[125011960010] |New stable version (1.3.3) of Turpial lands in PPAs
[125011960020] |Turpial is twitter client written in Python.
[125011960030] |Light, fast, fully functional and integrated to the user desktop.
[125011960040] |Install Turpial in ubuntu 10.04/9.10
[125011960050] |Open the terminal and run the following commands
[125011960060] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:effie-jayx/turpial sudo aptitude update sudo aptitude install turpial
[125011970010] |Run your own Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud Guide
[125011970020] |Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud is the product, powered by Eucalyptus, that allows you to easily run your own Amazon-EC2-like private cloud.
[125011970030] |It’s a lot simpler than you’d think.
[125011970040] |This is 3 parts tutorial you can use to Run your own Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud
[125011970050] |Run your own Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, part 1
[125011970060] |Run your own Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, part 2
[125011970070] |Run your own Ubuntu Enterprise Cloud, part 3
[125011980010] |Setting up ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) server with squid 3 as a Transparent Proxy
[125011980020] |Squid is a caching proxy for the Web supporting HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and more.
[125011980030] |It reduces bandwidth and improves response times by caching and reusing frequently-requested web pages.
[125011980040] |Squid has extensive access controls and makes a great server accelerator.
[125011980050] |It runs on most available operating systems, including Windows and is licensed under the GNU GPL.
[125011980060] |Thanks to Jayson for this guide
[125011980070] |Complete Steps in Setting up UBUNTU Server 10 with SQUID 3 as a Transparent Proxy.
[125011980080] |Step 1.
[125011980090] |Install the Ubuntu Server 10, include LAMP if you want
[125011980100] |Step 2.
[125011980110] |Change the network interfaces from dhcp to static
[125011980120] |sudo nano /etc/network/interfaces
[125011980130] |auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 192.168.1.250 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 192.168.1.0 broadcast 192.168.1.255 gateway 192.168.1.88
[125011980140] |post-up iptables-restore agedu - Simple utility for tracking down wasted disk space
[125011990020] |agedu scans a directory tree and produces reports about how much disk space is used in each directory and subdirectory, and also how that usage of disk space corresponds to files with last-access times a long time ago.
[125011990030] |In other words, agedu is a tool you might use to help you free up disk space.
[125011990040] |It lets you see which directories are taking up the most space, as du does; but unlike du, it also distinguishes between large collections of data which are still in use and ones which have not been accessed in months or years – for instance, large archives downloaded, unpacked, used once, and never cleaned up.
[125011990050] |Where du helps you find what’s using your disk space, agedu helps you find what’s wasting your disk space.
[125011990060] |agedu has several operating modes.
[125011990070] |In one mode, it scans your disk and builds an index file containing a data structure which allows it to efficiently retrieve any information it might need.
[125011990080] |Typically, you would use it in this mode first, and then run it in one of a number of ‘query’ modes to display a report of the disk space usage of a particular directory and its subdirectories.
[125011990090] |Those reports can be produced as plain text (much like du) or as HTML. agedu can even run as a miniature web server, presenting each directory’s HTML report with hyperlinks to let you navigate around the file system to similar reports for other directories.
[125011990100] |Install agedu in ubuntu
[125011990110] |sudo apt-get install agedu
[125011990120] |Using agedu
[125011990130] |So you would typically start using agedu by telling it to do a scan of a directory tree and build an index.
[125011990140] |This is done with a command such as
[125011990150] |$ agedu -s /home/test
[125011990160] |which will build a large data file called agedu.dat in your current directory.
[125011990170] |(If that current directory is inside /home/test
[125011990180] |Having built the index, you would now query it for reports of disk space usage.
[125011990190] |If you have a graphical web browser, the simplest and nicest way to query the index is by running agedu in web server mode:
[125011990200] |$ agedu -w
[125011990210] |which will print (among other messages) a URL on its standard output along the lines of
[125011990220] |URL: http://127.0.0.1:48638/
[125011990230] |That URL will always begin with ‘127.’, meaning that it’s in the localhost address space.
[125011990240] |So only processes running on the same computer can even try to connect to that web server, and also there is access control to prevent other users from seeing it.
[125011990250] |Now paste that URL into your web browser, and you will be shown a graphical representation of the disk usage in /home/test and its immediate subdirectories, with varying colours used to show the difference between disused and recently-accessed data.
[125011990260] |Click on any subdirectory to descend into it and see a report for its subdirectories in turn; click on parts of the pathname at the top of any page to return to higher-level directories.
[125011990270] |When you’ve finished browsing, you can just press Ctrl-D to send an end-of-file indication to agedu, and it will shut down.
[125011990280] |After that, you probably want to delete the data file agedu.dat, since it’s pretty large.
[125011990290] |In fact, the command agedu -R will do this for you; and you can chain agedu commands on the same command line, so that instead of the above you could have done
[125011990300] |$ agedu -s /home/test -w -R
[125011990310] |for a single self-contained run of agedu which builds its index, serves web pages from it, and cleans it up when finished.
[125011990320] |If you don’t have a graphical web browser, you can do text-based queries as well.
[125011990330] |Having scanned /home/test as above, you might run
[125011990340] |$ agedu -t /home/test
[125011990350] |which again gives a summary of the disk usage in /home/test and its immediate subdirectories; but this time agedu will print it on standard output, in much the same format as du.
[125011990360] |If you then want to find out how much old data is there, you can add the -a option to show only files last accessed a certain length of time ago.
[125011990370] |For example, to show only files which haven’t been looked at in six months or more:
[125011990380] |$ agedu -t /home/test -a 6m
[125011990390] |That’s the essence of what agedu does.
[125011990400] |It has other modes of operation for more complex situations, and the usual array of configurable options.
[125011990410] |The following sections contain a complete reference for all its functionality.
[125012000010] |BTRFS installations ready for testing in Ubuntu 10.10
[125012000020] |Btrfs is a new copy on write filesystem for Linux aimed at implementing advanced features while focusing on fault tolerance, repair and easy administration.
[125012000030] |Initially developed by Oracle, Btrfs is licensed under the GPL and open for contribution from anyone.
[125012000040] |Linux has a wealth of filesystems to choose from, but we are facing a number of challenges with scaling to the large storage subsystems that are becoming common in today’s data centers.
[125012000050] |Filesystems need to scale in their ability to address and manage large storage, and also in their ability to detect, repair and tolerate errors in the data stored on disk.
[125012000060] |Btrfs is under heavy development, but every effort is being made to keep the filesystem stable and fast.
[125012000070] |As of 2.6.31, we only plan to make forward compatible disk format changes, and many users have been experimenting with Btrfs on their systems with good results.
[125012000080] |Please email the Btrfs mailing list if you have any problems or questions while using Btrfs.
[125012000090] |The main Btrfs features include:
[125012000100] |* Extent based file storage (2^64 max file size)
[125012000110] |* Space efficient packing of small files
[125012000120] |* Space efficient indexed directories
[125012000130] |* Dynamic inode allocation
[125012000140] |* Writable snapshots
[125012000150] |* Subvolumes (separate internal filesystem roots)
[125012000160] |* Object level mirroring and striping
[125012000170] |* Checksums on data and metadata (multiple algorithms available)
[125012000180] |* Compression
[125012000190] |* Integrated multiple device support, with several raid algorithms
[125012000200] |* Online filesystem check
[125012000210] |* Very fast offline filesystem check
[125012000220] |* Efficient incremental backup and FS mirroring
[125012000230] |* Online filesystem defragmentation
[125012000240] |With current daily builds of Maverick, you should be able to perform installations with a btrfs root filesystem.
[125012000250] |This is still NOT RECOMMENDED FOR PRODUCTION USE and MAY EAT YOUR DATA, but we’re making the option available by way of manual partitioning only so that we can experiment with btrfs more easily, contribute fixes to various tools as needed (as we’ve already done with grub2 in order to at least get this minimal level of support in place), and the like, and hopefully to encourage some more people to get involved in its development.
[125012000260] |You cannot yet use btrfs for /boot (although we’re working on this), so you’ll need to create an ext3 or similar /boot filesystem.
[125012000270] |I assume anyone able to use an experimental filesystem can cope with doing that in the installer’s manual partitioner.
[125012000280] |Please file bugs as you encounter them!
[125012000290] |I expect that ext4 will remain the default filesystem for Maverick, but btrfs is doing a lot of things that are interesting for us down the line, so the sooner we can help to iron out problems with it the better.
[125012000300] |Source from here
[125012010010] |Almanah - Application to ease management of a personal diary
[125012010020] |Almanah Diary (previously just “Diary”) is a small application to allow you to keep a diary of your life.
[125012010030] |It has editing abilities, including text formatting and printing.
[125012010040] |It lists events which happened (on your computer) for each day (such as Evolution tasks and appointments), and allows terms used in diary entries to be “defined” across the set of entries, to allow you to log things which were present over longer periods in more detail.
[125012010050] |Install almanah in Ubuntu
[125012010060] |sudo apt-get install almanah
[125012010070] |Using almanah
[125012010080] |Open almanah from Applications--->Accessories--->Almanah Diary
[125012010090] |Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen here select date and enter your tasks
[125012020010] |TunesViewer - iTunes-university media and podcasts in Linux
[125012020020] |TunesViewer is a small, easy to use program to access itunes-university media and podcasts in Linux.
[125012020030] |Features:
[125012020040] |* Direct searching, browsing, and downloading.
[125012020050] |* Supports itunes-University login, to download students-and-staff-only media.
[125012020060] |* Reveals the standard rss-podcast-feed of the itunes-podcasts, for use in any podcast software.
[125012020070] |* Includes the option to set itself as default protocol handler, to go directly from the “loading itunes-U..” page to viewing with TunesViewer.
