[125008720010] |<title>Luckybackup - A powerful, fast and reliable backup &sync tool</title>
[125008720020] |LuckyBackup is an application that backs-up and/or synchronizes any directories with the power of rsync.
[125008720030] |Its main features are: backup, safety, synchronization, exclude/only include options, allows custom rsync options, remote connections, restore and dry-run operations, scheduling, profiles and command line mode.
[125008720040] |It is simple to use, fast (transfers over only changes made and not all data), safe (keeps your data safe by checking all declared directories before proceeding in any data manipulation ), reliable and fully customizable.
[125008720050] |<strong>For Karmic Users</strong>
[125008720060] |Install luckybackup in Ubuntu Karmic
[125008720070] |sudo apt-get install luckybackup
[125008720080] |Or click on the following link from firefox
[125008720090] |<a>apt://luckybackup</a>
[125008720100] |<strong>For Jaunty Users</strong>
[125008720110] |Edit /etc/apt/sources.list file
[125008720120] |gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
[125008720130] |Add these lines
[125008720140] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/luckybackup-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/luckybackup-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
[125008720150] |<strong>For Intrepid Users</strong>
[125008720160] |Edit /etc/apt/sources.list file
[125008720170] |gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
[125008720180] |Add these lines
[125008720190] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/luckybackup-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/luckybackup-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
[125008720200] |<strong>For Hardy Users</strong>
[125008720210] |Edit /etc/apt/sources.list file
[125008720220] |gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
[125008720230] |Add these lines
[125008720240] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/luckybackup-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu hardy main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/luckybackup-maintainers/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
[125008720250] |Save and exit the file
[125008720260] |Install GPG key
[125008720270] |gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 62E44DBB
[125008720280] |gpg --export 62E44DBB -a | sudo apt-key add - 
[125008720290] |Update the source list using the following command
[125008720300] |sudo apt-get update
[125008720310] |Install luckybackup using the following command
[125008720320] |sudo apt-get install luckybackup
[125008720330] |<strong>Using LuckyBackup</strong>
[125008720340] |You can open luckybackup from Applications--->Accessories--->luckyBackup
[125008720350] |Once it opens you should see similar to the following screen It consists of :
[125008720360] |A menu.
[125008720370] |A toolbar that refers to current profile handling.
[125008720380] |The Task List which lists all the available tasks of the current profile.
[125008720390] |3 buttons that refer to specific task handling (add – remove – modify).
[125008720400] |A start button and a simulation check-box.
[125008720410] |You can start the execution of all the tasks included in a profile by using these.
[125008720420] |An information window.
[125008720430] |An exit button.
[125008720440] |Pressing this, will quit luckyBackup.
[125008720450] |Here you need to click on Add Task
[125008720460] |Once it opens new task windows enter all the details click okay if you want to see more advance option click on Advanced
[125008720470] |Advanced options available in New task menu
[125008720480] |Once you create you should see similar to the following screen
[125008720490] |If you want to run this backup task select this task and click on start
[125008720500] |Backup task completion window
[125008720510] |You can schedule this backup for this Go to Profile--->Schedule
[125008720520] |Now you need to click on Add
[125008720530] |Enter all the required options of your choice
[125008720540] |If you want to a task for restore purpose for the above task you need to open the task and click on modify,Now you should see similar to the following screen here you need to check the “Also create a task for restore purpose” option and click on ok
[125008720550] |Now you should see similar to the following screen here enter all the details click on okay
[125008720560] |You can see both the tasks as follows from here you can run manually or schedule to run automatically
[125008720570] |Check for more details from <a>official documentation </a>
[125008730010] |<title>The Quest for an Ubuntu Netbook</title>
[125008730020] |I recently came into the market for a new Ubuntu netbook, and have been scouring the Internet looking for the best deal.
[125008730030] |It’s been a fun experience, but also one replete with frustration at certain large computer vendors with byzantine websites that treat Linux as a dirty word.
[125008730040] |Read on for details.
[125008730050] |Netbooks don’t offer quite as many options as a full-blown computer, so there’s not as much to think about when purchasing one.
[125008730060] |Moreover, I like to think of myself as a flexible guy, so I’m not looking for anything too specific.
[125008730070] |My only requirements are:
[125008730080] |<li>at least 2 gigabytes of memory</li>
[125008730090] |<li>a built-in webcam</li>
[125008730100] |<li>a solid-state drive</li>
[125008730110] |<li>something that’s not Windows–ideally Ubuntu–needs to be preinstalled, because I don’t want to pay for a license I won’t use</li> 
[125008730120] |Not surprisingly, my research has led me to conclude that the only realistic offerings in my prince range (around $350, before shipping) involve the three major vendors that include Ubuntu among their official operating system choices.
[125008730130] |Here’s a rundown of these manufacturers’ respective offers as of December 7.
[125008730140] |<h3>Dell</h3>
[125008730150] |Dell, which famously became the first large PC vendor to start offering Ubuntu as a pre-installed option in 2007, was the first place I turned in my search for a netbook.
[125008730160] |Unfortunately, although the <a>page I found by googling “Dell netbook”</a> suggests that Ubuntu is an option, it was nowhere to be found when I clicked the link to buy (nor was it a customizable option):
[125008730170] |It turns out the only way to purchase an Ubuntu netbook from Dell is to start from Dell’s <a>Ubuntu page</a>.
[125008730180] |Presumably this decision is intended to prevent non-geeks from accidentally purchasing computers with Ubuntu, then returning them.
[125008730190] |If so, fair enough.
[125008730200] |But the main netbook page shouldn’t mention Ubuntu if it’s not accessible there, and it shouldn’t take careful sleuthing around Dell’s site to find the Ubuntu options.
[125008730210] |When I did finally find the part of Dell’s website that I was looking for, I priced a netbook with a 16-gigabyte solid-state drive and webcam at $309.
[125008730220] |Unfortunately, Dell limits the memory option to 1 gigabyte, presumably because Microsoft has decided no one can ship Windows XP on a netbook with more than that much memory, which is really dumb.
[125008730230] |<h3>ZaReason</h3>
[125008730240] |After my frustrating experience with Dell, I visited <a>ZaReason</a>, which ships its computers exclusively with Ubuntu pre-installed.
[125008730250] |Zareason’s netbook, the <a>Terra A20</a>, is available with 2 gigabytes of memory and a 16-gigabyte SSD for $437.
[125008730260] |It also comes with a 6-cell battery (Dell’s was 3-cell) and b/g/n wireless card (Dell’s was only b/g), which partially explains the higher price.
[125008730270] |But that still seemed like a bit much, so I kept looking.
[125008730280] |<a>Full Story</a>
[125008740010] |<title>Fix for vmware-hostd crash on ubuntu 9.10 with vmware server 2.x</title>
[125008740020] |We have already discussed <a>how to install vmware server 2.x in ubuntu 9.10</a> some time you should see vmware-hostd crash on your ubuntu 9.10 machine to fix this use the following procedure
[125008740030] |<strong>Procedure to follow </strong>
[125008740040] |Open the terminal and run the following commands
[125008740050] |sudo su -
[125008740060] |pkill vmware-hostd
[125008740070] |export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/vmware/vmacore/:/usr/lib/vmware/lib/libexpat.so.0/
[125008740080] |/usr/lib/vmware/bin/vmware-hostd -a -u /etc/vmware/hostd/config.xml
[125008740090] |Source from <a>here</a>
[125008750010] |<title>Ubuntu Forums Firefox Add-ons</title>
[125008750020] |This is the list of Ubuntu Forums Firefox Add-ons.You can use one them to access ubuntu forum posts very easily.
[125008750030] |<strong>Ubuntu Forums Menu</strong>
[125008750040] |This simple little extension adds navigation menus for ubuntuforums.org to both the menu bar and the context menu.
[125008750050] |Download latest Ubuntu forums Menu add-on from <a>here</a>
[125008750060] |<strong>Installation Instructions</strong>
[125008750070] |Download the file to your PC, then rename the file without the .zip extension, and then open the .xpi file in Firefox (File-Open File) and you should get the normal add-on installation window.
[125008750080] |<strong>Screenshot</strong>
[125008750090] |<strong>Ubuntuusers Menu</strong>
[125008750100] |ubuntuusers Menu is an auxiliary menu for Firefox by which you can access nearly all areas of the German Ubuntu portal ubuntuusers.de, the international forum ubuntuforums.org and about 100 other (international) websites.
[125008750110] |Links to…
[125008750120] |ubuntuusers.de
[125008750130] |- User Control Panel
[125008750140] |- Private Messages
[125008750150] |- Forum
[125008750160] |- Wiki
[125008750170] |- Ikhaya
[125008750180] |- Planet
[125008750190] |- Search
[125008750200] |ubuntu-de.org
[125008750210] |- Projects
[125008750220] |ubuntuforums.org
[125008750230] |- Forum
[125008750240] |- User Control Panel
[125008750250] |- Private Messages &Subscriptions
[125008750260] |- Search
[125008750270] |more than 100 links to (mainly international)
[125008750280] |- Homepages of Ubuntu + Derivates,
[125008750290] |- Wikis and Documentations,
[125008750300] |- Ubuntu-Forums,
[125008750310] |- Planets,
[125008750320] |- Launchpad etc.,
[125008750330] |- Websites about hardware, software etc.,
[125008750340] |- further distributions,
[125008750350] |- videos &audio,
[125008750360] |- Linux news,
[125008750370] |- reading (PDF magazines / books),
[125008750380] |- and much more…
[125008750390] |Functions
[125008750400] |- favorites sub menu: integrate 10 own links
[125008750410] |- hide main-categories
[125008750420] |- integrate custom pages (e.g. own profile)
[125008750430] |- English or German (depends on the system language)
[125008750440] |Download Ubuntuusers Menu from <a>Here</a>
[125008750450] |<strong>Screenshot</strong>
[125008760010] |<title>Step By Step Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) LAMP Server Setup</title>
[125008760020] |In around 15 minutes, the time it takes to install Ubuntu Server Edition, you can have a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL and PHP) server up and ready to go.
[125008760030] |This feature, exclusive to Ubuntu Server Edition, is available at the time of installation.The LAMP option means you don’t have to install and integrate each of the four separate LAMP components, a process which can take hours and requires someone who is skilled in the installation and configuration of the individual applications.
[125008760040] |Instead, you get increased security, reduced time-to-install, and reduced risk of misconfiguration, all of which results in a lower cost of ownership.New pre-configured installation options have been added to the Ubuntu Server Cloud computing server,cloud computing node and PostgreSQL Database options join existing Mail Server, Open SSH Server,Samba File Server, Print Server, Tomcat Java Server,Virtual Machine Host,Manual Package selection,LAMP and DNS options for pre-configured installations, easing the deployment of common server configurations.
