[125007020010] |Encrypted $HOME Now Offerred at Installation [125007020020] |Ubuntu Karmic Alpha5 image now offers home directory encryption as an option to all installing users!.We introduced Encrypted Private Directories in the Ubuntu 8.10 release, using eCryptfs (an enterprise cryptographic filesystem in the Linux kernel) on $HOME/Private. [125007020030] |This release helped “prove” eCryptfs, and helped us identify and fix a number of issues. [125007020040] |This new approach to encrypted private data in Ubuntu provided a safe folder where users could store confidential information, automatically mounted at login, and unmounted at logout. [125007020050] |In Ubuntu 9.04, we retained the Encrypted Private Directory feature, but additionally offered Encrypted Home Directories to advanced users, through the alternate installer and a special boot parameter. [125007020060] |This release generated quite a bit of interest in the feature and a healthy user community. [125007020070] |Many, many thanks to the Ubuntu users and developers who used this feature, helping to file and fix bugs along the way. [125007020080] |Read Full Story from here [125007030010] |How to enable/disable Ctrl+Alt+Backspace in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) [125007030020] |Ctrl+Alt+Backspace (i.e. the shortcut which was used to restart the X server) has to be enabled in a different way with respect to previous releases of Ubuntu. [125007030030] |This is due to the fact that “DontZap” is no longer an option in the X server and has become an option in XKB instead. [125007030040] |Using GNOME [125007030050] |* Get to the System->Preferences->Keyboard menu. [125007030060] |* Select the “Layouts” tab and click on the “Layout Options” button. [125007030070] |* Then select “Key sequence to kill the X server” and enable “Control + Alt + Backspace”. [125007030080] |Using KDE [125007030090] |* Launch “systemsettings” [125007030100] |* Select “Regional &Language”. [125007030110] |* Select “Keyboard Layout”. [125007030120] |* Click on “Enable keyboard layouts” (in the Layout tab). [125007030130] |* Select the “Advanced” tab. [125007030140] |Then select “Key sequence to kill the X server” and enable “Control + Alt + Backspace”. [125007030150] |Using the command line [125007030160] |You can type the following command to enable Zapping immediately. [125007030170] |setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp [125007030180] |If you’re happy with the new behaviour you can add that command to your ~/.xinitrc in order to make the change permanent. [125007030190] |Using HAL [125007030200] |You can add the following line in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi (inside the section): [125007030210] |terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp [125007040010] |Ubuntu Tip:How to remove,install and reconfigure xorg without reinstalling ubuntu [125007040020] |The X.Org Server (officially the X.Org Foundation Open Source Public Implementation of X11) is the X server in the official reference implementation of the X Window System. [125007040030] |This tutorial will explain How to remove,install and reconfigure xorg, without reinstalling ubuntu this is very useful if you messup with your xorg file. [125007040040] |Open terminal and run these commands [125007040050] |Remove existing xorg using the following command [125007040060] |sudo apt-get remove --purge xserver-xorg [125007040070] |Install xorg using the following command [125007040080] |sudo apt-get install xserver-xorg [125007040090] |Reconfigure xorg using the following command [125007040100] |sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg [125007040110] |I hope this helps some users to fix their xorg problems. [125007050010] |Lifesaver - Screensaver for GNOME [125007050020] |Lifesaver it’s a screensaver for GNOME that displays recent posts about Ubuntu from Twitter and Identi.ca. [125007050030] |Install lifesaver in karmic [125007050040] |First edit /etc/apt/sources.list file [125007050050] |sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125007050060] |add the following lines [125007050070] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cmsj/lifesaver/ubuntu karmic main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/cmsj/lifesaver/ubuntu karmic main [125007050080] |Save and exit the file [125007050090] |Install GPG key using the following command [125007050100] |sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E1EE4BBC [125007050110] |Update the source list using the following command [125007050120] |sudo apt-get update [125007050130] |Install life saver [125007050140] |sudo apt-get install lifesaver [125007050150] |Screenshot [125007060010] |Advertise your business, service, products, or site on Ubuntugeek.com [125007060020] |Dear Readers, [125007060030] |Currently we have an Advertising opportunities with Ubuntugeek.com and if any one is interested please contact us using our contact form [125007060040] |Advertise your business, service, products, or site [125007060050] |Currently we are open to the following ad formats [125007060060] |1) Text links [125007060070] |2) Banner ads with different sizes including images [125007070020] |Dear Readers, [125007070030] |Currently we have an Advertising opportunities with Ubuntugeek.com and if any one is interested please contact us using our contact form [125007070040] |Advertise your business, service, products, or site [125007070050] |Currently we are open to the following ad formats [125007070060] |1) Text links [125007070070] |2) Banner ads with different sizes including images [125007080010] |Howto install latest Epiphany (webkit) Browser in Jaunty [125007080020] |Epiphany is the web browser for the GNOME desktop. [125007080030] |Its goal is to be simple and easy to use. [125007080040] |Epiphany ties together many GNOME components in order to let you focus on the Web content, instead of the browser application. [125007080050] |As part of the GNOME project, Epiphany is Free Software. [125007080060] |Epiphany displays webpages with the same speed and accuracy as other popular browsers, such as Safari or Firefox. [125007080070] |In addition, it provides an elegant, responsive and uncomplicated user interface that fits in perfectly with GNOME, and it has been translated to over sixty languages! [125007080080] |Epiphany Features [125007080090] |Security [125007080100] |Epiphany shows you clearly if the information you enter on a webpage is transmitted securely. [125007080110] |It can block popup windows, refuse cookies from untrusted sites and store your passwords in a safe place. [125007080120] |With Epiphany, you can rest assured that your online privacy is being guarded. [125007080130] |Customizable user interface [125007080140] |Epiphany lets you arrange user interface elements by simply dragging and dropping with your mouse. [125007080150] |It also provides tabs, so you can easily organize related webpages on your computer screen. [125007080160] |Smart bookmarks [125007080170] |Smart bookmarks make it a snap to lookup text in online knowledge bases, like dictionaries or search engines. [125007080180] |Also, you don’t have to keep track of in which subfolder you put that one bookmark -- just assign it some topic(s) and Epiphany will show you the relevant bookmarks in a dropdown menu. [125007080190] |Extensions and plugins [125007080200] |Need some specialized browser function that’s not available in the default menus? [125007080210] |There’s a good chance someone has already written an extension for you. [125007080220] |The Epiphany Extensions package is what you will need. [125007080230] |Epiphany runs all the same popular plugins that run in Mozilla. [125007080240] |Install latest Epiphany (webkit) Browser in Jaunty [125007080250] |Open the sources.list file using the following command [125007080260] |sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125007080270] |Add following lines [125007080280] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/epiphany/ubuntu jaunty main deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/webkit-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main [125007080290] |Save and exit the files [125007080300] |Now add the GPG key using the following command [125007080310] |sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 2D9A3C5B [125007080320] |Update the source list using the following command [125007080330] |sudo apt-get update [125007080340] |Install epiphany using the following command [125007080350] |sudo apt-get install epiphany-webkit [125007090010] |Ubuntu 10.04 Code Named Lucid Lynx [125007090020] |Attendees at Atlanta Linux Fest’s breakout session Ubuntucon were among the first to hear straight from Mark Shuttleworth that the popular Linux distribution Ubuntu’s next release -- version 10.04 -- will be named Lucid Lynx. [125007090030] |Check this video for Mark Shuttleworth announcement [125007100010] |Ubuntu 9.10 boot in 5 seconds startup with an SSD [125007100020] |Canonical has announced the availability of Ubuntu 9.10 alpha 6, the final alpha release before the transition to beta testing. [125007100030] |Ubuntu 9.10, codenamed Karmic Koala, introduces a number of important architectural improvements and also improves boot performance, especially on computers with solid state hard drives. [125007100040] |Earlier this year, Canonical revealed plans to significantly optimize boot performance. [125007100050] |It aims to deliver 10-second startups for the Ubuntu 10.04 release, which is due in 2010. [125007100060] |In the latest Karmic alpha, the team has already taken some important steps toward achieving this goal. [125007100070] |Their roadmap indicates that 25 seconds is the target for Karmic, and the reference device used to benchmark progress is the Dell Mini 9 