[125012020080] |Non-Features:
[125012020090] |* Automatic podcast updates, auto-downloads and transfers - This program isn’t a general-purpose podcast manager, for that you can use gpodder or similar.
[125012020100] |(You can add podcasts to gpodder or other programs by running edit-Copy normal podcast, then pasting into the podcast software)
[125012020110] |* iTunes Store - This will not let you connect to iTunes store accounts or buy anything.
[125012020120] |Install TunesViewer in Ubuntu
[125012020130] |Download .deb package from here once you have .deb package install this by double clicking on it or run the following command from your terminal
[125012020140] |sudo dpkg -i tunesviewer_0.6.deb
[125012020150] |Using TunesViewer
[125012020160] |Open TunesViewer from Applications--->Internet--->Tunes Viewer
[125012020170] |Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen here you can search
[125012030010] |Googlecl with GUI
[125012030020] |Allow you to manage your google account by using the google tools in cli with a GUI.
[125012030030] |You can add this script to nautilus, just put it in your nautilus script path and don\’t forget to do chmod +c /path/to/the/script !
[125012030040] |* Requires: zenity, googlecl, gdata-python-client (aka python-gdata) >= 1.3.0 (1.2.4 may work but some functions are not supported, see google documentation.)
[125012030050] |To start the script must have installed GoogleCl here, then we start the terminal and write
[125012030060] |wget http://gtk-apps.org/CONTENT/content-files/126697-google.sh
[125012030070] |chmod +x 126697-google.sh
[125012030080] |Start googlecl GUI using the following command
[125012030090] |./126697-google.sh
[125012030100] |Screenshots
[125012030110] |Via Theubuntunews
[125012040010] |Install Xnoise media player using Ubuntu PPA
[125012040020] |XNOISE is a media player for Gtk+ with a slick GUI, great speed and lots of features.Unlike Rhythmbox, Banshee or itunes, Xnoise uses a tracklist centric design.
[125012040030] |The tracklist is a list of video or music tracks that are played one by one without being removed.
[125012040040] |This gives you the possibility to enqueue any track in any order, regardless if they are on the same album or not.
[125012040050] |The tracks can be reordered at any time via drag and drop.
[125012040060] |The media browser contains all available media in a hierarchical tree structure of the available metadata.
[125012040070] |It is easy to find a single track, artist or album by going through this tree or by just entering a search term.
[125012040080] |From the media browser, music or videos can be dragged into the tracklist to every position.
[125012040090] |Single or multiple tracks, streams, albums or artists can be dragged onto the tracklist and be reordered.
[125012040100] |Within the playing track, it’s possible to jump to every position by clicking the position bar.
[125012040110] |Xnoise can play every kind of audio/video data that gstreamer can handle.
[125012040120] |Xnoise was written in vala, that means that the releases are in pure C-Code for GObject.
[125012040130] |We have already discussed how to do this with .deb files in this tutorial we will see how to install using ubuntu PPA
[125012040140] |Install Xnoise media player in ubuntu 10.04/9.10
[125012040150] |Open the terminal and run the following commands
[125012040160] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shkn/xnoise
[125012040170] |sudo apt-get update
[125012040180] |sudo apt-get install xnoise xnoise-plugins-core
[125012050010] |How to change your GRUB loader view using BURG
[125012050020] |Tired with your ordinary GRUB loader?
[125012050030] |Now, see mine :
[125012050040] |BURG
[125012050050] |BURG stands for Brand-new Universal loadeR from GRUB.
[125012050060] |BURG lets us to replace the standard text-based grub menu with something that looks a bit nicer as you see above.
[125012050070] |Installation
[125012050080] |Adding BURG repository by adding these following line to end of your /etc/apt/sources.list file.
[125012050090] |Or you can do this step from Synaptic Package Manager:
[125012050100] |Adding key by the following command:
[125012050110] |Update your repository and install BURG:
[125012050120] |On the next restart, we should see a graphical grub menu ![]()
[125012050130] |Notes : If you’re using Linux Lucid, there a little different ways.
[125012050140] |More simple!
[125012050150] |On Lucid Linx, use these step
[125012050160] |Just use these following command:
[125012050170] |And BURG will installed on your system immediately ![]()
[125012050180] |If you want to view your new GRUB loader without rebooting, use:
[125012050190] |Is it simple, right?
[125012050200] |If you’ve another question, you can post a comment here.
[125012050210] |Or you can visit BURG Community Page.
[125012050220] |Taken from panoet’s blog.
[125012060010] |Decibel Audio Player - Simple and nice music player for the GNOME desktop
[125012060020] |Decibel Audio Player is a GTK+ open-source (GPL) audio player for GNU/Linux.
[125012060030] |It is very straightforward to use thanks to a clean and user-friendly interface.
[125012060040] |It is especially targeted at Gnome and follows the Gnome HIG.
[125012060050] |Decibel Audio Player is built around a highly modular structure that lets the user disable completely the features he does not need.
[125012060060] |A disabled feature uses absolutely no memory and no processor time.
[125012060070] |Decibel Audio Player is a real audio player and does not include features that are not meant to be part of an audio player.
[125012060080] |These features, such as tagging files or burning CDs, generally have a better support in dedicated software.
[125012060090] |If you are looking for an audio player than can make coffee, then you should stay away from Decibel and give a try to other players (e.g., Amarok, Exaile).
[125012060100] |Install Decibel Audio Player in Ubuntu
[125012060110] |You can install from repositories using the following command
[125012060120] |sudo apt-get install decibel-audio-player
[125012060130] |If you want to install latest version you need to download .deb package from here once you have .deb package install using by double clicking or run the following command from your terminal
[125012060140] |sudo dpkg -i decibel-audio-player-1.05.deb
[125012060150] |Screenshot
[125012070010] |pytask - The tasks in queue would be executed on the predefined time
[125012070020] |A simple task list manager but with extra features designed for developers, programmers and teams.The idea for this project came about when i was looking for a good task manager for my GNOME desktop, one thing i noticed is that almost all of them have the same set of features.
[125012070030] |Pytask is my view of how a good simple task manager should work and also a learning project.
[125012070040] |Install pytask in ubuntu lucid
[125012070050] |Open the terminal and run the following commands
[125012070060] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nisshh/pytask-releases
[125012070070] |sudo apt-get update
[125012070080] |sudo apt-get install pytask
[125012070090] |Using Pytask
[125012070100] |You can open this application from Applications >Accessories>Pytask
[125012070110] |Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen
[125012070120] |Once you enter task you should see similar to the following screen
[125012080010] |Streamtuner2 - Internet Radio Browser
[125012080020] |streamtuner2 is an internet radio browser.
[125012080030] |It looks up the categorized music stations from various directory services, like:
[125012080040] |* SHOUTcast (works mostly)
[125012080050] |* Xiph.org / icecast (basic function)
[125012080060] |* live365 (standard)
[125012080070] |* DMOZ/Google stations (ported from st1)
[125012080080] |It is written in Python and therefore easy to extend.
[125012080090] |It mimics streamtuner1 in look and feel, but is an independent rewrite.
[125012080100] |It’s still in a very early development state.
[125012080110] |It is neither feature-complete nor optimized for speed.
[125012080120] |It will always consume more memory than the original C implementation.
[125012080130] |Planned features for streamtuner2 include: loading of favicons for each music station.
[125012080140] |Support for st1 plugins which were written in Python as well, dynamic “script” plugins which capture pure web stations.
[125012080150] |Additionally a console-only mode is planned, because station lists can thus be exported as JSON or YAML or other list formats.
[125012080160] |Install Streamtuner2 in Ubuntu
[125012080170] |Download .deb package from here once you have .deb package install by double clicking on it or use the following command from your terminal
[125012080180] |sudo dpkg -i streamtuner2-1.9.9.deb
[125012080190] |Using Streamtuner2
[125012080200] |You can open Applications --->Sound &Video---->Streamtuner2
[125012080210] |Once it opens you should see settings screen
[125012080220] |streamtuner2 main window
[125012090010] |Unattended Ubuntu installations made easy
[125012090020] |In creating Ubuntu Linux, Canonical has focused on ease of use, and this extends to the install procedure.
[125012090030] |To this end, Ubuntu eschewed many of the detailed questions that had discouraged potential Linux users of an earlier era.
[125012090040] |However, despite relative improvements in that area, the installation is still peppered with questions.
[125012090050] |This means that an admin tasked with the deployment of more than three or four computers is doomed to spend an entire morning dashing around, typing in responses to the same questions over and over again.
[125012090060] |Fortunately, there is a solution in the form of unattended installs.
[125012090070] |An admin can alter a standard Linux distribution so that it no longer asks the user questions while installing.
[125012090080] |Obviously, the installer will need the information that it normally acquires by prompting the user for details, and the trick is to provide this information in advance in the form of what is called an ‘answer file’.
[125012090090] |It’s possible to divide automated installs into two main categories: customised CD-ROM and network installation.
[125012090100] |Both approaches have their relative strengths and weaknesses.
[125012090110] |As with most things on Linux, there is more than one system that you can choose from, but we’re going to use something called Kickstart.
[125012090120] |Kickstart is an automatic install system that started life on Red Hat-derived Linux distributions, but it’s supported on Ubuntu.
[125012090130] |It comes with a GUI tool to create the configuration file, making it very simple to use.
[125012090140] |Let’s start with a quick breakdown of its core settings…
[125012090150] |Configuration using the Kickstart GUI A lot of the settings can be left in their default state, but here are some of the most important ones.
[125012090160] |Basic Configuration: Location and language settings.
[125012090170] |Installation Method: Switch this to ‘CD?ROM’.
[125012090180] |Partition information: Create a minimum of a root (/) partition of ext4 format and a swap partition.
[125012090190] |You can set the root partition to fill the free space on the disk.