[125008760050] |Ubuntu LAMP server Install the following Versions
[125008760060] |Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) Apache 2.2.12 Mysql 5.1.37 PHP 5.2.10
[125008760070] |First you need to download server version of Ubuntu version from <a>here</a> after that create a CD and start booting with the CD Once it starts booting you should see the following screen in this you need to select your language and press enter
[125008760080] |Now you need to select “Install Ubuntu Server” and press enter
[125008760090] |Select your language and press enter
[125008760100] |Select your location and press enter
[125008760110] |If you want to try to have your keyboard layout detected by pressing a series of keys you need to select yes option.If you want to choose from a list click no
[125008760120] |Select Origin of keyboard and press enter
[125008760130] |Select keyboard layout and press enter
[125008760140] |Detecting hardware to find CD-ROM Drivers in progress
[125008760150] |Loading additional components in progress
[125008760160] |Detecting Network hardware in progress
[125008760170] |Configures the network with DHCP if there is a DHCP server in your network
[125008760180] |Enter your server Hostname
[125008760190] |Starting up the partitioner in progress
[125008760200] |You have to partition your hard disk in this example i have selected use entire disk option.If you want to do manually you can choose manual option and press enter.Make sure you have swap partition in place
[125008760210] |Warning message about data lost on your hard disk
[125008760220] |Write the changes to disk here you need to select yes and press enter
[125008760230] |Creating ext4 file system in progress
[125008760240] |Installing base system in progress
[125008760250] |You need enter the Full name of the user you want to create for your server in this example i have created ruchi user select continue and press enter
[125008760260] |Enter your user account name here
[125008760270] |Entered the password for ruchi user select continue and press enter
[125008760280] |Confirm password for ruchi user
[125008760290] |If you choose weak password this will prompt similar to the following screen
[125008760300] |If you want to configure encrypted private directory select yes and press enter
[125008760310] |Configuring the package manager select continue and press enter
[125008760320] |Configuring package mirror this will be related to your country option
[125008760330] |Select how do you want to configure automatic update press enter
[125008760340] |Now it will start Installing software and here you need to select the server options here i have selected as LAMP for our LAMP server installation.If you want to select each package separately select “Manual package selection” option
[125008760350] |At the time of software installation it will prompt for mysql server root password enter root password of your choice and select continue
[125008760360] |Confirm mysql server root password and select continue
[125008760370] |Software installation is in progress
[125008760380] |Installing GRUB Boot loader in progress
[125008760390] |Finishing installation in Progress
[125008760400] |Installation complete message here you need to remove your CD select continue and press enter it will reboot your server
[125008760410] |After rebooting your server it will prompt for username and password once you logged in you should see similar to the following screen
[125008760420] |This will complete the Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) LAMP Server Installation and your server is ready for installing applications which supports apache,mysql and php.
[125008760430] |One more new feature i really like was after logging in it shows you system stats like CPU,Memory,Disk,Swap,No.of processes,No.of users logged in and no.of security updates available
[125008760440] |<strong>Configuring Static ip address in Ubuntu server</strong>
[125008760450] |If you want to install vim editor use the following command
[125008760460] |sudo apt-get install vim-full
[125008760470] |Ubuntu installer has configured our system to get its network settings via DHCP, Now we will change that to a static IP address for this you need to edit
[125008760480] |Edit /etc/network/interfaces and enter your ip address details (in this example setup I will use the IP address 172.19.0.10):
[125008760490] |sudo vi /etc/network/interfaces
[125008760500] |and enter the following save the file and exit (In vi, ESC, then ZZ to save and exit)
[125008760510] |# The primary network interface
[125008760520] |auto eth0 iface eth0 inet static address 172.19.0.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 network 172.19.0.0 broadcast 172.19.0.255 gateway 172.19.0.1
[125008760530] |Now you need to restart your network services using the following command
[125008760540] |sudo /etc/init.d/networking restart
[125008760550] |You need to setup manually DNS servers in resolv.conf file when you are not using DHCP.
[125008760560] |sudo vi /etc/resolv.conf
[125008760570] |You need to add look something like this
[125008760580] |search domain.com nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
[125008770010] |<title>iPod touch 3G sync over USB without jailbraking in Ubuntu karmic</title>
[125008770020] |This tutorial will explain how to sync ipod touch 3g over USB without jailbraking
[125008770030] |Credit goes <a>here</a> First you need add the following repository from terminal
[125008770040] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pmcenery/ppa
[125008770050] |Update the source list
[125008770060] |sudo apt-get update
[125008770070] |Install the following packages
[125008770080] |sudo apt-get install gvfs gvfs-backends gvfs-bin gvfs-fuse libgvfscommon0 ifuse libgpod-dev libgpod-common libiphone-utils libiphone0 python-iphone libplist++1 libplist-utils python-plist libusb-1.0-0 libusb-1.0-0-dev libusbmuxd1 usbmuxd
[125008770090] |This will install all the required packages
[125008770100] |<strong>Configuration</strong>
[125008770110] |You need to edit fuse.conf file
[125008770120] |gksudo gedit /etc/fuse.conf
[125008770130] |Change
[125008770140] |#user_allow_other
[125008770150] |to
[125008770160] |user_allow_other
[125008770170] |Save and exit the file
[125008770180] |Next, open “System” -> “Administration” -> “Users and Groups” in Ubuntu Menu.
[125008770190] |Click on the little key at the bottom to unlock it for making changes.
[125008770200] |Then, select your username and click on “Manage Groups”.
[125008770210] |Find the “fuse” group and double-click on it.
[125008770220] |Make a checkmark next to your name in the window that opens.
[125008770230] |Click on OK and close all dialogs.
[125008770240] |You’re now in the “fuse” group.
[125008770250] |Next, completely log out and in again – or do a reboot to be safe.
[125008770260] |This is very important step
[125008770270] |We can now mount the phone as regular user after connecting it using the following command
[125008770280] |$ ifuse /mnt/ipod/
[125008770290] |We can also unmount as regular user using the following command
[125008770300] |$ fusermount -u /mnt/ipod/
[125008770310] |You can Prepare ipod itunes directory create the “iTunes_Control/Device” directory
[125008770320] |$ mkdir /mnt/ipod/iTunes_Control/Device/
[125008770330] |Then, get your UUID
[125008770340] |$ lsusb -v | grep -i iSerial
[125008770350] |It’s the first number and should be 40 characters long.
[125008770360] |Then, run:
[125008770370] |$ ipod-read-sysinfo-extended
[125008770380] |(mountpoint here is /mnt/ipod/)
[125008770390] |This should generate a file named iTunes_Control/Device/SysInfoExtended.
[125008770400] |Make sure it’s not empty and whatnot; it should be a large-ish plist (XML file) with a bunch of info.
[125008770410] |$ fusermount -u /mnt/ipod/
[125008770420] |Reboot your computer
[125008770430] |Plug the ipod : you should see it appear on the desktop
[125008770440] |and it should now be
[125008770450] |a/ directly mounted in rhythmbox and you can add music files (transfer rate still slow but acceptable)
[125008770460] |b/ mounted in gtkpod but you’ll have to launch the “ifuse /mnt/ipod”.
[125008770470] |Rhyhmbox is unable to remove music files, so please use the previous gtkpod part either to remove files or add videos to the ipod.
[125008770480] |<strong>Update from our reader :- </strong>It works for Iphone 3g.
[125008770490] |But at the end of preparation procedure you need to restart both your computer and the iPhone device.
[125008780010] |<title>New Ubuntu 10.04(Lucid) Humancity Metacity (Proposed art work)</title>
[125008780020] |A try to make a good Metacity for Lucid.
[125008780030] |<strong>Concept</strong>
[125008780040] |The art is made with Inkscape.
[125008780050] |I will public some proposal versions.
[125008780060] |So I hope for some comments in critics and ideas.
[125008780070] |I can do only the graphical-part.
[125008780080] |About my idea: “I think the Metacity should be more <a>EyeCandy</a> than in the current version (Karmic).
[125008780090] |It’s nice, but a little bit hard and a old trend.
[125008780100] |I want make a Metacity, what is modern, pretty and as small as possible.
[125008780110] |Small, because the waste of space for a Windowsdecoration is in my Eye not wished by the most of users.
[125008780120] |At moment I will draw some ideas with the current color of the Metacity in Karmic.
[125008780130] |In the end I will draw more color-variations, too.”
[125008780140] |<a>Source</a>
[125008790010] |<title>Shuttleworth Stepping Down as Canonical Head, Silber New CEO in 2010 </title>
[125008790020] |In shocking news, Mark Shuttleworth, the CEO of Canonical, has stepping down from his position.
[125008790030] |After five years as CEO of Canonical Ltd., Mark Shuttleworth is stepping down from that role, as current Canonical COO Jane Silber steps up as the new executive leader of the popular Linux distribution vendor.
[125008790040] |The changeover is starting now, and will be effective on March 1, 2010.
[125008790050] |Outside observers might get more than a little jolt at the news, but in reality Shuttleworth and Silber have shared many of the same responsibilities leading Canonical since Silber joined the company in 2004.
[125008790060] |This shift represents a definite change, but not a radical one.
[125008790070] |As COO, Silber’s primary focus has been delivering execution of the strategic visions of Shuttleworth as CEO, she explained in a phone briefing earlier today.
[125008790080] |As CEO, Silber will capitalize on her strengths as a operational leader to focus Canonical on their current strategic goals, while Shuttleworth will provide strategic support as he focuses on product design and development.
[125008790090] |Both executives strongly emphasized that the new leadership will not represent a major shift in strategy for Canonical: don’t look for the company to suddenly focus solely on enterprise business at the expense of other aspects of its business.
[125008790100] |Silber and Shuttleworth have been leading Canonical together for quite some time, and much of Canonical’s strategy has been created by these two and the rest of the executive team all along.
[125008790110] |This change, in Shuttleworth’s own words, is subtle.
[125008790120] |He kindly gave me an example during the call, highlighting the role of Neil Levine, VP, Corporate Services, who currently reports to Shuttleworth.
[125008790130] |Shuttleworth described his relationship with Levine as working to build a strategy for Levine’s area of expertise, while Levine delivers metrics and execution plans to Silber in her role as COO.
[125008790140] |Under the new management, Levine would deliver and implement metrics and execution plans to Silber, while Shuttleworth would support Levine with strategy planning.
[125008790150] |And what will Shuttleworth be doing?
[125008790160] |According to his <a>blog announcement</a>, “I’ll focus my Canonical energy on product design, partnerships and customers.
[125008790170] |Those are the areas that I enjoy most and also the areas where I can best shape the impact we have on open source and the technology market.”
[125008790180] |These areas represent a real passion for Shuttleworth, who also plans to continue his roles on the Ubuntu Community Council and the Ubuntu Technical Board.
[125008790190] |By embedding himself further in the community and product development aspects of Canonical, he hopes to be able to delver more visions for the company while Silber effectively steers the ship where she believes it should sail.
[125008790200] |There were, naturally, questions regarding the timing of this move.
[125008790210] |Did this represent a personal change for Shuttleworth, or was this part of a broader cost-cutting strategy for Canonical?
[125008790220] |Both execs firmly downplayed these notions, though Shuttleworth indicated that while this management change was not a specific cost-reduction plan, Silber’s operational focus and strengths would also be matched by improving the financial performance of the London-based company.
[125008790230] |For now, don’t look for a big sea change from the makers of the Ubuntu distribution, as the company will remain steadily on course.
[125008790240] |<a>Full Story</a>
[125008800010] |<title>Ubuntu 10.04 will bring panel overhaul, social network menu</title>
[125008800020] |Canonical has lifted the curtains on some ambitious plans to reinvent the GNOME panel.
[125008800030] |The changes, which could potentially debut in the next major version of Ubuntu, will help simplify the desktop user experience and clean up superfluous panel clutter.
[125008800040] |Although the proposed changes look very promising, getting third-party application developers to integrate with the new panel functionality could prove challenging.
[125008800050] |Canonical has been working on an incremental panel overhaul under the umbrella of its Ayatana desktop enhancement initiative.
[125008800060] |The company introduced a number of experimental changes to the GNOME panel in previous versions of Ubuntu.
[125008800070] |These changes include the messaging indicator applet and instant messaging status menu.
[125008800080] |Ubuntu 10.04, which is scheduled for release in April, will take this tinkering to the next level with a more holistic overhaul.
[125008800090] |Canonical plans to produce a new messaging status interface for the panel called the Me Menu and also aims to replace the icon notification area with a more modern streamlined menu system.