netbook. [125007100080] |We did some testing of our own to see how the OS is coming along. [125007100090] |Read Full Story from here [125007110010] |Ubuntu Tip : Easy way to enable font smoothing in Wine [125007110020] |As most of you already know, wine supports font smoothing, including subpixel since wine 1.1.12. [125007110030] |The problem is, this feature is disabled by default. [125007110040] |There are many advices in internet on how to enable it (which includes working out with registry etc). [125007110050] |Credit goes to TiGR article in ubuntu forums [125007110060] |Download this shell script using the following command or from here [125007110070] |wget http://files.polosatus.ru/winefontssmoothing_en.sh [125007110080] |Run this script using the following command [125007110090] |sh winefontssmoothing_en.sh [125007110100] |Select option 3 from the following screen [125007120010] |New Installer screenshots for Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) [125007120020] |The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. [125007120030] |The Karmic Koala Alpha 6 is the sixth alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of Ubuntu. [125007120040] |This is an alpha release. [125007120050] |Do not install it on production machines. [125007120060] |The final stable version will be released on October 29th, 2009. [125007120070] |If you want to know ubuntu 9.10 features list check here [125007120080] |Download Ubuntu karmic alpha 6 from here [125007120090] |Once you downloaded .iso file create a cd and you need to boot your pc from this CD [125007120100] |First you need to select your language and next screen you need to select “Install ubuntu” option and press enter [125007120110] |Ubuntu karmic installation loading in progress [125007120120] |Ubuntu karmic alpha note click forward [125007120130] |Select your language for ubuntu installation click on forward [125007120140] |Select your region and zone.In this example i am using United kingdom region,United kingdom time and click on forward. [125007120150] |Select your keyboad layout in this example i am using united kingdom and click on forward [125007120160] |Now you can See the following screen with the disks available in your machine here you need to create partitions in this example you can see the 8GB of space for this installation here i am going to create a single partition,if you want to create manually use the other option you need to click on forward. [125007120170] |Note:- this is only example partition.In your installation you have to choose specify partitions manually and swap partition should assigned [125007120180] |Next you need to create User name, password and computer name you can also choose if you want to login automatically or not [125007120190] |Summary of your selection for installation click on install to start the installation. [125007120200] |From here you can see installation changes each installation stage you can see information about ubuntu,firefox,F-spot,email,contacts,openoffice details [125007120210] |Installation Completed Succesfully and you need to restart the system by clicking “Restart Now” [125007120220] |Once you restart you can see similar to the login screen [125007130010] |Howto Install Picasa 3.5 in ubuntu [125007130020] |Picasa is a software application for organizing and editing digital photos, originally created by Idealab and owned by Google since 2004.”Picasa” is a blend of the name of Spanish painter Pablo Picasso, the phrase mi casa for “my house” and “pic” for pictures (personalized art). [125007130030] |Picasa 3.5 Features [125007130040] |* Facial recognition [125007130050] |* Geo-tagging [125007130060] |* Better text tool [125007130070] |* Awesome Tagging tools [125007130080] |* Photo importing improvements [125007130090] |Install Picasa 3.5 in ubuntu [125007130100] |First you need to make sure You have Picasa 3.0 already installed, as well as WINE. [125007130110] |You can either grab a .deb of 3.0 from here [125007130120] |Install .deb package using the following command [125007130130] |sudo dpkg -i picasa_3.0-current_i386.deb [125007130140] |or add the Google testing repository to /etc/apt/sources.list file [125007130150] |sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125007130160] |Add the following line [125007130170] |deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ testing non-free [125007130180] |Save and exit [125007130190] |Update the source list using the following command [125007130200] |sudo apt-get update [125007130210] |Install picasa using the following command [125007130220] |sudo apt-get install picasa [125007130230] |First you need to install wine using the following command [125007130240] |sudo apt-get install wine [125007130250] |Now you need to download picasa 3.5 from windows from here [125007130260] |Once downloaded .exe file install this by double clicking on this. [125007130270] |Now you need to copy installed picasa 3.5 from [125007130280] |/home/YOUR_USER_NAME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Google/Picasa3 [125007130290] |to [125007130300] |/opt/google/picasa/3.0/wine/drive_c/Program Files/Google/Picasa3 [125007130310] |Use the following command to copy or use nautilus [125007130320] |su cp -r /home/YOUR_USER_NAME/.wine/drive_c/Program Files/Google/Picasa3 /opt/google/picasa/3.0/wine/drive_c/Program Files/Google/Picasa3 [125007130330] |Once done, You can open Picasa 3.5 from your Applications >Graphics >Picasa [125007130340] |Source from here [125007140010] |Ubuntu 10.04(Lucid Lynx) Release Schedule [125007140020] |Ubuntu team is already planning for 10.04 LTS, which will see the light of day in April 2010 [125007140030] |Ubuntu 10.04 (codename Lucid Lynx) LTS will be released Next year on April 29th. [125007140040] |Ubuntu 10.04 Release schedule [125007140050] |If you want detailed release schedule from here [125007150010] |Screengrab - Nice Firefox add-on [125007150020] |Screengrab! saves entire webpages as images.It will capture what you can see in the window, the entire page, just a selection, a particular frame… basically it saves webpages as images - either to a file, or to the clipboard. [125007150030] |It can capture any Java or Flash embedded in a page, but to do this it requires Java to be installed in the browser. [125007150040] |The following little keywords are at the request of those who can’t remember the name ScreenGrab! and want searches to work. [125007150050] |It takes screen shots, screenshots - that is, shots, of web pages. [125007150060] |Install Screengrab addon in firefox [125007150070] |First you need to download and install screengrab from here [125007150080] |Using Screengrab [125007150090] |After restarting Firefox, ScreenGrab is now ready to go. [125007150100] |Navigate to the website that you want to take a screenshot of. [125007150110] |Once it has completely loaded, right-click anywhere on the page. [125007150120] |A menu will pop up, and at the very bottom, you should see “ScreenGrab” as the last option. [125007150130] |You have a few different ways to take a screenshot with ScreenGrab: [125007150140] |To grab a screenshot of the entire webpage, choose “ScreenGrab” >“Save” >“Complete Page/Frame” A “Save Menu” will pop up to save the screenshot. [125007150150] |You can rename your screenshot and change the location to save it. [125007150160] |You can also change the format from PNG to JPG using the drop-down menu. [125007160010] |eee-control - Utility for controlling Eee PC hardware [125007160020] |eee-control is an easy-to-use utility for controlling Eee PC hardware under Linux. [125007160030] |It can toggle hardware (WiFi, Bluetooth, etc.) on and off, lets you configure all hardware hotkeys, enables aggressive powersaving, and more eee-control Features [125007160040] |* ACPI support for hotkeys, LCD brightness control and hardware toggles [125007160050] |* Toggle hardware (WiFi, Bluetooth, card reader, webcam, touchpad) on and off [125007160060] |* Easy graphical configuration of hotkey actions [125007160070] |* Better (finer granularity, more silent) fan control [125007160080] |* Extended LCD brightness (brighter and darker than the default range) [125007160090] |* Notifications/OSD (fully configurable) [125007160100] |* Performance control (adjusts FSB and CPU voltage) for saving power and/or overclocking [125007160110] |* gnome-power-manager integration for automatic performance adjustment [125007160120] |* Fine-grained configuration through a configuration file (/etc/eee-control.conf) [125007160130] |* Monitor for hardware sensors (fan, temperature) [125007160140] |* Internationalization [125007160150] |* Clean architecture [125007160160] |o eee-control-daemon (low level operations, hardware abstraction, runs with root privileges) [125007160170] |o eee-control-tray (GTK/GNOME GUI, configuration, OSD) [125007160180] |o D-Bus for communication [125007160190] |Install eee-control in Ubuntu [125007160200] |First you need to download the .deb package from here .In this example i am downloading .deb package for jaunty [125007160210] |wget http://greg.geekmind.org/eee-control/deb/eee-control_0.9.4_all~jaunty.deb [125007160220] |Install .deb package using the following command [125007160230] |sudo dpkg -i eee-control_0.9.4_all~jaunty.deb [125007160240] |This will complete the installation [125007160250] |the Ubuntu packages automatically enter eee-control-tray into the session startup.If you want to start The GUI use the following command from terminal [125007160260] |eee-control-tray [125007160270] |Screenshots [125007170010] |How to connect iPhone/iPod Touch (Using USB) in Karmic/Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy [125007170020] |If you want iphone/ipod touch in ubuntu easy way is using iFuse program. [125007170030] |iFuse allows you to mount an iPhone