[125012090200] |User configuration: Create one user account and no root account if you are comfortable with Ubuntu’s standard rootless setup.
[125012090210] |Package selection: This isn’t implemented in Ubuntu.
[125012090220] |However, it’s possible to add packages to the configuration file manually, by adding a line with ‘%packages’ (no quotes) followed by package names, each on its own line.
[125012090230] |By default, a Kickstart-modified Ubuntu CD-ROM will install the same Ubuntu desktop and associated programs that a standard Ubuntu CD?ROM would.
[125012090240] |Creating an unattended install consists of the following steps: 1.
[125012090250] |Create a configuration file, ks.cfg, using the GUI Kickstart tool.
[125012090260] |2. Extract the files from the Ubuntu install ISO.
[125012090270] |3. Add the ks.cfg file to the install disk and alter the boot menu to add automatic install as an install option.
[125012090280] |4. Reconstitute the ISO file.
[125012090290] |An important thing to remember with answer files is that if you forget to add something, the installation will be interrupted with a question in the usual way.
[125012090300] |This can be a problem, but on the other hand it ensures that a Kickstart install disk isn’t rendered useless if the installer encounters an unforeseen circumstance and is forced to ask a question.
[125012090310] |It’ll probably take a couple of goes and a bit of experimentation before you create the perfect install disk, so we advise you to use a virtual machine (see our guide to VMs in issue #85) to test the disk before committing to burning a CD.
[125012090320] |Much of Kickstart’s ease of use is thanks to its graphical configuration tool.
[125012090330] |It’s in the Ubuntu repositories, so search for it using the package manager or install it via the command line, as follows:
[125012090340] |sudo apt-get install system-config-kickstart
[125012090350] |Once installed, the Kickstart GUI tool should place itself in the System Tools menu of the application launcher.
[125012090360] |Launching it, you’ll be presented with about a dozen pages of options, but fortunately, all of them should be fairly self-explanatory to anyone who has installed Ubuntu before (see boxout to the right for more details).
[125012090370] |Now save the Kickstart configuration file.
[125012090380] |By default it is called ks.cfg, but you can give it any name.
[125012090390] |It’s a good idea to check over the configuration file manually by launching it in a text editor.
[125012090400] |We now need to copy the files from the Ubuntu install CD-ROM into a directory on the hard disk.
[125012090410] |Download the alternative install ISO (rather than the live CD) from the Ubuntu website and place it in your home directory.
[125012090420] |Mount this disk from the command line:
[125012090430] |mkdir iso_mount sudo mount -o loop ubuntu-10.04-beta2-alternate-i386.iso iso_mount
[125012090440] |This makes the files inside the ISO accessible via the directory ‘iso_mount’.
[125012090450] |Note that you can browse this directory using a file manager, but we’d recommend doing the actual file copying from the command line because hidden files and directories must be preserved.
[125012090460] |Copy the files to a directory inside your home directory and make them writable with:
[125012090470] |mkdir ubuntu_files rsync -a iso_mount/ ubuntu_files/ sudo chmod -R 777 ubuntu_files
[125012090480] |Place the Kickstart file that you have created into the ‘ubuntu_files’ directory.
[125012090490] |Now we have to tell the install system where to find the Kickstart configuration file when it boots.
[125012090500] |Load ‘text.cfg’, located in the ‘isolinux’ directory, into a text editor.
[125012090510] |This file contains the menu options that you first see when you boot an Ubuntu installation disk.
[125012090520] |Locate the menu options for a standard install and then cut and paste them so that you have a second copy.
[125012090530] |We’re going to alter it so that it looks something like this:
[125012090540] |label autoinstall menu label ^Automatically Install Ubuntu kernel /install/vmlinuz append file=/cdrom/preseed/ubuntu.seed initrd=/install/initrd.gz ks=cdrom:/ks.cfg –
[125012090550] |We’ve altered the label and title of this new menu entry, added a reference to the location of the Kickstart file and removed the ‘quiet’ flag so that we get lots of progress information.
[125012090560] |This constitutes the entirety of the changes we have to make, and we can now re-create the ISO file.
[125012090570] |cd ubuntu_files mkisofs -D -r -V “$IMAGE_NAME” -cache-inodes -J -l -b isolinux/isolinux.bin -c isolinux/boot.cat -no-emul-boot -boot-load-size 4 -boot-info-table -o ~/autoinstall.iso .
[125012090580] |Voilà, your non-interactive install disk is now ready.
[125012090590] |Take our tip: try booting the ISO inside a virtual machine to make sure it works.
[125012090600] |Notice that it does require some interaction at the very first menu.
[125012090610] |It is possible to edit things so that it won’t prompt for even that initial confirmation, but this is dangerous as this disk will cheerfully wipe a system.
[125012090620] |It also makes a great recovery disk that a non-expert can use to zero a system.
[125012090630] |However, if used in this role, you should explain that the disk is potentially dangerous and mark it appropriately.
[125012090640] |Full Story
[125012100010] |Virtualbox 3.2.6 released and ubuntu installation instructions included
[125012100020] |Oracle released VirtualBox 3.2.6, a maintenance release of VirtualBox 3.2 which improves stability and fixes regressions.
[125012100030] |If you want to see all the fixes and changes from here
[125012100040] |Install Virtualbox 3.2.6 in Ubuntu
[125012100050] |Download .deb packages from here once you have .deb package install by double clicking on it or using the following command from your terminal
[125012100060] |sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-3.2_3.2.6-63112~Ubuntu~lucid_i386.deb
[125012100070] |Or you can install using virtualbox repositories.
[125012110010] |How to fix network manager applet missing from notification area in ubuntu 10.04
[125012110020] |Problem
[125012110030] |Hey i install ubuntu 10.04 this morning… A gud experience till that when i came to know that there in no nm (network-manager) applet in my panel as a result of which i m unable to connect to the wireless network.
[125012110040] |Solutions
[125012110050] |Method 1
[125012110060] |Open the terminal type “sudo edit /etc/NetworkManager/nm-system-settings.conf” change the “managed=false” to “managed=true” and then save it.
[125012110070] |then in the terminal type “killall nm-system-settings”
[125012110080] |and then reboot.
[125012110090] |Method 2
[125012110100] |right click panel>add to panel>Notification Area
[125012110110] |Bug reported here
[125012110120] |Source from here
[125012120010] |Macchanger - Utility for manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces (Included GUI Utility)
[125012120020] |A GNU/Linux utility for viewing/manipulating the MAC address of network interfaces
[125012120030] |Features
[125012120040] |* Set specific MAC address of a network interface
[125012120050] |* Set the MAC randomly
[125012120060] |* Set a MAC of another vendor
[125012120070] |* Set another MAC of the same vendor
[125012120080] |* Set a MAC of the same kind (eg: wireless card)
[125012120090] |* Display a vendor MAC list (today, 6800 items) to choose from
[125012120100] |Possible usages
[125012120110] |These are some examples:
[125012120120] |* You’re in a DHCP network with some kind of IP-based restriction
[125012120130] |* You’ve a cluster that boot with BOOTP and you want to have a clean set of MACs
[125012120140] |* Debug MAC based routes
[125012120150] |Install macchanger in Ubuntu
[125012120160] |sudo apt-get install macchanger macchanger-gtk
[125012120170] |Command line Examples
[125012120180] |# macchanger eth1
[125012120190] |Current MAC: 00:40:96:43:ef:9c [wireless] (Cisco/Aironet 4800/340) Faked MAC: 00:40:96:43:ef:9d [wireless] (Cisco/Aironet 4800/340)
[125012120200] |# macchanger --endding eth1
[125012120210] |Current MAC: 00:40:96:43:e8:ec [wireless] (Cisco/Aironet 4800/340) Faked MAC: 00:40:96:6f:0f:f2 [wireless] (Cisco/Aironet 4800/340)
[125012120220] |# macchanger --another eth1
[125012120230] |Current MAC: 00:40:96:43:87:1f [wireless] (Cisco/Aironet 4800/340) Faked MAC: 00:02:2d:ec:00:6f [wireless] (Lucent Wavelan IEEE)
[125012120240] |# macchanger -A eth1
[125012120250] |Current MAC: 00:40:96:43:39:a6 [wireless] (Cisco/Aironet 4800/340) Faked MAC: 00:10:5a:1e:06:93 (3Com, Fast Etherlink XL in a Gateway)
[125012120260] |# macchanger -r eth1
[125012120270] |Current MAC: 00:40:96:43:f1:fc [wireless] (Cisco/Aironet 4800/340) Faked MAC: 6b:fd:10:37:d2:34 (unknown)
[125012120280] |# macchanger --mac=01:23:45:67:89:AB eth1
[125012120290] |Current MAC: 00:40:96:43:87:65 [wireless] (Cisco/Aironet 4800/340) Faked MAC: 01:23:45:67:89:ab (unknown)
[125012120300] |# ./macchanger --list=Cray
[125012120310] |Misc MACs: Num MAC Vendor --- --- ------ 065 - 00:00:7d - Cray Research Superservers,Inc 068 - 00:00:80 - Cray Communications (formerly Dowty Network Services) 317 - 00:40:a6 - Cray Research Inc.
[125012120320] |Macchanger GUI
[125012120330] |You can open the gui by running the following command from your terminal
[125012120340] |$ macchanger-gtk
[125012120350] |Screenshot
[125012130010] |Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Alpha 2 released and download links are included
[125012130020] |The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer.
[125012130030] |The Maverick Meerkat Alpha 2 is the second alpha release of Ubuntu 10.10, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of Ubuntu.
[125012130040] |This is an alpha release.
[125012130050] |Do not install it on production machines.
[125012130060] |The final stable version will be released on October 10, 2010.
[125012130070] |Upgrading from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS
[125012130080] |To upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager -d” (without the quotes) into the command box.