[125008800100] |The underlying technical design of the notification icon area replacement is based largely on KDE’s <a>Status Notifier specification</a>.
[125008800110] |The KDE community recently submitted the specification to the FreeDesktop.org interoperability project with the aim of making it a desktop-neutral standard.
[125008800120] |Canonical views the nascent specification as a promising alternative to the current notification area and has elected to adopt it rather than starting from scratch.
[125008800130] |The company’s desktop team is actively <a>developing</a> a <a>GNOME implementation</a> of the specification.
[125008800140] |It will be used in Ubuntu 10.04, but they hope that it will also be adopted by the upstream GNOME community.
[125008800150] |Ted Gould, a software engineer at Canonical who played a major role in developing Ubuntu’s messaging indicator menu, wrote a <a>blog entry</a> this week to describe the scope and intent of the new status notifier project.
[125008800160] |The goal is to completely replace the current notification area panel applet, which is also sometimes referred to as the system tray.
[125008800170] |<h3>Me Menu</h3>
[125008800180] |The second part of Canonical’s grand plan for panel perfection is a concept that the company calls the <a>Me Menu</a>.
[125008800190] |Based partly on Ubuntu’s current presence applet, the new Me Menu will serve as a one-stop shop for configuring messaging status and social networks.
[125008800200] |Designed by Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth himself, the Me Menu is expected to be one of the highlights of Ubuntu 10.04.
[125008800210] |<strong>Both IM and broadcast accounts set up</strong>
[125008800220] |Much like the current presence menu, it will offer tight integration with the Empathy instant messaging client, allowing users to control their status and availability settings.
[125008800230] |It will also integrate with the Gwibber microblogging client to make it possible for users to post status messages to Twitter, Identi.ca, Facebook, and other services directly through a textbox in the Me Menu.
[125008800240] |Another major goal of the Me Menu is to provide a single access point for account management.
[125008800250] |The user will be able to use the menu to launch account configuration for Gwibber, Empathy, and Ubuntu One.
[125008800260] |<a>Full Story</a>
[125008810010] |<title>How to install GUI in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) Server</title>
[125008810020] |We have already discussed how to <a>install ubuntu 9.10 LAMP server</a> .If you are a new user and not familiar with command prompt you can install GUI for your ubuntu LAMP server using one of the 2 options
[125008810030] |1) Install desktop Environment
[125008810040] |2) Install Webmin
[125008810050] |<strong>1) Install desktop Environment</strong>
[125008810060] |First you nee to make sure you have enabled Universe and multiverse repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list file once you have enable you need to use the following command to install GUI
[125008810070] |sudo apt-get update
[125008810080] |sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop
[125008810090] |The above command will install GNOME desktop
[125008810100] |If you wan to install a graphical desktop manager without some of the desktop addons like Evolution and OpenOffice, but continue to use the server flavor kernel use the following command
[125008810110] |sudo aptitude install --no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop
[125008810120] |If you want to install light weight desktop install xfce using the following command
[125008810130] |sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop
[125008810140] |If you want to install KDE desktop use the following command
[125008810150] |sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop
[125008810160] |<strong>2) Install Webmin in Ubuntu 9.10 server </strong>
[125008810170] |Webmin is a web-based interface for system administration for Unix.
[125008810180] |Using any modern web browser, you can setup user accounts, Apache, DNS, file sharing and much more.
[125008810190] |Webmin removes the need to manually edit Unix configuration files like /etc/passwd, and lets you manage a system from the console or remotely.Currently There is no Webmin package in the Ubuntu repositories.This tutorial will explain how to Install Webmin in Ubuntu Karmic
[125008810200] |You can install webmin as your ubuntu server web interface to configure apache2,mysql,FTp servers and many more.Now we will see how to install webmin in Ubuntu 9.10
[125008810210] |<strong>Preparing your system</strong>
[125008810220] |First you need to install the following packages
[125008810230] |sudo aptitude install perl libnet-ssleay-perl openssl libauthen-pam-perl libpam-runtime libio-pty-perl libmd5-perl
[125008810240] |Now download the latest webmin using the following command or from <a>here </a>
[125008810250] |wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/webadmin/webmin_1.500_all.deb
[125008810260] |Now we have webmin_1.500_all.deb package install this package using the following command
[125008810270] |sudo dpkg -i webmin_1.500_all.deb
[125008810280] |This will complete the installation.
[125008810290] |<strong>Using the Webmin APT repository</strong>
[125008810300] |If you like to install and update Webmin via APT, edit the /etc/apt/sources.list file on your system
[125008810310] |sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list
[125008810320] |add the line
[125008810330] |deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib
[125008810340] |Save and exit the file
[125008810350] |You should also fetch and install my GPG key with which the repository is signed, with the commands : cd /root
[125008810360] |wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc
[125008810370] |sudo apt-key add jcameron-key.asc
[125008810380] |You will now be able to install with the commands
[125008810390] |sudo apt-get update
[125008810400] |sudo apt-get install webmin
[125008810410] |All dependencies should be resolved automatically.
[125008810420] |Ubuntu in particular don’t allow logins by the root user by default.
[125008810430] |However, the user created at system installation time can use sudo to switch to root.
[125008810440] |Webmin will allow any user who has this sudo capability to login with full root privileges.
[125008810450] |Now you need to open your web browser and enter the following
[125008810460] |https://your-server-ip:10000/
[125008810470] |Now you should see similar to the following Screen
[125008810480] |Once you loggedin you should see similar to the following screen
[125008810490] |From the above screen if you want to configure Apache,Mysql server you need to click on Servers on your lefthand side you should many servers are ready to configure
[125008810500] |This is very Easy to configure most of the servers and Enjoy your new Ubuntu 9.10 LAMP Server.
[125008820010] |<title>How to Create Wine desktop launcher</title>
[125008820020] |This tutorial will explain how to Create working Wine desktop launcher.
[125008820030] |<strong>Reasons for creating Wine desktop launcher</strong>
[125008820040] |<li>Some games launcher exe files just don’t work right, and you have to use the main exe file to get the program to run.</li> 
[125008820050] |<li>Wine is picky it wants to be in the directory the file is in when you run the exe.
[125008820060] |Normal menu items point to the program using the path, i.e. /home/ed/.wine/la la la .exe.
[125008820070] |That won’t cut it.</li> 
[125008820080] |So, you have to create a script that will change to the proper directory, then run the right file.
[125008820090] |Here is how you do that.
[125008820100] |We are going to create a launcher for World of Warcraft.
[125008820110] |Open the terminal
[125008820120] |gksudo gedit
[125008820130] |copy the following lines
[125008820140] |#!/bin/bash cd ~/.wine/drive_c/World\ of\ Warcraft/ wine Wow.exe -opengl
[125008820150] |Save the file as wowlauncher.sh under /bin (you can use the location which is easy for you to remember)
[125008820160] |Close the file
[125008820170] |Now you need to give execute permissions for your script
[125008820180] |chmod a+x /bin/wowlauncher.sh
[125008820190] |<strong>Create desktop launcher</strong>
[125008820200] |If you want to Create desktop launcher right click on the desktop and choose Create Launcher.
[125008820210] |Under Name, type World of Warcraft .
[125008820220] |Under Command, type /bin/wowlauncher.sh
[125008820230] |Enter Comment
[125008820240] |Finally Click OK.
[125008820250] |You can create which ever launcher you want with the same procedure
[125008820260] |If you want to create <strong>fallout2</strong> launcher use the following script
[125008820270] |#!/bin/bash cd ~/.wine/drive_c/Program\ Files/Interplay/Fallout\ 2 wine FALLOUT2.exe
[125008820280] |Credit goes <a>here</a>
[125008830010] |<title>Genoid - Android Theme for Ubuntu</title>
[125008830020] |It’s theme for android lovers who use Gnome Environment,it’s called “Genoid”, not much to say,i just try replicated Android Theme to used on Gnome with some modification.
[125008830030] |Download Genoid from <a>here</a>
[125008830040] |<strong>Screenshot</strong>
[125008840010] |<title>Debian/Ubuntu GNU/Linux device driver check </title>
[125008840020] |This very useful tool to check Debian GNU/Linux device driver check page.Ubuntu is based on Debian GNU/Linux so let us try this and see the results
[125008840030] |Boot your machine with a GNU/Linux OS (such as Debian, Knoppix, Redhat, and so on), run ‘lspci -n’ and paste the output into the box below, then press ‘Check’ button.
[125008840040] |Notice:
[125008840050] |<li>This database uses the PCI map of Debian kernel 2.6.31-1-686 .</li>
[125008840060] |<li>The result does NOT guarantee your hardware works perfectly.</li>
[125008840070] |<li>This database only verifies the PCI devices at this time.
[125008840080] |X drivers, ISA, USB, IEEE1394 or any other devices are out of the focus.</li> 
[125008840090] |The system then checks a database to see if each of your devices is supported, and gives you a handy readout that shows which drivers you should use for each device.
[125008840100] |Check Your device drivers list from <a>here</a> 
[125008850010] |<title>How to fix USB stops working problem in Ubuntu</title>
[125008850020] |This tutorial will explain how to fix USB stops working problem in Ubuntu
[125008850030] |Note: The success (or otherwise) of the following solution will depend on your hardware and possibly which version of *buntu you are using.
[125008850040] |Feel free to add your feedback to this thread and alternative solutions
[125008850050] |Open a terminal type
[125008850060] |gksudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst
[125008850070] |You will be asked for your password - don’t worry if your password doesn’t show, this is normal.
[125008850080] |Just type in your password as usual, and it will be accepted.
[125008850090] |When the editor opens, scroll down to the line which reads
[125008850100] |# defoptions=quiet splash
[125008850110] |and change it to read
[125008850120] |# defoptions=quiet splash acpi=force irqpoll
[125008850130] |Save the file, exit the editor
[125008850140] |Now you need to update the grub using the following command
[125008850150] |sudo update-grub
[125008850160] |Finally Restart your computer.
[125008850170] |For <strong>Grub2 Users (Ubuntu Karmic) </strong>follow this procedure
[125008850180] |gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub
[125008850190] |Find the line
[125008850200] |GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=””
[125008850210] |and place the boot uptions there, like
[125008850220] |GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”acpi=force irqpoll”
[125008850230] |Save and exit the file
[125008850240] |After that, update the bootloader with:
[125008850250] |sudo update-grub
[125008850260] |Thanks to our reader <cite>laryllan</cite>
[125008850270] |<a>Source </a>
[125008860010] |<title>Changes in Ubuntu: Five Stages of Grief</title>
[125008860020] |While you weren’t looking, the popular Ubuntu Linux distribution changed several features under the hood.
[125008860030] |Kyle Rankin, coauthor of The Official Ubuntu Server Book, points out the most distressing changes and explains why you need to suffer through them and ultimately come to acceptance.
[125008860040] |Of all the things I love about Linux, I think I love its stability the most.
[125008860050] |I’m not talking about uptime here, even though it’s great.
[125008860060] |What I mean is the sense you get from Linux that it’s on a solid foundation.
[125008860070] |Concepts like “everything is a file,” “small programs that do one thing well,” and the overall file system layout are well-worn principles with all the major kinks worked out.
[125008860080] |I get the sense of a collected wisdom, accumulated in the system over the years, guiding Linux forward.
[125008860090] |Sure, Mozilla’s browser will change its name every few years, and both GNOME and KDE have gone through their start-from-scratch phase, but /dev files, initrd, at, cron, and System V init—I can always count on these things being there.