or iPod Touch under Linux using the USB cable. [125007170040] |You can view and edit the files similar to a normal USB disk drive. iFuse does not require “jailbreaking” or voiding your warranty and works without needing extra software installed on the phone (such as `ssh`). [125007170050] |libiphone is a software library that talks the native Apple USB protocols that the iPhone uses. [125007170060] |Unlike other projects, `libiphone` does not depends on using any existing `.dll` or `.so` libraries from Apple. [125007170070] |iFuse is a FUSE filesystem driver which uses `libiphone` to connect to devices without jailbreak. iFuse is using the native Apple “AFC” protocol, over the normal USB cable in order to access the iPhone’s (or iPod Touch’s) media files under Linux. [125007170080] |Once the iPhone is mounted, you can copy on, or copy off any media files that live inside the `/var/root/Media` chroot directory. [125007170090] |This includes photographs and music files. [125007170100] |Install iFuse in Ubuntu [125007170110] |First you need to edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file [125007170120] |sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125007170130] |Add the following lines [125007170140] |For karmic Users [125007170150] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonabeck/ppa/ubuntu karmic main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonabeck/ppa/ubuntu karmic main [125007170160] |For Jaunty Users [125007170170] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonabeck/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonabeck/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main [125007170180] |For Intrepid Users [125007170190] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonabeck/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonabeck/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main [125007170200] |For Hardy Users [125007170210] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonabeck/ppa/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/jonabeck/ppa/ubuntu hardy main [125007170220] |Save and exit the file. [125007170230] |Now install gpg key using the following key [125007170240] |sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com F0876AC9 [125007170250] |Update source list using the following command [125007170260] |sudo apt-get update [125007170270] |Install ifuse using the following command [125007170280] |sudo apt-get install ifuse [125007170290] |Now you can plug in your ipod Touch or Iphone and it will appear in your desktop. [125007170300] |Article source from here [125007180010] |gummi - Simple LaTeX editor written in Python/GTK [125007180020] |Gummi is a lightweight LaTeX editor written in Python/GTK+ released as open-source software under a dual MIT/Beerware license. [125007180030] |Install Gummi in ubuntu [125007180040] |First download .deb packages using the following command [125007180050] |wget http://dev.midnightcoding.org/redmine/attachments/download/17/gummi_0.4.5-0ubuntu1_all.deb [125007180060] |Now install .deb package using the following command [125007180070] |sudo dpkg -i gummi_0.4.5-0ubuntu1_all.deb [125007180080] |Screenshot [125007190010] |Howto setup Networking (Wired and Wireless) on Asus eeePC 1005HA,1008HA in Jaunty [125007190020] |This tutorial will explain Howto setup Networking (Wired and Wireless) on Asus eeePC 1005HA,1008HA in ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) [125007190030] |For Wired connection [125007190040] |First you need to download AR81Family Linux Driver from here at the time of writing AR81Family-linux-v1.0.0.10.tar.gz version (use a usb device,because you probably don’t have network).I am providing the AR81Family Linux Driver download from here [125007190050] |Now you need to extract this file [125007190060] |tar -xzvf AR81Family-linux-v1.0.0.10.tar.gz [125007190070] |cd AR81* [125007190080] |cd src [125007190090] |make [125007190100] |sudo make install [125007190110] |sudo insmod atl1e.ko [125007190120] |That’s it now you should be having your wired network is working [125007190130] |Note:- If you are using 2.6.30+ kernels you will need to modify kcompat.h from [125007190140] |#define IRQ_HANDLED #define IRQ_NONE [125007190150] |to [125007190160] |#define IRQ_HANDLED 1 #define IRQ_NONE 0 [125007190170] |Also, don’t use the atl1c driver from 2.6.30+ as it doesn’t work [125007190180] |You can check which linux headers you have to install using the following command [125007190190] |uname -r [125007190200] |For Wireless Connection [125007190210] |Once with the wired network installed, you can simply install this package to get the wireless network [125007190220] |sudo apt-get install linux-backports-modules-jaunty [125007200010] |Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Beta released! [125007200020] |The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. [125007200030] |This is the Ubuntu 9.10 beta release, which brings a host of exciting new features. [125007200040] |Note: This is a beta release. [125007200050] |Do not install it on production machines. [125007200060] |The final stable version will be released on October 29th, 2009. [125007200070] |Upgrading from Ubuntu 9.04 [125007200080] |To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager -d” (without the quotes) into the command box. [125007200090] |Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ’9.10′ is available. [125007200100] |Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions. [125007200110] |To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 on a server system: install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed; edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal; launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade -d; and follow the on-screen instructions. [125007200120] |Download [125007200130] |Get it while it’s hot. [125007200140] |ISOs and torrents are available at: [125007200150] |
  • http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/ (Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Netbook Remix) http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/ (Ubuntu Server for UEC and EC2) http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/9.10/ (Kubuntu Desktop and Netbook) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/9.10/beta/ (Xubuntu) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/9.10/beta/ (UbuntuStudio) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/9.10/beta/ (Mythbuntu) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/9.10/beta/ (Edubuntu)
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  • [125007200300] |Get more details like new features and bugs from here [125007210010] |Ubuntu Tip:Awesome software-properties update for PPAs in Karmic [125007210020] |* new helper script “add-apt-repository” that can be used to enable a repository from the commandline. [125007210030] |Useful for e.g.’add-apt-repository ppa:gnome-desktop’ [125007210040] |I gave it a try with `sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jpeddicord`. [125007210050] |Not only did it add an entry to sources.list.d, it also fetched the GPG key automatically. [125007210060] |Out of curiosity, I opened software-properties-gtk (system >admin >software sources) and tried to add a PPA on the third-party software tab. [125007210070] |Using the same syntax for the add-apt-repository command, it worked. [125007210080] |Didn’t appear to grab the GPG key at first, but after restarting the interface the key was indeed there.This is awesome, and definitely lowers the barrier for adding PPAs to a system. [125007210090] |Credit goes here [125007220010] |Adblock Plus - Firefox Add-on [125007220020] |Adblock Plus is an extension for Firefox, Thunderbird, and several other applications with the primary goal of removing advertisements. [125007220030] |For that, it will look at all requests made by web pages and block the request if the address the request should go to matches a filter in Adblock Plus. [125007220040] |Out of the box, Adblock Plus comes without any filters whatsoever but will offer to add a filter subscription on first start — that is a list of filters maintained by other Adblock Plus users and will be updated automatically regularly. [125007220050] |Install Adblock Plus in firefox from here [125007220060] |Screenshots [125007220070] |Adblock Plus in Action Video [125007230010] |Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) Beta Screenshots Gallery [125007230020] |The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. [125007230030] |This is the Ubuntu 9.10 beta [125007230040] |release, which brings a host of exciting new features. [125007230050] |Note: This is a beta release. [125007230060] |Do not install it on production machines. [125007230070] |The final stable version will be released on October 29th, 2009. [125007230080] |Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) Beta Gallery [125007230090] |Check Full Gallery from here [125007240010] |Howto install PlayOnLinux in Karmic/Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy [125007240020] |What is PlayOnLinux ? [125007240030] |PlayOnLinux is a piece of sofware which allows you to easily install and use numerous games and softwares designed to run with Microsoft®’s Windows®. [125007240040] |Few games are compatible with GNU/Linux at the moment and it certainly is a factor preventing the migration to this system. [125007240050] |PlayOnLinux brings an accessible and efficient solution to this problem, cost-free and rescpetful of the free softwares. [125007240060] |What are PlayOnLinux’s features? [125007240070] |Here is a non-exhaustive list of the interesting points to know: [125007240080] |* You don’t have to own a Windows® license to use PlayOnLinux. [125007240090] |* PlayOnLinux is based on Wine, and so profits from all its possibilities yet it keeps the user away from its complexity while exploiting some of its advanced functions. [125007240100] |* PlayOnLinux is a free software. [125007240110] |* PlayOnLinux uses Bash and Python [125007240120] |Nevertheless, PlayOnLinux has some defects, as every piece of software: [125007240130] |* Occasional performances decrease (image may be less fluid and graphics less detailed). [125007240140] |* Not all games are supported. [125007240150] |Nevertheless, you can use our manual installation module. [125007240160] |Install PlayOnLinux in Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy [125007240170] |Method 1 (Using repository) [125007240180] |For Karmic Users [125007240190] |First you need to add the PlayOnLinux repository using the following command [125007240200] |sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_karmic.