I just installed 11.10 64bit on my Win 7 laptop but instantly i realized how hot the laptop become when i run Ubuntu. I sometimes have to boot into Windows just to cool down the laptop. I read this was a common problem with 11.10 and that there is kernel bug( like i said i read from somewhere) ...

I've recently ditched windows 7 for Ubuntu 11.10 64bit... I'm a total novice and was wondering do I need to make any changes to the firewall?. I read somewhere that the built in firewall doesn't need touching...but a friend says he uses firestarter,I'd be really grateful if someone could advise m...

I'm not seeing any window list on the bottom panel. How to get it back?

I just noticed that Empathy keeps trying to connect to my MSN account, without it actually managing to establish the connection. This has probably been happening for about a week or longer, but I just noticed this because the Empathy window didn't hide automatically when I logged in to my system....

Does the dock, taskbar, launchbar always remain 'out' or does it retract? Seems like the icons are hugh and childlike.

Is there any way to integrate the events on lightning calendar with the the unity calendar section? Of course I would like to do this preferably without having to install evolution. Thanks for your help.

Today I tried to install the Nvidia driver ( from their website) for my Nvidia GT520M on my 11.10 ubuntu. I have stop lightdm so as to not have the " Xserver problem message" and the install was good but now when I restart my laptop, i don't have the normal colors and cases to put my password bu...

It says the package catalog needs repair. I tried with this command "sudo apt-get install -f" But it says unable to correct dependencies. Why is that?

i have installed truecrypt in windows tc extensions are aasociated with truecrypt my question is how do i make my ubuntu 11.10 system associate *.tc extension to open with truecrypt. also the app opens just fine but is there any way to open it only after u enter password and not during the moun...

Well, I'm trying to install Compizconfigure settings through terminal and it worked fine but its still in the process of installation, now there is a agreement that has shown up where you can scroll down to but is there a special key I'm supposed to press to continue? I've hit enter nothing happe...

Is there a way to autohide the top global menu bar "panel"? Or is there a way to remove it?