[125007490010] |Keeping Ubuntu CDs available [125007490020] |Some time back we have posted article related to ordering ubuntu 9.10 CD’s through shipit and many of our users complained about they are not able to order CDs so now canonical answered the problem. [125007490030] |The ShipIt program has been at the core of the Ubuntu project since its inception. [125007490040] |The goal was to make sure that there are no restrictions, as far as was possible, to people having access to Ubuntu. [125007490050] |In the last five years we have shipped millions of CDs and seen Ubuntu’s popularity and reach grow in ways that would be impossible without ShipIt. [125007490060] |And that aim continues. [125007490070] |We need to make Ubuntu available to as many people who need it, particularly those for whom the download options are limited. [125007490080] |The goal has not been to supply a CD to every Ubuntu user of every version of Ubuntu. [125007490090] |Remember, one of the coolest things about Ubuntu is the way you can upgrade from one version of Ubuntu to another – without the need for a CD! [125007490100] |While these CDs are often referred to as “free CDs”, they are of course not free of cost to Canonical. [125007490110] |We want to continue this programme, but Ubuntu’s growth means that some changes are necessary. [125007490120] |Therefore we are adjusting how we handle CD requests to try to find the right balance between availability of CDs and the continued viability of the ShipIt programme. [125007490130] |Read Full story [125007500010] |List of PDF Editing tools for Ubuntu [125007500020] |This tutorial will give some useful pdf editing tools for ubuntu users. [125007500030] |flpsed [125007500040] |flpsed is a WYSIWYG pseudo PostScript1 editor. [125007500050] |“Pseudo”, because you can’t remove or modify existing elements of a document. [125007500060] |But flpsed lets you add arbitrary text lines to existing PostScript 1 documents. [125007500070] |Added lines can later be reedited with flpsed. [125007500080] |Using pdftops, which is part of xpdf one can convert PDF documents to PostScript and also add text to them. flpsed is useful for filling in forms, adding notes etc. [125007500090] |GsWidget is now part of flpsed. flpsed is released under the GPL. [125007500100] |Features: [125007500110] |* Add arbitrary text to existing PostScript documents. [125007500120] |* Reedit text, that has been added with flpsed. [125007500130] |* The overall structure of the PostScript document is not modified. flpsed only adds the additional text. [125007500140] |* Batch processing (no X11 required) to modify tagged text lines that have been entered interactively with flpsed before. [125007500150] |This is very useful for repeatedly filling in forms. [125007500160] |* Text lines can be imported from other flpsed-modified documents. [125007500170] |* Import and export PDF. [125007500180] |Therefore it can be used as a PDF editor as well. [125007500190] |Install flpsed in ubuntu [125007500200] |sudo apt-get install flpsed [125007500210] |Pdftk [125007500220] |If PDF is electronic paper, then pdftk is an electronic staple-remover, hole-punch, binder, secret-decoder-ring, and X-Ray-glasses. [125007500230] |Pdftk is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents. [125007500240] |Keep one in the top drawer of your desktop and use it to: [125007500250] |Merge PDF Documents [125007500260] |Split PDF Pages into a New Document [125007500270] |Rotate PDF Pages or Documents [125007500280] |Decrypt Input as Necessary (Password Required) [125007500290] |Encrypt Output as Desired [125007500300] |Fill PDF Forms with FDF Data or XFDF Data and/or Flatten Forms [125007500310] |Apply a Background Watermark or a Foreground Stamp [125007500320] |Report on PDF Metrics such as Metadata, Bookmarks, and Page Labels [125007500330] |Update PDF Metadata [125007500340] |Attach Files to PDF Pages or the PDF Document [125007500350] |Unpack PDF Attachments [125007500360] |Burst a PDF Document into Single Pages [125007500370] |Uncompress and Re-Compress Page Streams [125007500380] |Repair Corrupted PDF (Where Possible) [125007500390] |Pdftk allows you to manipulate PDF easily and freely. [125007500400] |It does not require Acrobat, and it runs on Windows, Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD and Solaris. [125007500410] |Install pdftk in ubuntu [125007500420] |sudo apt-get install pdftk [125007500430] |Examples [125007500440] |Merge Two or More PDFs into a New Document [125007500450] |pdftk 1.pdf 2.pdf 3.pdf cat output 123.pdf [125007500460] |or (Using Handles): [125007500470] |pdftk A=1.pdf B=2.pdf cat A B output 12.pdf [125007500480] |or (Using Wildcards): [125007500490] |pdftk *.pdf cat output combined.pdf [125007500500] |Split Select Pages from Multiple PDFs into a New Document [125007500510] |pdftk A=one.pdf B=two.pdf cat A1-7 B1-5 A8 output combined.pdf [125007500520] |Rotate the First Page of a PDF to 90 Degrees Clockwise [125007500530] |pdftk in.pdf cat 1E 2-end output out.pdf [125007500540] |Rotate an Entire PDF Document’s Pages to 180 Degrees [125007500550] |pdftk in.pdf cat 1-endS output out.pdf [125007500560] |Encrypt a PDF using 128-Bit Strength (the Default) and Withhold All Permissions (the Default) [125007500570] |pdftk mydoc.pdf output mydoc.128.pdf owner_pw foopass [125007500580] |Same as Above, Except a Password is Required to Open the PDF [125007500590] |pdftk mydoc.pdf output mydoc.128.pdf owner_pw foo user_pw baz [125007500600] |Same as Above, Except Printing is Allowed (after the PDF is Open) [125007500610] |pdftk mydoc.pdf output mydoc.128.pdf owner_pw foo user_pw baz allow printing [125007500620] |Decrypt a PDF [125007500630] |pdftk secured.pdf input_pw foopass output unsecured.pdf [125007500640] |Join Two Files, One of Which is Encrypted (the Output is Not Encrypted) [125007500650] |pdftk A=secured.pdf mydoc.pdf input_pw A=foopass cat output combined.pdf [125007500660] |Uncompress PDF Page Streams for Editing the PDF Code in a Text Editor [125007500670] |pdftk mydoc.pdf output mydoc.clear.pdf uncompress [125007500680] |Repair a PDF’s Corrupted XREF Table and Stream Lengths (If Possible) [125007500690] |pdftk broken.pdf output fixed.pdf [125007500700] |Burst a Single PDF Document into Single Pages and Report its Data to doc_data.txt [125007500710] |pdftk mydoc.pdf burst [125007500720] |Report on PDF Document Metadata, Bookmarks and Page Labels [125007500730] |pdftk mydoc.pdf dump_data output report.txt [125007500740] |Pdfedit [125007500750] |Complete editing of pdf documents is made possible with PDFedit. [125007500760] |You can change either raw pdf objects (for advanced users) or use predefined gui functions. [125007500770] |Functions can be easily added as everything is based on a scripts. [125007500780] |Scripting is used to a great extent in editor and almost anything can be scripted, it is possible to create own scripts or plugins. [125007500790] |Install pdfedit in ubuntu [125007500800] |sudo apt-get install pdfedit [125007500810] |Using GIMP [125007500820] |Install krita using the following command [125007500830] |sudo apt-get install krita [125007500840] |Open the Gimp, and open the PDF document you wish to edit. [125007500850] |For multiple page documents, it is easier on your computer to edit them one page at a time. [125007500860] |If you choose more than one page, they will open in individual windows. [125007500870] |Make the necessary changes to the document.Save the document as a Gimp XCF file (you’ll have to save several different pages if it is a multi-page document). [125007500880] |Close the document, then open the resulting image in Krita. [125007500890] |Printing to PDF with Krita Go to File>Print, then choose Print to PDF. [125007500900] |In the same dialogue box, choose the destination folder and name of the output document (such as file1.pdf). [125007500910] |PdfMod [125007500920] |PDF Mod is a simple application for modifying PDF documents. [125007500930] |You can reorder, rotate, and remove pages, export images from a document, edit the title, subject, author, and keywords, and combine documents via drag and drop. [125007500940] |Inkscape [125007500950] |An Open Source vector graphics editor, with capabilities similar to Illustrator, CorelDraw, or Xara X, using the W3C standard Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG) file format. [125007500960] |Inkscape supports many advanced SVG features (markers, clones, alpha blending, etc.) and great care is taken in designing a streamlined interface. [125007500970] |It is very easy to edit nodes, perform complex path operations, trace bitmaps and much more. [125007500980] |We also aim to maintain a thriving user and developer community by using open, community-oriented development. [125007500990] |Install inkscape in Ubuntu [125007501000] |sudo apt-get install inkscape [125007501010] |PDF Import Extension for Openoffice [125007501020] |The PDF Import Extension allows you to import and modify PDF documents. [125007501030] |Best results with 100% layout accuracy can be achieved with the “PDF/ODF hybrid file” format, which this extension also enables. [125007501040] |A hybrid PDF/ODF file is a PDF file that contains an embedded ODF source file. [125007501050] |Hybrid PDF/ODF files will be opened in OpenOffice.org as an ODF file without any layout changes. [125007501060] |Users without this extension can open the PDF part of the hybrid file with their PDF viewer. [125007501070] |The PDF Import Extension also allows you to import and modify PDF documents for non hybrid PDF/ODF files. [125007501080] |PDF documents are imported in Draw to preserve the layout and to allow basic editing. [125007501090] |This is the perfect solution for changing dates, numbers or small portions of text with a minimum loss of formatting information for simple formatted documents. [125007501100] |Features: [125007501110] |* Text attributes like font family, font size, weight (bold, not bold), style (italic, not italic) are imported together with their respective text [125007501120] |* Retain font appearance, when a PDF file uses a font not installed on your system, the font is replaced with the best alternative font [125007501130] |* Converts images and vector graphics [125007501140] |* Each line in a paragraph is converted into one text object [125007501150] |* Import of password-protected PDF files [125007501160] |* Import shapes with default style [125007501170] |* Support for colors and bitmaps [125007501180] |* Backgrounds remain behind other elements [125007501190] |Not supported: [125007501200] |* Native PDF forms [125007501210] |* Proper paragraphs [125007501220] |* Processing layout of LaTeX PDF [125007501230] |* Import of complex vector graphics elements [125007501240] |* Conversion of tables [125007501250] |* Import of EPS graphics [125007501260] |* RTL (right-to-left) text/font support [125007501270] |Download PDF Import Extension for openoffice from here [125007501280] |PDF-Shuffler [125007501290] |PDF-Shuffler is a small python-gtk application, which helps the user to merge or split pdf documents and rotate, crop and rearrange their pages using an interactive and intuitive graphical interface. [125007501300] |It is a frontend for python-pyPdf. [125007501310] |Install PDF-Shuffler in ubuntu [125007501320] |Edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file [125007501330] |gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125007501340] |For Jaunty users add following lines [125007501350] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pdfshuffler/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/pdfshuffler/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main [125007501360] |For Intrepid users