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list [125007240210] |Update source list [125007240220] |sudo apt-get update [125007240230] |Install PlayOnLinux using the following command [125007240240] |sudo apt-get install playonlinux [125007240250] |For Jaunty Users [125007240260] |First you need to add the PlayOnLinux repository using the following command [125007240270] |sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_jaunty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list [125007240280] |Update source list [125007240290] |sudo apt-get update [125007240300] |Install PlayOnLinux using the following command [125007240310] |sudo apt-get install playonlinux [125007240320] |For Intrepid Users [125007240330] |First you need to add the PlayOnLinux repository using the following command [125007240340] |sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list [125007240350] |Update source list [125007240360] |sudo apt-get update [125007240370] |Install PlayOnLinux using the following command [125007240380] |sudo apt-get install playonlinux [125007240390] |For Hardy Users [125007240400] |First you need to add the PlayOnLinux repository using the following command [125007240410] |sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list [125007240420] |Update source list [125007240430] |sudo apt-get update [125007240440] |Install PlayOnLinux using the following command [125007240450] |sudo apt-get install playonlinux [125007240460] |Method 2 (Using .deb File) [125007240470] |Download .deb file from here [125007240480] |Install .deb package using the following command [125007240490] |sudo dpkg -i PlayOnLinux_3.7.deb [125007240500] |If you want to know more about how to use check the official documentation [125007250010] |10 Reasons Why Google Chrome Should Be Your Default Web Browser and Plugins List [125007250020] |An official version of Google Chrome has been available to try out for several months. [125007250030] |It fully supports flash and extensions, is super fast to both start-up and load pages and is so incredibly stable you will wonder why it’s not already been signed off and labeled “beta” already! [125007250040] |Below are 10 reasons why i think it should be your default browser. [125007250050] |Speed #1 [125007250060] |First things first – Chrome is super fast. [125007250070] |Quick, swift, pronto, whatever! it’s really fast at loading pages. [125007250080] |Try two pages side-by-side in Firefox and Chrome and see. [125007250090] |Speed #2 A common complaint about Firefox in Ubuntu is the time it takes to start-up/launch/open. [125007250100] |It’s not the most instant launching application! [125007250110] |Chrome, however, opens pretty much instantly allowing you to not have to waste time waiting to be able to do what you need to… [125007250120] |Extensions [125007250130] |“I’ll switch to chrome when it get’s adblocker!! [125007250140] |Until then no way!!” [125007250150] |This may or may not be a shock to you – but Google Chrome already has extensions! [125007250160] |Tons of them! [125007250170] |Including: - [125007250180] |
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  • Xmarks bookmarks sync
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  • Easy RSS subscription button
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  • IE8-esque accelerators
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  • Cookie Cleaner
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  • Session save
  • [125007250310] |And this is just the beginning! [125007250320] |You can find these and plenty more on awesome Chrome User site chromeplugins.org. [125007250330] |Check here for 15 plugins for google chrome from here [125007250340] |Read Full Story from here [125007260010] |Howto Get the Best Performace from the GMA 500 Video Chipset [125007260020] |Author Note:- Im Modifying these procedures and Including New steps, and tweaks that have been proven to work thus far. [125007260030] |This should work for any system having a GMA500 Video Chipset. [125007260040] |Although it was written using a Dell Mini 10. [125007260050] |Credit goes to sammyboy405 user in Ubuntu forums.If you want more fixes and updates on this check this ubuntuforum thread [125007260060] |Before Starting this Make sure you have the Latest Kernel. [125007260070] |As of right now its .15 But if there is one Higher Make sure you have it before performing the steps below. [125007260080] |First lets check to make sure you have the latest Kernel version before we proceed. [125007260090] |From the Terminal run the following command [125007260100] |uname -a [125007260110] |This will display your Kernel version. [125007260120] |If it is 2.6.28.15 or Higher You are done. [125007260130] |And continue down below. [125007260140] |If it is not then do the following steps [125007260150] |sudo apt-get update [125007260160] |sudo apt-get dist-upgrade [125007260170] |Reboot [125007260180] |go back into a terminal [125007260190] |uname -a [125007260200] |Make sure your Upgrade happened. [125007260210] |If it did and you want to get rid of your old Kernel you can do [125007260220] |sudo apt-get autoremove [125007260230] |Once you have latest kernel in place follow this procedure [125007260240] |Add this to your repository [125007260250] |sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list.d/ubuntu-mobile.list [125007260260] |add these 2 lines [125007260270] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mobile/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mobile/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main [125007260280] |Save and exit [125007260290] |Now you need to authenticate the keys [125007260300] |gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --search-keys ubuntu-mobile [125007260310] |Press 1 and Enter [125007260320] |gpg -a --output /tmp/pub.asc --export C6598A30 [125007260330] |sudo apt-key add /tmp/pub.asc &&rm /tmp/pub.asc [125007260340] |Now that your Ubuntu-Mobile Key is added do the Following. [125007260350] |The Following Packages need to be Installed Most are Dependences. [125007260360] |* psb-firmware - Binary firmware for the Poulsbo (psb) 3D X11 driver [125007260370] |* psb-modules - Kernel module built for -generic or -lpia kernel [125007260380] |* psb-kernel-source - Kernel module for the Poulsbo (psb) 2D X11 driver [125007260390] |* psb-kernel-headers - Kernel module headers for the Poulsbo (psb) 2D X11 driver [125007260400] |* xpsb-glx - X11 drivers for Poulsbo (psb) 3D acceleration [125007260410] |* poulsbo-driver-3d - Metapackage for the 3D Poulsbo (psb) X11 driver. [125007260420] |* poulsbo-driver-2d - Metapackage for the 2D Poulsbo (psb) X11 driver. [125007260430] |From a Terminal run the following commands [125007260440] |sudo apt-get update [125007260450] |sudo apt-get install poulsbo-driver-2d poulsbo-driver-3d psb-firmware [125007260460] |Reboot your system [125007260470] |Make sure you have NO USB devices Hooked up as this will cause conflicting results with the poulsbo-driver-3d drivers. (see fix below for stability) [125007260480] |Once rebooted open a terminal and make a back up of your xorg.conf file.(fresh install may have a null xorg.conf file this is normal and ok) [125007260490] |sudo cp /etc/X11/xorg.conf /etc/X11/xorg.conf.bak [125007260500] |Open up your xorg.conf and add the below contents inside it. [125007260510] |sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf [125007260520] |Make the Section “Device” Look like this : [125007260530] |Section “Device” Identifier “Configured Video Device” Option “AccelMethod” “EXA” Option “DRI” “off” Option “MigrationHeuristic” “greedy” EndSection [125007260540] |(Optional) add the following to the bottom of your xorg.conf file this will allow you to be able to do a CTRL+ALT+Backspace to restart your GUI/X11 session. [125007260550] |Section “ServerFlags” Option “DontZap” “False” EndSection [125007260560] |Reboot one last time and you should be rocking and rolling. [125007260570] |Now what this did is allow the 3d Drivers to be installed and are in Partial use. [125007260580] |Compiz and any other 3d Software “May” Not work I haven’t 100% tested it. [125007260590] |But modifying your xorg.conf with the above setting will allow you to be able to use External USB Devices with out random freezes. [125007260600] |If you have a fresh install you may need to recheck your xorg.conf file after you reboot as when the xserver configures itself it may put back the default settings. [125007260610] |Those that had xserver setup before hand you should be fine. [125007260620] |But if you feel that something isnt right, you may want to go and check your xorg.conf file again and be sure that the options are still there. [125007260630] |Leave out the xorg.conf if you don’t plan on using anything USB. [125007260640] |Although since your keyboard / touch-pad is technically USB I still had random Freezes