[125008860100] |<strong>Five Stages of Grief</strong>
[125008860110] |1) Denial: System V Init
[125008860120] |2) Anger: Upstart
[125008860130] |3) Bargaining: Backward Compatibility
[125008860140] |4) Depression: udev
[125008860150] |5) Acceptance
[125008860160] |<a>Full Story</a>
[125008870010] |<title>Fix for Broadcom 4328 v3 wireless problem in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)</title>
[125008870020] |This tutorial will explain how to fix Broadcom 4328 v3 wireless problem in ubuntu karmic
[125008870030] |Try unloading the module (sudo modprobe -r wl) then reload the module (sudo modprobe wl).
[125008870040] |You should now connect, however it may freeze… the broadcom module is a PITA and I had consistent, yet random system lock ups.
[125008870050] |The instructions below will compile the most current version of the bcmwl driver and replace the currently supplied version.
[125008870060] |This method has the advantage that in the event there is a update, your newer file will simply be replaced during the upgrade.
[125008870070] |Keep in mind however that in the event there is a kernel update you will have to repeat the process as the update will overwrite your custom wl.ko.
[125008870080] |Also keep in mind that since this a closed source binary “blob” YMMV.
[125008870090] |<strong>Procedure to follow</strong>
[125008870100] |First you need to download latest broadcom drivers from <a>here</a>
[125008870110] |Make a directory and extract the files in the archive
[125008870120] |mkdir bcmwl
[125008870130] |tar xvf ‘hybrid-portsrc-x86_32-v5.10.91.9.3.tar (1).gz’ -C bcmwl
[125008870140] |Compile the source
[125008870150] |You will need to install the build-essential and kernel headers packages
[125008870160] |sudo apt-get install build-essential kernel-header-`uname -r`
[125008870170] |To Compile the driver
[125008870180] |cd bcmwl
[125008870190] |make clean
[125008870200] |make
[125008870210] |replace the current driver file with the one that you just compiled.
[125008870220] |sudo mv ./wl.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/updates/dkms/wl.ko
[125008870230] |Credit goes <a>here </a>
[125008880010] |<title>OpenOffice.org 3.2 first Release Candidate is now available for download</title>
[125008880020] |Announced yesterday the release of Openoffice3.2 RC1, the new release comes with new features and improvements.
[125008880030] |Note that the final release of Openoffice 3.2 is planned for January 2010.
[125008880040] |Note:- This is still in RC version so not recommended for production systems
[125008880050] |You can check all OpenOffice.org 3.2 features check <a>here</a>
[125008880060] |Download .deb Packages for openoffice.org 3.2 RC1 from <a>here</a>
[125008890010] |<title>Canonical’s opportunity to simplify Ubuntu</title>
[125008890020] |Ubuntu has led the Linux community’s efforts to improve on form, not simply function, and thereby make the Linux experience as good or better than Mac OS X in terms of usability.
[125008890030] |Mark Shuttleworth, founder and CEO of Canonical, the company set up to shepherd development and commercialization of Ubuntu, is the heart of that effort.
[125008890040] |As announced on Thursday, however, Shuttleworth is resigning as Canonical CEO to focus on improving the Ubuntu user experience:
[125008890050] |From March next year, I’ll focus my Canonical energy on product design, partnerships and customers.
[125008890060] |Those are the areas that I enjoy most and also the areas where I can best shape the impact we have on open source and the technology market.
[125008890070] |Is this good or bad for Ubuntu?
[125008890080] |And what about Canonical?
[125008890090] |Canonical is reportedly doing $30 million per year in sales, and is working on some significant projects that may establish it as the de facto Linux distribution for Netbooks, if it isn’t already.
[125008890100] |(Ubuntu is arguably the community choice for personal computers.)
[125008890110] |Even so, Linux still has a long way to go to match the user experience of Mac OS X, or even Windows.
[125008890120] |Shuttleworth has given me a sneak peak of his vision for where Ubuntu can go from a UI perspective.
[125008890130] |I was blown away.
[125008890140] |This is a man who “gets it.”
[125008890150] |Even so, he and the Ubuntu community still have a ways to go to match Microsoft or Apple in user experience, and certainly in market share.
[125008890160] |To get there, Ubuntu needs Canonical, and Canonical needs Shuttleworth fixated on improving Ubuntu’s user experience.
[125008890170] |When I asked what his resignation as CEO means for Ubuntu, and his involvement with it, Shuttleworth responded:
[125008890180] |I don’t expect to be less visible, just have stronger management for the business units.
[125008890190] |<a>Full Story</a>
[125008910010] |<title>The Ubuntu release cycle</title>
[125008910020] |From its outset Ubuntu project has been committed to a regular release cycle and has managed to deliver on that commitment without fail.
[125008910030] |It is the regularity and reliability of these releases that makes Ubuntu a great option for users and businesses who can plan upgrades and new installs with a reliability that is very unusual in the operating system market.
[125008910040] |This diagram gives our long term commitment to releases and demonstrates the key difference between a Long Term Support release and our standard releases.
[125008910050] |<h3>LTS Desktop and Server</h3>
[125008910060] |Long Term Support releases for desktop and server.
[125008910070] |There are deployment platforms with wide hardware and software support and ideal or individuals and businesses making a longer term investment in Ubuntu
[125008910080] |<h3>Standard release</h3>
[125008910090] |These are the 6 monthly release that contain the best of the new from the Open Source and commercial worlds and suited to users happy to upgrade regularly.
[125008910100] |<h3>Point Release</h3>
[125008910110] |These are 6 monthly updates to the long term support cycle.
[125008910120] |These are primarily bug fixes and patches with occasional feature enhancements that maintain the integrity of the release over a long cycle.
[125008910130] |The point releases continue up to the next LTS release which then offers an obvious upgrade path for users
[125008910140] |<h3>LTS Server</h3>
[125008910150] |This is the extended support period for server.
[125008910160] |<a>Source</a>
[125008920010] |<title>How to install songbird 1.4.1 in Ubuntu</title>
[125008920020] |Songbird™ is a desktop Web player, a digital jukebox and Web browser mash-up.
[125008920030] |Like Winamp, it supports extensions and skins feathers.
[125008920040] |Like Firefox®, it is built from Mozilla®, cross-platform and open source.
[125008920050] |If you want to know Songbird 1.4.1 Features and Improvements check <a>here</a>
[125008920060] |Songbird 1.4.1’s main focus has been on adding new device support, CD rip support, and a new Feather/skin.
[125008920070] |We’ve included more format/codec support out of the box, improved the media management user experience, and continue to work on performance, footprint, and stability.
[125008920080] |Thanks to <a>Skyzim</a> for creating .deb files
[125008920090] |For <strong>32-bit Ubuntu Users</strong> download .deb file from <a>here </a>
[125008920100] |For <strong>64-bit Ubuntu Users</strong> download .deb file from <a>here</a>
[125008920110] |Now you should be having songbird_1.4.1_i686_skyzim.deb file for 32-bit users and songbird_1.4.1-x86_64-skyzim.deb file for 64-bit users
[125008920120] |Install .deb packages using the following commands
[125008920130] |For 32-bit Users run the following command from terminal
[125008920140] |sudo dpkg -i songbird_1.4.1_i686_skyzim.deb
[125008920150] |For 64-bit Users run the following command from terminal
[125008920160] |sudo dpkg -i songbird_1.4.1-x86_64-skyzim.deb
[125008920170] |Once you install you can open songbird from Applications--->Sound &Video
[125008920180] |<strong>Troubleshooting Songbird startup</strong>
[125008920190] |<strong>Problem</strong>
[125008920200] |When you try to startup songbird you might see similar to the following error
[125008920210] |$songbird
[125008920220] |….. warnings are omitted….
[125008920230] |(songbird-bin:5674): GStreamer-WARNING **: invalid name template vc3_video_sink_%u: conversion specification must be of type ‘%d’ or ‘%s’ for GST_PAD_REQUEST padtemplate ././songbird-bin: symbol lookup error: /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gst-0.10/gst/_gst.so: undefined symbol: gst_task_pool_get_type Could not initialize GStreamer: Error re-scanning registry , child terminated by signal
[125008920240] |<strong>Solution 1</strong>
[125008920250] |sudo mv /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gst-0.10/ /usr/lib/python2.6/dist-packages/gst-0.10_bad
[125008920260] |<strong>Solution 2</strong>
[125008920270] |Remove gstreamer
[125008920280] |Open Synaptic Package Manager and search for “python-gst0.10″.
[125008920290] |Select the python-gst0.10 package, then click Package >Force Version.
[125008920300] |Select “0.10.14-1ubuntu1″ from the list and click the Force Version button.
[125008920310] |Do the same thing with the python-gst0.10-dbg package and then click Apply.
[125008920320] |Once it’s done downloading and installing the packages you can close Synaptic.
[125008920330] |Thanks to our reader Holywen
[125008930010] |<title>How to setup Logwatch on Ubuntu Desktop/Server</title>
[125008930020] |Logwatch is a modular log analyser that runs every night and mails you the results.
[125008930030] |It can also be run from command line.The output is by service and you can limit the output to one particular service.
[125008930040] |The subscripts which are responsible for the output, mostly convert the raw log lines in structured format.
[125008930050] |Logwatch generally ignores the time component in the output, that means, you will know that the reported event was logged in the requested range of time, but you will have to go to the raw log files to get the exact details.
[125008930060] |Install logwatch using the following comamnd
[125008930070] |sudo apt-get install logwatch
[125008930080] |This will install all the required packages
[125008930090] |<strong>Configuring Logwatch</strong>
[125008930100] |First you need to make sure you server is able to send the mails outside you can do this using postfix with SMTP server configuration
[125008930110] |Now you need to edit logwatch.conf file
[125008930120] |sudo nano /usr/share/logwatch/default.conf/logwatch.conf
[125008930130] |Change the following information
[125008930140] |Output = mail Format = html MailTo = test@gmail.com
[125008930150] |Save and exit the file
[125008930160] |If you want to know more available options check logcheck manpage using the following command from your terminal
[125008930170] |man logcheck
[125008930180] |Now edit the 00logwatch file
[125008930190] |sudo nano /etc/cron.daily/00logwatch
[125008930200] |add the following line
[125008930210] |/usr/sbin/logwatch --mailto test@gmail.com
[125008930220] |Save and exit the file
[125008930230] |This tool is very useful give it a try
[125008930240] |You can check more configuration from<a> here </a>
[125008940010] |<title>How to watch Youtube videos (Including HD) without flash in Firefox</title>
[125008940020] |This tutorial will explain How to view Youtube videos without flash in Firefox.
[125008940030] |First you need to install <a>Greasemonkey extension</a> for Firefox and install <a>this</a> Greasemonkey script after completion you need to restart your firefox.
[125008940040] |<strong>Greasemonkey extension</strong> allows you to customize the way a webpage displays using small bits of JavaScript.
[125008940050] |We are installed script called <strong>Youtube without Flash Auto </strong>Adds links below the Youtube video to (a) download the video (HD .mp4 file, no converters are used, no external sites) (b) view the video with an embedded external player (like mplayerplug-in or the totem plugin)
[125008940060] |This script offers direct access to Youtube videos, that is, the high quality .mp4 or .flv files.
[125008940070] |It doesn’t use any external sites or converters like some other scripts.
[125008940080] |The script adds links below the Youtube video to
[125008940090] |* download the video
[125008940100] |* replace the Flash player by an embedded external player.
[125008940110] |(On Ubuntu, the default embedded player is the totem plugin, but you can also install mplayerplug-in or any other plugin that can play .flv and .mp4 videos.)
[125008940120] |The script should work with Firefox, Safari, Opera, Epiphany and Google Chrome.
