[125010900010] |<title>Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) Installer for Windows</title>
[125010900020] |Wubi is an officially supported Ubuntu installer for Windows users that can bring you to the Linux world with a single click.
[125010900030] |Wubi allows you to install and uninstall Ubuntu as any other Windows application, in a simple and safe way.
[125010900040] |Are you curious about Linux and Ubuntu?
[125010900050] |Trying them out has never been easier!
[125010900060] |<strong>Wubi is Simple</strong>
[125010900070] |No need to burn a CD.
[125010900080] |Just run the installer, enter a password for the new account, and click “Install”, go grab a coffee, and when you are back, Ubuntu will be ready for you.
[125010900090] |<strong>Wubi is Safe</strong>
[125010900100] |You keep Windows as it is, Wubi only adds an extra option to boot into Ubuntu.
[125010900110] |Wubi does not require you to modify the partitions of your PC, or to use a different bootloader, and does not install special drivers.
[125010900120] |It works just like any other application.
[125010900130] |Wubi is free of spyware and malware, and being open source, anyone can verify that.
[125010900140] |<strong>Wubi is Discrete</strong>
[125010900150] |Wubi keeps most of the files in one folder, and if you do not like it, you can simply uninstall it as any other application.
[125010900160] |<strong>Wubi is Free</strong>
[125010900170] |Wubi and Ubuntu cost absolutely nothing (free as in beer), but yet provide a state of the art, fully functional, operating system that does not require any activation and does not impose any restriction on its use (free as in freedom).
[125010900180] |Download wubi for ubuntu 10.04 from <a>here</a>
[125010900190] |<strong>Screenshot</strong>
[125010910010] |<title>Download Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) Manual [Free]</title>
[125010910020] |The Ubuntu Manual Team are proud to announce the release of Getting Started with Ubuntu 10.04, a comprehensive beginner’s guide designed for the Ubuntu operating system.
[125010910030] |It is written under an open source license and is free for you to download, read, modify, and share.
[125010910040] |This manual will help you become familiar with everyday tasks such as surfing the web, listening to music, and scanning documents.
[125010910050] |With an emphasis on easy-to-follow instructions, it is suitable for all levels of experience.
[125010910060] |<strong>Features</strong>
[125010910070] |* Easy to understand - our manual has step by step instructions and is jargon-free
[125010910080] |* A picture is worth a thousand words - lots of screenshots to show you how to do tasks
[125010910090] |* All in one place - conveniently located in one file, so you don’t have to look all over the web for help
[125010910100] |* Progressive learning curve - start with the basics, and learn as you work through each chapter
[125010910110] |* Dozens of languages - translated into more than 50 languages, including localized screenshots
[125010910120] |* CC-BY-SA licensing - download, modify, reproduce and share as much as you like
[125010910130] |* No cost - our documents are all written by Ubuntu community members and there is no charge to use them
[125010910140] |* Printer friendly - we have a version optimized for printing to save the trees
[125010910150] |* Troubleshooting section - to help you solve common Ubuntu problems quickly
[125010910160] |Download Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid) Manual from <a>here </a>
[125010920010] |<title>Enable Ctrl-Alt-Backspace in Ubuntu/Kubuntu 10.04(Lucid Lynx)</title>
[125010920020] |Since Ubuntu 9.04, the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace key combination to force a restart of X is now disabled by default, to eliminate the problem of accidentally triggering the key combination.
[125010920030] |In addition, the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace option is now configured as an X keymap (XKB) option, replacing the X server “DontZap” option and allowing per-user configuration of this setting.
[125010920040] |As a result, enabling or disabling the Ctrl+Alt+Backspace shortcut can now be done easily from the desktop.
[125010920050] |<strong>Enabling Ctrl-Alt-Backspace for Ubuntu 10.04</strong>
[125010920060] |* Select “System”->”Preferences”->”Keyboard”
[125010920070] |* Select the “Layouts” tab and click on the “Layout Options” button.
[125010920080] |* Select “Key sequence to kill the X server” and enable “Control + Alt + Backspace”.
[125010920090] |<strong>Enabling Ctrl-Alt-Backspace for Kubuntu 10.04</strong>
[125010920100] |* Click on the Application launcher and select “System Settings”
[125010920110] |* Click on “Regional &Language”.
[125010920120] |* Select “Keyboard Layout”.
[125010920130] |* Click on “Enable keyboard layouts” (in the Layout tab).
[125010920140] |* Select the “Advanced” tab.
[125010920150] |Then select “Key sequence to kill the X server” and enable “Control + Alt + Backspace”.
[125010930010] |<title>Fix Window corruption with older ATI graphics cards in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)</title>
[125010930020] |With older ATI graphics cards with 32MB or less of video RAM some corruption of direct rendered windows, for example OSD notifier windows, might appear.
[125010930030] |This may be worked around by disabling ‘RenderAccel’ in the Xorg configuration.
[125010930040] |To do this first exit to the console using the following command:
[125010930050] |sudo service gdm stop
[125010930060] |Then create an Xorg configuration file with the command below:
[125010930070] |sudo Xorg -configure
[125010930080] |Then add the ‘RenderAccel’ option to /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
[125010930090] |Section “Device” …Driver “radeon” Option “RenderAccel” “off” EndSection
[125010930100] |And restart X/GDM.
[125010930110] |sudo service gdm start
[125010940010] |<title>How to copy Home directory to new hard drive</title>
[125010940020] |We have already discussed about <a>how to create separate /home partition</a>.This tutorial will explain How to copy Home directory to new hard drive
[125010940030] |<strong>Method 1</strong>
[125010940040] |Open a Terminal.
[125010940050] |Applications> Accessories> Terminal
[125010940060] |sudo chown -R username:usergroup /media/drivename
[125010940070] |username:usergroup should be replaced with your username.
[125010940080] |If you set up the user accounts or are the only user then user group will be the same as your username.
[125010940090] |drivename will be along string of numbers.
[125010940100] |You can find it by going to Places> Computer> filesystem> /media.
[125010940110] |Make sure you get the proper one, becoming owner of your OS partition will cause …issues.
[125010940120] |Here’s what sample code would look like (obviously this one won’t work for you):
[125010940130] |sudo chown -R username:username /media/8ea1854b-da0d-4dda-93cb-5996cfb0d6c8
[125010940140] |<strong>Method 2</strong>
[125010940150] |you create a compressed backup of your home folder using the following command
[125010940160] |tar -cvpzf backup-home.tar.gz /home/
[125010940170] |you can unpack it on your new system like this:
[125010940180] |tar -xvpf backup-home.tar.gz
[125010950010] |<title>Ubuntu 10.04(Lucid Lynx) released and Download link included</title>
[125010950020] |The Ubuntu team is happy to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer.
[125010950030] |Our newest release, the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS , brings a host of exciting new features for users.
[125010950040] |<strong>Upgrading from Ubuntu 9.10 or Ubuntu 8.04 LTS</strong>
[125010950050] |To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.10 on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 and type in “update-manager” (without the quotes) into the command box.
[125010950060] |Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ’10.04′ is available.
[125010950070] |Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.
[125010950080] |To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.10 on a server system: install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed; edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal; launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade; and follow the on-screen instructions.
[125010950090] |To upgrade from Ubuntu 8.04 LTS: follow the same instructions as for the appropriate Ubuntu 9.10 upgrade, but set Prompt=lts instead of Prompt=normal.
[125010950100] |<strong>System Requirements</strong>
[125010950110] |The minimum memory requirement for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is 256 MB of memory.
[125010950120] |Note that some of your system’s memory may be unavailable due to being used by the graphics card.
[125010950130] |If your computer has only the minimum amount of memory, the installation process will take longer than normal, but will complete successfully, and the system will perform adequately once installed. 
[125010950140] |Systems with less memory may be able to select “Install Ubuntu” from the boot menu to run just the installer, rather than the whole desktop, or may be able to use the alternate install CD. 
[125010950150] |<strong>Download</strong>
[125010950160] |Get it while it’s hot.