[125012130090] |Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ’10.10′ is available.
[125012130100] |Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.
[125012130110] |To upgrade from Ubuntu 10.04 LTS 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.
[125012130120] |Download Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) Alpha 2
[125012130130] |Get it while it’s hot.
[125012130140] |ISOs and torrents are available at:
[125012130150] |http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/maverick/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Netbook) http://uec-images.ubuntu.com/releases/maverick/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Server for UEC and EC2) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/maverick/alpha-2/ (Kubuntu Desktop and Netbook) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/maverick/alpha-2/ (Xubuntu) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/ubuntustudio/releases/maverick/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Studio) http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/mythbuntu/releases/maverick/alpha-2/ (Mythbuntu)
[125012130160] |New features in Maverick
[125012130170] |Feature development for Maverick has started.
[125012130180] |Please see the Maverick blueprint list for details.
[125012130190] |Updated Packages
[125012130200] |As with every new release, packages--applications and software of all kinds--are being updated at a rapid pace.
[125012130210] |Many of these packages came from an automatic sync from Debian’s Unstable branch.
[125012130220] |The period of automatic syncs has stopped now, so from now on there will be fewer changes.
[125012130230] |GNOME
[125012130240] |The GNOME base platform has been updated to the current 2.31 versions.
[125012130250] |This particularly includes the new dconf and gsettings API.
[125012130260] |Evolution was updated to the 2.30 version, which operates much faster compared to the version in Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
[125012130270] |KDE
[125012130280] |KDE was updated to the current 4.5 RC 1 release.
[125012130290] |Qt
[125012130300] |Qt was updated to the current 4.7 beta release.
[125012130310] |Unity
[125012130320] |The new Unity interface is now the default in Ubuntu Netbook Edition.
[125012130330] |This includes the global menu bar as part of the default interface.
[125012130340] |Please note that applications still retain the menu in their own window as long as the global menu bar is still being tested and fixed.
[125012130350] |Linux kernel 2.6.35
[125012130360] |Alpha 2 includes the 2.6.35-6.7 kernel based on 2.6.35-rc3.
[125012130370] |This kernel includes new security enhancements.
[125012130380] |Of major note is the change the default behavior of PTRACE which is used by gdb, strace, ltrace, etc.
[125012130390] |The behavior for 10.10 is that only child processes can be PTRACEd, due to the default value of “1″ in/proc/sys/kernel/ptrace_scope.
[125012130400] |This value may be inappropriate for some development systems and servers with only admin accounts.
[125012130410] |If using “sudo” for PTRACE is not desired, please change this value to “0″.
[125012130420] |New cloud-init features
[125012130430] |cloud-init, the configurable initialization process for Ubuntu Server cloud images, has gained new features in Maverick Alpha 2, including pluggable hooks, ebsmount, ext4 support, and new stanzas in the cloud-config format.
[125012130440] |Installation
[125012130450] |The new btrfs file system may now be used during installation via manual partitioning, as long as /boot is on some other file system.
[125012130460] |(At the moment, this only works on the alternate and server CDs.)
[125012140010] |A Newbie’s Getting Started Guide to Linux (PDF Guide)
[125012140020] |Learn the basics of the Linux operating systems.
[125012140030] |Get to know what it is all about, and familiarize yourself with the practical side.
[125012140040] |Basically, if you’re a complete Linux newbie and looking for a quick and easy guide to get you started this is it.
[125012140050] |You’ve probably heard about Linux, the free, open-source operating system that’s been pushing up against Microsoft.
[125012140060] |It’s way cheaper, faster, safer, and has a far bigger active community than Windows, so why aren’t you on it?
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[125012140090] |It’s while adapting to the unknown, that one needs a guiding, and caring hand.
[125012140100] |This guide will tell you all you need to know in 20 illustrated pages, helping you to take your first steps.
[125012140110] |Let your curiosity take you hostage and start discovering Linux today, with this manual as your guide!
[125012140120] |Don’t let Makeuseof.com keep you any longer, and download the Newbie’s Initiation to Linux.
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[125012150010] |Installing WordPress 3.0 on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
[125012150020] |On this post I’ll tell you how to install the latest WordPress version (3.0) on a Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) machine.
[125012150030] |I personally love WordPress as a blogging engine and hope you find these instructions helpful and that make you create your blogs fast and pragmatically.
[125012150040] |So, without further ado, let’s start by opening a terminal and type:
[125012150050] |miguel@c31828:~$ sudo aptitude install apache2 Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states… Done The following NEW packages will be installed: apache2 apache2-mpm-worker{a} apache2-utils{a} apache2.2-bin{a} apache2.2-common{a} libaprutil1-dbd-sqlite3{a} libaprutil1-ldap{a} 0 packages upgraded, 7 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 3,238kB of archives. After unpacking 10.7MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
[125012150060] |Continue with Y. You’ll notice by the end of the update that Apache will be started and have a default configuration set up:
[125012150070] |(…)
[125012150080] |Enabling module authn_file. Enabling module authz_host. Enabling module reqtimeout.
[125012150090] |Setting up apache2-mpm-worker (2.2.14-5ubuntu8) ... * Starting web server apache2 apache2: Could not reliably determine the server’s fully qualified domain name, using 127.0.1.1 for ServerName [ OK ]
[125012150100] |Setting up apache2 (2.2.14-5ubuntu8) ...
[125012150110] |Reading package lists... Done
[125012150120] |(…)
[125012150130] |Once the installation is finished, we can test if Apache is working OK by opening up a browser and navigate to the URL http://127.0.0.1.
[125012150140] |If everything is OK you’ll see the “it works!” web page, meaning Apache is up and running!
[125012150150] |Next, we’ll need to install MySQL 5.1: miguel@c31828:~$ sudo aptitude install mysql-server-5.1 Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states… Done The following NEW packages will be installed: libdbd-mysql-perl{a} libdbi-perl{a} libhtml-template-perl{a} libmysqlclient16{a} libnet-daemon-perl{a} libplrpc-perl{a} mysql-client-5.1{a} mysql-client-core-5.1{a} mysql-common{a} mysql-server-5.1 mysql-server-core-5.1{a} 0 packages upgraded, 11 newly installed, 0 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 24.2MB of archives. After unpacking 60.7MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
[125012150160] |Continue with Y. During the installation we’ll need to insert a root password for MySQL.
[125012150170] |You can pick a strong password from strongpasswordgenerator.com.
[125012150180] |For obvious reasons, save this password in a safe place!
[125012150190] |As you can see from the list above, MySQL 5.1 packages occupy 24.2 MB and this download can take some time depending on the Internet connection and CPU speed.
[125012150200] |Next, we’ll install PHP version 5:
[125012150210] |miguel@c31828:~$ sudo aptitude install php5 phpmyadmin Reading package lists… Done Building dependency tree Reading state information… Done Reading extended state information Initializing package states… Done The following NEW packages will be installed: apache2-mpm-prefork{a} dbconfig-common{a} javascript-common{a} libapache2-mod-php5{a} libjs-mootools{a} libmcrypt4{a} libt1-5{a} php5 php5-common{a} php5-gd{a} php5-mcrypt{a} php5-mysql{a} phpmyadmin wwwconfig-common{a} The following packages will be REMOVED: apache2-mpm-worker{a} 0 packages upgraded, 14 newly installed, 1 to remove and 0 not upgraded. Need to get 10.1MB of archives. After unpacking 32.7MB will be used. Do you want to continue? [Y/n/?]
[125012150220] |Continue with Y. I also installed phpMyAdmin, although optional, because I like to create the database, users, tables, etc. through this great package and this way I don’t need to give any commands directly on the mysql prompt (I personally tend to forget a lot on the right syntax on long commands).
[125012150230] |If you don’t want to install phpMyAdmin, don’t forget to include php5-mysql on the command above (sudo aptitude install php5 php5-mysql).
[125012150240] |You’ll notice that during phpMyAdmin installation you’ll have to choose the web server that should be configured to run phpMyAdmin: apache2 or lighttpd.
[125012150250] |Choose apache2 (with the space key) and hit Ok (with the tab and then the space key) to continue the installation.
[125012150260] |You’ll then get a screen telling you if you want to configure database for phpMyAdmin with dbconfig-common.
[125012150270] |Hit No (with tab and then the space key).
[125012150280] |After phpMyAdmin installation, you can again open the browser and hit URL http://127.0.0.1/phpmyadmin/.
[125012150290] |Et voilà!
[125012150300] |You can now get inside your MySQL database world through your browser using the user root and the password chosen above (but be aware that user root has full access to your databases and should be used wisely).
[125012150310] |Now, we only need to download WordPress 3.0 from the official WordPress web page:
[125012150320] |http://wordpress.org/latest.zip (2.2MB) or http://wordpress.org/latest.tar.gz (2.0MB)
[125012150330] |Right click on one of these links and download it to a location of your preference (for example, ~/Desktop) using the option “Save Link As…”.
[125012150340] |Unpack this package (I’ll use here folder /var/www as it is a standard location where the web server will look for web pages) using unzip (for the .zip archive) or tar (for the .tar.gz archive).
[125012150350] |miguel@c31828:~/Desktop$ sudo mv latest.zip /var/www or miguel@c31828:~/Desktop$ sudo mv wordpress-3.0.1.tar.gz /var/www
[125012150360] |miguel@c31828:~/Desktop$ cd /var/www
[125012150370] |miguel@c31828:/var/www$ sudo unzip latest.zip or miguel@c31828:/var/www$ sudo tar -zxvf latest.tar.gz
[125012150380] |After unpacking, you’ll get a folder wordPress extracted to your chosen location:
[125012150390] |miguel@c31828:/var/www$ ls -al total 2912 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-06-30 18:00 . drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 2010-06-30 16:32 .. -rw-r–r– 1 root root 177 2010-06-30 16:32 index.html drwxr-xr-x 5 root root 4096 2010-06-17 17:05 wordpress -rw-r–r– 1 miguel miguel 2964966 2010-06-30 17:38 latest.zip
[125012150400] |One of the important things to do is to give the right permissions for your user to read and write into the wordpress folder.
