was threatening or phishing or spam. How do you gather evidence of what servers passed it to you to give to the authorities? You need the full headers. They contain all the routing information. Keep in mind, though, that it is possible the sender was making use of an open relay instead of their own mailserver.

• KMail: View -> Headers -> All Headers
• Evolution: View -> Message Source (or Ctrl+U)
• Thunderbird: View -> Headers -> All
• GMail: Hit the down arrow next to "Reply" on the message, then choose "Show Original"

Now just copy and paste this into a file and hand over to whomever is dealing with the sender.

From http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com

OPUG is a user group for lovers, learners, and leaders in Python, one of the worlds best programming languages. We don’t have anything specific on the agenda but if anyone has any topics they want to bring up, we can cover those first and then chat and drink.

OPUG will be meeting at Orlando Brewing Company http://tinyurl.com/y85tnzs October 8th at 7 pm.

https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FloridaTeam/Events

http://groups.google.com/group/orlando-pug

https://launchpad.net/~opug

TRIGGER WARNING: Victims of violence or sexual assault may want to stop reading.

With all the discussion of sexism in FOSS this year, a certain individual calling himself MikeeUSA is back. I realize many people are not aware of this individual. He is notorious in certain circles for very good reasons. 2005 is the earliest record I know of him harassing women involved with Debian and LinuxChix. And last year, he sent death threats to many women involved in Debian development.

He's back, pasting the same comment to many blogs repeatedly. Not everyone has removed the disgusting comment, so I'm sure you can find it if you want. But, here's a summary of his beliefs:

1. Hans Reiser was justified in murdering his ex-wife since she divorced him; the only down-side is that he can't code while in prison
2. Men have the right to rape women, and rape laws are stealing that right
3. Pretty much all laws that require treating women as well as you treat your dog require stealing men's rights
4. etc.

I hope you can see where this is going. Obviously nowhere good.

My advice? Do not engage; he is not receptive. Delete with impunity. Note also that he uses Tor, so an IP address block on your blog comments won't work; email address block should work for a while. Also, warn the others, and tell women you know involved in Free Software that if this guy comes after them in any way, they NEED to speak up.

Yes, I know, this blog has been very offtopic for a while now. I'm sorry. The software I'm most impressed by at the moment isn't packaged in Ubuntu though! I know, I need to go file a FFe to get it synced from Debian so I can write about it.

From http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com

Ubuntu Florida Logo

The Ubuntu Florida LoCo team will be meeting the evening of October 6, from 8:00pm to 9:00pm to discuss monkeys and cheetos.  Those not interested in monkeys or cheetos may alternatively discuss the items on the agenda.

I encountered an issue today when trying to serve a Javascript file through Apache. I am using a Virtual Machine (VM) for my development environment, and have shared folders set up so that it mounts my working directory from the my machine. This makes it easy for me to develop on my local machine and only run all the tools to serve websites when I need them. So what happened, is that the file would be truncated when it was trying to serve it. The point at which it was truncated seemed to be fixed, and it would only change if I modified the file. After some research I found that `sendfile` was the culprit. If you set the following directive in your apache config or your .htaccess file the problem should be solved.

EnableSendfile Off

According to the documentation, Apache tries to hand static files to the kernel’s sendfile to serve files more efficiently, but the kernel’s cache causes issues when the filesystem is mounted over the network. For more information refer to Apache’s EnableSendfile documentation.

This video was released at the Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing on Thursday. It's very simple, made up of footage from last year's event. Also very cool. Have a look.

Some day, I will get myself to Tuscon to attend this event.

From http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com

Hi everyone! The Ubuntu Global Jam is a chance for people all over the world to get together, have fun, and possibly contribute something back to Ubuntu.

As part of the Global Jam, the Florida LoCo team will be holding a Packaging Jam on Saturday, October 3, from 12 – 6, at Stardust Video in Orlando. If you’ve ever wanted to know how to build packages for your own use, or for the Ubuntu community, now is your chance!

If packaging isn’t your thing, you’re also welcome to just come hang out with cool Ubuntu people.

What: Ubuntu Global Jam – Packaging Jam
Where: Stardust Video http://tinyurl.com/lsn779
When: Saturday, October 3, 2009, 12pm – 6pm
More Info: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FloridaTeam/Projects/GlobalJam200910

Ohio LinuxFest was fun as usual. Others have already written about it on their blogs, so I'll save some of the repetition. Three of the guys from Southeast LinuxFest approached me about talking there next year. ZaReason had a table showing off their Terra A20 netbook and a couple machines that are not yet available for sale (yay! previews!). Earl asked me about an audio problem they were having with one of the preview machines, so I got out a Karmic UNR stick and booted from it. Turns out it works fine in Karmic. Go ALSA people!

I've got photos from the wedding, pre-party, event, and after-party on my Flickr. There are three videos of Greg Grossmeier dancing like Carlton from Fresh Prince. I've also got a video of a MacBook failing to properly detect a projector when we (the speakers) were testing our laptops with the projectors on Friday. For the record, xrandr --output VGA1 --same-as LVDS1 --mode 1024x768 ; xrandr --output LVDS1 --mode 1024x768 was all I needed (note: too lazy to learn to use the GUI).

I told everybody I'd post my slides on my blog so here's the Slideshare link.

From http://ubuntulinuxtipstricks.blogspot.com