Why No Updates Lately?
You may have found yourself wondering why on Earth there hasn’t been any updates here on LOTP in ages. The reasoning is that we have been working extremely hard on a community to replace The Land of the Penguins. The Land of the Penguins started off as bit of a […]
The Penguin’s Guide to Theming Gnome 3 In Ubuntu
When asking what someone misses most about Gnome 2 the response that you often get is the ability to fully customize your desktop through the use of themes. I can’t even begin to tell you how many times I’ve heard those same people complain that they can’t do the same […]
How To Install Linux Mint’s Cinnamon Desktop on Ubuntu
Are you tired of Ubuntu’s Unity interface? Gnome 3 not quite cutting it? Then maybe you should consider giving Linux mint’s new Cinnamon desktop environment a shot. Cinnamon sticks more to the traditional Gnome 2 layout, but is a fork of Gnome shell. This means that you can still have […]
How To Change the Time Format in Cinnamon
Linux Mint’s new Cinnamon desktop is an overall nice product. Being that it is new to the desktop scene, however, means that there are aspects of the software that is not as well polished as some would like to see. The way Cinnamon handles the changing of time formats is […]
How To Install Proprietary nVidia Drivers on Fedora 16
While there are some that are animatedly opposed to using proprietary graphics drivers over the open source versions the truth is that to fully take advantage of the more advance features of your graphics card you need to use the proprietary drivers. Today we will take a look at how to install […]
How To Switch the Clock in Gnome 3 from 24-Hour Format to 12-Hour Format
By default the clock in Gnome 3 displays the time in 24-hour format. While this works for some people others prefer the simplicity of the 12-hour time format. Today we will take a look at just how easy it is to make this simple adjustment. To change to the 12-hour […]