add following lines [125007501370] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pdfshuffler/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/pdfshuffler/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main [125007501380] |For Hardy users add following lines [125007501390] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/pdfshuffler/ppa/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/pdfshuffler/ppa/ubuntu hardy main [125007501400] |Save and exit the file [125007501410] |Download GPG key [125007501420] |sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 4F4EE17E [125007501430] |Update sourcelist [125007501440] |sudo apt-get update [125007501450] |Install pdf-shuffler [125007501460] |sudo apt-get install pdfshuffler [125007501470] |Other tools [125007501480] |Okular [125007501490] |Xournal [125007501500] |If you know some application for editing pdf files in ubuntu please share . [125007510010] |Win7 Transformation Pack for Ubuntu [125007510020] |This is Win7 Transformation pack for ubuntu [125007510030] |This Package contains: [125007510040] |GDM theme* Icons Theme* GTK Theme Wallpapers Sounds Gnomenu theme* Panel Backgrounds* Cursor theme DockBar [125007510050] |Download Win7 Transformation Pack for Ubuntu from here [125007510060] |About the sounds, they can’t be installed, just you can replace the ubuntu original sounds or configure you preferences souns at [125007510070] |System / Preferences /Sounds or copying at /usr/share/sounds (accessing as root) and save the folder there or replace the original sounds. (because of they have the same name). [125007510080] |Screenshots [125007520010] |Music Applet - GNOME panel applet to control several music players [125007520020] |Music Applet is a small, simple GNOME panel applet that lets you control a variety of different music players from the panel. [125007520030] |Music Applet provides easy access to information about the current song and the most important playback controls. [125007520040] |Music Applet currently supports the following music players: [125007520050] |* Amarok [125007520060] |* Audacious [125007520070] |* Banshee [125007520080] |* Exaile [125007520090] |* MPD [125007520100] |* Muine [125007520110] |* Quod Libet [125007520120] |* Rhythmbox [125007520130] |* VLC [125007520140] |* XMMS [125007520150] |* XMMS2 [125007520160] |Music Applet is the successor to Rhythmbox Applet. [125007520170] |Install Music Applet in Ubuntu [125007520180] |sudo apt-get install music-applet [125007520190] |Screenshots [125007530010] |Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) RC Released [125007530020] |The Ubuntu team is happy to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer. [125007530030] |This is their latest result, the Ubuntu 9.10 Release Candidate, which brings a host of exciting new features. [125007530040] |Download Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) RC [125007530050] |Get it while it’s hot. [125007530060] |ISOs and torrents are available at: [125007530070] |
  • http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/ (Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Netbook Remix)
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  • http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/rc (Ubuntu Server for UEC and EC2 clouds)
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  • http://releases.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/9.10/ (Kubuntu Desktop and Netbook)
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  • http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/9.10/rc/ (Xubuntu)
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  • http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/9.10/rc/ (UbuntuStudio)
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  • http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/9.10/rc/ (Mythbuntu)
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  • http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/edubuntu/releases/9.10/rc/ (Edubuntu) [125007530140] |Check more details from here [125007530150] |If you want to upgrade to Ubuntu 9.10 RC try this tutorial [125007540010] |Download SudUbuntu Pack Icon Theme [125007540020] |SudUbuntu Pack Icon Theme.Gnome 2.26/2.28.1 with Environment theme icon Humanity for Ubuntu Karmic… [125007540030] |Emerald,Gtk,Metacity on Karmic Dust [125007540040] |Download Sudubuntu pack from here [125007540050] |Screenshots [125007550010] |Omnibar - Firefox Add-on [125007550020] |Omnibar Integrates Location bar and Search bar into one. [125007550030] |Search directly using location bar. Quickly switch engines using search engine keywords. [125007550040] |Supports searching multiple search engines for same query using advanced operator [125007550050] |One can search from location bar using search engine keywords. [125007550060] |When using keywords, the location bar displays the intended search engine name to be searched with. fe, [125007550070] |y [your search query] [125007550080] |Suggestions are shown for search queries as well as popular urls (suggestions provided is using Google). [125007550090] |Provides more compact styles for autocomplete popup. [125007550100] |Advanced search operator can be used to dynamically select your search engine. fe, [125007550110] |@engine1,engine2 [your search query] [125007550120] |or, if you prefer to give engine name at the end: [your search query] @engine1,engine2 [125007550130] |e.g. [125007550140] |@google , yahoo [your search query] [your search query]@google , yahoo [125007550150] |or using shorthand, [125007550160] |[your search query]@g, ama @g, ama [your search query] [125007550170] |Search engine keywords can be used with or without the operator. [125007550180] |For example, if “e1″ is a key word “engine1″, then one can search Yahoo and engine1 with: [125007550190] |@y,e1 [your search query] [125007550200] |File path completions are shown with simple wildcard support. e.g. on Windows “c:\Doc*\*\App” should list the contents of “c:\Documents and Settings\[usernames]\Application Data” [125007550210] |Also provides different styles (slimmer) for auto-complete popup. [125007550220] |Problems, bugs and requests: [125007550230] |If you find problems and bugs or feature requests discuss at the discussion board or email me. [125007550240] |NOTE: [125007550250] |Some intranet domains name need to be prefixed with http: or should end with /. [125007550260] |If you need to get back the original behavior, disable the “default search” option from Omnibar preferences. [125007550270] |Download Omnibar from here [125007560010] |Imagination - A lightweight and simple DVD Slideshow Maker [125007560020] |Imagination is a lightweight and simple DVD slide show maker written in C language and built with the GTK+2 toolkit. [125007560030] |I noticed a lack of a user-friendly DVD slide show maker for GNU/Linux, so I started developing Imagination. [125007560040] |True, there are some other GUIs which do the job, but they usually require a lot of dependencies to be installed first and often their interfaces are bloated. [125007560050] |Imagination has been designed from the ground up to be fast, light and easy-to-use. [125007560060] |It requires the ffmpeg encoder to produce the movie file and libsox to handle the audio. [125007560070] |Imagination at present features 69 transition effects, random function to automatically set a random transition on all the selected slides, cut/copy/paste ability on the slides, Ken Burns ability, text on the slides with some text animations, ability to add an empty slide with a gradient editor and export of the slideshow as OGV Theora/Vorbis, widescreen FLV video and 3GP for mobile phones. [125007560080] |Install Imagination in Ubuntu Karmic [125007560090] |sudo apt-get install imagination [125007560100] |or use the following command [125007560110] |apt://imagination [125007560120] |For Ubuntu Jaunty Users (32bit,64bit Users) [125007560130] |Download .deb package from getdeb [125007560140] |Install .deb package using the following command [125007560150] |sudo dpkg -i packagename [125007560160] |Imagination Screenshots [125007570010] |BashStyle-NG - Change look and feel of your Bash,Vim and Nano [125007570020] |BashStyle-NG is a graphical Tool for changing the Bash’s behaviour and look’n’feel. [125007570030] |Aswell as Readline’s, Nano’s and Vim’s. [125007570040] |It shipps a huge scriptchain, that is used by the styles shipped with BS-NG, but can also be used separately. [125007570050] |Since v6.3 you have the opportunity to create your own prompts. [125007570060] |For important notes on how to do so, refer back to the documentation. [125007570070] |If you don’t understand an option or something does not work as expected read the documentation. [125007570080] |It’s installed in /usr/share/doc/bashstyle-ng/index.html ( /usr is default but may vary if you passed an other prefix to configure). [125007570090] |Currently BS-NG shipps 15 pre-defined Styles for your prompt. [125007570100] |Most of them can be modified via the Custom Prompt Builder. [125007570110] |If you want to save your current configuration and want to re-import it later (or for using it on a different user/machine) you can do so via the Profiler (bs-ng-profiler --help). [125007570120] |Standalone (GConf-Free) Configuration (for faster Bash-Startup) can be created via the RCGenerator (rcgenerator --help). [125007570130] |Install BashStyle-NG in Ubuntu [125007570140] |First you need to download Download .deb file from here [125007570150] |Now you need to install .deb file using the following command [125007570160] |sudo dpkg -i bashstyle-ng_7.8.1-1nano_all.deb [125007570170] |This will complete the installation [125007570180] |Screenshot [125007580010] |Howto Install Dropbox in Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic)/9.04(Jaunty)/8.10(Intrepid)/8.04(Hardy) [125007580020] |Dropbox is a storage application and service operated by Evenflow, Inc. [125007580030] |The service enables users to store and sync files online and between computers.Dropbox has a cross-platform client (Linux for x86 and x86_64, Mac, Windows and the iPhone) that enables users to drop any file into a Dropbox folder that is then synced to the web and the users’ other computers with the Dropbox client. [125007580040] |Files in the Dropbox folder may then be shared with other Dropbox users or accessed from the web. [125007580050] |Users may also upload files manually through a web browser. [125007580060] |A free Dropbox account offers 2 GB of storage. [125007580070] |Users may upgrade to 50 GB or 100 GB by paying a monthly or yearly fee. [125007580080] |The total amount of storage space of both the free and fee-based accounts may be increased by up to 3 GB for free accounts (for the total of 5 GB) and 6 GB for fee-based accounts by referring others to the service. [125007580090] |Install Dropbox in Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic)/9.04(Jaunty)/8.10(Intrepid)/8.04(Hardy) [125007580100] |First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file [125007580110] |gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125007580120] |For Ubuntu 9.10 add these lines: [125007580130] |deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu karmic main deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu karmic main [125007580140] |For Ubuntu 9.04 add these lines: [125007580150] |deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu jaunty main [125007580160] |For Ubuntu 8.10 add these lines: [125007580170] |deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu intrepid main [125007580180] |For Ubuntu 8.04 add these lines: [125007580190] |deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu hardy main [125007580200] |And for Ubuntu 7.10, add these lines: [125007580210] |deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu gutsy main deb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu gutsy main [125007580220] |Save and exit the file [125007580230] |Install GPG key using the following command [125007580240] |gpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 3565780E [125007580250] |Update the source list [125007580260] |sudo apt-get update [125007580270] |Install Application [125007580280] |sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox [125007580290] |It is necessary to restart Nautilus once the install is complete - the easiest way to do this is log off and back on. [125007590010] |How to Install Ubuntu One on Kubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) [125007590020] |One of the key new features in Ubuntu 9.10 is Ubuntu One and the ability to sync files into the cloud. [125007590030] |This product is developed by Canonical and functions similarly to Dropbox. [125007590040] |Credit Goes Here [125007590050] |The first I installed Kubuntu and tried to get Ubuntu One working, I did a simple apt-cache search ubuntu | grep one to try and figure out what packages I need to install, however there a couple of packages to install, which ones do I? [125007590060] |* python-ubuntuone-client [125007590070] |* python-ubuntu-one-storageprotocol [125007590080] |* ubunto-one-client [125007590090] |* ubuntu-one-client-gnome [125007590100] |* ubuntuone-client-tools [125007590110] |The first time I just installed ubuntu-one-client but couldn’t get anything to work. [125007590120] |The problem is you need ubuntu-one-client-gnome to install and work. [125007590130] |Use the following command to work [125007590140] |sudo apt-get install ubuntuone-client-gnome [125007590150] |or [125007590160] |Click on the following link to install [125007590170] |apt://ubuntuone-client-gnome [125007600010] |Mark Shuttleworth: 10 Thoughts On Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) [125007600020] |During a phone briefing today, Canonical CEO Mark Shuttleworth described the Ubuntu 9.10 desktop, server and cloud strategy to members of the IT media. [125007600030] |WorksWithU tuned in and posed some key questions to Shuttleworth. [125007600040] |Here are 10 highlights from the call. [125007600050] |As you’ll recall, Ubuntu 9.10 is scheduled to debut Oct. 29. [125007600060] |Shuttleworth’s thoughts from today’s call included: [125007600070] |1. The User Experience: “We wanted to bring design and user experience to [the Linux] desktop.” [125007600080] |Shuttleworth believes Ubuntu 9.10 achieves those goals. [125007600090] |2. Competition with Microsoft, Windows 7: Shuttleworth concedes that Windows 7 is impressive but “it’s still proprietary and expensive.” [125007600100] |Also, he says, OEMs have “no desire” to go back to a single-vendor operating system market. [125007600110] |3. On the Netbook Market: Shuttleworth concedes that Microsoft “clawed its way” back dramatically in the U.S. netbook market with Windows XP. [125007600120] |But he hopes once the Windows 7 dust settles, vendors and users alike will realize Ubuntu netbooks are a natural choice. [125007600130] |4. On Oracle’s Buyout of Sun (and MySQL): Shuttleworth sees no reason for regulators to block Oracle’s buyout of Sun Microsystems nor, by association, the MySQL open source database. [125007600140] |Shuttleworth doesn’t see an opportunity for Oracle to abuse its database power. [125007600150] |Plus, he notes that open source code can quickly fragment if there’s community concern about the governance and leadership of a project. [125007600160] |5. On Canonical’s March Toward Profits: Shuttleworth says he has “no concerns” at this stage about Canonical’s ability to achieve profitability. [125007600170] |If necessary, Canonical could quickly focus on specific business areas that are self-sustainable in the near-term, he asserted. [125007600180] |But at this point in Canonical’s five-year business journey, Shuttleworth remains convinced that the best strategy is to make Ubuntu an end-to-end solution. [125007600190] |Translation: Shuttleworth isn’t ready to say how soon Canonical could achieve profitability. [125007600200] |But he’s basically saying the company is willing to lose money in certain areas as new businesses ramp up and strengthen the overall Ubuntu ecosystem. [125007600210] |It’s a daring bet considering how many different areas of focus Canonical has taken on. [125007600220] |But then again, I doubt we would have launched WorksWithU if Canonical only wanted Ubuntu to be a desktop operating system. [125007600230] |Read Full Story [125007610010] |The BBC takes on Ubuntu Linux [125007610020] |A few days ago, a BBC journalist was on air saying that Ubuntu was “a whole sort of little community of enthusiasts building operating systems for absolutely nothing.” [125007610030] |Since then, as you can imagine, he’s had some angry emails from Linux users, so Canonical sent him over a laptop with Karmic Koala Netbook Remix installed. [125007610040] |The result, sadly, isn’t great for Linux, but there’s a lot we can learn from the results of the test. [125007610050] |The bad news: [125007610060] |
  • Linux took 40 seconds to boot. [125007610070] |Yes, that’s faster than the 55 seconds Windows 7 took to boot (and on a faster laptop, too), but, still, 40 seconds is pathetic.
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  • The background was “offensively brown” - something people have been telling Canonical for years.
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  • The writer “struggled to see other machines and devices on my network.”
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  • Audacity was “more complex to get hold of”
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  • He gave up trying to use Spotify, because it required Wine.
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  • It wasn’t immediately apparent that clicking on the Ubuntu logo took him back to the desktop.
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  • A Canonical advisor had to come over and install a few extra things for him, including Flash, but still he “struggled to work out how I would organise photos, music and video.”
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  • Ubuntu “would not make my computing life any simpler and more pleasurable than it is now.”
    • [125007610150] |He brings up some really important points. [125007610160] |And part of our problem is that many users will say, “he’s wrong; he’s a newbie; it doesn’t matter what he thinks.” [125007610170] |But we’d like to respectfully disagree: if the mainstream press are trying Linux and simply can’t get along with it, then we’ve got a serious problem. [125007610180] |Read Full Story [125007620010] |Ubuntu Minimum Requirements [125007620020] |One of the persistent problems we’ve had at the SETC when refurbishing computers is the lack of understanding about the requirements Ubuntu has. [125007620030] |There is a certain myth that Ubuntu can be installed on anything and it’ll work just like it does on a 2Ghz Core 2 Duo with 2GB of RAM. [125007620040] |So to aid understanding and to give some instructions, I’ve prepared this (very alpha) set of instructions with a set of minimum requirements. [125007620050] |Currently showing 9.04, but after testing will be moved over to 9.10 once I’ve confirmed these requirements are accurate for the new version. [125007620060] |Here is nice discussion [125007630010] |Ubuntu Tip : Simple way of making a stop animation [125007630020] |If you want Simple way of making a stop animation you can use mencoder.MEncoder is a free command line video decoding, encoding and filtering tool released under the GNU General Public License. [125007630030] |It is a close sibling to MPlayer and can convert all the formats that MPlayer understands into a variety of compressed and uncompressed formats using different codecs. [125007630040] |Install mencoder in Ubuntu [125007630050] |sudo-apt get install mencoder [125007630060] |or click on the following link [125007630070] |apt://mencoder [125007630080] |browse to your directory with the .jpegs in and use the following command [125007630090] |mencoder “mf://*.jpg” -ovc lavc -fps 04 -o x.avi [125007630100] |or [125007630110] |mencoder “mf://*.JPG” -vf scale=640:480 -o timelapse.avi -of lavf -ovc lavc -lavcopts vcodec=mjpeg -lavfopts format=avi -fps xx [125007640010] |FireFTP - Firefox Add-on [125007640020] |FireFTP is a free, secure, cross-platform FTP client for Mozilla Firefox which provides easy and intuitive access to FTP servers.Along with transferring your files quickly and efficiently, FireFTP also includes more advanced features such as: directory comparison, syncing directories while navigating, SFTP, SSL encryption, search/filtering, integrity checks, remote editing, drag &drop, file hashing, and much more! [125007640030] |Download FireFTP from here [125007640040] |Screenshot [125007650010] |Foxit Reader - A free PDF document viewer [125007650020] |Foxit Reader is a free PDF document viewer for the Linux platform, with a new streamlined interface, user-customized toolbar, incredibly small size, breezing-fast launch speed and rich features. [125007650030] |This empowers PDF document users with Zoom function, Navigation function, Bookmarks, Thumbnails, Text Selection Tool, Snapshot, and Full Screen capabilities. [125007650040] |Foxit Reader for Desktop Linux is provided by Foxit Corporation free for non-commercial use. [125007650050] |Advantages [125007650060] |Before Foxit’s Reader for Desktop Linux was available, users would have to download PDF Reader software that is much bigger in size and much slower and then wait for its lengthy installation process to be completed. [125007650070] |Now with Foxit Reader for Desktop Linux, you will not experience these previous troubles any more. [125007650080] |Foxit reader for Desktop Linux is completely free. [125007650090] |And the following is a list of compelling advantages of Foxit Reader for Desktop Linux: [125007650100] |* Incredibly small: The download size of Foxit Reader for Linux is extremely small. [125007650110] |* Minimal memory consumption: The memory consumption is less than 15MB. [125007650120] |* Amazing fast: When you run Foxit Reader, it launches instantly without any delay and loads a PDF file less than 3 seconds . [125007650130] |* High security and privacy: Foxit Reader highly respects the security and privacy of users and will never connect to the Internet without the user’s permission. [125007650140] |Known Issues [125007650150] |Foxit Reader 1.1 for Desktop Linux [125007650160] |1. Can’t record the Navigation Panel status when a user exits. [125007650170] |2. Can’t keep refreshing the list of recent files in real time. [125007650180] |3. The page scrolling feature is invalid if finding text is not finished. [125007650190] |Install Foxit Reader in Ubuntu [125007650200] |First you need to download .deb package from here [125007650210] |or using the following command [125007650220] |wget http://mirrors.foxitsoftware.com/pub/foxit/reader/desktop/linux/1.x/1.1/enu/FoxitReader_1.1.0_i386.deb [125007650230] |Now you have .deb package install this package using the following command [125007650240] |sudo dpkg -i FoxitReader_1.1.0_i386.deb [125007650250] |Now you can open Foxit Reader via Applications >Office >FoxitReader [125007650260] |Screenshot [125007660010] |Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) Overview [125007660020] |This tutorial will explain what to expect from ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) on 29th Oct 2009 [125007660030] |

    Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala

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    Email and chat

    [125007660050] |Chat to friends and colleagues through Empathy which integrates: Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, Jabber, AOL, QQ and many more. [125007660060] |Evolution gives you email, an address book and a calendar and works well with colleagues and friends using MS Outlook. [125007660070] |

    Browse the Internet

    [125007660080] |Ubuntu includes Mozilla Firefox 3.5 for faster and safer browsing. [125007660090] |For a choice of other open-source web browsers visit the Software Centre and take your pick. [125007660100] |

    Photos

    [125007660110] |Upload from your camera or phone to F-Spot. [125007660120] |Manage, tag, share and sort your photos. [125007660130] |Upload easily to your favourite social network or photo-sharing sites inlcuding: Flickr, Facebook, Picassa and many others. [125007660140] |

    Music and videos

    [125007660150] |Plug in your PSP, iPod, MP3 player and use Rythmbox to download, store, buy and play music. [125007660160] |Share playlists with your friends. [125007660170] |Access Last.fm directly through Rythmbox to stream your favourite music. [125007660180] |Stream and play video from YouTube, BBC and others. [125007660190] |

    Office applications

    [125007660200] |Create professional documents, spreadsheets and presentations with OpenOffice.org 3.0. [125007660210] |OpenOffice.org is compatible with all office applications including Microsoft Office. [125007660220] |The big difference is that OpenOffice.org is free (and promises never to introduce Mr Clippy) [125007660230] |

    Play games

    [125007660240] |Over 400 completely free and completely cool games. [125007660250] |Solitaire is not the only game in town. [125007660260] |Visit the Software Centre to easily browse, select and install games. [125007660270] |

    Store, sync and share

    [125007660280] |Integrated “Ubuntu One” technology gives you 2 GB of online storage for free. [125007660290] |Easily share files between your own and your friends’ computers. [125007660300] |Upgrade at low cost for more storage if you need it. [125007660310] |

    Software Center

    [125007660320] |Instant access to thousands of free and open-source applications [125007660330] |Categories include: Education, Games, Sound and Video, Graphics, Programming and Office. [125007660340] |Simply select the applications you want to use and the Software Center will add them to your computer [125007660350] |No CDs, no licenses, no hassle. [125007660360] |