[125008950010] |<title>How to get popup window before empty gnome trash in Ubuntu</title>
[125008950020] |We have already discussed how to <a>empty gnome trash from command line</a> this will delete all the contents without prompt any warning this tutorial will explain how to get popup window before empty gnome trash.
[125008950030] |Open terminal and run the following commands
[125008950040] |First you need to create emptytrash file
[125008950050] |gksudo gedit /usr/local/bin/emptytrash
[125008950060] |Now you need to copy and paste the following lines
[125008950070] |#!/bin/bash zenity --question --text “Permanently remove all items from the trash?” &&rm -rf ~/.Trash/*
[125008950080] |Save and exit the file
[125008950090] |Zenity is a tool that allows you to display Gtk+ dialog boxes from the command line and through shell scripts.
[125008950100] |It is similar to gdialog, but is intended to be saner.
[125008950110] |It comes from the same family as dialog, Xdialog, and cdialog, but it surpasses those projects by having a cooler name.
[125008950120] |Now you need to give execute permissions for our script
[125008950130] |sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/emptytrash
[125008950140] |Now you need to open configuration editor using the following command from your terminal
[125008950150] |gconf-editor &
[125008950160] |Once you get the configuration editor window go to navigate to Apps >Metacity >global_keybindings >run_command_1.
[125008950170] |Right-click the value and select Edit Key and put in the keyboard shortcut you want
[125008950180] |<code><Control><Shift>e</code>
[125008950190] |go to Apps >Metacity >keybinding_commands >command_1.
[125008950200] |Right-click the value and select Edit Key and put in the command
[125008950210] |emptytrash
[125008950220] |Now, the keyboard shortcut Control-Shift-E should bring up the empty trash dialogue.
[125008950230] |Credit goes <a>here</a>
[125008960010] |<title>How to install qBittorrent v2 in Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic)/9.04(Jaunty)</title>
[125008960020] |The qBittorrent project was started in March 2006 to create a lightweight but featureful BitTorrent client that would be multi-platform and very easy to use.qBittorrent v2 is the closest open source (GNU GPL v2 license) equivalent to µtorrent. qBittorrent is based on Qt4 toolkit and libtorrent-rasterbar.
[125008960030] |<strong>qBittorrent v2 Features</strong>
[125008960040] |* Polished µTorrent-like User Interface
[125008960050] |* Well-integrated and extensible Search Engine
[125008960060] |o Simultaneous search in most famous BitTorrent search sites
[125008960070] |o Per-category-specific search requests (e.g. Books, Music, Movies)
[125008960080] |* All Bittorrent extensions
[125008960090] |o DHT, Peer Exchange, Full encryption, Magnet URI, …
[125008960100] |* Remote control through a Web user interface
[125008960110] |o Nearly identical to the regular UI, all in Ajax
[125008960120] |* Advanced control over trackers, peers and torrents
[125008960130] |o Torrents queueing and prioritizing
[125008960140] |o Torrent content selection and prioritizing
[125008960150] |* UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding support
[125008960160] |* Available in ~25 languages (Unicode support)
[125008960170] |* µTorrent spoofing to bypass private trackers whitelisting
[125008960180] |* Advanced RSS support with download filters (inc. regex)
[125008960190] |* IP Filtering (eMule and PeerGuardian compatible)
[125008960200] |<strong>Install qBittorrent in Ubuntu 9.10(Karmic)/9.04(Jaunty)</strong>
[125008960210] |<strong>For Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic) Users</strong>
[125008960220] |Open the terminal and enter the following command
[125008960230] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hydr0g3n/ppa
[125008960240] |Update source list
[125008960250] |sudo apt-get update
[125008960260] |Install qBittorrent
[125008960270] |sudo apt-get install qbittorrent
[125008960280] |Or click on the following link from firefox
[125008960290] |<a>apt://qbittorrent</a>
[125008960300] |<strong>For Ubuntu 9.04(Jaunty) Users</strong>
[125008960310] |Edit /etc/apt/sources.list file
[125008960320] |gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
[125008960330] |Add the following lines
[125008960340] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/hydr0g3n/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/hydr0g3n/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
[125008960350] |Save and exit the file.
[125008960360] |Add GPG key
[125008960370] |sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 47B4D1C4
[125008960380] |Update source list
[125008960390] |sudo apt-get update
[125008960400] |Install qBittorrent
[125008960410] |sudo apt-get install qbittorrent
[125008960420] |Note:- You can install qbittorrent from ubuntu repositories but you get the older version.
[125008970010] |<title>New wave GNOME theme was updated to version 0.8.2</title>
[125008970020] |It is time to give a modern and professional look to our desktop!
[125008970030] |The new theme makes more clever use of orange (not over-use it) and is mainly color-neutral.
[125008970040] |It is designed for Ubuntu in mind but can be used in other distros that may bear warm colors.
[125008970050] |Installation: (requires pixbuf theme engine)
[125008970060] |Very simple.
[125008970070] |Just double click the file newwave-(xxx).gtp where (xxx) is the version number e.g. 050.
[125008970080] |Note that if you have previous version of the theme in your home folder you need to remove it first.
[125008970090] |You may need to log out then log in to make all changes appear (e.g. handlers, lines).
[125008970100] |For more information on how to fix Firefox’s menubar text and how to use the theme in root programs see the README file.
[125008970110] |Extras:
[125008970120] |The package also contains:
[125008970130] |- New Wave Configurator (GUI),
[125008970140] |- Emerald themes,
[125008970150] |- Compiz-fusion settings,
[125008970160] |- Second theme with dark menus,
[125008970170] |- Firefox skin,
[125008970180] |- Some metacity tweaks.
[125008970190] |- Time applet tips.
[125008970200] |Download New wave version 0.8.2 from <a>here</a><strong> </strong>
[125008970210] |<strong>Screenshots</strong>
[125008970220] |<strong>Click on the Image for full View</strong>
[125008980010] |<title>Running World of Warcraft in Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)</title>
[125008980020] |If you are looking for an operating system that offers the best values, none can compare to Linux.
[125008980030] |First of all, it’s free.
[125008980040] |Most Linux distributions can be downloaded gratis from the developers’ Web site and you can install it on however many computers you want.
[125008980050] |Secondly, it comes with a lot of things, such as office tools (word processing, spreadsheet, presentation), audio and video playback, Internet and e-mail, instant messaging, and so on.
[125008980060] |Basically everything a general user would want to use with a computer is there when the installation is done.
[125008980070] |For those applications that are not there, chances are you can download them for free.
[125008980080] |Wine is more than just an emulator; it makes Windows applications run in Linux much like they do in Wndows.
[125008980090] |(Credit: Screenshot by Dong Ngo/CNET) 
[125008980100] |There’s also a Linux application called Wine that allows you to run Windows software within Linux.
[125008980110] |What is special about Wine, however, is the fact that it’s not a traditional virtual environment and therefore runs Windows applications very much the way Windows does, without much overhead.
[125008980120] |Unfortunately, not all Windows applications work with Wine and even if they do, you might not be able to install or run them the way you do in Windows.
[125008980130] |Wine, which was developed in 1993, is a recursive acronym for “Wine Is Not an Emulator,” though this doesn’t make it true that it is not an emulator.
[125008980140] |Rather than acting as a full emulator, it implements a compatibility layer, providing alternative implementations of the DLLs that Windows programs call, and processes to substitute for the Windows NT kernel.
[125008980150] |The Wine project has run into a lot of difficulties, mostly because of the incomplete and incorrect documentation of the Windows API.
[125008980160] |For this reason, after 15 years of development, the first version of Wine (1.0) was release in mid-2008.
[125008980170] |Over my Christmas break, I decided to try out the latest version of Wine with my most frequently used Windows application, which is called World of Warcraft (or WoW).
[125008980180] |Just so that it’s clear that I am not antisocial, this didn’t take away much time spending with friends and family, as it actually took me less than an hour to do the whole thing.
[125008980190] |I started out with getting an ISO image of the ever-popular Linux distro Ubuntu version 91.0.
[125008980200] |After that, I burned the image onto a CD and started the installation from it.
[125008980210] |If you have ever installed an operating system, such as Windows, the installation of Ubuntu is very similar to that.
[125008980220] |You just need to insert the CD into the optical drive, boot the computer from it, and follow the instructions.
[125008980230] |The installer will do everything for you, including configuring the hard drive and setting up dual-boot if you want to use it on the same computer that also has Windows installed.
[125008980240] |In this case, make sure you pick the amount of hard-drive space you want to use for Linux carefully, as this can’t be changed once the new OS is installed.
[125008980250] |<a>Full Story</a>
[125008990010] |<title>Wiican - Easy Wii remote control on Ubuntu Linux</title>
[125008990020] |WiiCan assists on configuration and management of your wiimote under GNU/Linux.
[125008990030] |It tracks bluetooth connectivity and allows to use and create mappings to adapt your wiimote for use on any application.
[125008990040] |Actually WiiCan it’s a sytem tray icon, programmed in python.
[125008990050] |It connects to bluez and hal via dbus for tracking the available bluetooth devices and wiimote connection status.
[125008990060] |On backend it’s wminput , the cwiid event driver for wiimote.
[125008990070] |WiiCan uses wminput and wminput configuration files for define and use mappers.
[125008990080] |<strong>Wiican Features</strong>
[125008990090] |Discover if it’s an available bluetooth device for connect wiimote Display a list of available keyboard-mouse-wiimote mappings User-defined mappings creation assistant Mappings manager: New/Edit/Delete Up/Down order Visible/Invisible Notify the state of wiimote usaging: Bluetooth available/unavailable Discovering wiimote Wiimote disconnected
[125008990100] |<strong>Install wiican in Ubuntu karmic</strong>
[125008990110] |Run the following commands from your terminal
[125008990120] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:fontanon/wiican
[125008990130] |Update source list
[125008990140] |sudo apt-get update
[125008990150] |Install willcan
[125008990160] |sudo apt-get install wiican
[125008990170] |Screenshots credit goes <a>here</a>
[125008990180] |<strong>Screenshots</strong>
[125009000010] |<title>How to install Ailurus 10.01 in Ubuntu / Kubuntu / Xubuntu</title>
[125009000020] |Ailurus is a system enhancement application.
[125009000030] |It helps to install software which is outside official repository.
[125009000040] |It helps to add/remove third party repositories, and to change system settings.
[125009000050] |Ailurus 10.01′s main focus is on providing more system enhancement knowledge and improving usability.
[125009000060] |<strong>Ailurus Features</strong>
[125009000070] |* Display information about BIOS, motherboard, CPU and battery.
[125009000080] |* Change some GNOME settings.
[125009000090] |* Install/remove some applications which are not provided in the official Ubuntu apt repository.
[125009000100] |* Detect the speed of apt mirrors and find the fastest one.
[125009000110] |* Enable/disable some third party repositories.
[125009000120] |Ailurus was originally called “Ubun-student”.
[125009000130] |First you need to download .deb package <a>from here</a> using the following command
[125009000140] |wget http://ailurus.googlecode.com/files/ailurus_10.01-0revision1_all.deb
[125009000150] |Now you have ailurus_10.01-0revision1_all.deb.
[125009000160] |Install this package using the following command
[125009000170] |sudo dpkg -i ailurus_10.01-0revision1_all.deb
[125009000180] |After you install it, you can launch Ailurus from “Applications”->”System tools”.
[125009010010] |<title>Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid) Impression/Night Impression GTK themes (Proposed)</title>
[125009010020] |For Lucid Lynx , the technical goal of Impression and Night Impression is to bring both themes to a common code base.
[125009010030] |The differences between the two themes is visible in the background color of the menu panels, the color of the scroll bars, and the adoption of the Humanity icon theme for Impression and the Humanity-Dark icon theme for Night Impression.