[125012150410] |For this, you will want to give the correct ownership to your local user (in my case, user miguel):
[125012150420] |miguel@c31828:/var/www$ sudo chown -R miguel:users wordpress
[125012150430] |As you can see, the wordpress folder now has the right permissions for my user to change it:
[125012150440] |miguel@c31828:/var/www$ ls -al total 2912 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 4096 2010-06-30 18:00 . drwxr-xr-x 17 root root 4096 2010-06-30 16:32 .. -rw-r–r– 1 root root 177 2010-06-30 16:32 index.html drwxr-xr-x 5 miguel users 4096 2010-06-17 17:05 wordpress -rw-r–r– 1 miguel miguel 2964966 2010-06-30 17:38 latest.zip
[125012150450] |You can now delete the .zip or .tar.gz archive:
[125012150460] |miguel@c31828:/var/www$ sudo rm -f latest.zip or miguel@c31828:/var/www$ sudo rm -f wordpress-3.0.1.tar.gz
[125012150470] |Now all we’re missing is creating a MySQL database and configure WordPress!
[125012150480] |For creating a database using phpMyAdmin, follow these steps:
[125012150490] |Start by choosing a name for your WordPress database (like ‘wordpress‘ or ‘blog‘), enter it in the Create new database field, and click Create (choose the right Connection Collation for you or use utf8_general_ci).
[125012150500] |Click the Home icon in the upper left to return to the main page, then click Privileges.
[125012150510] |If a user relating to WordPress does not already exist in the list of users, create one:
[125012150520] |Click Add a new User.
[125012150530] |Chose a username for WordPress (like ‘wordpress‘) and enter it in the User name field.
[125012150540] |(Be sure Use text field: is selected from the dropdown.)
[125012150550] |Choose a strong password password (use strongpasswordgenerator.com), and enter it in the Password field.
[125012150560] |(Be sure Use text field: is selected from the dropdown.)
[125012150570] |Re-enter the password in the Re-type field.
[125012150580] |Write down the username and password you chose.
[125012150590] |Leave all options under Global privileges at their defaults.
[125012150600] |Click Go.
[125012150610] |Return to the Privileges screen and click the Edit privileges icon (on the right-most column) on the user you’ve just created for WordPress.
[125012150620] |In the Database-specific privileges section, select the database you’ve just created for WordPress under the Add privileges to the following database drop down.
[125012150630] |The page will refresh with privileges for that database.
[125012150640] |Click Check All to select all privileges, and click Go.
[125012150650] |On the resulting page, make note of the host name listed after Server: at the top of the page.
[125012150660] |(This will usually be localhost.)
[125012150670] |For creating a database using MySQL client, follow these steps: miguel@c31828:/var/www$ mysql -u root -p Enter password: Welcome to the MySQL monitor. Commands end with ; or \g. Your MySQL connection id is 61 Server version: 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.3 (Ubuntu)
[125012150680] |Type 'help;' or '\h' for help. Type '\c' to clear the current input statement.
[125012150690] |mysql> CREATE DATABASE databasename; Query OK, 1 row affected (0.00 sec)
[125012150700] |mysql> CREATE USER wordpressuser; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
[125012150710] |mysql> SET PASSWORD FOR wordpressuser = PASSWORD(”wordpresspassword“); Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
[125012150720] |mysql> GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON databasename.* TO “wordpressuser“@”localhost” IDENTIFIED BY “wordpresspassword“; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
[125012150730] |mysql> FLUSH PRIVILEGES; Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)
[125012150740] |mysql> EXIT Bye
[125012150750] |Now all we have to do is to configure WordPress!
[125012150760] |miguel@c31828:~$ cd /var/www/wordpress miguel@c31828:/var/www/wordpress$ sudo cp wp-config-sample.php wp-config.php Edit this new file, wp-config.php, with your favorite editor (I used emacs!) and change the values under the section labeled MySQL settings
[125012150770] |DB_NAME: Database Name used by WordPress
[125012150780] |DB_USER: Username used to access Database
[125012150790] |DB_PASSWORD: Password used by Username to access Database
[125012150800] |DB_HOST: The hostname of your Database Server
[125012150810] |And also put your Authentication Unique Keys and Salts under the section labeled Authentication Unique Keys using WordPress’ online generator to obtain them:
[125012150820] |AUTH_KEY
[125012150830] |SECURE_AUTH_KEY
[125012150840] |LOGGED_IN_KEY
[125012150850] |NONCE_KEY
[125012150860] |Save all your changes to file /var/www/wordpress/wp-config.php and open a browser and give it the URL http://127.0.0.1/wordpress/.
[125012150870] |If everything is OK by now you should see the WordPress welcome and configuration page (if you got the error "Error establishing a connection" that probably means something is wrong with the username or password you have saved in file wp-config.php):
[125012150880] |All we need now is to put some more few details like the site’s title, the user name and password we’ll use to login (once again I suggest using a strong password from the strong password generator site, and after everything is just the way we want just click the “Install WordPress” button!
[125012150890] |If everything went perfect, a “Success!” web page follows and we can start using WordPress by logging in with the user name and password chosen on the previous step.
[125012150900] |After you logged in, you will be redirected to the Dashboard page under which you can customize your wordpress blog to suit more easily your looks and purposes.
[125012150910] |To install a new theme, hit the "Appearance" menu and then the "Install Theme" tab.
[125012150920] |Under the search field enter a theme search term by keyword, author, or tag.
[125012150930] |For instance, I chose "clean".
[125012150940] |One of the search results gave me the Fusion theme.
[125012150950] |Hit the Install link and then the Install now link at the preview window.
[125012150960] |At the Connection Information wordrepss page you will need to enter the following information: your hostname, FTP username and password and connection type.
[125012150970] |For this to work, you will first need to have a FTP daemon running on your web server.
[125012150980] |If you don't have it already, you can install one by using the command
[125012150990] |sudo aptitude install vsftpd
[125012151000] |After the installation, you will just have to edit the file /etc/vsftpd.conf as root using your favorite editor and enable the features you would like your ftp daemon to be enabled.
[125012151010] |I enabled the following ones (read the FTP daemon's documentation first if you're not sure of which options to enable and the security impact those changes will have):
[125012151020] |anonymous_enable=YES local_enable=YES write_enable=YES local_umask=022 anon_upload_enable=YES anon_mkdir_write_enable=YES
[125012151030] |Now all I have to do is to run the FTP daemon with the command:
[125012151040] |sudo service vsftpd start
[125012151050] |Let's now return at the "Connection Information" configuration page.
[125012151060] |Fill the necessary information in the text fields for your hostname (I used 127.0.0.1 but you can also use localhost), the user name (I used miguel) and the password (I won't tell you this one!).
[125012151070] |Choose FTP protocol and hit Install.
[125012151080] |If everything is OK, you should now see that your theme is being downloaded and installed in wordpress/wp-content/themes folder.
[125012151090] |Hit the "Preview" link to preview what your page will look like with the new theme, hit "Activate" link to use the newly installed theme or hit "Return to Theme Installer" page to install another theme!
[125012151100] |Have fun using WordPress!
[125012151110] |References: WordPress’ Installing WordPress - Detailed instructions web page.
[125012160010] |Deb thumbnailer
[125012160020] |Deb thumbnailer places the respective application icon over the standard .deb icon, as demonstrated below, providing that the .deb file itself contains the application icon.
[125012160030] |Install Deb thumbnailer in Ubuntu 10.04/9.10
[125012160040] |Open the terminal and run the following commands
[125012160050] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deb-thumbnailer-team/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo aptitude install deb-thumbnailer
[125012160060] |Screenshot
[125012170010] |Me TV - Digital television viewer for GNOME
[125012170020] |Me TV is a digital television viewer for GNOME.
[125012170030] |Me TV was developed for the modern digital lounge room with a PC for a media centre that is capable of normal PC tasks (web surfing, word processing and watching TV).
[125012170040] |It is not designed to be a full-blown media centre, such as MythTV, but will integrate well with an existing GNOME desktop.
[125012170050] |Features currently include:
[125012170060] |* GTK/GNOME interface
[125012170070] |* Completely mouse driven
[125012170080] |* Runs in system tray
[125012170090] |* Current and future program information
[125012170100] |* Instant Record
[125012170110] |* Once off, daily or weekly scheduled recordings
[125012170120] |* Program search
[125012170130] |* Auto channel scan
[125012170140] |* Auto PID selection
[125012170150] |* Audio select
[125012170160] |* Network broadcast
[125012170170] |* Subtitles
[125012170180] |* Dual language
[125012170190] |* DVB-T, DVB-C, DVB-S and ATSC support
[125012170200] |* Double-click fullscreen
[125012170210] |* Auto surf
[125012170220] |* Keyboard shortcuts
[125012170230] |* Very simple installation and set up
[125012170240] |Install Me TV in Ubuntu
[125012170250] |Open the terminal and run the following command
[125012170260] |sudo apt-get install me-tv
[125012170270] |If you want to install latest version use the following commands from your terminal
[125012170280] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:me-tv-development/ppa
[125012170290] |sudo apt-get update
[125012170300] |sudo apt-get install me-tv
[125012170310] |Using Me TV
[125012170320] |Open Me TV from Applications--->Sound &Video---->Me TV
[125012170330] |Me TV Version details
[125012190010] |Fix for ALSA API Apps in Ubuntu
[125012190020] |A lot of people seem to be experiencing issues with ALSA apps (like Flash) on PulseAudio-enabled systems.