    Accessibility

    [125007660370] |At the core of the Ubuntu philosophy is the belief that computing is for everyone and whatever your circumstances. [125007660380] |Ubuntu is one of the most accessible operating systems around and is fully translated into 23 languages with many more to follow. [125007660390] |Credit Goes here [125007670010] |Ubuntu readies the Karmic Koala [125007670020] |Ubuntu’s Chris Kenyon gives BBC Radio 5-Live’s Gary Parkinson a preview of Karmic Koala. [125007670030] |What do French gendarmes, Andalucian school children, Wikipedia and San Francisco International airport have in common? [125007670040] |It is not the set up for a tortuous pun. [125007670050] |Instead all of them are big users of the free Ubuntu operating system. [125007670060] |The French national police force runs its operations on the open source OS; computer systems supporting Spanish schools have their own version; the online encyclopaedia runs its hundreds of servers on Ubuntu and SFIA’s internal computer system is based around it. [125007670070] |Ubuntu is based on Linux - the open source operating system that is maintained, expanded and extended by legions of fans and professional programmers around the world. [125007670080] |Thanks to their efforts Ubuntu has become the most popular of all the Linux distributions. [125007670090] |On 29 October, version 9.10 of Ubuntu is released. [125007670100] |All versions of the operating system have an alternative alliterative appellation. [125007670110] |Ubuntu 9.10 is known as Karmic Koala. [125007670120] |The launch comes in the wake of Microsoft’s fanfare around Windows 7 - the latest incarnation of its flagship operating system. [125007670130] |Factory mode [125007670140] |While Ubuntu’s developer Canonical can not quite match the hoopla surrounding Windows 7 for its launch, the software competes where it matters, said Chris Kenyon, one of Canonical’s OS evangelists. [125007670150] |“For the first time in 20 years you can buy Ubuntu pre-installed from more than one manufacturer,” he said. [125007670160] |“That’s an extraordinary story.” [125007670170] |Read Full Story [125007680010] |Download Karmic Nights Theme [125007680020] |Here is nice Karmic Nights theme [125007680030] |Download from here [125007680040] |Screenshots [125007690010] |Nice themes for ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) users [125007690020] |We have already posted some time ago about Nice Ubuntu themes for Jaunty and Intrepid Users and this is updated for karmic users now [125007690030] |For Ubuntu Karmic users [125007690040] |First edit /etc/apt/sources.list file [125007690050] |gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125007690060] |add the following lines [125007690070] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu karmic main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/bisigi/ppa/ubuntu karmic main [125007690080] |Save and exit the file [125007690090] |add the GPG key using the following command [125007690100] |gpg --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:11371 --recv-key 881574DE gpg -a --export 881574DE | sudo apt-key add - [125007690110] |Or simply use the following command [125007690120] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bisigi [125007690130] |Update the source list using the following command [125007690140] |sudo aptitude update [125007690150] |Install all the themes using the following command [125007690160] |sudo aptitude install zgegblog-themes [125007690170] |or click on the following link [125007690180] |apt://zgegblog-themes [125007690190] |This will install the following themes [125007690200] |Showtime for Gnome [125007690210] |Balanzan [125007690220] |Infinity [125007690230] |Wild shine [125007690240] |Exotic [125007690250] |Tropical [125007690260] |Bamboo Zen [125007690270] |Ubuntu sunrise [125007690280] |Aqua Dreams [125007690290] |If you want to install above themes separately use the following commands [125007690300] |sudo aptitude install showtime-theme [125007690310] |sudo aptitude install balanzan-theme [125007690320] |sudo aptitude install infinity-theme [125007690330] |sudo aptitude install wild-shine-theme [125007690340] |sudo aptitude install exotic-theme [125007690350] |sudo aptitude install tropical-theme [125007690360] |sudo aptitude install bamboo-zen-theme [125007690370] |sudo aptitude install ubuntu-sunrise-theme [125007690380] |sudo aptitude install aquadreams-theme [125007690390] |Remove Themes [125007690400] |If you want to remove full package use the following command [125007690410] |sudo aptitude remove zgegblog-themes [125007690420] |If you want to remove each theme use the following syntax [125007690430] |sudo aptitude remove themename [125007690440] |Note :- themename is showtime-theme,balanzan-theme etc [125007700010] |Select fastest mirror for your ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) Upgrade [125007700020] |Tomorrow (29th Oct 2009) ubuntu 9.10 is going to be released so before upgrading your system use the following procedure tutorial to select the fastest ubuntu mirror near to your location. [125007700030] |Procedure to Follow [125007700040] |First you need to launch Synaptic package manager from System >Administration >Synaptic Package Manager [125007700050] |Now go to select Settings -> Repositories. [125007700060] |Select Ubuntu Software tab In the Download From drop down, choose Other… [125007700070] |Click the Select Best Server button in the resulting dialog.Wait a minute (or perhaps more on a slow connection). [125007700080] |Testing best server is in progress [125007700090] |Once it’s finished,click on choose server [125007700100] |close everything and click Reload in the main Synaptic window. [125007700110] |Downloading package information in progress from your new mirror [125007700120] |This simple procedure picks the best mirror for you. [125007700130] |This works for me very well so i would suggest you try this and see if it works for you or not. [125007700140] |If you have any other method which worked for you please let us know. [125007710010] |CD/DVD/Bittorrent Download Links for Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) [125007710020] |This is the list of CD/DVD images download links for Ubuntu/Kubuntu/Xubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) [125007710030] |For Ubuntu Users [125007710040] |CD Images [125007710050] |http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10 [125007710060] |http://noncdn.releases.ubuntu.com//karmic/ [125007710070] |DVD downloads [125007710080] |Don’t be confused, even though DVDs can hold far more data than the typical Ubuntu CD, the main benefit of the DVD downloads is to get access to all of the available language packs. [125007710090] |Most people will be fine with the standard CD installer. [125007710100] |There are fewer download locations for the DVD images and this list is updated less frequently than for the CD images. [125007710110] |http://ftp.heanet.ie/pub/ubuntu-cdimage/releases/karmic/release/ [125007710120] |http://ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/INSTALL/Ubuntu/dvd-releases/releases/9.10/release/ [125007710130] |ftp://ftp.free.fr/mirrors/ftp.ubuntu.com/dvd/current/ [125007710140] |http://mirror.yandex.ru/ubuntu-cdimage/releases/9.10/ [125007710150] |http://es.archive.ubuntu.com/cdimage/releases/ [125007710160] |http://ftp.acc.umu.se/mirror/cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/9.10/ [125007710170] |http://www.mirrorservice.org/sites/cdimage.ubuntu.com/cdimage/releases/9.10/ [125007710180] |http://mirror.mcs.anl.gov/pub/ubuntu-iso/DVDs/ubuntu/9.10/ [125007710190] |BitTorrent BitTorrent is a peer-to-peer download network that sometimes enables higher download speeds and more reliable downloads of large files. [125007710200] |You will need to install a Bit Torrent client on your computer in order to enable this download method. [125007710210] |You may then use one of the following links to download the Ubuntu cd image: [125007710220] |
  • ubuntu-9.10-alternate-amd64.iso.torrent
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  • ubuntu-9.10-server-i386.iso.torrent
    • [125007710280] |For more download locations check here [125007710290] |For Kubuntu Users [125007710300] |CD Images [125007710310] |http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/kubuntu/9.10 [125007710320] |Bittorrent Links [125007710330] |
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  • Alternate i386
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  • DVD 64Bit
    • [125007710400] |For more Download locations check here [125007710410] |For Xubuntu Users [125007710420] |CD Images [125007710430] |http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/9.10/release/ [125007710440] |For More Xubuntu Mirrors check here [125007710450] |Note:- Some of the mirrors need to sync it might take some more time [125007710460] |I will be keep updating the links [125007720010] |How to setup Zabbix monitoring application in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) Server [125007720020] |ZABBIX is an enterprise-class distributed monitoring solution designed to monitor and track performance and availability of network servers, devices, and other IT resources. [125007720030] |It supports distributed and Web-based monitoring, auto-discovery, real-time monitoring, SLA assurance, trending, and more. [125007720040] |Key features [125007720050] |* Open Source solution [125007720060] |* Runs on AIX, FreeBSD, HP-UX, Linux, MacOS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, Tru64/OSF [125007720070] |* SQL database for storing configuration, collected data and trends [125007720080] |* Web interface offers minimal learning, ubiquitous access [125007720090] |* Instant drill down from real-time status of IT Services to historical trend and statistics [125007720100] |* Data visualisation and mapping [125007720110] |* High performance native ZABBIX agents for performance and integrity monitoring for virtually all platforms (UNIX, Win32) [125007720120] |* Monitoring of “agentless” environments [125007720130] |* Assuring