[125009010040] |The desire is to offer two themes from the Ubuntu community to stand side-by-side with the professionally developed Human theme from Canonical.
[125009010050] |The objective is to enhance the user computing experience by applying balance and harmony to the Gnome Desktop framing applications in such a manner as to permit the eye to focus without distraction on the content displayed.
[125009010060] |As many users express a desire to use a theme framed in dark borders and titles as evidenced by the number of “dark” themes submitted to sites such as Ubuntu Art and Gnome Art, the pallets of Impression and Night Impression are as dark as practical.
[125009010070] |The author assumes many Gnome applications were designed anticipating the desktop would be brushed in lighter colors and these solutions may not present well against a dark canvas.
[125009010080] |Key subject areas from the standard Ubuntu installation provided guidance in creating the final solution.
[125009010090] |For the most part desktop and embedded application icons were the metric for determining panel colors.
[125009010100] |The author concedes dark icons display poorly against a dark background.
[125009010110] |Once the base color was discovered the task became adding additional complimentary colors.
[125009010120] |The “toolbar” provides a styling opportunity using adding the gradient functionality of the murrine engine.
[125009010130] |Lighting the “toolbar” buttons is another opportunity as exhibited by Nautilus.
[125009010140] |Bluefish is a good example of the use of Notebook tabs which are also themed in Firefox.
[125009010150] |Finally, the gold standard in my opinion is the Inkscape application which uses a wide variety of GTK widgets.
[125009010160] |As Lucid Lynx is a Long Term Support (LTS) release the emphasis is stability and changes have been keep to a minimum.
[125009010170] |Impression Desktop Featuring Lucid Butterfly Wallpaper
[125009010180] |Night-Impression Desktop Featuring Lucid Leaves Wallpaper
[125009010190] |<strong>Download Themes</strong>
[125009010200] |<li><a>Night-Impression Theme</a> - Targeted Ubuntu version: 10.4, Current build: Alpha Candidate</li>
[125009010210] |<li><a>Impression Theme</a> - Targeted Ubuntu version: 10.4, Current build: Alpha Candidate</li> 
[125009010220] |Source from <a>here</a>
[125009020010] |<title>IBAM - The Intelligent Battery Monitor for Laptops</title>
[125009020020] |IBAM is an advanced battery monitor for laptops, which uses statistical and adaptive linear methods to provide accurate estimations of minutes of battery left or of the time needed until full recharge.
[125009020030] |This software relies on either APM, ACPI, SYSFS or PMU kernel support to access the battery status.
[125009020040] |IBAM solves this problem by creating a battery and charge profile (as seen on the right for my old laptop) from which it can compute the actual times remaining.
[125009020050] |The red graph represents the battery cycle (where the laptop is running on battery), the x-axis represents the bios-minutes (now bios-percentage), the y-axis the actual average lengths of that minute (percentage) in seconds.
[125009020060] |As you can see the bios minute was about 50 seconds long from 200 minutes to 60 minutes, and only 10 seconds long from 40 minutes to 20 minutes.
[125009020070] |No wonder I was surprised that the battery was empty so soon… <img/>The green graph shows the charge cycle, which seems to be a bit more useful, still the same technique can be used to give the user an idea how long the charge process will need.
[125009020080] |As soon you created initial profiles you can get the similar graphs for your computer by using the option “--plot”.
[125009020090] |Of course the computer will consume more energy on a high load and IBAM does take this into account by determining a linear adaptive method for the current cycle.
[125009020100] |<strong>Install IBAM in Ubuntu</strong>
[125009020110] |sudo apt-get install ibam
[125009020120] |This will install all the required packages
[125009020130] |<strong>Using IBAM</strong>
[125009020140] |Charging batteries:
[125009020150] |Laptop is running on batteries
[125009020160] |For more available options
[125009020170] |<strong>Usage</strong>
[125009020180] |ibam [options]
[125009020190] |Options:
[125009020200] |-h, --help displays this message -v, --version displays software version -b, --bios show bios apm guesses -s, --seconds displays times in seconds -c, --correctseconds displays changes in seconds -r, --readonly no files will be updated -a, --all show ALL information --battery show battery time --batteryadaptive show adaptive battery time --batterybios show bios battery time guess --percentbattery show battery percentage --percentbios show bios percentage --charge show charge time --chargeadaptive show adaptive charge time --percentcharge show charge percentage --totalbattery show total battery time --totalbatteryadaptive show adaptive total battery --totalcharge show total charge time --totalchargeadaptive show adaptive total charge --hardlowlimit[=lim] show user defined hard lower percentage limit [and set it to value <lim> or disable <0> it] --softlowlimit[=lim] show automatic lower percentage limit [and lower it to value <lim> or diable <0> it] --plot[=profiles] use gnuplot to plot battery and charge graphs and plot the last <profiles> additional profiles --plotderivations[=profiles] same as above plus standard derivations --import import V0.1 data from current directory --profile enable additional yet unused profiling --noprofile disable additional profiling --credits to everyone contributing to ibam
[125009030010] |<title>Ubucompilator - Easy way of creating .deb packages from source files</title>
[125009030020] |Ubucompilator is a simply compiler (relased under gpl v3 )to make, configure, install and make .deb package from sources!
[125009030030] |With ubucompilator you can save a lot of time to compile a softare or create .deb files!
[125009030040] |<strong>Install Ubucompilator in ubuntu</strong>
[125009030050] |First you need to download Ubucompilator .deb package from <a>here</a>
[125009030060] |Once you downloaded the package you can install one of the following methods
[125009030070] |<strong>1) Using Gdebi-gtk</strong>
[125009030080] |You can install this packe by double click on that it will open using gdebi application and follow on screen instructions
[125009030090] |<strong>2) Using dpkg</strong>
[125009030100] |Install using dpkg using the following command
[125009030110] |sudo dpkg -i ubucompilator_0.0.1-1_all.english.version.deb
[125009030120] |<strong>Using Ubucompilator</strong>
[125009030130] |Open ubucompilator from applications—> development (or other)…
[125009030140] |You can check this video how to use Ubucompilator
[125009030150] |You can check more details about Ubucompilator from <a>here</a>
[125009040010] |<title>Upgrade your GIMP version to 2.7 in Ubuntu karmic/Jaunty</title>
[125009040020] |This is an unstable development version of the GNU Image Manipulation Program.
[125009040030] |Please realize that this is just a snapshot of the development tree.
[125009040040] |We are working hard towards GIMP 2.8, the next stable release.
[125009040050] |GIMP 2.7 is in no way a final product.
[125009040060] |A lot of new features are incomplete and some things may even be completely broken.
[125009040070] |If you need to get work done, please use the stable version, GIMP 2.6.
[125009040080] |You can check what is new in GIMP 2.7 from<a> here</a>
[125009040090] |Note:- GIMP 2.7 is still in development so this is not recommended for production machines
[125009040100] |Upgrade (or install) your gimp version to 2.7 in ubuntu
[125009040110] |For<strong> ubuntu karmic users </strong>
[125009040120] |Open command prompt run the following commands
[125009040130] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn
[125009040140] |Update the source list
[125009040150] |sudo apt-get update
[125009040160] |Upgrade gimp using the following command
[125009040170] |sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[125009040180] |or you can install gimp version 2.7 using the following command (before installing this you can remove existing gimp version)
[125009040190] |sudo apt-get install gimp
[125009040200] |For <strong>Ubuntu Jaunty users</strong>
[125009040210] |Edit /etc/apt/sources.list file
[125009040220] |gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
[125009040230] |add the following lines
[125009040240] |deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn/ubuntu jaunty main
[125009040250] |Save and exit the file
[125009040260] |Add GPG key (Only for jaunty users)
[125009040270] |sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 405A15CB
[125009040280] |Update the source list
[125009040290] |sudo apt-get update
[125009040300] |Upgrade gimp using the following command
[125009040310] |sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
[125009040320] |or you can install gimp version 2.7 using the following command (before installing this you can remove existing gimp version)
[125009040330] |sudo apt-get install gimp
[125009050010] |<title>How to install Enna Media Center in Ubuntu 9.10</title>
[125009050020] |Enna is a lightweight XBMC concurrent, developped by the GeeXboX team as its distribution brand new user interface.
[125009050030] |Enna allows you to listen to your favorite music, watch your movies and TV shows, browse through your personnal photos and read comics and mangas from over the Internet.
[125009050040] |Few screenshots: <img/><img/><img/>
[125009050050] |Available as a standalone application for any modern GNU/Linux distribution, it has already been packaged for Ubuntu 9.10 users.
[125009050060] |Open the terminal from Applications menu -> Accessories -> Terminal and run the following commands
[125009050070] |For <strong>Ubuntu Karmic</strong> Users:
[125009050080] |Edit /etc/apt/sources.list file <code>gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list</code>
[125009050090] |Add the following lines <code>deb http://packages.geexbox.org/ karmic main</code>
[125009050100] |Update the source list <code>sudo apt-get update</code>
[125009050110] |Install Enna using the following command: <code>sudo apt-get install enna</code>
[125009060010] |<title>How change display resolution settings using xrandr</title>
[125009060020] |Xrandr is used to set the size, orientation and/or reflection of the outputs for a screen.
[125009060030] |It can also set the screen size.
[125009060040] |There are a few global options; the rest modify a particular output and follow the specification of that output on the command line.
[125009060050] |Open the terminal and run the following commands
[125009060060] |First you need to enter the following command
[125009060070] |$ xrandr
[125009060080] |This will display the allowed resolutions
[125009060090] |<strong>Sample output</strong>
[125009060100] |Screen 0: minimum 320 x 200, current 1024 x 768, maximum 4096 x 4096 VGA1 connected 800×600+0+0 (normal left inverted right x axis y axis) 267mm x 200mm 800×600 85.1* + 640×480 75.0 60.0 720×400 70.1
[125009060110] |If you want to add a mode with resolution 1024X768, you can enter the following command: (The output is shown following.)
[125009060120] |$ cvt 1024 768
[125009060130] |Sample output
[125009060140] |# 1024×768 59.92 Hz (CVT 0.79M3) hsync: 47.82 kHz; pclk: 63.50 MHz Modeline “1024x768_60.00″ 63.50 1024 1072 1176 1328 768 771 775 798 -hsync +vsync
[125009060150] |Now you need to create a modeline
[125009060160] |$ xrandr --newmode <Modeline>
[125009060170] |copy the modeline of the previous output to the place mode line
[125009060180] |$ xrandr --newmode “1024x768_60.00″ 63.50 1024 1072 1176 1328 768 771 775 798 -hsync +vsync
[125009060190] |Now you need to add the above mode using the following command
[125009060200] |$ xrandr --addmode VGA1 1024x768_60.00
[125009060210] |here for VGA1 you have to use what ever that was there for $ xrandr output
[125009060220] |$ xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1024x768_60.00
[125009060230] |Running these would change your resolution but this is temporary.these steps were done to make sure that these commands work
[125009060240] |Now we need to make these changes permanent
[125009060250] |Now you need to edit the default file
[125009060260] |$gksudo gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default
[125009060270] |Look for the following lines
[125009060280] |PATH=/usr/bin:$PATH OLD_IFS=$IFS
[125009060290] |and Add the the following lines below them
[125009060300] |xrandr --newmode “1024×768″ 70.00 1024 1072 1176 1328 768 771 775 798 -hsync +vsync
[125009060310] |xrandr --addmode VGA1 1024x768_60.00
[125009060320] |xrandr --output VGA1 --mode 1024×768
[125009060330] |Save and exit the file
[125009060340] |Credit goes <a>here</a>
[125009070010] |<title>How to fix sound problem in ubuntu 9.10 (karmic)</title>
[125009070020] |I am not a linux veteran, so i am giving as much info as posible , so that those who know better can use this information as needed.