[125010950170] |ISOs and torrents are available at:
[125010950180] |<a>http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/10.04/</a> (Ubuntu Desktop, Netbook and Server)
[125010960010] |<title>Umarks 2:Backup and restore Ubuntu installed packages on multiple machines</title>
[125010960020] |<a>Umarks 2</a> is Backup and restore Ubuntu installed packages on multiple machines, on a single machine after a clean install of Ubuntu or to restore a previous selection of packages.
[125010960030] |<strong>Features</strong>
[125010960040] |The extension allows to generate lists of installed Ubuntu packages, that you can export to your desktop, then import into another Ubuntu system running Firefox and Umarks.
[125010960050] |It can also be used as a application restoration system, since you can store multiple backups in the same machine.
[125010960060] |The extension will also get deb packages from the backup cache, if available, or download the missing ones before installing.
[125010960070] |Packages that are already installed on the target system, but weren’t installed when/where the backup was created, are automatically removed, allowing you to replicate the same collection of applications on multiple systems or restoring your favorite applications after a clean install of Ubuntu.
[125010960080] |<strong>Additional Features</strong>
[125010960090] |* display information about which packages from a backup will be installed and which will be removed from the target machine
[125010960100] |* provides web search functionality, so you can easily find info about each package
[125010960110] |* allows to install or removes packages individually
[125010960120] |* allows to backup and restore ppa repositories sources
[125010960130] |* allows to download packages to the cache any time you want and install them individually
[125010960140] |Note:- This is still in beta version
[125010960150] |Download from <a>here</a>
[125010960160] |Check Demo videos from <a>here</a>
[125010960170] |<strong>Screenshot</strong>
[125010970010] |<title>Why Ubuntu excites me more than Windows or Macintosh</title>
[125010970020] |You know that thing that happens on your computer, when you are using Windows?
[125010970030] |When you ask it to do something, and it thinks about it, and then it keeps thinking, and then you go off and make a cup of tea, and it’s still thinking, and you want to headbutt the wall, again and again, until gets all smeared and red and bloody and bits of your brain are raining down on to your shoes?
[125010970040] |Yes?
[125010970050] |Well, there’s a way to stop that happening.
[125010970060] |Stop using Windows.
[125010970070] |Use Ubuntu instead.
[125010970080] |Ubuntu is an operating system.
[125010970090] |If you don’t know what one of those is, Google it, and then come back.
[125010970100] |The latest version comes out today.
[125010970110] |I’m writing this yesterday (confusingly) and I’m actually quite excited.
[125010970120] |Pathetic, isn’t it?
[125010970130] |Look, bear with me.
[125010970140] |It’s not easy writing in a passionate fashion about an operating system.
[125010970150] |It feels a bit like having a favourite type of petrol, or mounting a vigorous advocacy of a particular shade of lightbulb.
[125010970160] |But dammit, if you work on a desk, these are the environs are our worlds.
[125010970170] |Mine used to be Windows, and now it isn’t.
[125010970180] |And, as a result my life is better.
[125010970190] |Sad, but true.
[125010970200] |Ubuntu is a Debian-based distribution of Linux.
[125010970210] |What does that mean?
[125010970220] |Buggered if I know.
[125010970230] |If you do, and you are feeling a powerful urge, already, to recommend a different version of Linux, then let me stop you right there.
[125010970240] |Is it easier to use?
[125010970250] |Is it prettier?
[125010970260] |No?
[125010970270] |Well, not interested.
[125010970280] |Move along.
[125010970290] |I first tried Linux about five years ago, and it was a disaster, for all the reasons that Ubuntu is wonderful.
[125010970300] |The way it used to work, you see, was that you’d spend hours downloading the thing, and burning it in the right sort of image, and then you’d stick it in your CD drive and the screen would go all doolally, like the stuff Keanu sees in The Matrix.
[125010970310] |And then, if you were lucky, it would just go “KERNEL PANIC!!!” and do nothing.
[125010970320] |If you weren’t, it would wipe XP off your actually perfectly respectable PC and sit there having ropey graphics at you and not letting the wi-fi work.
[125010970330] |It didn’t take me long to realise why Windows was the market leader, and switch back.
[125010970340] |<a>Full Story</a>
[125010980010] |<title>How to fix ubuntu 10.04 LTS (lucid) blank Screen at startup</title>
[125010980020] |This seems to be happening with nVidia graphic cards to fix this problem try to use the following solution i hope this would help
[125010980030] |<strong>Solution1</strong>
[125010980040] |I have a HP Pavilion SLimline s7727c
[125010980050] |with lspci giving me
[125010980060] |VGA compatible controller: nVidia Corporation C51 [GeForce 6150 LE] (rev a2)
[125010980070] |I was getting a blank screen (out of sync) on booting from the live cd.
[125010980080] |I worked around the problem as follows:
[125010980090] |* At install screen press F6 and select nomodeset and install Ubuntu as usual.
[125010980100] |* On first boot after install, press e on getting the GRUB bootloader.
[125010980110] |* Using arrow keys navigate to and delete quiet and splash and type the word nomodeset in their place
[125010980120] |* Press Ctrl and X to boot
[125010980130] |* You should now be able to login to your Ubuntu as usual
[125010980140] |For those of you who do not know what to do next, in the taskbar click on System->Administration->Hardware drivers, and select and activate the nvidia current driver if you have an nvidia card like I do.
[125010980150] |The driver will be downloaded and activated automatically, and you will be prompted for a reboot.
[125010980160] |<strong>Solution 2</strong>
[125010980170] |Yes, I think you may be right about it being a graphics card problem.
[125010980180] |I think you may have the same problem that I did on my beat-up old Toshiba Satellite A10.
[125010980190] |So, here is what should work:
[125010980200] |At the very first screen, the one with just the rectangle (it’s meant to be a keyboard) and a human figure, press any key - spacebar will do.
[125010980210] |Then choose your language.
[125010980220] |Then make sure you have “Try Ubuntu without any changes” selected, and then press F6
[125010980230] |Add this to the end of the command line:
[125010980240] |i915.modeset=0 xforcevesa
[125010980250] |Then press enter and it should boot successfully.
[125010980260] |<strong>Solution 3</strong>
[125010980270] |1. Boot from the Ubuntu 9.10 CD 2.
[125010980280] |Mount the internal HD and look for /etc/X11/xorg.conf - its missing!
[125010980290] |3. Copy a new “known good” xorg.conf file to the HD (I had to use sudo cp …otherwise I got permission problems) 4.
[125010980300] |System boots fine.
[125010980310] |Thanks to <a>ubuntuforum user</a> for this solution
[125010990010] |<title>Incompatibility with nVidia upstream driver installer in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)</title>
[125010990020] |Ubuntu 10.04 LTS includes improved integration for nVidia binary driver packages.
[125010990030] |Unfortunately, this comes at the expense of compatibility with the installer provided upstream on the nVidia website.
[125010990040] |Users who wish to use the nVidia binary video drivers with 10.04 LTS should install them using the Ubuntu packages, as made available under System -> Administration -> Hardware Drivers.
[125011000010] |<title>Simple script to install programs on ubuntu 10.04 (lucid)/9.10 (Karmic) </title>
[125011000020] |B-ubuntu is a simple to use script used to install the programs and basic repository on a computer which has been newly installed ubuntu.
[125011000030] |Is a project that takes 1 year of development and is part of the project apticons, trying to help facilitate the transition from Windows to Ubuntu users.
[125011000040] |This script seems to be very simple to install so you can try and post your comments if you have any problem.
[125011000050] |Download B-ubuntu latest version from <a>here</a>
[125011000060] |<strong>Screenshots</strong>
[125011010010] |<title>Sun Java moved to the Partner repository in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)</title>
[125011010020] |For Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, the sun-java6 packages have been dropped from the Multiverse section of the Ubuntu archive.
[125011010030] |It is recommended that you use openjdk-6 instead.
[125011010040] |If you can not switch from the proprietary Sun JDK/JRE to OpenJDK, you can install sun-java6 packages from the Canonical Partner Repository.
[125011010050] |You can configure your system to use this repository via command-line:
[125011010060] |add-apt-repository “deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner”
[125011020010] |<title>Howto install Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)</title>
[125011020020] |Java is an object-oriented programming language developed by Sun Microsystems in the early 1990s. Java applications are compiled to bytecode, which at runtime is either interpreted or compiled to native machine code for execution.
