Nvidia GeForce FX5500 for Ubuntu update

Hey guys, I have written this article for the sole purpose of informing you that the Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 will not work in ubuntu with unity. It's better for you to upgrade your system or find a mirror for the old versions of Ubuntu.

If you have decided to download an older version of the Ubuntu operating system. You can download the old releases here. For installing the driver, you can read my post about installing GeForce FX5500 driver in ubuntu.

But if you still want to install the latest ubuntu release, then you need to ready yourself for an upgrade. Yeah, you can still run ubuntu in 512mb ram and atleast 1Ghz of CPU power but with the latest releases of Ubuntu, you will need a slightly better video card for your machine. For a technical reference, please refer here.

Need for Speed: Most wanted in Ubuntu.

Just wanna share my screen shot of Need for Speed: Most wanted in Ubuntu.

It can be played in full screen but I want to show you that I am using Ubuntu while playing it. I can set it to its default maximum settings.

The specs of my machine (desktop) is:

How to install Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 driver in ubuntu (offline)

It's been a while when I last wrote here in my blog. I want to say sorry because I am busy with my studies. Well, I want to share with you all on how to install Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 driver in ubuntu offline. As far as I know, not only the FX5500 can be installed in this way.

There are two ways on how to instal Nvidia GeForce FX 5500 driver. One is using the Ubuntu software solution. Just search for nvidia. It will show a list of software/packages that you can download and install in your computer. The alternative way is to download the driver from the nvidia website and install it locally.

To start, download the latest driver for your nvidia from the nvidia website. It will be ended with a .run.

Tip: click here to go to the download page for Nvidia driver for linux 32 bit.

After you downloaded the driver, paste it on the desktop for easy look up.

Ubuntu: The best for people who are Social Network Fanatic

Yeah! You heard it right. Ubuntu is the best operating system for people who are very into Social Networking and also for chatting. Ubuntu gives you a very simple and organized chat inter phase.

Chats that it supports:

• Facebook Chat
• Google talk
• Jabber
• AIM
• Gadugadu
• ICQ
• MSN
• Myspace
• and many more..

Social Networks:

• Twitter
• Facebook
• Friend feed
• Buzz
• Flickr
• StatusNet
• and many more...

Running Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick in a low specs Computer

Hey guys, I just wanna share that I am running Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick in my old computer. I'm really surprised that it can run in it but I had some problems with it at first. When I first tried to run it. The system always hang when it boots up.

I'm running ubuntu 10.10 in a computer specs:

Processor: Pentium 4, 1.7 Ghz
Video card: Nvidia Riva Legacy TNT/TNT2 32mb Vram
RAM: 512mb

I heard some of my friends had tried to run it in a 256mb ram but I don't know if it is really true but I don't know, as far as I know. There is no one that still run there computer in 256mb ram.

If you are running in a slow computer, but you want to run ubuntu. Don't hesitate to try Ubuntu for your self.

Ubuntu: Calendar and Clock settings

One of my favorite feature of Ubuntu is the appointment and task feature. You can view different timezone with just adding it. Like this.

If I want to check for the time of a different timezone, all I need to do is to click the appointment and task on the panel. Seen on the image below.

Fresh installed Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick

Hey there, I just finished installing my Ubuntu 10.10 on my desktop. Yeahey!. It looks like this. :)