and monitoring SLA for IT Services [125007720140] |* Monitoring of SNMP (v1,v2,v3) devices [125007720150] |Install Zabbix 1.6.6 in Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) Server [125007720160] |This tutorial will assume you have install Ubuntu 9.04 server installed and also you have installed all the up to date packages. [125007720170] |Preparing your server [125007720180] |Install the required packages [125007720190] |sudo apt-get install build-essential gnustep-make [125007720200] |sudo apt-get install linux-headers-$(uname -r) [125007720210] |sudo apt install ntp ntp-simple ntpdate [125007720220] |Now you need to edit /etc/ntp.conf file and change your NTP servers after that restart ntp using the following comamnd [125007720230] |sudo /etc/init.d/ntp restart [125007720240] |Now you need to create zabbix user with the following comamnd [125007720250] |sudo adduser zabbix [125007720260] |enter your password [125007720270] |Now you need to login as zabbix user [125007720280] |sudo su zabbix [125007720290] |Install the following packages [125007720300] |sudo apt-get install apache2 [125007720310] |sudo apt-get install postgresql-8.3 postgresql-server-dev-8.3 [125007720320] |sudo apt-get install php5 php5-gd php5-pgsql snmp libsnmp-dev snmpd libcurl4-openssl-dev fping libiksemel3 libiksemel-dev [125007720330] |Install postgresql web GUI admin application using the following command [125007720340] |sudo apt-get install phppgadmin [125007720350] |Now you need to login as root [125007720360] |sudo su - [125007720370] |sudo -u postgres psql postgres \password postgres password123 \q; ubuntu and Postgres Usernames (both = zabbix) are the same so they can work in unison [125007720380] |sudo -u postgres createuser --superuser zabbix [125007720390] |sudo -u postgres createdb zabbix [125007720400] |Now you can login to psql without sudo [125007720410] |Now you need to login as zabbix user [125007720420] |sudo su zabbix [125007720430] |cd /home/zabbix [125007720440] |Download zabbix latest version from here (At the time of writing this article version 1.6.6) [125007720450] |tar zxvpf zabbix-1.6.6.tar.gz [125007720460] |cd zabbix-1.6.6/create/schema [125007720470] |cat postgresql.sql | psql zabbix [125007720480] |cd ../data [125007720490] |cat data.sql | psql zabbix [125007720500] |cat images_pgsql.sql | psql zabbix [125007720510] |cd .. [125007720520] |cd .. [125007720530] |sudo ./configure --enable-server --enable-agent --with-pgsql --with-net-snmp --with-jabber=/usr/ --with-libcurl [125007720540] |sudo make install [125007720550] |Now you need to add the following ports to services file [125007720560] |sudo nano /etc/services [125007720570] |Add at the following ports [125007720580] |zabbix_agent 10050/tcp zabbix_trap 10051/tcp [125007720590] |Save and exit the file [125007720600] |sudo mkdir /etc/zabbix [125007720610] |sudo chown -R zabbix.zabbix /etc/zabbix/ [125007720620] |cp misc/conf/zabbix_* /etc/zabbix/ [125007720630] |Now we need to edit the agent config file [125007720640] |nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_agentd.conf [125007720650] |Make sure that the Server parameter points to the server ip address, for the agent that runs on the [125007720660] |server it is like this: Server=127.0.0.1 change to xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx [125007720670] |AND REMOVE # from ListenIP=127.0.0.1 AND CHANGE IT to ListenIP=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx [125007720680] |Save and exit the file [125007720690] |Now we need to edit the server config file [125007720700] |nano /etc/zabbix/zabbix_server.conf [125007720710] |For small sites this default file will do, however if you are into tweaking your config for your 10+ hosts site, [125007720720] |this is the place. [125007720730] |Change this: [125007720740] |# Database user [125007720750] |DBUser=zabbix [125007720760] |# Database password [125007720770] |# Comment this line if no password used [125007720780] |DBPassword=password123 [125007720790] |AND REMOVE # from ListenIP=127.0.0.1 AND CHANGE IT to ListenIP=X.X.X.X (your server ip) [125007720800] |Save and exit the file [125007720810] |Now copy the zabbix server,agent startup scripts for to /etc/init.d location [125007720820] |sudo cp misc/init.d/debian/zabbix-server /etc/init.d [125007720830] |sudo cp misc/init.d/debian/zabbix-agent /etc/init.d [125007720840] |Now we need to change of destination path in server and agent configuration files [125007720850] |For zabbix server config file [125007720860] |sudo nano /etc/init.d/zabbix-server [125007720870] |Look for the following line: [125007720880] |DAEMON=/home/zabbix/bin/${NAME} [125007720890] |and replace it with: [125007720900] |DAEMON=/usr/sbin/${NAME} [125007720910] |For zabbix server config file [125007720920] |sudo nano /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent [125007720930] |Look for the following line: [125007720940] |DAEMON=/home/zabbix/bin/${NAME} [125007720950] |and replace it with: [125007720960] |DAEMON=/usr/sbin/${NAME} [125007720970] |Save and exit the file [125007720980] |Add the zabbix server and agent config files to startup [125007720990] |sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/zabbix-server [125007721000] |sudo update-rc.d zabbix-server defaults [125007721010] |sudo chmod 755 /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent [125007721020] |sudo update-rc.d zabbix-agent defaults [125007721030] |Now you can start zabbix server and agent using the following command [125007721040] |sudo /etc/init.d/zabbix-server start [125007721050] |sudo /etc/init.d/zabbix-agent start [125007721060] |You can check the processes using the following command [125007721070] |ps -aux | grep zabbix [125007721080] |cd /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/ [125007721090] |mkdir /home/zabbix/public_html [125007721100] |cp -R frontends/php/* /home/zabbix/public_html/ [125007721110] |Now we need to edit the default apache configuration file [125007721120] |sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default [125007721130] |Change the following section [125007721140] |DocumentRoot /var/www [125007721150] |Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews AllowOverride None Order allow,deny allow from all [125007721160] |With this [125007721170] |DocumentRoot /home/zabbix/public_html AllowOverride FileInfo AuthConfig Limit Indexes Options MultiViews Indexes SymLinksIfOwnerMatch IncludesNoExec Order allow,deny Allow from all Order deny,allow Deny from all [125007721180] |Change php.ini file memory limit and time settings [125007721190] |sudo nano /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini [125007721200] |Change the following values: [125007721210] |max_execution_time = 300 ; Maximum execution time of each script, in seconds [125007721220] |date.timezone = Europe/Copenhagen [125007721230] |Allow postgres user to access webadmin console to do this edit [125007721240] |/usr/share/phppgadmin/conf/config.inc.php,/etc/phppgadmin/apache.conf files [125007721250] |sudo nano /usr/share/phppgadmin/conf/config.inc.php [125007721260] |CHANGE: [125007721270] |$conf['extra_login_security'] = true; [125007721280] |TO: [125007721290] |$conf['extra_login_security'] = false; [125007721300] |sudo nano /etc/phppgadmin/apache.conf [125007721310] |CHANGE: [125007721320] |deny from all [125007721330] |TO: [125007721340] |allow from all [125007721350] |Restart apache server using the following command [125007721360] |sudo /etc/init.d/apache2 restart [125007721370] |Now you need to point your browser http://serverip login using admin as users with zabbix password [125007721380] |In ZABBIX: Configuration / Hosts / Zabbix server should be yourserver ip instead of for 127.0.0.1 [125007721390] |Log on to PostGreSQL Web-Admin console : http://serverip/phppgadmin [125007721400] |Using postgres user with password123 (password) [125007721410] |Problem [125007721420] |When you try to start zabbix server and agent you are not able to see anything is started or not working [125007721430] |Solution [125007721440] |Check that the files are in: /usr/sbin [125007721450] |Otherwise LOG IN as root [125007721460] |cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_agent/zabbix_agent /usr/sbin/ [125007721470] |cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_agent/zabbix_agentd /usr/sbin/ [125007721480] |cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_get/zabbix_get /usr/sbin/ [125007721490] |cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_sender/zabbix_sender /usr/sbin/ [125007721500] |cp /home/zabbix/zabbix-1.6.6/src/zabbix_server/zabbix_server /usr/sbin/ [125007721510] |/etc/init.d/zabbix-server start [125007721520] |/etc/init.d/zabbix-agent start [125007721530] |ps aux | grep zabbix ; check running zabbix services [125007721540] |LOG FILES for TroubleShooting [125007721550] |/tmp/zabbix_server.log [125007721560] |/tmp/zabbix_agentd.log [125007721570] |/var/log/daemon.log [125007721580] |/var/log/auth.log [125007730010] |Howto Connect Sixaxis to Ubuntu trough bluetooth mode [125007730020] |Author Note:-After the BlueZ stack was updated to 4.xx, Sixaxis joysticks (from Sony PS3 console) stop working. [125007730030] |There’s some people on the bluez team working to make it work, but it seems that it could take a while.So I decided to create a simple GUI that would use some patched ‘hidd’ that allows to connect Sixaxis to a Linux PC “out-of-the-box”. [125007730040] |The app is called ‘SixA’ (It will be in ‘Apps’ -> ‘Utils’ -> ‘SixA’). [125007730050] |The GUI is almost complete and has been tested to work in 32, 64bit and PowerPC/PS3 computers. on LPIA architecture may also work, but this has never been tested. [125007730060] |Note :- This is still in beta so try this on your own risk [125007730070] |Install SixA in Ubuntu [125007730080] |First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list [125007730090] |sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125007730100] |add the following line [125007730110] |deb http://falktx.xtreemhost.com/repo/ubuntu jaunty main [125007730120] |save and exit the file. [125007730130] |Update the source list using the following command [125007730140] |sudo apt-get update [125007730150] |Install sixa using the following command [125007730160] |sudo apt-get install qt-sixa [125007730170] |Now go to ‘Apps’ -> ‘Utils’ -> ‘SixA’ to access [125007730180] |Sample screenshot [125007730190] |If you have any problem using this check here [125007740010] |Howto upgrade ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) to 9.10 (Karmic) Desktop/Server [125007740020] |This tutorial provides instructions on upgrading to Ubuntu 9.10 (code name “Karmic Koala”), the most recent release of Ubuntu, released on the 29th of October 2009. [125007740030] |Before Upgrading [125007740040] |