[125011020030] |The language itself derives much of its syntax from C and C++ but has a simpler object model and fewer low-level facilities.
[125011020040] |JavaScript, a scripting language, shares a similar name and has similar syntax, but is not directly related to Java.
[125011020050] |We have already posted about sun java was moved to the <a>Partner repository in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)</a>
[125011020060] |<strong>Procedure to follow</strong>
[125011020070] |Open terminal and run the following commands
[125011020080] |Add partner repository using the following command
[125011020090] |sudo add-apt-repository “deb http://archive.canonical.com/ lucid partner”
[125011020100] |Update the source list
[125011020110] |sudo apt-get update
[125011020120] |Now install sun java packages using the following commands
[125011020130] |sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts
[125011020140] |The above command will download all the required packages and begins the installation, you’ll get a screen that contains the Sun Operating System Distributor License for Java and hit Enter to continue.
[125011020150] |You’ll see a dialog that asks you if you agree with the DLJ license terms.
[125011020160] |Select Yes, and hit Enter; the JRE will finish installing.
[125011020170] |<strong>Testing Java Runtime Environment</strong>
[125011020180] |You’ll want to confirm that your system is configured properly for Sun’s JRE.
[125011020190] |This is a two-step process.
[125011020200] |First, check that the JRE is properly installed by running the following command from a terminal.
[125011020210] |java -version
[125011030010] |<title>Howto install nVIDIA drivers manually on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)</title>
[125011030020] |If you are trying to install nVidia drivers from their website you might receive the following error
[125011030030] |ERROR: Unable to load the kernel module ‘nvidia.ko’.
[125011030040] |This happens most frequently when this kernel module was built against the wrong or improperly configured kernel sources, with a version of gcc that differs from the one used to build the target kernel, or if a driver such as rivafb/nvidiafb is present and prevents the NVIDIA kernel module from obtaining ownership of the NVIDIA graphics device(s), or NVIDIA GPU installed in this system is not supported by this NVIDIA Linux graphics driver release.
[125011030050] |To fix the above error message use the following procedure
[125011030060] |1) Download Newest Nvidia drivers from <a>here</a>
[125011030070] |2) Open module blacklist as admin
[125011030080] |gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist.conf
[125011030090] |Add these lines and save:
[125011030100] |blacklist vga16fb blacklist nouveau blacklist rivafb blacklist nvidiafb blacklist rivatv
[125011030110] |3) Uninstall any previously installed Nvidia drivers:
[125011030120] |sudo apt-get --purge remove nvidia-*
[125011030130] |4) Reboot your computer
[125011030140] |5) When an error message pops up saying that Ubuntu cannot load Nvidia drivers, choose Exit to terminal (Exit to console)
[125011030150] |6) Login and cd to the directory where you saved your file
[125011030160] |7)Install drivers
[125011030170] |sudo sh NVIDIA-Linux-x86_64-195.36.24-pkg2.run
[125011030180] |8)Start GDM
[125011030190] |sudo service gdm start
[125011030200] |Full Credit goes <a>here</a>
[125011040010] |<title>Install Mplayer and Multimedia Codecs (libdvdcss2,w32codecs,w64codecs) in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)</title>
[125011040020] |MPlayer is a movie and animation player that supports a wide range of codecs and file formats, including MPEG 1/2/4,DivX 3/4/5, Windows Media 7/8/9, RealAudio/Video up to 9, Quicktime 5/6, and Vivo 1/2.
[125011040030] |It has many MX/SSE (2)/3Dnow(Ex) optimized native audio and video codecs, but allows using XAnim’s and RealPlayer’s binary codec plugins, and Win32 codec DLLs.
[125011040040] |It has basic VCD/DVD playback functionality, including DVD subtitles, but supports many text- based subtitle formats too.
[125011040050] |For video output, nearly every existing interface is supported.
[125011040060] |It’s also able to convert any supported files to raw/divx/mpeg4 AVI (pcm/mp3 audio), and even video grabbing from V4L devices.
[125011040070] |<strong>Install Mplayer in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)</strong>
[125011040080] |You have to make sure you have enabled universe,multiverse repositories
[125011040090] |Now you need to run the following command to update the source list
[125011040100] |sudo apt-get update
[125011040110] |Install mplayer using the following command
[125011040120] |sudo apt-get install mplayer
[125011040130] |or
[125011040140] |Click on the following link
[125011040150] |<a>apt://mplayer</a>
[125011040160] |If you want to open mplayer go to Applications—>Sound&Video—> Mplayer Movie Player
[125011040170] |<strong>Install w32 video codecs and libdvdcss2 in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)</strong>
[125011040180] |Support for WMV, RealMedia and other formats has been bundled into the w32codecs package.
[125011040190] |This package is not available from the Ubuntu repositories due to licensing and legal restrictions.To play encrypted DVDs, the libdvdcss2 package is essential.
[125011040200] |The following command adds Medibuntu’s repository to Ubuntu.
[125011040210] |It also adds Medibuntu’s GPG key to your keyring, which is needed to authenticate the Medibuntu packages.
[125011040220] |sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
[125011040230] |sudo apt-get -q update
[125011040240] |sudo apt-get --yes -q --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring
[125011040250] |sudo apt-get -q update
[125011040260] |For<strong> i386 Users</strong> install Codecs using the following command
[125011040270] |sudo apt-get install w32codecs libdvdcss2
[125011040280] |For <strong>amd64 Users</strong> install Codecs using the following command
[125011040290] |sudo apt-get install w64codecs libdvdcss2
[125011040300] |Using above download locations you can install most of the mutimedia codecs for ubuntu.
[125011040310] |<strong>Mplayer Plugin for Firefox</strong>
[125011040320] |If you want to install Mplayer with plug-in for Mozilla Firefox run the following command
[125011040330] |sudo apt-get install mozilla-mplayer
[125011040340] |or click on the following link
[125011040350] |<a>apt://mozilla-mplayer</a>
[125011050010] |<title>How to fix Firefox slow problem in ubuntu 10.04(Lucid)</title>
[125011050020] |This tutorial will explain how to fix Firefox slow problem in ubuntu 10.04(Lucid)
[125011050030] |Open your Firefox and type about:config at URL address bar and hit enter.
[125011050040] |To make a False into True, select the line to change, and double click.
[125011050050] |On the 2nd option change, right click and select Modify
[125011050060] |- network.http.pipelining >Make it True
[125011050070] |- network.http.pipelining.maxrequests >Make it 8 or 10
[125011050080] |- network.http.proxy.pipelining >Make it True
[125011050090] |- network.dns.disableIPv6 >Make it True
[125011050100] |I hope this helps for some users
[125011060010] |<title>How to Upgrade Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) to Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Desktop</title>
[125011060020] |This tutorial will explain How to Upgrade Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) to Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) released on the 29th April 2010.
[125011060030] |<strong>Important Notes Before Upgrade</strong>
[125011060040] |<li>Take a complete Back up all your data.
[125011060050] |There is no guarantee that all will go well.</li>
[125011060060] |<li>Before upgrading it is recommended that you read the <a>release notes</a> for Ubuntu 10.04, which document caveats and workarounds for known issues in this version.</li>
[125011060070] |<li>Be sure that you have all updates applied to Ubuntu 9.10 before you upgrade</li> 
[125011060080] |<strong>Procedure to follow</strong>
[125011060090] |To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.10 Start the Update Manager from System---> Administration---> Update Manager.
[125011060100] |Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release ’10.04 LTS’ is available.Here you need to click on Upgrade
[125011060110] |This will show you Ubuntu 10.04(Lucid Lynx) Release notes click on upgrade
[125011060120] |Prompt for your password
[125011060130] |Preparing to upgrade in progress
[125011060140] |If you are using any third party sources in your /etc/apt/sources.list file it will be disabled at the time of upgrade process click close
[125011060150] |Setting new software channels in progress
[125011060160] |Now you should see simiar to the following screen with a note that support for some applications ended.