[125009070030] |did fresh install
[125009070040] |system update
[125009070050] |Installed the following packages: libdns53 (1:9.6.1.dfsg.P1-3ubuntu0.2) linux-headers-2.6.31-16 (2.6.31-16.53) linux-headers-2.6.31-16-generic (2.6.31-16.53) linux-image-2.6.31-16-generic (2.6.31-16.53) ureadahead (0.90.3-2)
[125009070060] |this next section is done in synaptics
[125009070070] |Removed the following packages: libsdl1.2debian-alsa
[125009070080] |installed ubuntu-restricted-extras as well as a couple extras, heres the full list Installed the following packages: alsa-oss (1.0.17-1) asoundconf-gtk (1.6-0ubuntu1) audacious (2.1-1ubuntu1) audacious-plugins (2.1-1ubuntu1) audacious-plugins-extra (2.1-1ubuntu1) cabextract (1.2-3) flashplugin-installer (10.0.42.34ubuntu0.9.10.1) freepats (20060219-1) gnome-alsamixer (0.9.7~cvs.20060916.ds.1-2) gsfonts-x11 (0.21) gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg (0.10.9-1) gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad (0.10.14-4ubuntu1) gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse (0.10.13-0ubuntu1) gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly (0.10.12-1) gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse (0.10.12-0ubuntu1) ia32-libs (2.7ubuntu17) java-common (0.30ubuntu5) lib32asound2 (1.0.20-3ubuntu6) lib32bz2-1.0 (1.0.5-3) lib32ncurses5 (5.7+20090803-2ubuntu2) lib32stdc++6 (4.4.1-4ubuntu8) lib32v4l-0 (0.6.0-1) lib32z1 (1:1.2.3.3.dfsg-13ubuntu3) liba52-0.7.4 (0.7.4-11ubuntu1) libao2 (0.8.8-5ubuntu1) libass3 (0.9.6-1) libaudclient2 (2.1-1ubuntu1) libaudcore1 (2.1-1ubuntu1) libaudid3tag2 (2.1-1ubuntu1) libaudio2 (1.9.2-1) libaudutil1 (2.1-1ubuntu1) libavcodec52 (4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu2) libavformat52 (4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu2) libavutil49 (4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu2) libbinio1ldbl (1.4-12ubuntu1) libbio2jack0 (0.9-2) libbio2jack0-dev (0.9-2) libcdaudio1 (0.99.12p2-7) libcddb2 (1.2.1-1) libcelt0 (0.6.1-1) libdc1394-22 (2.1.2-1) libdca0 (0.0.5-3) libdirac0c2a (1.0.2-0ubuntu1) libdvbpsi5 (0.1.6-1) libdvdnav4 (4.1.3-3) libdvdread4 (4.1.3-5ubuntu2) libebml0 (0.7.7-3.1) libenca0 (1.9-7) libfaac0 (1.26-0.1ubuntu2) libfaad0 (2.6.1-3.1) libffado1 (2.0~rc2+svn1569-2ubuntu1) libfftw3-3 (3.2.1-2ubuntu2) libfluidsynth1 (1.0.9+dfsg-2) libfreebob0 (1.0.11-1build1) libftgl2 (2.1.3~rc5-2) libgconfmm-2.6-1c2 (2.24.0-2) libglademm-2.4-1c2a (2.6.7-2) libglew1.5 (1.5.1-4ubuntu1) libgsm1 (1.0.13-1) libid3tag0 (0.15.1b-10build1) libiptcdata0 (1.0.3-1ubuntu1) libiso9660-5 (0.78.2+dfsg1-3) libjack-dev (0.116.1-4ubuntu2) libjack0 (0.116.1-4ubuntu2) libkate1 (0.3.3-1) liblash2 (0.5.4-0ubuntu3) liblua5.1-0 (5.1.4-3) libmad0 (0.15.1b-4) libmatroska0 (0.8.1-1.1) libmcs1 (0.7.1-1) libmimic0 (1.0.4-2) libmjpegtools-1.9 (1:1.9.0-0.5ubuntu1) libmms0 (0.4-2) libmodplug0c2 (1:0.8.7-1) libmowgli1 (0.6.1-1) libmp3lame0 (3.98.2+debian-0ubuntu2) libmp4v2-0 (1:1.6dfsg-0.2ubuntu5) libmpcdec3 (1:1.2.2-2.1) libmpeg2-4 (0.4.1-3) libofa0 (0.9.3-3ubuntu1) libpostproc51 (4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu2) libprojectm-data (1.2.0-3) libprojectm2 (1.2.0-3) libquicktime1 (2:1.1.1+debian-1build1) libreadline5 (5.2-6) libresid-builder0c2a (2.1.1-7) libsad2 (2.1-1ubuntu1) libschroedinger-1.0-0 (1.0.8-2) libsdl1.2debian-all (1.2.13-4ubuntu4) libsidplay1 (1.36.59-5) libsidplay2 (2.1.1-7) libsoundtouch1c2 (1.3.1-2) libswscale0 (4:0.5+svn20090706-2ubuntu2) libtwolame0 (0.3.12-1) libvcdinfo0 (0.7.23-4ubuntu1) libvlc2 (1.0.2-1ubuntu2) libvlccore2 (1.0.2-1ubuntu2) libwildmidi0 (0.2.2-2) libx264-67 (1:0.svn20090621+git364d7d-0ubuntu2) libxml++2.6-2 (2.26.0-2) libxvidcore4 (2:1.1.2-0.1ubuntu4) nspluginwrapper (1.2.2-0ubuntu6) odbcinst1debian1 (2.2.11-16ubuntu1) padevchooser (0.9.3-2ubuntu4) paman (0.9.4-1ubuntu2) paprefs (0.9.8+git20090825-0ubuntu2) pavucontrol (0.9.8+git20090701-0ubuntu2) pavumeter (0.9.3-1ubuntu1) pulseaudio-module-lirc (1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4) pulseaudio-module-zeroconf (1:0.9.19-0ubuntu4) sun-java6-bin (6-15-1) sun-java6-jre (6-15-1) sun-java6-plugin (6-15-1) ttf-dejavu (2.29-2) ttf-dejavu-extra (2.29-2) ttf-liberation (1.05.1.20090721-0ubuntu1) ttf-mscorefonts-installer (3.0) ubuntu-restricted-extras (36) unixodbc (2.2.11-16ubuntu1) unrar (1:3.9.3-1) vlc-data (1.0.2-1ubuntu2) vlc-nox (1.0.2-1ubuntu2) vlc-plugin-pulse (1.0.2-1ubuntu2)
[125009070090] |then installed the following pakages Installed the following packages: linux-backports-modules-2.6.31-16-generic (2.6.31-16.18) linux-backports-modules-alsa-2.6.31-16-generic (2.6.31-16.18) linux-backports-modules-alsa-karmic-generic (2.6.31.16.29) linux-backports-modules-headers-karmic-generic (2.6.31.16.29) linux-backports-modules-karmic (2.6.31.16.29) linux-backports-modules-karmic-generic (2.6.31.16.29) linux-backports-modules-wireless-karmic-generic (2.6.31.16.29) linux-headers-lbm-2.6.31-16-generic (2.6.31-16.18)
[125009070100] |these next installs are most likely unrelated , they are video related, just trying to give all the info, in case i missed something
[125009070110] |Installed the following packages:
[125009070120] |xserver-xorg-video-ati-dbg (1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1) xserver-xorg-video-mach64-dbg (6.8.2-1) xserver-xorg-video-r128-dbg (6.8.1-1) xserver-xorg-video-radeon-dbg (1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1)
[125009070130] |Reinstalled the following packages:
[125009070140] |xserver-xorg-video-ati (1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1) xserver-xorg-video-radeon (1:6.12.99+git20090929.7968e1fb-0ubuntu1)
[125009070150] |all of the above installed via synaptic pakage manager
[125009070160] |also installed catalist through SYSTEM>>>RESTRICTED DRIVERS, enable i seem to remember a dedicated 64 bit version, as i believe the one you get this method may be 32 bit with a 64 bit wrapper. while on on the subject, i know 4 a fact there is a 64 bit linux flash player. i will post the link, when i add an applications thread.
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[125009070180] |darthkronic@darthkronic-laptop:~$ sudo aplay -l [sudo] password for darthkronic: **** List of PLAYBACK Hardware Devices **** card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 0: STAC92xx Analog [STAC92xx Analog] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 0: SB [HDA ATI SB], device 1: STAC92xx Digital [STAC92xx Digital] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0 card 1: HDMI [HDA ATI HDMI], device 3: ATI HDMI [ATI HDMI] Subdevices: 1/1 Subdevice #0: subdevice #0
[125009070190] |darthkronic@darthkronic-laptop:~$ dmesg | egrep -i “sound|audio|snd” [ 12.341485] input: HDA ATI SB Mic at Ext Front Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input10 [ 12.341555] input: HDA ATI SB Line Out at Ext Front Jack as /devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input11
[125009070200] |darthkronic@darthkronic-laptop:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB HDA ATI SB at 0xd2400000 irq 16 1 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI HDA ATI HDMI at 0xd2310000 irq 29
[125009070210] |darthkronic@darthkronic-laptop:~$ cat /proc/asound/cards 0 [SB ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI SB HDA ATI SB at 0xd2400000 irq 16 1 [HDMI ]: HDA-Intel - HDA ATI HDMI HDA ATI HDMI at 0xd2310000 irq 29 darthkronic@darthkronic-laptop:~$ lspci | grep -i audio 00:14.2 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc SBx00 Azalia (Intel HDA) 01:05.1 Audio device: ATI Technologies Inc Device 970f
[125009070220] |darthkronic@darthkronic-laptop:~$ lsmod | grep snd snd_hda_codec_atihdmi 4320 1 snd_hda_codec_idt 63312 1 snd_seq_dummy 3556 0 snd_seq_oss 33632 0 snd_hda_intel 31264 1 snd_seq_midi 8320 0 snd_hda_codec 89888 3 snd_hda_codec_atihdmi,snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_hda_intel snd_rawmidi 27104 1 snd_seq_midi snd_hwdep 9448 1 snd_hda_codec snd_pcm_oss 44096 0 snd_seq_midi_event 8448 2 snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi snd_seq 61312 6 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_seq_midi_event snd_mixer_oss 18944 1 snd_pcm_oss snd_pcm 91912 3 snd_hda_intel,snd_hda_codec,snd_pcm_oss snd_timer 25840 2 snd_seq,snd_pcm snd_seq_device 8500 5 snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_seq_midi,snd_rawmidi,snd_seq snd 77576 16 snd_hda_codec_idt,snd_seq_dummy,snd_seq_oss,snd_hda_intel,snd_seq_midi,snd_hda_c odec,snd_rawmidi,snd_hwdep,snd_pcm_oss,snd_seq,snd_mixer_oss,snd_pcm,snd_timer,s n d_seq_device soundcore 9088 1 snd snd_page_alloc 10960 2 snd_hda_intel,snd_pcm
[125009070230] |darthkronic@darthkronic-laptop:~$ sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
[125009070240] |* Shutting down ALSA… [ OK ]
[125009070250] |* Setting up ALSA… [ OK ] darthkronic@darthkronic-laptop:~$ sudo nautilus
[125009070260] |use search bar “pulse” select all shift+del
[125009070270] |sudo reboot
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[125009070290] |KEEP READING NOW <img/>
[125009070300] |in this next section i use terminal
[125009070310] |sudo /etc/init.d/alsa-utils restart
[125009070320] |this next 2 lines let the sound work, which in my opinion shows a conflict with pulse and alsa
[125009070330] |rm -rf ~/.pulse
[125009070340] |killall pulseaudio
[125009070350] |so i
[125009070360] |sudo apt-get purge pulseaudio gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio
[125009070370] |sudo apt-get autoremove
[125009070380] |sudo apt-get install libesd-alsa0 gnome-alsamixer
[125009070390] |sudo apt-get install alsa-base alsa-tools alsa-tools-gui alsa-utils alsa-oss linux-sound-base
[125009070400] |sudo apt-get update
[125009070410] |sudo reboot
[125009070420] |this next comand is a favorite of mine for stuborn files
[125009070430] |CAUTION,CAUTION, when you use this command, you have sudo priviledges, be CAUTIOUS when deleting files, double check to see that a non pulse file is in not your search results!!!! if so drag and select around them. read on…..