  • Be sure that you have all updates applied to Ubuntu 9.04 before you upgrade.
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  • Take a complete backup of your ubuntu system
    • [125007740060] |Procedure to upgrade ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) to 9.10 (Karmic) Desktop [125007740070] |You can easily upgrade over the network with the following procedure. [125007740080] |1. Start System/Administration/Update Manager [125007740090] |2. Click the Check button to check for new updates. [125007740100] |3. If there are any updates to install, use the Install Updates button to install them, and press Check again after that is complete. [125007740110] |4. A message will appear informing you of the availability of the new release. [125007740120] |5. Click Upgrade. [125007740130] |6. Follow the on-screen instructions. [125007740140] |For more detailed upgrade instructions check this [125007740150] |Procedure to upgrade ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) to 9.10 (Karmic) Server [125007740160] |1.Install update-manager-core if it is not already installed: [125007740170] |sudo apt-get install update-manager-core [125007740180] |2.Launch the upgrade tool: [125007740190] |sudo do-release-upgrade [125007740200] |3.Follow the on-screen instructions. [125007750010] |Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) released and Download now [125007750020] |The Ubuntu team is happy to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer. [125007750030] |This is their latest result, the Ubuntu 9.10 , which brings a host of exciting new features. [125007750040] |New Features Overview from here [125007750050] |Ubuntu mailing list message check here [125007750060] |Download Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) from here [125007760010] |Ubuntu’s Karmic Koala bares fangs at Windows 7 [125007760020] |Review Ubuntu 9.10 - aka Karmic Koala - is taking the fight to Microsoft and its new Windows 7 operating system. [125007760030] |The Koala - due for its official release today - brings faster boot times, a revamped software installer, better disk encryption, online services, and quite a bit more to the popular Linux desktop. [125007760040] |We took the release candidate for a spin and are happy to report that while work remains, Ubuntu 9.10 has plenty of improvements and that it’s well worth upgrading your current system. [125007760050] |For long-time Ubuntu fans, the most immediately noticeable change in Karmic Koala will likely be the new Software Center, the graphical utility for package management which replaces the traditional GNOME Add/Remove tool. [125007760060] |As it stands with the 9.10 release Software Center doesn’t really do anything Add/Remove didn’t, but the interface is considerably cleaner and will likely be easier for Linux newbies to navigate. [125007760070] |More interesting is where Canonical plans to go with Software Center in future releases. [125007760080] |The goal is to eventually replace Synaptic, gdebi, some parts of the Computer Janitor, and possibly the Update Manager as well, with the all-in-one Software Center. [125007760090] |Ubuntu also plans to offer commercial software through Software Center, though that won’t likely happen until version 3.0 - currently Software Center is a 1.0 release. [125007760100] |Read Full Story [125007770010] |Upgrade Kubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) to 9.10 (Karmic) [125007770020] |This tutorial provides instructions on upgrading to KUbuntu 9.10 (code name “Karmic Koala”), the most recent release of KUbuntu, released on the 29th of October 2009. [125007770030] |Procedure to Follow [125007770040] |One your desktop notifies will inform you about the 9.10 update [125007770050] |If it has not prompted you you can make it run the upgrade. [125007770060] |Type Alt-F2 and type into the box [125007770070] |update-notifier-kde -u [125007770080] |Follow on screen instructions [125007770090] |Troubleshooting [125007770100] |If you get an error stating one of these possibilities: [125007770110] |* Upgrading to a pre-release version of Ubuntu [125007770120] |* Running the current pre-release version of Ubuntu [125007770130] |* Unofficial software packages not provided by Ubuntu [125007770140] |try executing the following: [125007770150] |‘sudo dpkg --configure -a’ in a terminal. [125007770160] |Afterwards, reboot, and try the upgrade again. [125007770170] |This should help to fix any broken packages that are missing due to upgrade problems. [125007770180] |More details check here [125007780010] |What applications or tweaks you prefer after installing Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) [125007780020] |I want to get user responses about What applications or tweaks you prefer after installing Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) [125007780030] |My Choices are as follows [125007780040] |1) First install multimedia codecs from medibuntu and flash [125007780050] |2) Install graphics card drivers [125007780060] |3) Install ubuntu-tweak [125007780070] |4) Install new themes [125007780080] |5) Install avant window navigator for doc menu [125007780090] |6) Customize Compiz desktop effects [125007780100] |7) Games [125007780110] |8) Running windows applications - install wine [125007780120] |9) Install Programming tools [125007780130] |10) Finally chat clients,twitter clients [125007780140] |Please share your choices here [125007790010] |Install Mplayer and Multimedia Codecs (libdvdcss2,w32codecs,w64codecs) in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) [125007790020] |MPlayer is a movie and animation player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4,DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2. [125007790030] |It has many MX/SSE (2)/3Dnow(Ex) optimized native audio and video codecs, but allows using XAnim’s and RealPlayer’s binary codec plugins, and Win32 codec DLLs. [125007790040] |It has basic VCD/DVD playback functionality, including DVD subtitles, but supports many text- based subtitle formats too. [125007790050] |For video output, nearly every existing interface is supported. [125007790060] |It’s also able to convert any supported files to raw/divx/mpeg4 AVI (pcm/mp3 audio), and even video grabbing from V4L devices. [125007790070] |Install Mplayer in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) [125007790080] |You have to make sure you have enabled universe,multiverse repositories [125007790090] |Now you need to run the following command to update the source list [125007790100] |sudo apt-get update [125007790110] |Install mplayer using the following command [125007790120] |sudo apt-get install mplayer [125007790130] |or [125007790140] |Click on the following link [125007790150] |apt://mplayer [125007790160] |If you want to open mplayer go to Applications—>Sound&Video—> Mplayer Movie Player [125007790170] |Install w32 video codecs and libdvdcss2 in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) [125007790180] |Support for WMV, RealMedia and other formats has been bundled into the w32codecs package. [125007790190] |This package is not available from the Ubuntu repositories due to licensing and legal restrictions.To play encrypted DVDs, the libdvdcss2 package is essential. [125007790200] |The following command adds Medibuntu’s repository to Ubuntu. [125007790210] |It also adds Medibuntu’s GPG key to your keyring, which is needed to authenticate the Medibuntu packages. [125007790220] |sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list [125007790230] |sudo apt-get -q update [125007790240] |sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring [125007790250] |sudo apt-get -q update [125007790260] |For i386 Users install Codecs using the following command [125007790270] |sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2 [125007790280] |For amd64 Users install Codecs using the following command [125007790290] |sudo apt-get install w64codecs libdvdcss2 [125007790300] |Using above download locations you can install most of the mutimedia codecs for ubuntu. [125007790310] |Mplayer Plugin for Firefox [125007790320] |If you want to install Mplayer with plug-in for Mozilla Firefox run the following command [125007790330] |sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer [125007790340] |or click on the following link [125007790350] |apt://mozilla-mplayer [125007800010] |Linux Theme Mockups for Firefox 4.0/3.7 [125007800020] |In addition to theme and UI changes already discussed for Firefox 3.7 and 4.0, there are some proposed Linux specific visual changes: [125007800030] |
  • Consistent Back/Forward Buttons: Use the same back/forward shape as on the other platforms. [125007800040] |The back button would use the same texture as the other buttons however it would be round and larger.
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  • Buttons vs Icons: Switching to a button+glyph style for the toolbar items. [125007800060] |This would be instead of the more representational style that is widely used. [125007800070] |It also is a deviation from the common system standard of having icons and then a button shape on hover.
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  • Curvier Tab Shape: Match the tabs to the proposed tabs on Windows and Mac while keeping the native texture and color.
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  • Removing Toolbar Separators: Reduces visual complexity as well as maintaining external consistency.