[125011060170] |Click Close
[125011060180] |Starting the upgrade process window click on Start Upgrade
[125011060190] |Downloading the new Packages in Progress
[125011060200] |Installing Packages in Progress
[125011060210] |Installing Packages Progress in Terminal
[125011060220] |Now You might see similar to the following message here i had to check the checkbox because otherwise clicking the Forward button had no effect
[125011060230] |Cleaning Up process in Progress
[125011060240] |Remove obsolete packages window click on remove
[125011060250] |You need to restart the system to complete the Upgrade by clicking “Restart Now”
[125011060260] |<strong>Testing Your Upgrade</strong>
[125011060270] |<strong>From Command Line </strong>
[125011060280] |You can check the ubuntu version installed using the following command
[125011060290] |sudo lsb_release -a
[125011060300] |Output Looks like below
[125011070010] |<title>Nice themes for ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) users</title>
[125011070020] |We have already posted some time ago about <a>Nice Ubuntu themes for karmic Users</a> and this is updated for Lucid Lynx users now.
[125011070030] |<strong>Install bisigi themes in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)</strong>
[125011070040] |Open the terminal and run the following commands
[125011070050] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bisigi
[125011070060] |sudo aptitude update
[125011070070] |sudo aptitude install bisigi-themes
[125011070080] |or click on <a>apt://bisigi-themes</a>
[125011070090] |If you want to install each theme separately use the following commands
[125011070100] |AquaDreams: sudo aptitude install aquadreams-theme Ubuntu Sunrise: sudo aptitude install ubuntu-sunrise-theme Bamboo-Zen: sudo aptitude install bamboo-zen-theme Step into Freedom: sudo aptitude install step-into-freedom-theme Tropical: sudo aptitude install tropical-theme Exotic: sudo aptitude install exotic-theme Balanzan: sudo aptitude install balanzan-theme Wild Shine: sudo aptitude install wild-shine-theme Infinity: sudo aptitude install infinity-theme Showtime: sudo aptitude install showtime-theme Orange: sudo aptitude install orange-theme Ellanna: sudo aptitude install ellanna-theme AirLines: sudo aptitude install airlines-theme
[125011070110] |<strong>Showtime for Gnome</strong>
[125011070120] |<strong>Balanzan</strong>
[125011070130] |<strong>Infinity</strong>
[125011070140] |<strong>Wild shine</strong>
[125011070150] |<strong>Exotic</strong>
[125011070160] |<strong>Tropical</strong>
[125011070170] |<strong>Bamboo Zen</strong>
[125011070180] |<strong>Ubuntu sunrise</strong>
[125011070190] |<strong>Aqua Dreams</strong>
[125011070200] |<strong>Step into Freedom</strong>
[125011070210] |<strong>Orange</strong>
[125011070220] |<strong>Ellanna</strong>
[125011070230] |<strong>AirLines</strong>
[125011070240] |<strong>Remove Bisigi themes</strong>
[125011070250] |Open the terminal and run the following command
[125011070260] |sudo aptitude remove bisigi-themes
[125011080010] |<title>Known Ubuntu 10.04(Lucid Lynx) issues/bugs with workarounds</title>
[125011080020] |This tutorial will explain Known Ubuntu 10.04(Lucid Lynx) issues/bugs with workarounds
[125011080030] |Full credit goes <a>here</a>
[125011080040] |<strong>1) Upgrade from ubuntu 8.04 -> ubuntu 10.04 can break apt-get</strong>
[125011080050] |The package flashplugin-nonfree has been problematic when upgrading 8.04 -> 10.04 and breaks apt-get.Bug reported here https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/flashplugin-nonfree/+bug/429841
[125011080060] |<strong>Workaround</strong>
[125011080070] |Open the terminal and run the following commands
[125011080080] |sudo rm /var/lib/dpkg/info/flashplugin-nonfree.prerm
[125011080090] |sudo dpkg --remove --force-remove-reinstreq flashplugin-nonfree
[125011080100] |sudo dpkg --purge --force-remove-reinstreq flashplugin-nonfree
[125011080110] |<strong>2) Nautilus location bar, bread crumbs vs text based</strong>
[125011080120] |Breadcrumbs is now the default.
[125011080130] |The button to switch between the two has been removed.
[125011080140] |Users can switch with ctrl+l and then esc to revert to breadcrumbs.
[125011080150] |To permanently switch to text users have to use gconf-editor from a terminal.
[125011080160] |Note: gconf-editor has been removed from the menus.
[125011080170] |The key is.
[125011080180] |apps>nautilus> preferences> always_use_location_entry
[125011080190] |<strong>3) Minimize, Maximize and Close button placement</strong>
[125011080200] |A decision has been taken to move the placement to the left.
[125011080210] |Mark Shuttleworth explained that this was because “something” is going to be placed in the right hand area in the next release.
[125011080220] |Moving the buttons now would help enable this change.
[125011080230] |The buttons are in the old location on all default themes apart from Ambiance,Radiance and Dust, If you still want the Ambiance ,Radiance or Dust theme but with buttons on the right, choose one of those other themes and use the Customize button to achieve what you want. e.g.
[125011080240] |1. System >Preferences >Appearance 2.
[125011080250] |Select the theme icon “New Wave” 3.
[125011080260] |Click the button “Customize..”
[125011080270] |4. Select tab “Controls” and select “Ambiance” 5.
[125011080280] |Select tab “Window border” and select “Ambiance” 6.
[125011080290] |Select tab “Icons” and scroll down and select “Ubuntu-mono-dark” 7.
[125011080300] |Select “Save Theme” to your choice.
[125011080310] |Using gconf-editor is not the right approach as this could bork future themes.
[125011080320] |This change makes it easier for themes to do interesting things with window borders.
[125011080330] |Unfortunately, if the wrong approach spreads, they won’t be able to do that.
[125011080340] |<strong>4) Boot options hidden by default on Desktop and Netbook LIVECDs</strong>
[125011080350] |<strong>Workaround</strong>
[125011080360] |The Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Desktop and Netbook CDs feature a new boot interface that is non interactive by default.
[125011080370] |To configure advanced boot options, press any key at the first boot screen.
[125011080380] |<strong>5) Various users who have ALPS touchpads have reported that scrolling no longer works in the final release</strong>
[125011080390] |<strong>Workaround</strong>
[125011080400] |Open the terminal and run the following commands
[125011080410] |sudo modprobe -r psmouse sudo modprobe psmouse proto=imps
[125011080420] |You should be able to make it permanent by putting:
[125011080430] |options psmouse proto=imps
[125011080440] |in /etc/modprobe.d/options and rebooting
[125011080450] |<strong>6) How to Fix the Big and Ugly Plymouth Logo in Ubuntu 10.04 </strong>
[125011080460] |<strong>Problem</strong>
[125011080470] |The logo looks fine when you install Ubuntu, but, after you install the proprietary Nvidia and ATI video drivers, the logo gets bigger and ugly!
[125011080480] |Below, we provide two fixes for this issue: the first one will fix the resolution of the Ubuntu logo, pretty much like it was when you installed Ubuntu; and the second one will remove the logo, showing only a dark screen until the login manager appears.
[125011080490] |<strong>Wrokaround</strong>
[125011080500] |Step 1: Hit the ALT+F2 key combination, paste the following command and check the “Run in terminal” option:
[125011080510] |sudo apt-get install v86d
[125011080520] |Step 2: Hit the ALT+F2 key combination, paste the following command and check the “Run in terminal” option:
[125011080530] |gksu gedit /etc/default/grub
[125011080540] |…enter your password when asked and hit the Enter key.
[125011080550] |- Replace the following line (line number 9):
[125011080560] |GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash”
[125011080570] |with this one:
[125011080580] |GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=”quiet splash nomodeset video=uvesafb:mode_option=1280×1024-24,mtrr=3,scroll=ywrap”
[125011080590] |- Replace the following line (line number 18):
[125011080600] |#GRUB_GFXMODE=640×480
[125011080610] |with this one:
[125011080620] |GRUB_GFXMODE=1280×1024
[125011080630] |Step 3: Hit the ALT+F2 key combination, paste the following command and check the “Run in terminal” option:
[125011080640] |gksu gedit /etc/initramfs-tools/modules
[125011080650] |When the text window appears, add the following line at the end of the file:
[125011080660] |uvesafb mode_option=1280×1024-24 mtrr=3 scroll=ywrap
[125011080670] |Step 4: Hit the ALT+F2 key combination, paste the following command and check the “Run in terminal” option:
[125011080680] |echo FRAMEBUFFER=y | sudo tee /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash
[125011080690] |Step 5: Hit the ALT+F2 key combination, paste the following command and check the “Run in terminal” option:
[125011080700] |sudo update-grub2
[125011080710] |Step 6: Hit the ALT+F2 key combination, paste the following command and check the “Run in terminal” option:
[125011080720] |sudo update-initramfs -u
[125011080730] |Step 7: Reboot your computer.
