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How to input Romanized Pali and Sanskrit (letters with diacritic marks) in Openoffice.org 3.2 in Linux and Windows

Openoffice.org 3.2 comes with two useful features:

  1. Alt keys can be used as shortcut keys.
  2. Open type fonts (otf) support

Ubuntu 10.04 for Buddhist Studies DVD

Change owners/groups in Ubuntu

To change all files/folders recursively in subdirectory myfolder:

$ chown -R newowner:newgroup myfolder/

To change all folders:

$ chown -R newowner:newgroup */

Install Ubuntu 10.04 in Dell Mini 12

1. Download Ubuntu 10.04 and install in your Dell Mini 12

2.Install wireless driver

Menu -->Administration -->Hardware Drivers
search hardware and enable

Recover Ubuntu 9.10 (Grub 2) after Windows 7 installed

How to Reinstall Ubuntu Grub2 Bootloader after windows wipes it out

1. Use Ubuntu 9.10 live CD (you can download it at Ubuntu.com) to reboot your PC

Fix kernal panic in Ubuntu server 9.04

Yesterday (Feb 26, 2010), my web server was down with the message: "kernal panic... cannot access ex4 file on root...grub..."

I fixed it today with the following steps:

Update Drupal core in command line via ssh

I used ssh to update drupal 6.14 to drupal 6.15 this morning. Here is what I did.

1. Remote login to the web server

ssh root@mysite.com

How to adjust screen brightness in Ubuntu karmic 9.10 for Dell Mini 12 netbook

Ubuntu 9.10 works better in Dell Mini 12 netbook. The only problem is that I can not reduce the screen light. The FN keys do not function, the Brightness Applet does not work also.

HowTo fix Sopcast Player Channel

If you have problem to update your channels in Sopcast Plaer (Ubuntu 9.X), you may try to change the default Channel Guide

from: http://www.sopcast.com/gchlxml

How to use IBus to type Romanized Pali and Sanskrit in Ubuntu 9.10

Ubuntu 9.10 changed input method from scim to IBus. IBus is more flexible and powerful than scim.

Setp 1: Enable IBus
Form Menue, System -->Administration -->Lanuage Support

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