    • [125007800100] |Linux Theme Mockups for Firefox 3.7 [125007800110] |Update to Visual Styling [125007800120] |Alternative Icon Treatment [125007800130] |Theme Variations on Various System Themes [125007800140] |Clearlooks Theme [125007800150] |Dust Sands Theme [125007800160] |Human (Brown) Theme [125007800170] |Check more details from here [125007800180] |Linux Theme Mockups for Firefox 4.0 [125007800190] |Major changes: [125007800200] |
  • Tabs-on-top: Defaut tabs to top of UI.
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  • Hiding the Menu Bar: Hide the menu bar and add Page and Tools buttons.
    • [125007810010] |Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) Screenshots Gallery [125007810020] |This is screenshots tour of Ubuntu 9.10 (code name “Karmic Koala”), the most recent release of Ubuntu, released on the 29th of October 2009.Click on the Image to view small view. [125007810030] |Check from here [125007820010] |Ubuntu Tip :Improve your boot times with ubuntu boot in Karmic [125007820020] |Compare to earlier ubuntu versions karmic is much better in speed but if you still want to reduce your boot times use ubuntu boot Packages containing instrumentation to aid in boot performance work, and packages proposed to improve performance. [125007820030] |Note:- Install these packages with your own risk and this might break your system [125007820040] |At the moment this packages are available to only ubuntu 9.10 (karmic) users [125007820050] |Install Ubuntu Boot in Karmic [125007820060] |First you need to run the following command from your terminal to add sources list [125007820070] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-boot/ppa [125007820080] |Now update the source list [125007820090] |sudo apt-get update [125007820100] |Install using the following command [125007820110] |sudo sudo apt-get dist-upgrade [125007820120] |or you can install linux,ureadahead packages [125007820130] |This will install all the required packages. [125007820140] |I hope after installing this your boot times would be much faster. [125007830010] |Mplayer Frontends (gnome-mplayer,Smplayer) [125007830020] |We have already discussed how to install mplayer,mutimedia codecs and firefox plugin in ubuntu 9.10 this tutorial we will see two nice frontends for mplayer Mplayer Frontends [125007830030] |gnome-mplayer [125007830040] |A simple GUI for MPlayerIt provides a simple and clean interface to MPlayer. [125007830050] |GNOME MPlayer has a rich API that is exposed via DBus. [125007830060] |Using DBus you can control a single or multiple instances of GNOME MPlayer from a single command.GNOME MPlayer can be used to play media on websites when used in conjunction with Gecko Mediaplayer. [125007830070] |Install gnome mplayer using the following command [125007830080] |sudo apt-get install gnome-mplayer [125007830090] |or click on the following link [125007830100] |apt://gnome-mplayer [125007830110] |Smplayer [125007830120] |Install smplayer in ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) [125007830130] |Edit your /etc/apt/sources.list file [125007830140] |gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125007830150] |Add the following lines [125007830160] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/smplayer/ubuntu karmic main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/rvm/smplayer/ubuntu karmic main [125007830170] |Save and exit [125007830180] |Install GPG key [125007830190] |sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com E4A4F4F4 [125007830200] |Update source list [125007830210] |sudo apt-get update [125007830220] |Install Smplayer [125007830230] |sudo apt-get install smplayer [125007850010] |How to change Screen resolution in Ubuntu [125007850020] |This tutorial will explain how to change Screen resolution in Ubuntu and this might work in all ubuntu versions [125007850030] |Procedure to follow [125007850040] |1) Go to System ---> Preferences ---> Display [125007850050] |2) Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen here you can mirroring screens, detecting monitors, refresh rate, resolution, rotation, and to show the panel icon. [125007850060] |3) If you choose to display the panel icon option in the above screen you should see similar to the following screen in your notification area from here you can configure screen resolution [125007860010] |Install Nvidia Graphics Drivers 190.42 in Ubuntu Karmic/Jaunty/Intrepid/Hardy [125007860020] |A week after the NVIDIA Linux engineering team released the 190.42 driver release candidate, this driver is now deemed stable and has been officially released on NVIDIA’s web-site. [125007860030] |The NVIDIA 190.42 driver is the first official release in the 190.xx Linux driver series, which has been in beta for a number of months and undergone numerous releases. [125007860040] |Compared to the NVIDIA 185.xx driver series, the NVIDIA 190.42 driver brings new hardware support, support for OpenGL 3.2, many VDPAU video playback improvements, initial support for X Server 1.7 / X.Org 7.5, support for configuring the NVIDIA GPU’s fan-speed, and support for configuring the GPU PowerMizer mode. [125007860050] |There are also various bug-fixes and other smaller improvements. [125007860060] |Among the newly supported hardware is the GeForce GT 220, GeForce G102M, GeForce G210, GeForce G210M, GeForce GT 230M, GeForce GT 240M, GeForce GTS 250M, and GeForce GTS 260M. [125007860070] |The NVIDIA 190.42 driver, however, does not contain the OpenCL support that is found in this driver set, but we anticipate the Open Computing Language library to be merged into the mainline package soon. [125007860080] |The official NVIDIA 190.42 display driver is available for 64-bit Linux and 32-bit Linux. [125007860090] |The FreeBSD and Solaris NVIDIA drivers have also reached version 190.42 with similar changes. [125007860100] |For Ubuntu Karmic Users [125007860110] |Use the following command to add PPA [125007860120] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvidia-vdpau/ppa [125007860130] |Other User [125007860140] |First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file [125007860150] |sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list [125007860160] |add one of the following lines [125007860170] |For Jaunty users [125007860180] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main [125007860190] |For Intrepid Users [125007860200] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main [125007860210] |For Hardy Users [125007860220] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/nvidia-vdpau/ppa/ubuntu hardy main [125007860230] |Save and exit the file [125007860240] |Install GPG key using the following command [125007860250] |sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys CEC06767 [125007860260] |Update source list [125007860270] |sudo apt-get update [125007860280] |Install beta drivers [125007860290] |sudo apt-get install nvidia-190-modaliases nvidia-glx-190 nvidia-settings-190 [125007870010] |gnome2-globalmenu - Global Menu Bar for GNOME [125007870020] |The Gnome2 GlobalMenu project is an attempt to produce a GTK module and panel applet for gnome2 that acts as a global public menu for all gtk-powered applications. [125007870030] |Instead of the application menu appearing on the actual window below the window manager “bar” it always appears on the panel. [125007870040] |There are several advantages by adopting a shared global menu bar in Gnome : [125007870050] |* It works better with narrow windows, because the width of the menus isn’t limited to the width of the window. [125007870060] |(This is a problem for Gimp and Inkscape especially.) [125007870070] |* It’s less confusing -- when two menu bars are visible on-screen at once, sometimes people choose the wrong one. [125007870080] |* Global Menu is the first step to move toward a Document Centric Desktop environment which is, according to us, a long-term trend in DEs. [125007870090] |Install gnome2-globalmenu in ubuntu [125007870100] |To install packages from gnome2-globalmenu PPA, you need to tell Ubuntu where to find it. [125007870110] |You do this by giving Ubuntu the PPA’s URL, which you can find on the PPA’s overview page. [125007870120] |Open System ? [125007870130] |Administration ? [125007870140] |Software Sources and press Third Party Software. [125007870150] |Press Add to add a new repository. [125007870160] |Enter the APT line for the extra repository. add one of the following lines [125007870170] |For Ubuntu 9.04(Jaunty) Users [125007870180] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main [125007870190] |For Ubuntu 8.10(Intrepid) Users [125007870200] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main [125007870210] |For Ubuntu 8.04(Hardy) Users [125007870220] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ppa/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/globalmenu-team/ppa/ubuntu hardy main [125007870230] |Press Add Source and then click Close to save your changes. [125007870240] |You will be notified that the information about available software is out-of-date. [125007870250] |Press Reload. [125007870260] |Now download the GPG key from here [125007870270] |Once you have downloaded the GPG key, import the key by selecting the Authentication tab, clicking on Import Key File, and then selecting the GPG key to be imported. [125007870280] |Now search for gnome-globalmenu package and install [125007870290] |You can also install from command line using the following command [125007870300] |sudo apt-get install gnome-globalmenu [125007870310] |NOTE: On Hardy, after clicking “Enable Global Menu” in the applet’s preference window, nothing happens. [125007870320] |It’s because gnome-settings-daemon in hardy is old and doesn’t support loading external Gtk plugin modules. [125007870330] |You can either upgrade to Intrepid or you have to export GTK_MODULES=globalmenu-gnome manually in either .gnomerc or .bash_profile. [125007870340] |Global Menu is the globally-shared menu bar of all applications launched in your desktop session.