Improve System Strain Performance

http://linux.slashdot.org/story/10/11/16/1330233/The-200-Line-Linux-Kernel-Patch-That-Does-Wonders

Fixing (T60 wireless) in Ubuntu 10.10

http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10063237&postcount=2


Also, generic fixes for T60:
http://ubuntu-ky.ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?p=10063237

Updating Mandriva Software

http://wiki.mandriva.com/en/Docs/Basic_tasks/Installing_and_removing_software

Lock Down Gnome Panel

http://library.gnome.org/admin/deployment-guide/

Lockdown gnome-panel

http://ubuntuforums.org/showpost.php?s=e75146b196a862d6ed330f7cc2a228a2&p=4837798&postcount=6

SCIM on Mandriva 2010.0

http://forum.mandriva.com/viewtopic.php?t=120013

Browse WIndows Share with Ubuntu

http://paulbradley.tv/29/

Make sure the IPv4 settings are set to "Shared to other computers" in the Network Connections dialog for the Ubuntu computer.

For the Windows computer, it's safe to automatically obtain IP and DNS servers in the LAN card TCP/IP settings.

Use ipconfig in Windows, and connect Nautilus to this IP (smb://windows_ip)

Startup Programs LXDE

http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=51606

Hard Disk Health

http://www.cyberciti.biz/tips/monitoring-hard-disk-health-with-smartd-under-linux-or-unix-operating-systems.html

Need SMART

Webcam in Linux

http://davestechsupport.com/blog/2009/02/14/installing-webcams-in-ubuntu-the-easy-way/

For model ID 046d:08f6 Logitech, Inc.

Editting Open With dialog in Gnome

Here is the list of MIMEs and associated applications (for all users):
/etc/gnome/defaults.list
User created (added) applications are stored here:
~/.local/share/applications/

Pulseaudio Wine Spotify

http://www.3spoken.co.uk/2009/08/making-wine-sound-work-with-pulseaudio.html

Enlightenment E17

Installing e17 from source, via repository

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=916690

Synchronising wallpaper across login/logging/desktop

Synchronising wallpaper across login/logging/desktop

http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/desktop+background+as+xsplash+%2B+gdm?content=114984&PHPSESSID=e2cda5c0c4329c8a9190540358de5eb1

Samsung printer/scanner driver repository.

Samsung printer/scanner driver repository

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=341621

Too-low notifications

Adding a patched notify-osd

http://www.jfwhome.com/2009/11/12/fixing-the-too-low-notifications-in-ubuntu-karmic/

Video Tearing

Fixing video tearing:

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-restricted-modules-2.6.24/+bug/151674/comments/37

Spotify, audio stutter

https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openal/+bug/194919
http://kcat.strangesoft.net/openal.html#installing
http://www.spotify.com/en/help/faq/wine/

To seemingly fix stutter audio.

Skype Video Support

For skype, video support.

LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib32/libv4l/v4l1compat.so /home/clem/src/skype_static-2.1.0.47/skype