There are many ways Grub can get broken: installing Windows, messing around with Grub configuration files or just a faulty update. Luckily, there are also quite a few ways to restore Grub. Such a tool is Rescatux, an really easy to use Live CD that fixes the Grub in seconds.

An update today finally sets Banshee as the default music player in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal. Since Banshee is now default, it has replaced Rhythmbox in the Ubuntu Sound Menu:

A few days ago I was telling you about rebooting in Windows from Linux with GRUB 2 (or any other OS for that matter) by running a command which simply selects (highlights) a different entry in the GRUB menu for your next restart only.

Here is how to permanently change the selected boot entry in GRUB2 (so when the GRUB menu is displayed, the first menu entry won't be selected anymore and instead, you'll be able to make GRUB automatically select a different entry, be it Windows, a Linux distribution or whatever).

This could be used for automatically selecting a custom Linux Kernel, Linux distribution or some other OS in GRUB, without having to modify the actualy GRUB menu order (which has become a bit more complicated with GRUB 2).

Epidermis theme manager is an open source GTK application for managing, automatically downloading and installing themes of various types, in order to transform the look of your Ubuntu desktop, from the moment you turn it on until the moment you turn it off.

Basically, Epidermis can be used to install new themes (Metacity, GTK), wallpapers, icons, cursors, spash, xsplash, GRUB and GDM.

Version 4.0 which was released yesterday does not work for Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10, but version 4.0.1 fixes this.

Changes in version 4.0:

* Added support for Xsplash themes.
* Removed support for Usplash themes.
* Skin previews are displayed.
* Added autogenerate button for Epidermis Creator so that previews of pigments can be automatically created.
* Help message is displayed if no skins are installed.
* License updated to GPLv3.


Download Epidermis 4.0.1 for Ubuntu (.deb) | Download other versions or for other Linux distributions.

Similar applications: Gnome Colors, Gnome-Art and Gnome-Art Next Generation.

If your browsers work OK, you do not need to disable IPv6. Also, there is nothing wrong with either Ubuntu (Karmic) or IPv6, so if you are experiencing any issues, they are because of your ISP / router / modem.

Symptoms there is something wrong with your ISP / router because of IPv6 can be: Firefox works badly or Firefox works OK but Opera does not (and there is no way to disable IPv6 in Opera) or if you leave Firefox open for some time and Google works but you cannot open any other pages or to make Firefox work you have to restart your PC, etc.


The easy way: if you use Firefox, you can just disable IPv6 in Firefox. Type about:config and search for:

network.dns.disableIPv6

and toggle it to TRUE.

The 'hard' way: disable IPv6 system-wide: you must edit the GRUB. Be very careful, and edit it correctly or else your system might not boot!

Super Grub Disk is a free utility that you can run from a CD, DVD, usb drive, etc. which fixes your Linux GRUB in only three steps. Super Grub Disk allows you to boot Windows or Linux, selectively. Not only that, you can also activate inactive partitions with this software as well as hide partitions to secure them.

Here are some examples in which Super Grub Disk can help:

* GNU/Linux is installed in your pc, you reinstall Windows and GNU/Linux no longer boots as Grub menu no longer appears on boot. You can restore Grub on your MBR automatically.
* You have Windows installed in a second hard disk and it does not want to boot. If you swap it from Super Grub Disk you will be able to boot it.
* You can not boot Windows because your MBR is corrupt or Grub installation is not well done or whatever. With Super Grub Disk you will be able to boot the partition where Windows reside.
* No Active Partition Found message appears. With Super Grub Disk you can activate partitions.

Download Super Grub Disk | via techie-buzz

You should also read:

• How to Restore the GRUB After Installing Windows
• Fix / Restore GRUB Boot Loader