[125012190030] |Common issues include programs locking/”hogging” the ALSA sound device (prevents other apps from mixing and using the audio device) and also apps trying to use the ALSA software mixer (dmix).
[125012190040] |Here is a method to route ALSA apps directly through pulse:
[125012190050] |gksu gedit /etc/asound.conf
[125012190060] |Copy/paste these lines into the resulting file:
[125012190070] |pcm.pulse { type pulse } ctl.pulse { type pulse } pcm.!default { type pulse } ctl.!default { type pulse }
[125012190080] |Save and exit the file.Finally Reboot your system.
[125012190090] |Source from here
[125012200010] |Pino-twitter - Twitter and Identi.ca client
[125012200020] |Pino is Twitter and Identi.ca client for Linux desktop.
[125012200030] |It’s simple and fast.
[125012200040] |It written on Vala language and compiles to the native binary code Install pino-twitter in Ubuntu 10.04/9.10
[125012200050] |Open the terminal and run the following commands
[125012200060] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vala-team/ppa
[125012200070] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:troorl/pino
[125012200080] |sudo apt-get update
[125012200090] |sudo apt-get install pino
[125012200100] |Screenshot
[125012210010] |Gitso - Frontend to reverse VNC connections
[125012210020] |Gitso is a frontend to reverse VNC connections.
[125012210030] |It is meant to be a simple two-step process that connects one person to another’s screen.
[125012210040] |First, the support person offers to give support.
[125012210050] |Second, the person who needs help connects and has their screen remotely visible.
[125012210060] |Because Gitso is cross-platform (Linux, OS X and Windows) and uses a reverse VNC connection, it greatly simplifies the process of getting support.
[125012210070] |Install gitso in ubuntu
[125012210080] |download .deb package from here once you have .deb package install by double clicking on it or by using the following command from your terminal.
[125012210090] |sudo dpkg -i gitso_0.6_all.deb
[125012210100] |Screenshot
[125012210110] |Using Gitso
[125012210120] |First, the person giving support needs to:
[125012210130] |1. Launch Gitso.
[125012210140] |2. Click on “Give Support” 3.
[125012210150] |Click “Connect”
[125012210160] |Second, the person who needs help, needs to: 1.
[125012210170] |Launch Gitso.
[125012210180] |2. Click on “Get Help” 3.
[125012210190] |Type in the “IP Address” provided by the supporter 4.
[125012210200] |Click “Connect”
[125012210210] |Now the person who needs help sits back and watches as someone else moves their mouse and operates their pc from afar.
[125012210220] |Note: The person who is giving support needs to have port 5500 open to their machine which requires a port forward on a NATed network.
[125012230010] |How to get iOS 4 (iPhone OS) to sync with rhythmbox in ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)
[125012230020] |Well with the release of iOS 4, many Ubuntu users are complaining of incompatibility with between rhythmbox and the new update.
[125012230030] |Here is a simple way to fix that: 1.
[125012230040] |Open up synaptic
[125012230050] |2. Go to the Repositories (Under Settings)
[125012230060] |3. Add this source:
[125012230070] |ppa:pmcenery/ppa
[125012230080] |(from https://launchpad.net/~pmcenery/+archive/ppa)
[125012230090] |4. Click Close and then click the Reload button at the top left
[125012230100] |5. After it is done reloading search for:
[125012230110] |libimobiledevice1
[125012230120] |6. It will give you two results, install both.
[125012230130] |7. Now after installing, close synaptic and open up the terminal and type in
[125012230140] |sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[125012230150] |8. After the upgrade Ubuntu 10.04 will have iOS 4 support
[125012230160] |Source from here
[125012240010] |How to reset forgotten Ubuntu password
[125012240020] |Continuing my previous post “how to reset Windows password using Ubuntu”, in this post I’ll give solution “how to reset Ubuntu password”.
[125012240030] |It’s really easy to reset Ubuntu password!
[125012240040] |Just log in root mode.
[125012240050] |And in Ubuntu this can be done by logging in when system reboot.
[125012240060] |So we logged in CLI mode.
[125012240070] |Here’s the way, how to reset forgotten Ubuntu password.
[125012240080] |Check it out!
[125012240090] |Login as root
[125012240100] |There is two possible ways to login as root :
[125012240110] |Common method
[125012240120] |You can login with root mode just by pressing ESC button when system starting up.
[125012240130] |That’ll take you to Grub Screen, when you can select mode that you’ll be used while booting.
[125012240140] |If you have double OS or more on your system (dual boot), you don’t need to do this step.
[125012240150] |It’s automatically go to Grub Screen when system starting up.
[125012240160] |Then choose the “recovery mode”, usually found right below your default option.
[125012240170] |Press enter, and at the next screen, choose “drop to root sheel prompt” and you’ll login to the system as root ![]()
[125012240180] |Advanced method
[125012240190] |On some system, maybe you can’t find “recovery mode” on Grub Screen menu.
[125012240200] |So?
[125012240210] |You need to do a “little hack” to the Grub Loader.
[125012240220] |Looks cool right?
[125012240230] |In fact its very easy ![]()
[125012240240] |On Grub Screen menu, select default loader (first choice) and press “E” key that means you’ll edit manually that loader.
[125012240250] |Wow ![]()
On the next screen, find row that contains this word :
[125012240260] |Then replace that with this :
[125012240270] |After that, press “CTRL”+”X” (or maybe “B” key on your system, depend to your kernel) to boot the system with “hacked” loader ![]()
[125012240280] |Done!
[125012240290] |You’re logged in as root on your system now, and you can do anything you want.
[125012240300] |Including resetting your password!
[125012240310] |Resetting your password
[125012240320] |Use this command to reset your password :
[125012240330] |Fill username with username that you want to reset its password.
[125012240340] |You’ll prompt new password twice.
[125012240350] |In this step, you’re almost done!
[125012240360] |Now, make sure the change you’ve made will be written to disk by :
[125012240370] |Reboot your system :
[125012240380] |You’re done!
[125012240390] |Your password has been reset, and you can login to your system now ![]()
[125012240400] |I’ve been using this method on my Ubuntu Lucid system and its work.
[125012240410] |I hope this post is useful for you all.
[125012240420] |If you have problem when implementing this article, leave a comment and I’ll be glad to help you.
[125012240430] |From panoet’s blog
[125012250010] |How to : set grub 2 password protection
[125012250020] |Few days ago after I’ve posted post “How To Reset Forgotten Ubuntu Password“, someone ask me (or maybe not ask but give an opinion) about the security of Linux (we all know, “security” is one of the majority feature that Linux offered to us).
[125012250030] |How about the security if we can reset the root password as easy as that my post said.
[125012250040] |After that, I think about that.
[125012250050] |And I haven’t found the answer until now.
[125012250060] |But, I’ve got this useful tutorial from Ubuntu Forum.
[125012250070] |How we can set password protection to our GRUB
[125012250080] |Introduction to Grub 2 Basic Password Protection
[125012250090] |This is basic password security.
[125012250100] |The username/password are unencrypted; anyone having physical access to the machine and more than an elementary knowledge of how Linux works will be able to access the configuration files and bypass this feature.
[125012250110] |Encrypted password protection is on the horizon and available in an experimental version of Grub 2 (see “The Future” section below).
[125012250120] |Grub 2 can set password protection on specific menuentries and for specific users.
[125012250130] |For example, “John” can access Ubuntu but not the Windows recovery mode, which is only accessible by “Bill”, the superuser.
[125012250140] |Automatic password protection has not yet been automated.
[125012250150] |Menuentries must be identified manually by editing the Grub 2 /etc/grub.d/ scripts such as 10_linux and 30_os-prober.
[125012250160] |If password protection is enabled, even if for only one entry, and even if not for the superuser, the superuser name and password are required to gain access to the Grub 2 command line and menu-editing modes.
[125012250170] |The username and/or password do not have to be the same as the Ubuntu logon name/password.
[125012250180] |Password protection in Grub 2 is still being developed and its behavior may change in future updates.
[125012250190] |In this guide, when the term “Grub 2″ is used it refers to the version of Grub 2 (grub-pc) available in the main Ubuntu repository.
[125012250200] |This is currently 1.97~beta4-1ubuntu4.
[125012250210] |Any time Grub 2 is updated, the user should note whether their password protection is still working as expected.
[125012250220] |These instructions are primarily for 1.97~beta.
[125012250230] |Advanced capabilities such as encrypted passwords which have been introduced in Grub 1.98 are still being worked on.
[125012250240] |Some of the advancements work well while others do not.
[125012250250] |The version of Grub found in Karmic is not expected to be updated to 1.97 or 1.98, although significant bugs will be fixed when possible.
[125012250260] |How It Works
[125012250270] |To enable basic password protection, the user/administrator must add a superuser (and other users if desired) and password(s) to the /etc/grub.d/00_header file and manually designate which menuentries require a password in the /etc/grub.d/ files.
[125012250280] |The Grub 2 menu can include both password-protected and non-protected entries.
[125012250290] |Once the password feature is enabled the Grub 2 menu will appear as it does normally.
[125012250300] |When a selection requiring a password is required, the user will be prompted to enter the correct username and password.
[125012250310] |If entered correctly, the selected menuentry will continue to boot.
[125012250320] |If incorrect, the user will be returned to the Grub 2 menu.
[125012250330] |If Grub 2 is set up to boot directly to a password-protected menuentry without displaying a menu, the username/password prompt will appear and booting will not occur until they are correctly entered.
[125012250340] |Here is a sample menu with passwords enabled, provided by one of the Grub 2 developers:
[125012250350] |user1 is the designated superuser.
