sudo apt-get install myunity

Then open MyUnity, go to the Desktop tab, and set the number of vertical/horizontal virtual desktops to 1. Log out, and then log back in. The Workspace Switcher should be gone.

Here’s a quick how to:

1. Open a terminal and type this command: sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
2. Once it’s installed, run it.  It should be in the System menu if you’re using Gnome 2, or you can type “compizconfig” in the search box in Unity.  You’ll get a window like this: 
3. Click the Composite button on the top.  You should see this screen: 
4. Uncheck “Detect Refresh Rate” and set the refresh rate to 60 (or whatever you’re screen’s refresh rate is, if you know it).  It should look like this:
5. Click Back.
6. Click the OpenGL button near the top.  You should see this screen:
7. Uncheck “Sync to VBlank”.  It should look like this: 
8. Close CompizConfig-Settings-Manager and reboot your computer.  You should notice that the performance is much smoother now.

Now just waiting for Firefox 3.5 to be released.

http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux_display_ia32_180.22.html

You can download it here:  OOO3_icons.zip

It’s a Gnome icon theme, but you’ll need to do a few things to get it working how you want.  Extract the folder into your /home/you/.icons directory, and open the index.theme file with a text editor like Gedit or Nano.  Replace the names in the Inherits line with the name of the icon theme that you normally use.  That way, it will use these icons for OpenOffice, but fallback to the theme you entered on that line for the rest of the icons.

Once you’ve done that, open your Appearances control panel, hit the customize theme button, and switch your icons to the ones you just installed.

The change should take place instantly, but if it doesn’t, try logging off and back on.

How is it that a piece of software that does work stops working and the old software that didn’t work starts working?  I do not know.

As for organization, the book is organized, well, like a cookbook. This makes it an excellent reference if you are looking for how to do something very specific. Just look in the index for your topic, turn to it, and follow the clearly worded instructions. Not looking for anything in particular? I noticed that the book also can be used as a walkthrough for learning various facets of networking with Linux.

Although I’m just getting started with the book, I can already tell that it’s going to be an excellent resource. I’d recommend it to anyone who’s getting started with Linux and wants to get more acquainted with the operating system from a system/network administrator perspective.

So I tried installing Diablo II with WINE again, and I don’t remember what I saw that tipped me off, but I realized that the License Agreement was trying to use Internet Explorer to render the form…but in WINE, the Mozilla Gecko engine was used instead. So I found some instructions on installing IE6 with WINE (If I can find the page again, I’ll post it) and what do you know, after I did that, Diablo II installed just fine.

Note, this only seems to affect the installers downloaded from the Blizzard Store.

The only problem I had there was that VirtualBox does not support 3D acceleration, so I was getting a Direct3D error when I tried to play the game. This was solved by opening the Registry Editor, going to:

HKEY_Current_User/Software/Blizzard Entertainment/Diablo II/VideoConfig

and setting the Render value to 0. It opened just fine after that, and ran suprisingly quickly for being run inside a virtual machine.

Here’s the download for the XP driver: rtl8185

Once you have that, you’ll want to install NdisWrapper.  Open a terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install ndiswrapper-utils-1.9

Once you have ndiswrapper installed, unzip the file you downloaded and change your terminal to that directory.  Then install the drivers with these commands:

sudo ndiswrapper -i net8185.inf

sudo ndiswrapper -m

sudo ndiswrapper -mi

sudo ndiswrapper -ma

sudo modprobe ndiswrapper

At this point, you should be able to use your wireless card.  If you type “ifconfig” in your terminal, you should see “wlan0″ listed.

This has worked every time for me, so I hope it solves any issues you are having with this card too!

EDIT:

If everytime you reboot, you have to run ‘sudo modprobe ndiswrapper’ command, try adding ndiswrapper to your  /etc/modules file.

To do that:

Open a terminal and type:

sudo gedit /etc/modules

Add a line and type ndiswrapper

Save and close the file.

Reboot.