Hello Hello!
In this guide we’re gonna talk about customization, we’re gonna make Ubuntu look and feel the way we want, so lets start!
You can adapt this howto basically on any distribution running GNOME.
XGL/AIGLX and Compiz/Beryl
I’m not gonna get in too much detail with this, its way too much eye-candy for my taste and it severely […]

Lets start first with the kernel:apt-get install build-essential libncurses-dev kernel-package
cd /usr/src
wget http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/linux-2.6.20.tar.bz2

This will download the latest sources available, in my case linux-2.6.20.tar.bz2
cd /usr/src
tar -xjf linux-2.6.20.tar.bz2
cd linux-2.6.20
Now lets apply the Con Kolivas patches, these are patches designed to improve system responsiveness with specific emphasis on the desktop, but suitable to any workload.
wget www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/ck/patches/2.6/2.6.20/2.6.20-ck1/patch-2.6.20-ck1.bz2
bzcat patch-2.6.20-ck1.bz2 |patch […]

The tools
- Linux (I’m using Ubuntu)
- Streamripper (I’m using version 1.61.27)
- LastFMProxy
- Last.fm account
Installing LastFMProxy..
wget http://vidar.gimp.org/wp-content/uploads/2006/07/lastfmproxy-1.1.tar.gztar -xzf lastfmproxy-1.1.tar.gz
cd lastfmproxy-1.1/
vi config.py
# Stick your last.fm username and password between the quotes below.
username = “yourusername”
password = “yourpassword“
Now save the file and exit the editor (vi/nano/mcedit/etc)
Installing Streamripper
Download it.
tar -xzvf streamripper-1.61.27.tar.gz
cd streamripper-1.61.27
./configure
make
sudo make install
In Ubuntu or Debian just do […]