[125012250360] |This user can boot any menuentry, edit items in the Grub 2 menu during boot, and use the Grub 2 command line.
[125012250370] |Anyone can boot GNU/Linux
[125012250380] |Only user2 and the superuser can boot Windows in this example.
[125012250390] |Warnings &Cautions
[125012250400] |Errors in creating a password-protected Grub 2 menu may result in an unbootable system.
[125012250410] |To restore a system with broken passwords, access and edit the Grub 2 configuration files using the LiveCD or another OS.
[125012250420] |If password protection is enabled, only the designated superuser can edit a Grub 2 menu item by pressing “e” or use the command line by pressing “c”.
[125012250430] |Caution: If Grub 2 is set up to boot automatically to a password-protected menuentry the user has no option to back out of the password prompt to select another menuentry.
[125012250440] |Holding the SHIFT key will not display the menu in this case.
[125012250450] |The user must enter the correct username and password.
[125012250460] |If unable, the configuration files will have to be edited via the LiveCD or other means to fix the problem.
[125012250470] |Setting Up Password Protection
[125012250480] |Superuser &Password Designation (Required)
[125012250490] |A superuser must be designated.
[125012250500] |This superuser can access any menuentry, edit the menuentries in the Grub 2 menu by pressing “e”, or invoke the Grub 2 command line mode.
[125012250510] |Add the following the bottom of /etc/grub.d/00_header
[125012250520] |Example:
[125012250530] |Other Users (Optional)
[125012250540] |Other users can be identified and given a password.
[125012250550] |A designated user can access unprotected and his/her own menuentries.
[125012250560] |Add the following the bottom of /etc/grub.d/00_header
[125012250570] |Example:
[125012250580] |Designating Menuentries for Password Protection
[125012250590] |Password protect all Linux kernels on the main partition: /etc/grub.d/10_linux (approximately line 59):
[125012250600] |From:
[125012250610] |Example to permit access by only the superuser (superman):
[125012250620] |Example to permit access by the superuser (superman) and bill:
[125012250630] |Password protect the memtest86+ option: /etc/grub.d/20_memtest[/B] (approximately line 27).
[125012250640] |Make the change as described in the /etc/grub.d/10_linux section above.
[125012250650] |Additional memtest86+ entries (from other partitions) may also be located in this file.
[125012250660] |The line will start with “menuentry”.
[125012250670] |Change these lines as desired.
[125012250680] |Password protect kernels/operating systems on other partitions: /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober.
[125012250690] |Make the change(s) as described in the /etc/grub.d/10_linux section above.
[125012250700] |Linux entries on other partitions (approximately line 136):
[125012250710] |Other Operating Systems, including Windows (approximately line 100):
[125012250720] |OSX entries (in the macosx) section, approximately line 156):
[125012250730] |Once the superuser/other users and their password(s) are established, the entries to be protected must be identified.
[125012250740] |Currently Grub 2 adds no password protection to any entries upon establishment of a superuser and password in /etc/grub.d/00_header.
[125012250750] |(Note: This may change.
[125012250760] |See “The Future” section below.)
[125012250770] |Each menuentry must be identified and modified.
[125012250780] |Scripts can be used to tailor entries for specific menuentries.
[125012250790] |See the “Scripts” section for examples.
[125012250800] |The remainder of this section will explain how to change the main script files in /etc/grub.d/ to set up password protection for entire classes of menuentries (Linux on the main partition, OSs on other partitions, memtest86+, etc).
[125012250810] |Remember that editing the /boot/grub/grub.cfg file directly is discouraged.
[125012250820] |For protecting specific menuentries, another option is to add entries to the /etc/grub.d/40_custom file and disable the applicable script file in the same folder.
[125012250830] |For example, copy the Windows entries from /boot/grub/grub.cfg to 40_custom, add “--users user1″ to the desired entry (such as the Windows recovery partition) and then remove the executable bit from /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober.
[125012250840] |Save the files, run “sudo update-grub”, and reboot.
[125012250850] |There are three steps to enabling Grub 2 password protection.
[125012250860] |The user must set up the authorized users, designate the password(s), and identify the password-protected menuentries in the /etc/grub.d/ scripts.
[125012250870] |Protecting All Entries
[125012250880] |The way Grub 2 assigns password protection may change.
[125012250890] |Currently the default is for menuentries to be unlocked.
[125012250900] |The developers are considering making the passwords mandatory for all entries once a superuser is designated.
[125012250910] |The superuser would then be able to unlock entries.
[125012250920] |If this feature is incorporated in the Ubuntu version of Grub 2 I will update these instructions.
[125012250930] |The first two ccommands make backups of the files to be modified.
[125012250940] |filename(s) should be replaced by the specific script file names you wish to change.
[125012250950] |These files are located in /etc/grub.d/ and include 10_linux, 20_memtest86+, and 30_os-prober.
[125012250960] |You can include one or more in the commands.
[125012250970] |Grub 2 password protection is still evolving.
[125012250980] |Currently password protection must be assigned to each menuentry.
[125012250990] |Protecting the entire menu from editing can be accomplished by adding the superuser and password without designating a specific menuentry.
[125012251000] |For now, there is no automatic method in Grub 2 to password-protect every menu item.
[125012251010] |At some point it is expected that this feature will be incorporated in grub-mkconfig.
[125012251020] |For now this can be accomplished by running the following command(s).
[125012251030] |Before rebooting make sure you have added the “superuser” and password to etc/grub.d/00_header and inspect /boot/grub/grub.cfg to ensure you achieved the desired results.
[125012251040] |Notes:
[125012251050] |Example:
[125012251060] |To undo the previous command, run:
[125012251070] |Example:
[125012251080] |Save the files, run “sudo update-grub”, and reboot.
[125012251090] |At the Grub 2 menu, you will be presented with the normal menu.
[125012251100] |When you make a selection, a prompt will ask for the username and password.
[125012251110] |Examples
[125012251120] |Determine the Windows Recovery partition (sda1, sda2, etc).
[125012251130] |Add the desired username and password as described in Section 4A and 4B to /etc/grub.d/00_header.
[125012251140] |Open /etc/grub.d/30_os-prober for editing:
[125012251150] |Change the following (approximately line 100) From:
[125012251160] |To:
[125012251170] |Example setting protection on sda2 for user superman:
[125012251180] |Save the file, then run:
[125012251190] |Password Protect the Windows Recovery Partition Note: See the Grub 2 Title Tweaks thread if you want to remove the Windows Recovery option from the menu entirely.
[125012251200] |You can use the same concept on other menuentries.
[125012251210] |Rather than using the partition designation {DEVICE}, you could use other unique identifying variables, such as .
[125012251220] |The title variable depends on the operating system.
[125012251230] |Examples include {LONGNAME} or {LLABEL}.
[125012251240] |Password Encryption
[125012251250] |Encrypted password protection using PBKDF2 is available but for me still a bit buggy in Lucid (Grub 1.9.
[125012251260] |If you are going to experiment with encrypted passwords, make sure you have at least one good non-password protected menuentry to boot or you may not be able to log on if you encounter problems.
[125012251270] |To generate an encrypted password:
[125012251280] |The format for an encrypted password entry in /etc/grub.d/00_header would look similar to:
[125012251290] |Note: I have been able to get the password function to work in Grub 1.98-20100128 only by using the console mode.
[125012251300] |With the default gfxmenu mode I have been experiencing hang-ups at the Grub 2 menu.
[125012251310] |I recently filed this bug report.
[125012251320] |To enable the console mode, use this line in /etc/default/grub: GRUB_TERMINAL=console
[125012251330] |From panoet’s blog
[125012260010] |Autotrash - Automatically take-out the trash
[125012260020] |Autotrash is a simple Python script which will purge files from your trash based on their age or the amount of free space left on the device.
[125012260030] |Using autotrash -d 30 will delete files which have been in the trash for more then 30 days.
[125012260040] |It uses the FreeDesktop.org Trash Info files included in the new GNOME system to find the correct files and the dates they where deleted.
[125012260050] |It scans the ~/.local/share/Trash/info directory and reads the .trashinfo files to determine their deletion date.
[125012260060] |Files older then 30 days are then removed including their trash information file.
[125012260070] |Features:
[125012260080] |* Remove files that are older then a given number of days (see the -d option)
[125012260090] |* Purge older files to ensure a specific amount of disk space is free (see the --min-free option)
[125012260100] |* Check for remaining disk space, and only delete if you are running out (see the --max-free option)
[125012260110] |* Delete regex matching files first (see --delete-frist option)
[125012260120] |Install autotrash in ubuntu 10.04/9.10
[125012260130] |Open the terminal and run the following commands
[125012260140] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bneijt/ppa
[125012260150] |sudo apt-get update
[125012260160] |sudo apt-get install autotrash
[125012260170] |Using autotrash
[125012260180] |It should be considered to be run as a crontab:
[125012260190] |@daily /usr/bin/autotrash -d 30
[125012260200] |Or more frequently, but to keep disk IO down, only when there is less then 3GB of free space:
[125012260210] |@hourly /usr/bin/autotrash --max-free 3072 -d 30
[125012260220] |To configure this, run “crontab -e” and add one of these lines in the editor, then save and close the file.
[125012260230] |If you do not know how to work with crontab, you could add it to the startup
[125012260240] |programs in GNOME using the menu: System -> Preferences -> Sessions
[125012260250] |Add the program with the “+ Add” button.
[125012260260] |This will make sure that your trash is cleaned up every time you log in.
[125012270010] |Pinguy OS:A Ubuntu-Fork
[125012270020] |EDIT# Pinguy OS Website.
[125012270030] |This OS is for people that have never used Linux before or for people that just want a out-of-the-box working OS without doing all the tweaks and enhancements that everyone seems to do when installing a fresh copy of Ubuntu.