[125011080740] |When the system starts, you should see a better looking Ubuntu logo!
[125011080750] |The commands will only work for Grub2, not legacy.If you are using legacy bootloader use the following instructions to install grub2 and follow the above instructions
[125011080760] |To install Grub2 before following the instructions on how to fix Plymoth screen.
[125011080770] |sudo apt-get remove grub sudo apt-get install grub-pc sudo grub-install /dev/sda sudo update-grub2 
[125011080780] |Full Credit goes <a>here</a>
[125011090010] |<title>Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) Screenshots Gallery</title>
[125011090020] |The Ubuntu team is happy to bring you the latest and greatest software the Open Source community has to offer.
[125011090030] |Our newest release, the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, brings a host of exciting new features for users.
[125011090040] |This 54 Screenshots Gallery includes installation process,Desktop screeshots
[125011090050] |<a>Full Story</a>
[125011100010] |<title>Wacom bamboo CTL-460 in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)</title>
[125011100020] |The new Wacom Bamboo Pen (CTL-460) doesn’t work in Ubuntu Lucid out-of-the-box.
[125011100030] |You need a newer kernel module than the one that comes with Lucid by default.
[125011100040] |It’s pretty easy to get it working though, you just need to know how.
[125011100050] |The Linux Wacom Project manages the drivers, libraries, and documentation for configuring and running Wacom tablets under the Linux operating system.
[125011100060] |It contains diagnostic applications as well as updated kernel drivers and XFree86/Xorg XInput drivers.
[125011100070] |First, install some compiling tools and header files:
[125011100080] |sudo apt-get install build-essential libx11-dev libxi-dev x11proto-input-dev xserver-xorg-dev tk8.4-dev tcl8.4-dev libncurses5-dev
[125011100090] |Next, download the latest linuxwacom driver (0.8.6 at the moment of writing)
[125011100100] |wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/linuxwacom/linuxwacom-0.8.6.tar.bz2
[125011100110] |Now unpack, configure compile and install it
[125011100120] |tar -xf linuxwacom-0.8.6.tar.bz2
[125011100130] |cd linuxwacom-0.8.6
[125011100140] |./configure --enable-wacom
[125011100150] |cd src/2.6.30/
[125011100160] |make
[125011100170] |sudo cp wacom.ko /lib/modules/`uname -r`/kernel/drivers/input/tablet/
[125011100180] |sudo rmmod wacom
[125011100190] |sudo modprobe wacom
[125011100200] |The tablet should work now.
[125011100210] |You can also add the module name to /etc/modules to automatically load it on boot.
[125011100220] |Source from <a>here</a>
[125011110010] |<title>How to fix function keys (FN) issue after upgrading to ubuntu 10.04(Lucid)</title>
[125011110020] |<strong>Problem</strong>
[125011110030] |If you just updated to 10.04 and you might be experiencing issues with your function keys supposed to control screen brightness on my Asus UL30a It worked fine in 9.10.
[125011110040] |<strong>Workaround</strong>
[125011110050] |Open up Terminal and enter the following
[125011110060] |gksudo gedit /etc/default/grub
[125011110070] |Look for the line that says GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX and add this
[125011110080] |GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=”acpi_backlight=vendor”
[125011110090] |Save it and then update Grub
[125011110100] |sudo update-grub
[125011110110] |Reboot your system.
[125011110120] |Article <a>source</a>
[125011120010] |<title>Plymouth themes: Fix, install, create in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)</title>
[125011120020] |Quick tips for those having trouble with their splash screens in lucid.
[125011120030] |Plymouth replaces Usplash as the default boot splash program in lucid lynx.
[125011120040] |Some users have found that either they do not see the splash at all on startup or only for a split second before the login screen appears.
[125011120050] |At present there are only a few Plymouth themes available in the repositories.
[125011120060] |Open synaptic and type Plymouth into the quick search field to see a list of the available themes.
[125011120070] |To change the default splash screen:
[125011120080] |sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth sudo update-initramfs -u 
[125011120090] |To fix the delayed loading of the splash:
[125011120100] |sudo -s echo FRAMEBUFFER=y >>/etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/splash update-initramfs -u 
[125011120110] |To install new themes manually; First copy the downloaded theme to <strong>/lib/plymouth/themes/mytheme</strong>; Then execute (replace mytheme with the name of the theme you are installing):
[125011120120] |sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/mytheme/mytheme.plymouth 100 sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth sudo update-initramfs -u 
[125011120130] |To create a very basic theme (wallpaper only) try the following:
[125011120140] |1. <strong>sudo mkdir /lib/plymouth/themes/simple</strong>
[125011120150] |2. Find a wallpaper you like and copy it to<strong> </strong><strong>/lib/plymouth/themes/simple/wallpaper.png </strong>(must be a png!)
[125011120160] |2. <strong>sudo gedit <strong>/lib/plymouth/themes/simple/</strong>simple.plymouth</strong> and paste the following:
[125011120170] |[Plymouth Theme] Name=Simple Description=Wallpaper only ModuleName=script
[125011120180] |[script] ImageDir=/lib/plymouth/themes/simple ScriptFile=/lib/plymouth/themes/simple/simple.script 
[125011120190] |3. <strong>sudo gedit <strong>/lib/plymouth/themes/simple/</strong>simple.script</strong> and paste the following:
[125011120200] |wallpaper_image = Image(“wallpaper.png”); screen_width = Window.GetWidth(); screen_height = Window.GetHeight(); resized_wallpaper_image = wallpaper_image.Scale(screen_width,screen_height); wallpaper_sprite = Sprite(resized_wallpaper_image); wallpaper_sprite.SetZ(-100); 
[125011120210] |4. <strong>sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/simple/simple.plymouth 100</strong>
[125011120220] |5. <strong>sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth </strong>(select <strong>simple</strong> from the list)
[125011120230] |6. <strong>sudo update-initramfs -u</strong>
[125011120240] |Reboot and you should see a boot splash of the image you copied.
[125011120250] |For more details on creating plymouth themes check out: http://brej.org/blog/?p=197
[125011130010] |<title>How to install ubuntu-tweak in Ubuntu 10.04(Lucid Lynx)</title>
[125011130020] |Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for everyone.
[125011130030] |It provides many useful desktop and system options that the default desktop environment doesn’t provide.
[125011130040] |At present, it’s only designed for the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop, and always follows the newest Ubuntu distribution.
[125011130050] |<strong>Features of Ubuntu Tweak</strong>
[125011130060] |* View of Basic System Information(Distribution, Kernel, CPU, Memory, etc.)
[125011130070] |* GNOME Session Control
[125011130080] |* Auto Start Program Control
[125011130090] |* Quick install popular applications
[125011130100] |* A lot of third-party sources to keep applications up-to-date
[125011130110] |* Clean unneeded packages or cache to free disk space
[125011130120] |* Show/Hide and Change Splash screen
[125011130130] |* Show/Hide desktop icons or Mounted Volumes
[125011130140] |* Show/Hide/Rename Computer, Home, Trash or Network icon
[125011130150] |* Tweak Metacity Window Manager’s style and behaviour
[125011130160] |* Compiz Fusion settings, Screen Edge Settings, Window Effect Settings, Menu Effect Settings
[125011130170] |* Set the Shortcuts to archive quicker access your favourite applications
[125011130180] |* GNOME Panel Settings
[125011130190] |* Nautilus Settings
[125011130200] |* Advanced Power Management Settings
[125011130210] |* System Security Settings
[125011130220] |* And many other in process…
[125011130230] |<strong>Install ubuntu-tweak in Ubuntu 10.04</strong>
[125011130240] |Open the terminal and run the following commands
[125011130250] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
[125011130260] |sudo apt-get update
[125011130270] |sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
[125011130280] |<strong>Using Ubuntu Tweak</strong>
[125011130290] |You can open from Applications--->System Tools--->Ubuntu Tweak
[125011130300] |Ubuntu Tweak is loading
[125011130310] |Login Settings screen
[125011130320] |Source editor screen
[125011130330] |GNOME Settings screen
[125011130340] |Computer details screen
[125011130350] |Nautilus Settings screen
[125011130360] |Ubuntu tweak version details
[125011130370] |Default folder location screen
[125011140010] |<title>kupfer - A convenient command and access tool</title>
[125011140020] |<a>Kupfer</a> is a program to change, speed up and make everything about files and programs more fun on your computer.