Have 3d Enabled. [125007260650] |So I Highly Recommend using my xorg.conf example. [125007260660] |I have had great success with it. [125007260670] |For those who are getting DRM errors after Upgrading from / to a new Kernel after doing the Old Procedures I had listed here do the following. [125007260680] |sudo apt-get install psb-kernel-source [125007260690] |Reboot and then you should be good to go again. [125007260700] |You may want to add the 3d to give you some extra performance. [125007260710] |If so just start from the top of this message and start from the beginning like you where installing for the first time. and that should do the trick. [125007260720] |Working with compiz and 3D effects [125007260730] |Open A Terminal [125007260740] |sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst [125007260750] |You should find a line that looks like this (your root UUID and kernel version will/may vary) [125007260760] |kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic root=UUID=c34d1d57-59d3-4f6f-abc1-fd83aea4 ro quiet splash [125007260770] |Change it to this (bold is to emphasize what needs changing) [125007260780] |kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.28-14-generic root=UUID=c34d1d57-59d3-4f6f-abc1-fd83aea4 ro quiet nosplash mem=786mb [125007260790] |This tells grub to force the kernel to recognize only 786mb of the installed 1GB, leaving 238mb free for the graphics adapter to use. [125007260800] |The “nosplash” option prevents any sexy graphics being displayed during boot. [125007260810] |Now for Compiz. [125007260820] |sudo gedit /usr/bin/compiz [125007260830] |Look for the following line [125007260840] |WHITELIST=”nvidia intel ati radeon i810 fglrx” [125007260850] |Change it to this: [125007260860] |WHITELIST=”psb nvidia intel ati radeon i810 fglrx” [125007260870] |Now your going to need to edit a line in your xorg.conf file. [125007260880] |Doing this will allow for 3d effects. [125007260890] |sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf [125007260900] |add the following line [125007260910] |Option “IgnoreACPI” “yes” [125007260920] |Save and exit the file [125007260930] |Now Reboot. [125007260940] |Once Rebooted [125007260950] |click System -> Preferences -> Appearance and click the Visual Effects tab. [125007260960] |I chose “Normal” just to get things started. [125007280010] |Howto Install KDE 4.3.2 on ubuntu Jaunty [125007280020] |KDE Community Ships Second Translation and Service Release of the 4.3 Free Desktop, Containing Numerous Bugfixes, Performance Improvements and Translation Updates .October 6th, 2009. [125007280030] |Another month has passed since the release of KDE 4.3.0, so today the KDE Community announces the immediate availability of KDE 4.3.2, a bugfix, translation and maintenance update for the latest generation of the most advanced and powerful free desktop. [125007280040] |KDE 4.3.2 is a monthly update to KDE 4.3. [125007280050] |It ships with a desktop workspace and many cross-platform applications such as administration programs, network tools, educational applications, utilities, multimedia software, games, artwork, development tools and more. [125007280060] |KDE’s award-winning tools and applications are available in more than 50 languages. [125007280070] |KDE 4.3.2 Features [125007280080] |KDE 4.3.2 brings a nice number of bugfixes, some critical, some just fixing small annoyances: [125007280090] |* Many crashers have been fixed in KDE’s core libraries, bringing more stability to all applications [125007280100] |* KWin’s window compositing effects have been further stabilized by fixing a number of bugs in effect plugins such as the famous coverswitch window switcher [125007280110] |* The biggest number of bugs for this release has been fixed in KMail, KDE’s email client, making it more reliable and usable by correcting a number of display issues [125007280120] |* Saving files over themselves works again in Okular, KDE’s document viewer [125007280130] |For more information KDE 4.3.2 check here [125007280140] |Install KDE 4.3.2 on Jaunty [125007280150] |First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file [125007280160] |gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125007280170] |add the following line [125007280180] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/kubuntu-ppa/backports/ubuntu jaunty main [125007280190] |Save and exit the file [125007280200] |Add GPG Key [125007280210] |gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 2836CB0A8AC93F7A [125007280220] |gpg --export --armor 2836CB0A8AC93F7A | sudo apt-key add - [125007280230] |Update source list [125007280240] |sudo apt-get update [125007280250] |Install KDE [125007280260] |sudo apt-get install kde [125007280270] |Screenshot [125007290010] |Howto Install Vmware Tools in Ubuntu Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy [125007290020] |VMware Tools is a suite of utilities that enhances the performance of the virtual machine’s guest operating system and improves management of the virtual machine.Installing VMware Tools in the guest operating system is vital. [125007290030] |Although the guest operating system can run without VMware Tools, you lose important functionality and convenience. [125007290040] |Install vmware tools Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) [125007290050] |Open a terminal window and execute the following commands [125007290060] |Download the script [125007290070] |wget http://chrysaor.info/scripts/ubuntu804vmtools.sh [125007290080] |Change script permissions [125007290090] |chmod +x ubuntu804vmtools.sh [125007290100] |Now run the script that makes VMware Tools compatible with Ubuntu 8.04 (Warning: it will download some large files): [125007290110] |sudo ./ubuntu804vmtools.sh [125007290120] |When the script promps for answers, just hit Enter as defaults are OK. [125007290130] |If you’re using VMware Fusion, Server or Workstation, reboot the virtual machine and you are done. [125007290140] |Install vmware tools Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) [125007290150] |Open a terminal window and execute the following commands [125007290160] |Download the script [125007290170] |wget http://chrysaor.info/scripts/ubuntu810vmtools.sh [125007290180] |Change script permissions [125007290190] |chmod +x ubuntu810vmtools.sh [125007290200] |Now run the script that installs VMware Tools (Warning: it will download a large file): [125007290210] |sudo ./ubuntu810vmtools.sh [125007290220] |When the script promps for answers, just hit Enter as defaults are OK. [125007290230] |If you’re using VMware Fusion, Server or Workstation, reboot the virtual machine and you are done. [125007290240] |Install vmware tools Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) [125007290250] |Open a terminal window and execute the following commands [125007290260] |Download the script [125007290270] |wget http://chrysaor.info/scripts/ubuntu904vmtools.sh [125007290280] |Change script permissions [125007290290] |chmod +x ubuntu904vmtools.sh [125007290300] |Now run the script that installs VMware Tools (Warning: it will download some files) [125007290310] |sudo bash ./ubuntu904vmtools.sh [125007290320] |When the script promps for answers, just hit Enter as defaults are OK. [125007290330] |If you’re using VMware Fusion, Server or Workstation, reboot the virtual machine and you are done. [125007290340] |Credit goes Here [125007300010] |Supported Files Of Various Ubuntu Multimedia Programs [125007300020] |This is list of Various Ubuntu Multimedia Programs if you know something is missing please let us know we will keep updating this post [125007300030] |Audacity: flac, mp3, ogg, wav [125007300040] |Avidemux: avi, flv, mov, mpeg, mp4, wmv [125007300050] |Cinelerra: avi, flv, mp3, mp4, mov, mpg, ogv, vob, wav, wmv [125007300060] |HandBrake: avi, flv, mov, mp4, mpg, wmv [125007300070] |Kdenlive: avi, flac, flv, mov, mp3, mp4, mpg, ogg, ogv, wav, wmv [125007300080] |Kino: avi, flv, mov, mp4, mpg, ogv, wmv [125007300090] |Mplayer: avi, asf, flv, mkv, mov, mp3, mp4, mpg, wav, wmv,vob,rm,rmvb [125007300100] |Pitivi: avi, flac flv, jpg, mov, mp3, mp4, mpg, ogg, ogv, wav, wmv [125007300110] |VideoLan/VLC: avi, flv, mkv, mov, mp3, mp4, mpg, ogg, ogv, wav, wmv [125007300120] |vfff: avi, flac, flv, mov, mp3, mp4, mpg, wav, wmv [125007300130] |Winff: avi, flac, flv, mov, mp3, mp4, mpg, ogg, ogv, wav, wmv [125007300140] |Rhythmbox : WMA,MP3,MP4,wav,ogg,flv,flac [125007300150] |XBMC: MPA,MP2,MP3,WAV,AAC,M4A,MP4,RM,RAM,RA,RV,RMVB,FLV,MPEG,MPG,M2V,M2T,M2TS,MTS,EVO,DVD iso’s [125007300160] |Totem : WMA,MP3,MP4,wav,ogg,flv.flac [125007300170] |Amarok : FLAC,Ogg,WMA,AAC,MP3,WAV,MP4 [125007300180] |Songbird : WMA,MP3,MP4,wav,ogg,flv,AAC [125007300190] |Banshee : MP3,OGG,FLV,WAV,AAC,MP4 [125007300200] |MPD : MP3,OGG,FLV,WAV,AAC,MP4 [125007300210] |Exaile: WMA,AAC,MP3,OGG,FLAC [125007310010] |Upgrade Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Beta [125007310020] |Ubuntu 9.10 is the upcoming version of the Ubuntu operating system. [125007310030] |The common name given to this release from the time of its early development was “Karmic Koala”. [125007310040] |Note: This is a beta release. [125007310050] |Do not install it on production machines. [125007310060] |The final stable version will be released on October 29th, 2009 [125007310070] |Important Notes Before Upgrade [125007310080] |* Take a complete Back up all your data. [125007310090] |There is no guarantee that all will go well [125007310100] |* Be sure that you have all updates applied to Ubuntu 9.04 before you upgrade [125007310110] |To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04, press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager -d” (without the quotes) into the command box click on Run.Once we have got stable release you just