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Linux Video Chat

Google voice and video chat now in linux

The wait is over for linux users, those who are waiting to use google voice and video chat have a good news. After nearly two years of launching video and voice chat service for windows and mac based users, today Google extended it to linux. Now, Linux users can do video chat in Gmail, iGoogle & Orkut. [...]

How to configure Reliance netconnect broadband in linux (Ubuntu 10.04 )

Here is a small tutorial on how to use reliance netconnect broadband plus on ubuntu(10.04) machine. To start with we need to install two packages usb-modswitch and usb-modswitch-data. Open up Terminal,and type the following $sudo apt-get install -yq usb-modeswitch usb-modeswitch-data Then we need to edit wvdial.conf file (this is a utility that helps in making [...]

How to Change Mac Address in Linux (Ubuntu/Kubuntu)

Ubuntu/Kubuntu Tutorial. Some times we require to change MAC address (Physical Address of network card).This can be temporarily or permanently. Here is a tutorial which illustrates changing  of MAC address in linux/ubuntu/kubuntu To change the MAC address temporarily Open terminal and type ifconfig eth0 down This command brings the network down  Later type the following [...]