[125009070440] |sudo nautilus
[125009070450] |Now use this virtual sudo desktop, enter pulse in the search in the SAME window (click the magnifying glass top right), make sure to add hiden files, and search the file system so that you get everything.
[125009070460] |When you use this method search is slowed down, be patient, wait.
[125009070470] |Now you have all the pulse files, and sudo privilege, look through the search results and make sure some misc data dint get mixed in (non pulse related files) , if its all good , drag and select all remaining pulse files, while selected, hit shift+del, hit enter when it asks to permanently delete.
[125009070480] |Close the window.
[125009070490] |Terminal should pop up.
[125009070500] |In that terminal type
[125009070510] |sudo reboot
[125009070520] |I had to use this method, because for some reason, 9.10 karmic bonds itself to a lot of programs, removing asociated programs.
[125009070530] |For example pulse and alsa both take almost half the main operating sytem with it, when trying to remove them in terminal, or synaptics .
[125009070540] |Including ubuntu-desktop, and a good list of others.
[125009070550] |With the sudo nautilus search and destroy method, its downright surgical <img/>
[125009070560] |Now, using gnome-mixer Application>>>sound&video>>gnome mixer Unmute and control every aspect of your sound, including multi soundcard issues!!
[125009070570] |Note , many posts that i read sugested to install alsamixer, dint work for me, and i dont like the gui. this is the only method that works flawless for my setup.
[125009070580] |I have had ati catalyst working perfectly on a couple previous installs.
[125009070590] |Minus Emerald, which i used gnome-color chooser and gnome themes.
[125009070600] |Ill get the exact programs and list them in another thread for applications.
[125009070610] |i will refine this and add new threads until i have a complete tut for this model laptop. been at this for a couple days straight, time for beer. in the mean time enjoy!!!!
[125009080010] |<title>Possible solutions to Fix the Missing Network Manager Icon in Ubuntu 9.10</title>
[125009080020] |<strong>Problem</strong>
[125009080030] |This morning, I booted up my laptop and tried to connect to the school’s wireless when I noticed that the icon for Network Manager was missing from the toolbar.
[125009080040] |I checked to see that Network Manager was running and it was, the icon had just disappeared for some reason.
[125009080050] |<strong>Solution 1</strong>
[125009080060] |If you remove the notification area on the panel (right click the three vertical dots and click “Remove From Panel”) and then re-add it ( right click the panel, click “Add to Panel” and search for “Notification Area”, then click it) the Network Manager icon will reappear, thus allowing you to connect to wireless networks.
[125009080070] |<strong>Note</strong>:- The above solution may not be the permenent solution
[125009080080] |<strong>Solution 2</strong>
[125009080090] |One user got this problem in a fresh install of 9.10!
[125009080100] |So I was checking “Startup Applications” (System >Preferences) and I realized that the entry for indicator applet has the following:
[125009080110] |sh -c “sleep 60 &&python /usr/share/gnome-panel/add-indicator-applet.py”
[125009080120] |Just after it comes the entry for Network Manager.
[125009080130] |Now I’m not sure if they’re executed in the order in which they’re listed and I highly doubt that also but assuming that they’re executed in the same order then the Network Manager would start after the Indicator Applet and that may have something to do with the fact that it’s icon is missing from the indicator applet.
[125009080140] |So I changed the line above to the following:
[125009080150] |sh -c “sleep 90 &&python /usr/share/gnome-panel/add-indicator-applet.py”
[125009080160] |Now the network manager’s icon is there always.
[125009080170] |If the problem re-appears I’ll update that fact here.
[125009080180] |But for now this change seems to have solved the issue!
[125009080190] |<strong>Solution 3</strong>
[125009080200] |I reinstall the network manager and found that nm-applet didn’t show up in the notification area.
[125009080210] |So, this is what I did and it worked for me.
[125009080220] |1. Go to /usr/share/app-install/desktop and find Network Manager 2.
[125009080230] |Right click..
[125009080240] |Properties.. copy the command line 3.
[125009080250] |Go to System..
[125009080260] |Preferences..
[125009080270] |Startup Applications and look for Network Manager 4.
[125009080280] |Click Edit and paste the command then save 5.
[125009080290] |Log out, log in
[125009080300] |Command should be something like this
[125009080310] |nm-applet --sm-disable
[125009080320] |Bug Reported <a>here </a>
[125009080330] |Credit Goes <a>here</a>
[125009090010] |<title>Useful Tip:US Robotics dial up modem NOT working on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)</title>
[125009090020] |<strong>Problem</strong>
[125009090030] |In ubuntu 9.10(karmic) US Robotics dial up modem not detecting when you use wvdial Gnome-ppp says “can’t open modem”
[125009090040] |$ sudo wvdial [sudo] password for john: --> WvDial: Internet dialer version 1.60 --> Cannot get information for serial port. --> Initializing modem. --> Sending: ATZ --> Sending: ATQ0 --> Re-Sending: ATZ --> Modem not responding.
[125009090050] |<strong>Solution</strong>
[125009090060] |Currently we have bug files agenst this problem Ubuntu <a>bug #469881</a>
[125009090070] |The workaround for the above problem is removing the modemmanager package from your system using the following command
[125009090080] |sudo apt-get remove modemmanager
[125009090090] |You can restart your system after uninstalling the above package?
[125009090100] |One of our reader (John) send this tip and thank you very much for this
[125009100010] |<title>iPhone Tethering on Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic)</title>
[125009100020] |If you’re like me you have an iPhone and a portable computer running Ubuntu and you would like to have mobile internet without paying for an extra data plan from your carrier.
[125009100030] |Thanks to a few devoted individuals tethering the iPhone to Ubuntu is simple.
[125009100040] |The only prerequisite is that you must have an iPhone 3G or 3GS running OS 3.0 or higher.
[125009100050] |If you’re running 3.0 then you can do this without jail breaking your phone by installing a modified carrier profile.
[125009100060] |However, if you’re on OS 3.1+ then you will need to jail break your phone to install the modified carrier profile.
[125009100070] |This tutorial is written for those who are not familiar with Ubuntu/Linux and is very detailed.
[125009100080] |If you are experienced feel free to just grab what you need from it.
[125009100090] |<h3><strong>Tether via Bluetooth:</strong></h3>
[125009100100] |Tethering the iPhone via Bluetooth is as simple as pairing the two devices and ensuring that Internet Tethering is turned on on your iPhone.
[125009100110] |To pair the devices you will need to install a new Bluetooth manager aptly named “blueman” from the Blueman Project PPA repository.
[125009100120] |To do this you will need to execute the following commands in a new Terminal window:
[125009100130] |<em><strong>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:blueman/ppa sudo apt-get update</strong></em>
[125009100140] |After it finishes updating your repositories you can install Blueman by executing
[125009100150] |<em><strong>sudo apt-get install blueman</strong></em>
[125009100160] |Once everything stops working and you’re back at a blank command prompt you can then close Terminal and open the “Bluetooth Manager” which can be found in the “System>Preferences” menu.
[125009100170] |(Note: A reboot may be needed for it to open) To pair the devices you will need to turn on Bluetooh on your iPhone and computer.
[125009100180] |To turn it on on your iPhone open the Settings application from your springboard, when the settings screen appears press the “General” button near the bottom, from here press the “Bluetooth” button, and then press the switch to turn it on.
[125009100190] |Once on you should see a list of devices as well as a message near the bottom saying that it is “Now Discoverable”.
[125009100200] |In the “Bluetooth Manager” program press the “search” button and the list should be populated with nearby discoverable Bluetooth devices.
[125009100210] |Locate your iPhone 3G(S) from the list, select it, and press the “Keys” (pair) button above it.
[125009100220] |At this time Bluetooth Manager will attempt to pair the two devices.
[125009100230] |On both the iPhone and your computer you should see a prompt asking you if you want to pair the two.
[125009100240] |Press “Pair” on your iPhone and “Yes” on your computer.
[125009100250] |Once paired, press the diamond on Bluetooth Manager to trust your iPhone.
[125009100260] |Now that everything is set up, you can go back into the “General” tab on your iPhone’s settings and select “Network” near the bottom you should see “Internet Tethering” (if you don’t then you need to install the proper carrier profile to enable it) press on it and turn it on.
[125009100270] |Lastly, go back to the Bluetooth Manager program on your computer, right click on your iPhone and select “Network Access Point” from the option “Connect to:” it will work and hopefully give you a “Connection Established” message.
[125009100280] |Your iPhone should now have a blue banner with “Internet Tethering” on it.
[125009100290] |If all went well, you should now be able to access the internet through your iPhone’s data connection.
[125009100300] |Thanks to <cite></cite>Sergey Stadnik Bluetooth tethering on 10.4 (Lucid) now works.
[125009100310] |According to him: “…right-click on the Blueman icon, select Plugins.
[125009100320] |Enable NMPANSupport plugin, press Ok.”
[125009100330] |<h3><strong>Tether via USB:</strong></h3>
[125009100340] |Tethering your iPhone via USB uses a iPhone Ethernet driver written by Diego Giagio.
[125009100350] |Paul McEnery has set up a PPA repository with the driver and it’s dependencies so there is no longer the need to compile both ‘libiphone’ and ‘ipheth’.
[125009100360] |The first step is to add the PPA repository to your Synaptic repositories.
[125009100370] |To do so, open a new Terminal window and execute the following command:
[125009100380] |<em><strong>sudo add-apt-repository </strong></em><strong>ppa:pmcenery/ppa</strong> <em><strong>sudo apt-get update</strong></em>
[125009100390] |Once it finishes updating you can continue by downloading and installing the driver and the needed dependency:
[125009100400] |<em><strong>sudo apt-get install gvfs </strong><strong>ipheth-utils</strong></em>
[125009100410] |When it finishes plug in your iPhone via USB, if internet tethering is enabled you should see a new interface pop up and a blue banner on your iPhone along with a dialog on your computer notifying you about a new ethernet connect.
[125009100420] |If not, check to see if tethering is enabled by opening the Settings application on your iPhone and navigating to “General>Network”, near the bottom you should see “Internet Tethering” (if you don’t then you will need to download and install the proper carrier profile) press on it and turn it on.
[125009100430] |Open up a browser and enjoy your mobile internet.
[125009100440] |Hopefully, you ran into no errors with this tutorial.
[125009100450] |If you did let me know, or let me know if you ran into any error with anything else pertaining to it.
[125009100460] |<strong>Update</strong>: I’ve updated the tutorial to fix some errors that came up due to a change in the libiphone package.
[125009100470] |Update (1/27/10): I’ve updated the tutorial with a new PPA and set of packages needed for tethering via USB to work.
[125009100480] |This should iron out all other problems with the tutorial.