remove -d option. [125007310120] |Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ‘9.10′ is available. [125007310130] |Click on Upgrade [125007310140] |This will show you Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Release notes click on upgrade [125007310150] |Downloading Upgrade tool in progress [125007310160] |Preparing for upgrade in progress [125007310170] |Note:- If you are using any third party sources in your /etc/apt/sources.list file it will be disabled at the time of upgrade process message will appear. [125007310180] |Setting new software channels in progress [125007310190] |Starting the upgrade process window click on Start Upgrade [125007310200] |Downloading the new Packages in Progress [125007310210] |Installing Packages in Progress [125007310220] |Installing Packages Progress in Terminal [125007310230] |Cleaning Up process in Progress [125007310240] |Now you should see Remove obsolete packages window here click on remove [125007310250] |You need to restart the system to complete the Upgrade by clicking “Restart Now” [125007310260] |Testing Your Upgrade [125007310270] |You can check the ubuntu version installed using the following command [125007310280] |sudo lsb_release -a [125007310290] |Output Looks like below [125007310300] |Login Screen [125007320010] |Ubuntu 9.10 makes a serious charge toward the enterprise level [125007320020] |At the end of this month (October 29th, 2009 to be exact), Ubuntu will be releasing its newest take on the Linux operating system. [125007320030] |This time around, it should be obvious (even to the biggest of skeptics) that Ubuntu is making some serious inroads to the business and enterprise scene. [125007320040] |Bootup: Ubuntu has already made serious headway in the boot up process. [125007320050] |When 9.04 was released the goal was the ever-elusive 10 second boot up time. [125007320060] |With Ubuntu 9.10 they are inching very close to that time. [125007320070] |The alpha release I tested had yet to reach that magic number but it’s getting close, clocking in under 20 seconds (and I was testing in a virtual environment so the installment wasn’t getting 100% of the machine resources). [125007320080] |Software Center: This is really one of the biggest enterprise-level additions. [125007320090] |Gone will be the Add/Remove Software tool and (eventually) Synaptic in favor of the Software Center. [125007320100] |Although this tool will be used in the same way as the Add/Remove Software tool, it will have one thing its predecessor didn’t have - Commercial Software. [125007320110] |That’s right. [125007320120] |Now the enterprise (or SMB) user can go to the Software Center and shop for just about any type of software you can imagine - including non-free, enterprise-grade software! [125007320130] |All in one very user-friendly tool. [125007320140] |Ubuntu One: If you’ve used DropBox, you will know and understand the appeal of Ubuntu One. [125007320150] |Ubuntu One is a way to sync files and folders on more than one PC. [125007320160] |With the help of Ubuntu One you can ensure that the files on your work PC are in sync with whatever other Ubuntu PC that has Ubuntu One installed. [125007320170] |In order to use Ubuntu One you will have to sign up for an account. [125007320180] |You can sign up for either the free account (which gives you 2GB of space) or, for $10.00 USD per month, you can get 50GB of space. [125007320190] |Enterprise Cloud Images: 9.10 will include images for common usage that can be deployed by the Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud. [125007320200] |HAL Deprecation: Many users will be glad to hear this. [125007320210] |A lot of services (especially suspend and hibernate) that had been the duty of HAL (Hardware Abstraction Layer) will be handed off to other controlling software (“DeviceKit-power”, “DeviceKit-disks” and “udev”). [125007320220] |Because of this change, Suspend and Hibernate should be far more reliable out of the box. [125007320230] |Better Intel video support: Intel ships more video chipsets than just about any other maker. [125007320240] |This has been a problem with Linux because of the horrible drivers offered. [125007320250] |That is changing with the release of Ubuntu 9.10. [125007320260] |The Intel drivers are switching from a much less reliable EXA driver to a far superior UXA 2D acceleration technology developed by Intel. [125007320270] |Since so many business-class machines ship with on-board Intel video chipsets, this should make video issues with Linux a thing of the past (with regards to Intel that is). [125007320280] |ext4: The ext4 file system will now be the default for Ubuntu. [125007320290] |The ext4 file system has proven (since 9.04) to be very reliable and far faster than ext3. [125007320300] |Apparmor: The Apparmor tool is getting some new profiles and features. [125007320310] |One of the new features is a new parser that uses cache files to speed up initialization. [125007320320] |Apparmor will also include a new feature (”PUX”) which will allow a process to transition to a profile or run without a profile. [125007320330] |New profiles have also been added to the tool, extending its strength and flexibility. [125007320340] |Non eXecutable Emulation: Not many people know about this feature. [125007320350] |There are certain CPUs that offer the NX feature which allows certain areas of memory to be reserved for either processor instructions or data. [125007320360] |This allows portions of the CPU memory to be marked as non-executable. [125007320370] |With Ubuntu 9.10 the kernel will allow this feature even if you do not have a CPU with the NX feature. [125007320380] |This will greatly enhance protection from malicious software and/or buffer overflow attacks. [125007320390] |The list above is just the icing on the cake. [125007320400] |Add to that all of the great features brought to life with 9.04 and you should easily see how Ubuntu is positioning itself to take on the SMB and Enterprise space. [125007320410] |Source from here [125007330010] |launch2net - Mobile Internet Connection Manager for Ubuntu [125007330020] |launch2net for Ubuntu Linux is a professional mobile Internet Connection Manager for Ubuntu 8.10 and 9.04 users. launch2net will recognize your type of modem or ExpressCard as well as the SIM card and does not need intricate driver installations or configurations. [125007330030] |The clean GUI displays the most important information at a glance, like network information, signal strength, online time and data throuput. [125007330040] |A well arranged statistic window delivers detailed information about the online time and data consumption of each connection in addition to the modem type used. [125007330050] |An icon in the task bar offers access to the most important functions of launch2net for Ubuntu Linux. [125007330060] |Simle to use: No long searches for modem drivers or connection settings. launch2net gets you online simple and fast with a few clicks. [125007330070] |Impressive SMS text message manger: From now on you can use launch2net to send, receive and manage your SMS text messages with support of multipart and multigroup messages. [125007330080] |You can check the Compatible devices from here [125007330090] |Install launch2net in Ubuntu 9.04/8.10 [125007330100] |Requirements [125007330110] |
  • Ubuntu 9.04/8.10
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  • Acompatible modem
  • [125007330130] |First you need to download .deb packages from here [125007330140] |Once you downloaded the package install using the following command [125007330150] |sudo dpkg -i packagename [125007330160] |Example [125007330170] |In this example i am downloading ubuntu 9.04 32-bit version .deb file [125007330180] |wget http://repo.novamedia.de/pool/jaunty/main/launch2net2_1.6.0-0_i386.deb [125007330190] |Install .deb file [125007330200] |sudo dpkg -i launch2net2_1.6.0-0_i386.deb [125007330210] |This will complete the installation [125007330220] |You can check User manual from here [125007330230] |Screeenshots [125007340010] |unp - Unpack (almost) everything with one command [125007340020] |unp is a small perl script which makes extraction of any archive files a bit easier. [125007340030] |It support several compressors and archiver programs, chooses the right one(s) automatically and extracts one or more files in one go. [125007340040] |You may also want to install some non-free packages like “unace-nonfree”, “unrar-nonfree” and “lha” to extract archives of these types. [125007340050] |Install unp in ubuntu [125007340060] |sudo apt-get install unp [125007340070] |Using unp [125007340080] |Unp Examples [125007340090] |unpack all archives in a directory [125007340100] |unp *.