[125011140030] |Kupfer is heavily inspired by Quicksilver; you use it to summon an application or document quickly by typing the first parts of its name.
[125011140040] |It can also do more than getting at something quickly: there are different plugins for accessing more objects and running custom commands.
[125011140050] |<strong>Install Kupfer in Ubuntu 10.04/9.10</strong>
[125011140060] |Open terminal and run the following commands
[125011140070] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kupfer-team/ppa
[125011140080] |sudo apt-get update
[125011140090] |sudo apt-get install kupfer
[125011140100] |<strong>Screenshots</strong>
[125011140110] |You can check <a>here</a> for kupfer tips.
[125011150010] |<title>Unity: a lightweight netbook interface</title>
[125011150020] |Unity is geared towards a ‘light’ variation of Ubuntu, which concentrates on getting the user to the web as quickly as possible.
[125011150030] |We would like Unity to be the default session for Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 (Maverick) and we hope to present some ideas this week to show how we think we can make the transition to a mostly web-based session to a more fully-featured session for netbooks (including search, better file management, and easier window management).
[125011150040] |<strong>Install Unity in Ubuntu </strong>
[125011150050] |Open the terminal and run the following commands
[125011150060] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-dx-team/une
[125011150070] |sudo apt-get update
[125011150080] |sudo apt-get install unity
[125011150090] |Logout and then log back in selecting ‘Unity UNE Session’ from your login screen.
[125011150100] |<strong>Screenshot</strong>
[125011160010] |<title>How to install a script for amarok</title>
[125011160020] |This tutorial explains How to install a script for amarok
[125011160030] |<strong>Procedure to follow</strong>
[125011160040] |* Start Amarok
[125011160050] |* In the menu bar select the Tools menu and there the Script Manager entry
[125011160060] |* Click the Get More Scripts button towards the bottom of the dialog
[125011160070] |* Install some script
[125011160080] |* Quit Amarok
[125011160090] |* Start Amarok again
[125011160100] |* (some scripts you will have to activate in the script manager afterwards)
[125011160110] |You can check video from <a>here</a>
[125011160120] |Full Credit goes <a>here</a>
[125011170010] |<title>How to install SiS 771/671 Mirage 3 Video Drivers in ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)</title>
[125011170020] |This tutorial will explain How to install SiS 771/671 Mirage 3 Video Drivers in ubuntu 10.04 First you need to downlod the drivers from <a>here</a> .Once you downloaded you need to unzip them.
[125011170030] |Open up a terminal and go to the path you’ve unzipped them in.(use the cd command to navigate to directory’s) f.e; cd /home/user/Downloads
[125011170040] |sudo cp sis671_drv.* /usr/lib/xorg/modules/drivers/
[125011170050] |type in your password and press enter
[125011170060] |then stop X server
[125011170070] |We need to stop X or we won’t be able to auto-generate a xorg.conf.new
[125011170080] |sudo service gdm stop
[125011170090] |you’ll have to do next part blindly
[125011170100] |Switch to tty1 by pressing Ctrl+Alt+f1
[125011170110] |(f2 for tty2, f3 for tty3, etc.. (f7 should be X)
[125011170120] |Even though you won’t be able to read it (yet) you can login
[125011170130] |type in your username and press enter
[125011170140] |type in your password and press enter
[125011170150] |Now you’re logged in you want to become root; type;
[125011170160] |sudo bash 
[125011170170] |type in your password
[125011170180] |Now your root; type in
[125011170190] |Xorg -configure
[125011170200] |(this will create a xorg.conf.new in your home directory)
[125011170210] |and start gdm again with
[125011170220] |service gdm start
[125011170230] |Once there; Open up a terminal again;
[125011170240] |move the auto-generated xorg.conf.new to /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[125011170250] |with
[125011170260] |sudo mv xorg.conf.new /etc/X11/xorg.conf
[125011170270] |and restart gdm by typing;
[125011170280] |sudo service gdm restart
[125011170290] |Fix the plymouth and the unreadable tty problem like this
[125011170300] |Open up a terminal and type
[125011170310] |sudo bash
[125011170320] |enter your password
[125011170330] |type;
[125011170340] |echo blacklist vga16fb >/etc/modprobe.d/blacklist-vga16fb.conf
[125011170350] |type;
[125011170360] |update-initramfs -u
[125011170370] |and reboot your system
[125011170380] |reboot
[125011170390] |Source from <a>here</a>
[125011180010] |<title>VirtualBox 3.1.8 released and download links included</title>
[125011180020] |VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use.
[125011180030] |Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL).
[125011180040] |Oracle released VirtualBox 3.1.8, a maintenance release of VirtualBox 3.1 which improves stability and fixes regressions.
[125011180050] |You can check what is changed on this version from <a>here </a>
[125011180060] |Download virtualbox 3.1.8 for ubuntu 10.04/9.10/9.04/8.10/8.04 from <a>here</a>
[125011180070] |Install .deb packages using the following command from your terminal
[125011180080] |sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-3.1_3.1.8-61349~Ubuntu~lucid_i386.deb
[125011190010] |<title>Howto install Last.FM / Scrobbler plugin in Audacious2 on Lucid Lynx</title>
[125011190020] |The Audacious developers have removed support for Last.FM / Scrobbler in the most recent version.If you want to install Last.FM / Scrobbler plugin in Audacious2 on ubuntu Lucid Lynx follow this procedure
[125011190030] |First you need to download Last.FM / Scrobbler plugins
[125011190040] |cd ~
[125011190050] |wget http://fly5.kapsi.fi/misc/misc/aud2scrob/lastfm.so
[125011190060] |wget http://fly5.kapsi.fi/misc/misc/aud2scrob/scrobbler.so
[125011190070] |Now you need to move these .so files under audacious plugins directory
[125011190080] |mv lastfm.so scrobbler.so ~/.local/share/audacious/Plugins/
[125011190090] |If you do this way there are no images included in settings.
[125011190100] |Credit goes <a>here</a>
[125011200010] |<title>Ubuntu Lucid Tip:How to change currently loggedin user password</title>
[125011200020] |This tutorial will explain How to change currently loggedin user password in ubuntu 10.04(lucid lynx)
[125011200030] |<strong>Procedure to follow</strong>
[125011200040] |1) Select you username on your top righthand corner and now you should see similar to the following screen here click on your username
[125011200050] |2) Once it opens user details window you need to click on “Change Password…”
[125011200060] |3) Now Password change window will appear, enter your password and click on “Change Password…”
[125011210010] |<title>Install Multimedia codecs and VLC media player without internet connection (offline) in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)</title>
[125011210020] |Here is the script (ubuntu restricted extras offline installer) written by hacktolive.org along with most commonly used packages to make life easier for those who do not have internet connection or those who want to install multimedia codec and other useful packages offline.
[125011210030] |All the links listed below will direct to the rapidshare and other file hosting sites.
[125011210040] |Download the package, extract and read the read me file for further instructions.
[125011210050] |<strong>Download ubuntu-restricted-extras for ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)</strong>
[125011210060] |First download link from <a>here</a>
[125011210070] |Alternative download link from <a>here</a>
[125011210080] |If anybody is only looking for multimedia playback then installing VLC will solve most of the problem.
[125011210090] |Here are some of the links to download VLC-offline-installer for various release.
[125011210100] |Installation is same as ubuntu-restricted-extras-offline-installer.