[125012270040] |Ubuntu is a great OS and undoubtedly the most popular and easiest Linux based Distro to use but even with its default setup and chosen programs it’s still lacking functionality and ease of use for most new users.
[125012270050] |So what I decided to do was build a Distro that looks good, could do everything most user would ever want to do and that was very simple to use.
[125012270060] |I started out by listening to what my friends and family wanted to use their PC for and found the most user friendly programs for the task they wanted to do.
[125012270070] |After a while I got a good idea what most people use their PC for and what programs where the easiest to use.
[125012270080] |Like using Shotwell for easily uploading images to Facebook, gtkpod for putting music, photos and video on a ipod/iphone and mvPod for converting the video to a iPod friendly format.
[125012270090] |So all the programs in Pinguy OS have been chosen because of there ease of use and functionality, I also changed every file type to open with the right program, like for some reason by default .iso are opened with Archive Manager so I changed that to Brasero Disc Burner.
[125012270100] |As I already said apart from it being easy to use I also wanted it to be a very good looking operating system.
[125012270110] |There are now a lot of programs out there for Linux to give the OS a very smart and polished implementation, like CoverGloobus, Gloobus Preview, GNOME Do, and Docky.
[125012270120] |These programs don’t just give the OS a good look and feel but they are also very useful and handy.
[125012270130] |Pinguy OS is just an optimise build of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Minimal CD with added repository’s, tweaks and enhancements that can run as a Live DVD or be installed.
[125012270140] |It has all the added packages needed for video, music and web content e.g. flash and java, plus a few fixes as well.
[125012270150] |Like fixing the wireless problems, gwibber’s Facebook problem and flash videos in full-screen.
[125012270160] |Everything is set-up for samba, all you need to do is right click a folder you want to share and add a password in samba using system-config-samba.
[125012270170] |It also has a UPnP server (pms-linux) so you can share your music, video’s etc.
[125012270180] |With a PS3, XBOX 360 or any other UPnP media reader.
[125012270190] |Nautilus has been replaced for Elementary-Nautilus with added plug-ins so it can get music and video art from the web.
[125012270200] |The default theme is Elementary using ttf-droid font with Docky and a custom Conky.
[125012270210] |Here’s Some Screenshots: ![]()
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I have added DVB support to Totem for anyone with a TV card that wants to watch tv on there PC but don’t want to install a whole program like myth-tv.
[125012270220] |If you have a 64-Bit processor you should go with the 64-Bit version of the OS, unless you have a technical or business reasons for not migrating to 64-bit Linux with compatible hardware, there is no reason to stick around with a 32-bit.
[125012270230] |The main reason for going with 64-bit is because it’s faster then 32-bit on the same hardware and there aren’t many programs now that don’t run on 64-bit.
[125012270240] |The following processors support 64-Bit:
[125012270250] |AMD 64-Bit processors ( Athlon 64, Opteron, later Sempron, Turion 64, Phenom, Athlon II and Phenom II processors)
[125012270260] |Intel 64-Bit processors (Celeron D, later Pentium 4, Pentium D, later Xeon, Core 2 (not Core Duo), Core i3, Core i5, Core i7, and Atom processors)
[125012270270] |There maybe more so please check to see if your processor is compatible.
[125012270280] |If you have any doubts or are not sure if you have a 64-Bit processor go with the 32-Bit version.
[125012270290] |Pinguy OS 10.04.1.2 x86-64 (64-Bit)
[125012270300] |Download Link: Pinguy_OS_10.04.1.2_x86-64.iso
[125012270310] |Torrent Link: Pinguy OS 10.04_x86-64.torrent
[125012270320] |Size: 1.3GB
[125012270330] |md5sum: 486d6eb3079db25ee592cf91dd0ad6a7
[125012270340] |Pinguy OS 10.04.1.2 i686 (32-Bit)
[125012270350] |Download Link: Pinguy OS 10.04.2_i686.iso
[125012270360] |Torrent Link: Pinguy OS 10.04.1.2_i686.torrent
[125012270370] |Size: 1.3GB
[125012270380] |md5sum: 976914e2856407b5352707c89c45df07
[125012270390] |To view the list of installed programs or to report any problems please go to the Ubuntu Forum.
[125012280010] |Usenet Resource Downloader (URD)
[125012280020] |URD is a program to download binaries from usenet (newsgroups) through a web interface.
[125012280030] |While some other programs offer similar services (e.g. Ninan, Sabnzbd), URD doesn’t need external NZB files to function.
[125012280040] |URD lets you subscribe to newsgroups, and will then automatically analyse those articles to form downloadable ‘sets’, consisting of all the files belonging to a specific upload.
[125012280050] |These sets are displayed, and through point and click you can be downloading a binary in no time.
[125012280060] |That isn’t to say that NZB files are unsupported.
[125012280070] |URD allows both exporting of NZB files (from a set, for example) and importing.
[125012280080] |What can and can’t URD do?
[125012280090] |Do’s:
[125012280100] |* Authentication to newsserver
[125012280110] |* Encryption of newsserver connection (TLS &SSLv2)
[125012280120] |* Multiple newsserver connections
[125012280130] |* Automatic detection of max. newsserver connections
[125012280140] |* Downloading newsgroup headers (Xover)
[125012280150] |* Downloading compressed newsgroup headers (Xzver)
[125012280160] |* Computing sets from individual articles
[125012280170] |* Importing sets from RSS feeds
[125012280180] |* Schedule periodic newsgroup updates
[125012280190] |* Download from an NZB file
[125012280200] |* Download binary as an NZB file
[125012280210] |* Periodically check if URD is up to date
[125012280220] |* Preview function to quickly see .jpg / .nfo files in a set
[125012280230] |* Cross-site Request Forgery (XSRF) protection
[125012280240] |* (Smarty) Templates
[125012280250] |* Multiple languages (EN/NL/DE/FR/SE)
[125012280260] |* Multiple newsserver support
[125012280270] |* User defined scripts can be run after a download completes
[125012280280] |* Upload to newsservers
[125012280290] |* Read posts in non-alt.binaries newsgroups
[125012280300] |Dont’s (yet):
[125012280310] |* Automatic update to newer version without having to reinstall URD
[125012280320] |* Automatically install new templates
[125012280330] |Install URD in ubuntu
[125012280340] |Download .deb package from here now you need to install .deb package by double clicking on it or using the following command from your terminal
[125012280350] |sudo dpkg -i urd_1.0.5-1_all.deb
[125012280360] |After the first installation…
[125012280370] |there are probably two things you need to change:
[125012280380] |Change PHP’s max memory usage:
[125012280390] |sudo vi /etc/php5/cli/php.ini
[125012280400] |memory_limit = 128M
[125012280410] |Uncomment the include path (for Smarty):
[125012280420] |sudo vi /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini
[125012280430] |include_path = “.:/usr/share/php”
[125012280440] |URD configuration and installation:
[125012280450] |Now you can start the installation by accessing the URD website address! (http://[YOUR IP-ADDRESS OR HOSTNAME]/urd/)
[125012280460] |Screenshot
[125012290010] |Autokey - Desktop automation utility for Linux and X11
[125012290020] |AutoKey is a desktop automation utility for Linux and X11.
[125012290030] |It allows you to manage collection of scripts, and assign abbreviations and hotkeys to these scripts allowing you to execute them on demand in whatever program you are using.
[125012290040] |The core part of AutoKey is sending and receiving keyboard events via the X server.
[125012290050] |It supports multiple X interfaces and should therefore be compatible with virtually any version of Linux running an X server.
[125012290060] |Full unicode support is provided and it should in theory work with any keyboard layout.
[125012290070] |Features
[125012290080] |* KDE and GTK versions available, making AutoKey integrate well into any desktop environment.
[125012290090] |* Write Python scripts to automate virtually any task that can be accomplished via the keyboard
[125012290100] |* Built-in code editor (using QScintilla in KDE or GtkSourceView2 in GTK)
[125012290110] |* Create phrases (blocks of text) to be pasted into any program on demand (uses the X selection)
[125012290120] |* Create collections of phrases/scripts in folders, and assign a hotkey or abbreviation to the folder to display a popup menu
[125012290130] |* Regular expressions can be used to filter windows by their title, to exclude hotkeys/abbreviations from triggering in certain applications
[125012290140] |* Scripts, phrases and folders can be attached to the tray icon menu, allowing you to select them without assigning a hotkey or abbreviation
[125012290150] |* AutoKey can track your usage patterns and present the most frequently used items at the top of the popup menu
[125012290160] |Install autokey in Ubuntu 10.04/9.10
[125012290170] |Open the terminal and run the following comamnds
[125012290180] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cdekter/ppa
[125012290190] |sudo apt-get update
[125012290200] |sudo apt-get install autokey-gtk
[125012290210] |Once installation is completed you can open the application from Applications--->Accessories--->AutoKey(GTK)
[125012290220] |Screenshot
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[125012310010] |Install Jdownloader in Ubuntu 10.10/10.04/9.10 using Ubuntu PPA
[125012310020] |JDownloader is open source, platform independent and written completely in Java.
[125012310030] |It simplifies downloading files from One-Click-Hosters like Rapidshare.com or Megaupload.com - not only for users with a premium account but also for users who don’t pay.
[125012310040] |It offers downloading in multiple paralell streams, captcha recognition, automatical file extraction and much more.
[125012310050] |Of course, JDownloader is absolutely free of charge.
[125012310060] |Additionally, many “link encryption” sites are supported - so you just paste the “encrypted” links and JD does the rest.
[125012310070] |JDownloader can import CCF, RSDF and the new DLC files.
[125012310080] |Install Jdownloader in Ubuntu 10.10/10.04/9.10
[125012310090] |Open the terminal and run the following command
[125012310100] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloader sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install jdownloader