* [125007340110] |unpack, for example, all .rar archives in a directory [125007340120] |unp *.rar [125007340130] |unpack 1 archive [125007340140] |unp archivefile [125007340150] |unpack several archives at the same time [125007340160] |unp archivefile1 archivefile 2 [125007340170] |Some more examples [125007340180] |unp *.tar.gz [125007340190] |unp *.tar.bz [125007340200] |unp *.rpm [125007340210] |unp *.deb [125007340220] |unp *.zip [125007340230] |unp *.rar [125007340240] |Known Problem [125007340250] |It doesn’t extract files from RAR archives with full path [125007340260] |unp man page [125007340270] |NAME [125007340280] |unp – a shell frontend for uncompressing/unpacking tools [125007340290] |SYNOPSIS [125007340300] |unp [-u] file [ files ... ] [ -- backend args ... ] ucat file [ files ... ] [125007340310] |unp is a small script with only one goal: Extract as many archives as possible, of any kind and from any path to the current directory, preserving the subdirectory structure where needed. [125007340320] |Is a Do-What-I-Want utility and helps managing several extraction programs without looking for needed options for the particular tool or worrying about the installation of the needed program. [125007340330] |Run unp without arguments to see the list of supported archive formats. [125007340340] |The special version ucat acts as wrapper for commands that can output the extracted data to standard output, like bzip (bzcat), gzip (zcat), tar,zip and others. [125007340350] |USAGE [125007340360] |unp extract one or more files given as arguments on the command line. [125007340370] |Additionaly, it may pass some options to the backend tools (like taroptions) when they are appended after `–´. [125007340380] |There is also a special option (-u) which is very usefull for extracting of Debian packages. [125007340390] |Using -u, unp extracts the package (i.e. the ar archive) first, then extracts data.tar.gz in the current directory and then control.tar.gz in control//. [125007340400] |NOTES [125007340410] |unp will try to decompress into a FILE.unp if it get trouble with existing files. [125007340420] |But don’t count on this feature, always look for free working space before using unp. [125007340430] |In contrary to gunzip which decompresses the file in the target directory of the source file,unp will use current directory for output. [125007350010] |How to install Tomcat 6 on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) [125007350020] |Apache Tomcat is a free and open source software implementation for JavaServlets, providing support for Java Server Pages (JSP). [125007350030] |Many popular web-based applications use servlets. [125007350040] |You may choose to run Tomcat with either Sun’s Java implementation or the OpenJDK implementation of Java. [125007350050] |Because Tomcat version 6 was included in Ubuntu 9.04, installing a working Tomcat server is reasonably straightforward. [125007350060] |However, before we can start installing Tomcat itself, we must first install Java. [125007350070] |First Install Sun Java in ubuntu 9.04 using this tutorial [125007350080] |Install tomcat 6 in ubuntu 9.04 [125007350090] |sudo apt-get install tomcat6 tomcat6-admin tomcat6-common tomcat6-user tomcat6-docs tomcat6-examples [125007350100] |This command downloads and install the following packages [125007350110] |tomcat6 : Servlet and JSP engine [125007350120] |tomcat6-admin : Admin web applications [125007350130] |tomcat6-common : Common files [125007350140] |tomcat6-user : Tools to create user instances [125007350150] |tomcat6-docs : Example web applications [125007350160] |tomcat6-examples : Example web applications [125007350170] |To start, stop, restart and get the server status [125007350180] |Start tomcat server [125007350190] |sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 start [125007350200] |Stop tomcat server [125007350210] |sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 stop [125007350220] |Restart tomcat server [125007350230] |sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 restart [125007350240] |Get tomcat server status [125007350250] |sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 status [125007350260] |After installation type http://localhost:8080 or http://serverip:8080/examples/servlets/ in your browser.Now you should see tomcat welcome page [125007350270] |* To enable admin web based features add the following lines to your /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-user.xml [125007350280] |* you should be able to see your manage page here http://your_ip_goes_here:8080/manager/html [125007350290] |* log in with the name and password you just set in /etc/tomcat6/tomcat-users.xml [125007350300] |* ls /var/lib/tomcat6 directory. [125007350310] |* you should see these directories conf, logs, webapps, work [125007350320] |* webapps is where your servlets will go ( or at least a xml file that points to them ) [125007350330] |* as a test download this war file http://simple.souther.us/SimpleServlet.war [125007350340] |* then use the tomcat management page and select war file to deploy ( in teh deploy section) to upload this file to your server [125007350350] |* optionally just wget http://simple.souther.us/SimpleServlet.war directly to the webapps folder [125007350360] |* tomcat should recognize the war file and expand it with everything you need [125007350370] |* browse to http://serverip:8080/SimpleServlet/ [125007350380] |Change tomcat server to run on port 80 [125007350390] |If you want to Change tomcat server to run on port 80 follow this procedure [125007350400] |You need to edit the /etc/tomcat6/server.xml file [125007350410] |nano /etc/tomcat6/server.xml [125007350420] |Now replace the part that says Connector port=”8080? with Connector port=”80? [125007350430] |Save and exit the file [125007350440] |Restart tomcat server with the following command [125007350450] |sudo /etc/init.d/tomcat6 restart [125007360010] |Ubuntu Tip : Simplified way to add PPA repositories in Karmic [125007360020] |If you use the Ubuntu Personal Package Archives (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas) then forget about opening /etc/apt/sources.list to add a repository; in Karmic, use the new add-apt-repository command. [125007360030] |For example, to add the repository for the chromium browser, just run: [125007360040] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chromium-daily [125007360050] |The PPA’s repository will be automatically added and so will the GPG key. [125007360060] |Search Ubuntu PPAs from here [125007370010] |Install Firefox 3.5 or Firefox 3.6 (daily build) in Ubuntu Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy [125007370020] |If you want to install Firefox 3.5 or firefox 3.6 Beta in Ubuntu Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy use this procedure [125007370030] |First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file [125007370040] |gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125007370050] |Add the one of the following lines [125007370060] |For Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) Users [125007370070] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main [125007370080] |For Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid) Users [125007370090] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main [125007370100] |For Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy) Users [125007370110] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa/ubuntu hardy main [125007370120] |Save and exit the file [125007370130] |Now you need to add PPA GPG key [125007370140] |sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 247510BE [125007370150] |Update the source list [125007370160] |sudo apt-get update [125007370170] |Install Firefox 3.5 [125007370180] |sudo apt-get install firefox-3.5 [125007370190] |Install Firefox 3.6 [125007370200] |sudo apt-get install firefox-3.6 [125007370210] |If you already have a version of Firefox 3.5 installed from a repo then upgrade using the following command [125007370220] |sudo apt-get upgrade [125007380010] |Order your Free Ubuntu 9.10 ( Karmic Koala) CD [125007380020] |The next ubuntu stable version is going to be released on 29th October 2009.If you want to order your free CDS use the following link [125007380030] |https://shipit.ubuntu.com/ [125007380040] |Ubuntu 9.10 new Features [125007380050] |
  • Upstart
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  • Boot Experience
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  • Software Center
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  • GNOME 2.28
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  • Application development with Quickly
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  • Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Images
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  • Ubuntu One file sharing
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  • Linux kernel 2.6.31
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  • hal deprecation
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  • ext4 by default
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  • GRUB 2 by default
  • [125007380160] |And many more for more details on each one check here [125007390010] |Download Ubuntu One applet icons for Humanity icon theme [125007390020] |Ubuntu One applet icons for Humanity icon theme. [125007390030] |ubuntuone-client.png need to go into appropriate size folders of /usr/share/icons/hicolor/24×24/apps [125007390040] |The rest icons go into appropriate size folders of /usr/share/ubuntuone-client/icons/hicolor/24×24/status [125007390050] |Then do [125007390060] |$ sudo gtk-update-icon-cache -f /usr/share/icons/hicolor [125007390070] |to update icon cache. [125007390080] |And finally restart or start ubuntuone. [125007390090] |Download Ubuntu One applet icons for Humanity icon theme from here [125007390100] |Screenshot [125007400010] |Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) CD/DVD labels and Stickers [125007400020] |I have collected some Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 CD/DVD labels hope this will be useful for some users [125007400030] |Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 CD labels [125007400040] |Download from here [125007400050] |Ubuntu 9.10 CD/DVD Label | Cover art [125007400060] |Download from here [125007400070] |Ubuntu 9.10 CD/DVD Label | Alt version [125007400080] |Download from here [125007400090] |Ubuntu 9.10 karmic koala CD/DVD label and cover art malayalam [125007400100] |Download from here [125007400110] |Karmic CD Label [125007400120] |Download from here [125007400130] |Ubuntu 9.10 CD Label White Beauty Alt [125007400140] |Download from here [125007400150] |CD/DVD label Ubuntu Karmic Koala 9.10 [125007400160] |Download from here [125007400170] |Finally [125007400180] |Ubuntu 9.10 Sticker you can download