[125011210110] |<strong>Download VLC media player for ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid)</strong>
[125011210120] |First download link from <a>here </a>
[125011210130] |Alternative download link from <a>here </a>
[125011210140] |Credit goes <a>here</a>
[125011220010] |<title>Quickly change volume in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)</title>
[125011220020] |If you’re a music fan like me, you’re listening to music almost all the time whilst browsing the web/working/studying.
[125011220030] |Often an interuption requires you to quickly lower the volume or mute the music so that you can, for example listen to what a colleague has to say.
[125011220040] |By default you have two options:
[125011220050] |<li>Move your mouse over the volume control applet and scroll</li>
[125011220060] |<li>Hit whatever keyboard combination you have set to do the task</li> 
[125011220070] |The reason I don’t like these two options are that they require me to look at the screen/keyboard, instead of looking at whoever’s talking to me, and when my laptop is closed (While I’m “studying”) I have to first open the lid to do this.
[125011220080] |In old Ubuntu you had a third option, move the volume control applet to one of the corners.
[125011220090] |Then you could simply move your mouse to that corner with a flick of the wrist, and scroll to change the volume.
[125011220100] |In lucid however the new Indicator Applet system prevents you from customizing the location of the particular applets.
[125011220110] |As such I use CompizConfig Settings Manager to achieve the same result.
[125011220120] |First install it:
[125011220130] |From its main menu, select the Commands option
[125011220140] |Set the first two commanad lines to:
[125011220150] |Then you can set the corresponding button bindings, selecting whichever corner is comfortable for you, along with Mouse Button4 (Scroll up) for the first command and Button5 (Scroll down) for the second.
[125011220160] |You should now be able to quickly change volume without looking.
[125011220170] |Note you may want to play around with different values, and also different channels.
[125011220180] |For example changing the command to “<strong>amixer -c 0 sset Master,0 5-</strong>” changes the Master channel by 5 (out of 255).
[125011220190] |You could also customize other buttons in other corners to do other commands, but I leave it to you to explore the near infinite possibilities.
[125011230010] |<title>Turpial 1.3.2 alpha1 available in a Development Snapshot PPA</title>
[125011230020] |Twitter client written in Python.
[125011230030] |Light, fast, fully functional and integrated to the user desktop
[125011230040] |Turpial 1.3.2 in a separate ppa , The Turpial Development PPA. lots of interesting new stuff in it and definetelly worth a try.
[125011230050] |* New and secure authentication management wizzard from within Turpial.
[125011230060] |* Support for Spanish, English, Portuguese, Simplified Chinese, Taiwanese, French and more.
[125011230070] |* Added option to reply all
[125011230080] |* Preferences button in the login screen
[125011230090] |* Proxy support for Twitter’s API
[125011230100] |* General coding improvement
[125011230110] |* Added support for SigueMiLink in the URL shortener services
[125011230120] |* Spellcheck
[125011230130] |* Added dialog to add friends (friend list and name filter)
[125011230140] |* Added support for Yfrog, img.ly, mobypicture and twitgoo for uploading images.
[125011230150] |* Added support for zi.ma and ur1.ca URL shortner services
[125011230160] |* Turpial service API optimized, all services centralized
[125011230170] |* Implemented extended gtk view using webkit (gtk+)
[125011230180] |* Fixed minor bugs and added improvements in usability
[125011230190] |There are several know issues regarding random failure pulling tweets and making status updates and Will and the gang are working hard on this and hope to make another stable release soon.
[125011230200] |<strong>Install Turpial 1.3.2 in ubuntu Lucid/karmic</strong>
[125011230210] |Open the terminal and run the following comamnds
[125011230220] |Adding the archive:
[125011230230] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:effie-jayx/turpial-devel
[125011230240] |Update
[125011230250] |sudo apt-get update
[125011230260] |and ready to install Turpial
[125011230270] |sudo apt-get install turpial
[125011230280] |Source from <a>here</a>
[125011240010] |<title>Download Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop VMware image</title>
[125011240020] |This is Vmware image for Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop.Details of this image as follows
[125011240030] |<strong>VMware info</strong>
[125011240040] |- Date of creation: 13 May 2010
[125011240050] |- CPUs : 1
[125011240060] |- RAM : 512 MB
[125011240070] |- Networking : NAT
[125011240080] |- Harddisk : 40 GB SCSI (expanding)
[125011240090] |- VMware tools : Installed
[125011240100] |<strong>OS info</strong>
[125011240110] |- OS : Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop
[125011240120] |- Installation : Standard
[125011240130] |- Hostname : ubuntu1004desktop
[125011240140] |- Patches : till date of creation
[125011240150] |- IPv4 address : dhcp
[125011240160] |- IPv6 address : dhcp
[125011240170] |- DNS name : none
[125011240180] |- Nameserver : dhcp
[125011240190] |- Route : dhcp
[125011240200] |- Keyboard : US_intl
[125011240210] |<strong>Login credentials</strong>
[125011240220] |- Root password: not set (use sudo to execute commands as root)
[125011240230] |- User login : user
[125011240240] |- User password: chrysaor.info
[125011240250] |Download Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop VMware image from <a>here</a>
[125011250010] |<title>How to identify Open Ports in ubuntu server with nmap</title>
[125011250020] |Nmap is a utility for network exploration or security auditing.
[125011250030] |It supports ping scanning (determine which hosts are up), many port scanning techniques, version detection (determine service protocols and application versions listening behind ports), and TCP/IP fingerprinting (remote host OS or device identification).
[125011250040] |Nmap also offers flexible target and port specification, decoy/stealth scanning, sunRPC scanning, and more.
[125011250050] |Most Unix and Windows platforms are supported in both GUI and commandline modes.
[125011250060] |Several popular handheld devices are also supported, including the Sharp Zaurus and the iPAQ.
[125011250070] |<strong>Install nmap in ubuntu</strong>
[125011250080] |sudo apt-get install nmap
[125011250090] |<strong>Nmap examples</strong>
[125011250100] |Here are some Nmap usage examples, from the simple and routine to a little more complex and esoteric.
[125011250110] |Some actual IP addresses and domain names are used to make things more concrete.
[125011250120] |In their place you should substitute addresses/names from your own network..
[125011250130] |While I don’t think port scanning other networks is or should be illegal, some network administrators don’t appreciate unsolicited scanning of their networks and may complain.
[125011250140] |Getting permission first is the best approach.
[125011250150] |For testing purposes, you have permission to scan the host scanme.nmap.org.
[125011250160] |This permission only includes scanning via Nmap and not testing exploits or denial of service attacks.
[125011250170] |To conserve bandwidth, please do not initiate more than a dozen scans against that host per day.
[125011250180] |If this free scanning target service is abused, it will be taken down and Nmap will report Failed to resolve given hostname/IP: scanme.nmap.org.
[125011250190] |These permissions also apply to the hosts scanme2.nmap.org, scanme3.nmap.org, and so on, though those hosts do not currently exist.
[125011250200] |nmap -v scanme.nmap.org
[125011250210] |This option scans all reserved TCP ports on the machine scanme.nmap.org .
[125011250220] |The -v option enables verbose mode.
[125011250230] |nmap -sS -O scanme.nmap.org/24
[125011250240] |Launches a stealth SYN scan against each machine that is up out of the 256 IPs on “class C” sized network where Scanme resides.
[125011250250] |It also tries to determine what operating system is running on each host that is up and running.
[125011250260] |This requires root privileges because of the SYN scan and OS detection.
[125011250270] |nmap -sV -p 22,53,110,143,4564 198.116.0-255.1-127
[125011250280] |Launches host enumeration and a TCP scan at the first half of each of the 255 possible eight-bit subnets in the 198.116 class B address space.
[125011250290] |This tests whether the systems run SSH, DNS, POP3, or IMAP on their standard ports, or anything on port 4564.
[125011250300] |For any of these ports found open, version detection is used to determine what application is running.
[125011250310] |nmap -v -iR 100000 -Pn -p 80
[125011250320] |Asks Nmap to choose 100,000 hosts at random and scan them for web servers (port 80).