from here [125007400190] |Download Various Linux Distro Stickers from here [125007410010] |Ubuntu Tip : Howto recover gnome-panel [125007410020] |This tutorial will explain how to recover disappeared Application Menu, Places Menu and System Menu in ubuntu [125007410030] |Procedure to follow [125007410040] |1) First you need to Boot the system upto Login Window and now Press Ctrl+Alt+F1 [125007410050] |2) Now You will get a Text based login screen use your username and password to login [125007410060] |3) run the following Command from your terminal [125007410070] |$ rm -rf .gnome .gnome2 .gconf .gconfd [125007410080] |Now Press Ctrl+Alt+F7 you get your normal GUI login window [125007410090] |Source one of reader suggested this and also you can check here [125007410100] |If you have any other soultions please share with us. [125007420010] |WebMail Notifier (Firefox Add-on) - Checks your webmail accounts and notifies the number of unread emails [125007420020] |WebMail Notifier checks your webmail accounts and notifies the number of unread emails. [125007420030] |You can use multiple accounts in a same host. [125007420040] |Currently supports [125007420050] |- mail.google.com(Gmail &Google Apps) [125007420060] |- mail.yahoo.com (yahoo.com, ymail.com, rocketmail.com, yahoo.co.jp) [125007420070] |- mail.live.com(hotmail.com, msn.com, live.com) [125007420080] |- www.daum.net(hanmail) [125007420090] |- www.naver.com [125007420100] |- www.nate.com(nate.com, empas.com) [125007420110] |Below sites are supported by user script. [125007420120] |- aol.com(icqmail.com) [125007420130] |- facebook.com(facebook notification) [125007420140] |- mail.qq.com [125007420150] |- www.fastmail.fm [125007420160] |- www.gmx.net [125007420170] |- mail.lycos.com [125007420180] |- www.orkut.com [125007420190] |- freemail.web.de [125007420200] |- poczta.fm(poczta.interia.pl) [125007420210] |Download from here [125007420220] |Screenshot [125007430010] |How to install Opera Web Browser in Ubuntu including flash,Java Plugins [125007430020] |Opera is a web browser and internet suite developed by the Opera Software company. [125007430030] |The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying websites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, IRC online chatting, downloading files via BitTorrent, and reading web feeds. [125007430040] |Opera is offered free of charge for personal computers and mobile phones, but for other devices it must be paid for. [125007430050] |Features of Opera include tabbed browsing, page zooming, mouse gestures, and an integrated download manager. [125007430060] |Its security features include built-in phishing and malware protection, strong encryption when browsing secure web sites, and the ability to easily delete private data such as HTTP cookies. [125007430070] |First download latest Opera .deb package from here [125007430080] |Once you downloaded the .deb file install this file using the following command [125007430090] |sudo dpkg -i opera_10.00.4585.gcc4.qt3_i386.deb [125007430100] |Install flash plugin using the following command [125007430110] |sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree [125007430120] |If you have problem with your videos follow this procedure [125007430130] |Open Opera [125007430140] |Click on Tools >Preferences >go To The advanced tab [125007430150] |Click on Downloads on the left side [125007430160] |find the one that says application/x-shockwave-flash [125007430170] |Click Edit at the bottom it says Use Plugin from the pull down menu [125007430180] |select the one that says: ‘Shockwave Flash - /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/flashplugin-alternative. [125007430190] |so’ if it doesn’t work you can try a different one from the pull down menu [125007430200] |Click OK and exit [125007430210] |Install Java plugins using the following command [125007430220] |sudo apt-get install sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin ubuntu-restricted-extras [125007440010] |Install acrobat reader in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) [125007440020] |This tutorial will explain howto install acrobat reader in Ubuntu 9.10 32/64 bit versions [125007440030] |First you need to download .deb package from here [125007440040] |Now you have AdbeRdr9.1.2-1_i386linux_enu.deb package [125007440050] |For Ubuntu 9.10 32-bit Users [125007440060] |If you are running Ubuntu 32-bit version use the following command to install [125007440070] |sudo dpkg -i AdbeRdr9.1.2-1_i386linux_enu.deb [125007440080] |For Ubuntu 9.10 64-bit Users(amd64) [125007440090] |If you are running Ubuntu 64-bit(amd64) version use the following command to install [125007440100] |sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture AdbeRdr9.1.2-1_i386linux_enu.deb [125007450010] |Ubuntu’s Design Team: Make It Look Good, Run Better [125007450020] |The design team’s a group of fourteen people who comprise a mix of different disciplines: visual / graphics designers, interaction designers, and technical people. [125007450030] |“The majority of us come from consultancies and agencies,” Ivanka explained. [125007450040] |“I was at a user experience consultancy called Flow Interactive, and I used to be a programmer, so I came into user-centered design. [125007450050] |If I was thinking about what people were doing and how, I could help them accomplish that.” [125007450060] |I was curious what kind of working relationship the design group had established with GNOME so far. [125007450070] |(I focused on GNOME for now since the stock Ubuntu installation uses it, and therefore that’s what most people have direct exposure to.) [125007450080] |“Part of my job is working out the answer to that myself. [125007450090] |We’re a fairly new team, and we’ve had to do some work trying to learn how to operate with the FOSS community. [125007450100] |The Paper Cuts project [an ongoing project to identify trivially fixable bugs that otherwise annoy users -sy] was partly to get some small interaction problems fixed within Ubuntu, but also to understand how far we can push things. [125007450110] |The team doesn’t just cover Desktop, though; we have a little more freedom elsewhere in Netbook Remix. [125007450120] |Ready Full Interview From Here [125007460010] |Minitube - Slimline YouTube client [125007460020] |Minitube is a native YouTube client. [125007460030] |With it you can watch YouTube videos in a new way: you type a keyword, Minitube gives you an endless video stream. [125007460040] |Minitube does not require the Flash Player. [125007460050] |Minitube is not about cloning the original YouTube web interface, it strives to create a new TV-like experience. [125007460060] |Install minitube in Ubuntu Jaunty [125007460070] |You need to download .deb package from getdeb [125007460080] |Now you should be having minitube_0.7-1~getdeb1_i386.deb file install this .deb file using the following command [125007460090] |sudo dpkg -i minitube_0.7-1~getdeb1_i386.deb [125007460100] |Screenshot [125007470010] |Weekly Roundup (11-10-2009 - 18-10-2009) [125007470020] |

    General

    [125007470030] |How to install Opera Web Browser in Ubuntu including flash,Java Plugins [125007470040] |Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) CD/DVD labels and Stickers [125007470050] |Download Ubuntu One applet icons for Humanity icon theme [125007470060] |Ubuntu Tip : Howto recover gnome-panel [125007470070] |WebMail Notifier (Firefox Add-on) - Checks your webmail accounts and notifies the number of unread emails [125007470080] |Install Firefox 3.5 or Firefox 3.6 (daily build) in Ubuntu Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy [125007470090] |launch2net - Mobile Internet Connection Manager for Ubuntu [125007470100] |unp - Unpack (almost) everything with one command [125007470110] |Upgrade Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) to Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Beta [125007470120] |Howto Install Vmware Tools in Ubuntu Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy [125007470130] |

    Monitoring

    [125007470140] |Supported Files Of Various Ubuntu Multimedia Programs [125007470150] |

    Networking

    [125007470160] |launch2net - Mobile Internet Connection Manager for Ubuntu [125007470170] |

    News

    [125007470180] |Order your Free Ubuntu 9.10 ( Karmic Koala) CD [125007470190] |Ubuntu 9.10 makes a serious charge toward the enterprise level [125007470200] |

    Package Mgmt

    [125007470210] |Ubuntu Tip : Simplified way to add PPA repositories in Karmic [125007470220] |

    Server

    [125007470230] |How to install Tomcat 6 on Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) [125007470240] |unp - Unpack (almost) everything with one command [125007480010] |IBM and Canonical team up against Windows 7 [125007480020] |IBM and Canonical, the commercial entity behind Ubuntu Linux, on Tuesday are launching a combined cloud and Linux desktop package designed for Netbooks and low-end PCs. [125007480030] |For those of us still waiting for Linux to hit the desktop, this type of packaging may be exactly how the move from Windows starts to pick up steam. [125007480040] |The IBM Client for Smart Work was first launched in South Africa in September and was initially geared toward emerging markets. [125007480050] |IBM found that there was strong interest in the U.S. and other markets that had aging PC infrastructure and little desire for continued Windows upgrades. [125007480060] |The U.S. version of the package contains a number of IBM products including word processing and spreadsheets via Lotus Symphony, e-mail via Lotus Notes or LotusLive iNotes, and collaboration tools from LotusLive.com. [125007480070] |As with the previously launched initiative, the package runs on Ubuntu Linux. [125007480080] |Read Full Story