[125011250330] |Host enumeration is disabled with -Pn since first sending a couple probes to determine whether a host is up is wasteful when you are only probing one port on each target host anyway.
[125011260010] |<title>How to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)</title>
[125011260020] |VMware Tools are fully compatible with Ubuntu 10.04.
[125011260030] |Before you continue, make sure that you are using the latest version of your VMware software product.
[125011260040] |If this is not the case, upgrade to the latest version, because you need the newest version of VMware Tools.
[125011260050] |First attach the ISO image containing VMware Tools to the virtual machine.
[125011260060] |Then open a terminal window and execute the following commands:
[125011260070] |sudo apt-get update &&apt-get upgrade
[125011260080] |sudo mount /dev/cdrom /media/cdrom
[125011260090] |cp /media/cdrom/VMware*.tar.gz /tmp
[125011260100] |sudo umount /media/cdrom
[125011260110] |cd /tmp
[125011260120] |tar xzvf VMware*.gz
[125011260130] |cd vmware-tools-distrib/
[125011260140] |sudo ./vmware-install.pl
[125011260150] |When the installation scripts promps for answers, just hit Enter since defaults are OK.
[125011260160] |Source from <a>here</a>
[125011270010] |<title>How to install skype in Ubuntu from skype repository</title>
[125011270020] |Skype is proprietary software that allows you to make calls over the Internet using your computer.
[125011270030] |Skype uses decentralized peer-to-peer technologies, so your calls do not go through a central server, but through distributed servers and other users.
[125011270040] |It uses its own proprietary communication protocol to achieve this.
[125011270050] |In addition, all communications are encrypted from end to end so that others cannot listen in. The Skype software is free to use, but it is not free software; the source code is proprietary and not available for modification.
[125011270060] |<strong>Install skype in Ubuntu</strong>
[125011270070] |First you need to edit /etc/apt/sources.list file from your terminal
[125011270080] |gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
[125011270090] |Add the following line
[125011270100] |deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free
[125011270110] |Save and exit the file
[125011270120] |Now you need to install GPG key
[125011270130] |sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0xd66b746e
[125011270140] |Update source list
[125011270150] |sudo aptitude update
[125011270160] |Install skype using the following command
[125011270170] |sudo aptitude install skype
[125011270180] |Using this repository, you will automatically receive future updates to the software
[125011270190] |To start Skype, choose Applications->Internet->Skype.
[125011280010] |<title>Virtualbox 3.2 released and Ubuntu installation instructions included</title>
[125011280020] |The VirtualBox team today released a significant new version of Oracle VM VirtualBox(TM), its high performance, cross-platform virtualization software.
[125011280030] |VirtualBox 3.2, the first Oracle branded release since the acquisition of Sun Microsystems, Inc by Oracle Corp. earlier this year, contains many innovative new features which deliver further significant improvements in performance, power and supported guest operating system platforms.
[125011280040] |<strong>Virtualbox 3.2 Features</strong> <strong>Performance </strong>
[125011280050] |•New Latest Intel hardware support – Harnessing the latest in chip-level support for virtualization, VirtualBox 3.2 supports new Intel Core i5 and i7 processor and Intel Xeon processor 5600 Series support for Unrestricted Guest Execution bringing faster boot times for everything from Windows to Solaris guests;
[125011280060] |•New Large Page support – Reducing the size and overhead of key system resources, Large Page support delivers increased performance by enabling faster lookups and shorter table creation times.
[125011280070] |•New In-hypervisor Networking – Significant optimization of the networking subsystem has reduced context switching between guests and host, increasing network throughput by up to 25%.
[125011280080] |•New New Storage I/O subsystem – VirtualBox 3.2 offers a completely re-worked virtual disk subsystem which utilizes asynchronous I/O to achieve high-performance whilst maintaining high data integrity;
[125011280090] |•New Remote Video Acceleration – The unique built-in VirtualBox Remote Display Protocol (VRDP), which is primarily used in virtual desktop infrastructure deployments, has been enhanced to deliver video acceleration.
[125011280100] |This delivers a rich user experience coupled with reduced computational expense, which is vital when servers are running hundreds of virtual machines;
[125011280110] |You can check here for full changelog for virtualbox 3.2 from <a>here</a>
[125011280120] |<strong>Install Virtualbox 3.2 in Ubuntu</strong>
[125011280130] |<strong>Method 1</strong>
[125011280140] |Download virtualbox 3.2 .deb packages from <a>here</a>
[125011280150] |Install .deb packages using the following comamnd
[125011280160] |sudo dpkg -i virtualbox-3.2_3.2.0-61806~Ubuntu~lucid_i386.deb
[125011280170] |<strong>Method 2</strong>
[125011280180] |Edit /etc/apt/sources.list file from your terminal
[125011280190] |gksudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
[125011280200] |Add one of the following
[125011280210] |deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid non-free
[125011280220] |deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian karmic non-free
[125011280230] |deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian jaunty non-free
[125011280240] |deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian intrepid non-free
[125011280250] |deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian hardy non-free
[125011280260] |Save and exit the file
[125011280270] |Download and install GPG key
[125011280280] |wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
[125011280290] |install VirtualBox, do
[125011280300] |sudo apt-get update
[125011280310] |sudo apt-get install virtualbox-3.2
[125011280320] |Note: Ubuntu users might want to install the dkms package to ensure that the VirtualBox host kernel modules (vboxdrv, vboxnetflt and vboxnetadp) are properly updated if the linux kernel version changes during the next apt-get upgrade.
[125011280330] |The dkms package can be installed through the Synaptic Package manager or through the following command:
[125011280340] |sudo apt-get install dkms
[125011290010] |<title>Ubuntu 10.04 (lucid Lynx) and intel video chipsets</title>
[125011290020] |I have followed the evolution of ubuntu lucid on intel chipsets, since january, using many displays , some different intel chipsets (i915GM,GM45,965) , vertical usage 19 inches displays (TFT mainly).
[125011290030] |but unfortunately, although some people messages in the launchpad , the actual ubuntu lucid distro will not permit efficient usage.
[125011290040] |<strong>screen compatibility problems:</strong>
[125011290050] |If you have not a recent display, you may face some problems before being able using your display because of problems retrieveing the EDID of your displays.
[125011290060] |You may need usage of IgnoreEDID option in xorg.conf.
[125011290070] |And may be use another recent display …
[125011290080] |<strong>plymouth</strong>
[125011290090] |Most of you will have problems with this infamous plymouth graphic login, difficult disabling it.
[125011290100] |some workarounds needed to make it running (if you can remove the grub splash option)
[125011290110] |although you manage to disable it, some message appear on the console with SIGSEGV message from plymouth .
[125011290120] |and if you are very unlucky, you have not setted up the FSCKFIX option to yes, in /etc/default/rcS, you may have a maintenance login prompt you will never see.
[125011290130] |if disk’s fsck is running , you will wait for minutes in front of a black screen.
[125011290140] |(I believe it is possible cancelling it with ESC or shift C key)
[125011290150] |note:by default the intelfb module is blacklisted in lucid.
[125011290160] |removing plymouth is quite easy : rename all plymouth- *conf files in /etc/init to disable them.
[125011290170] |You will only sea a warning message, this will not affect your filesystem fsck .
[125011290180] |<strong>Drm ,glx, 3D</strong>
[125011290190] |I have tried 3D using a real OpenGL application, that loads 3D cad files, in which you can zoom, rotate the model , and animation of the model.The same application, can be compiled for win32 or linux platform and has worked everywhere.
[125011290200] |this OpenGL application uses the following OpenGL features : display lists, Offline and online rendering, 2D text rendering and glx.
[125011290210] |No textures .
[125011290220] |Let’s say a basic application, but a big 3D model.
[125011290230] |But I think benchmarking with some famous Opengl games, would be useful too.
[125011290240] |The problems encountered :
[125011290250] |Unstability of the 3D OpenGL canvas, random crashes of the 3D view.
[125011290260] |Difficulties to enable direct rendering.
[125011290270] |Check it with glxinfo, depending on your processor performance, you may have enough processor power to do soft rendering…
[125011290280] |You will not manage to activate direct rendering unless you set up correctly your xorg.conf and allow only one output using the Monitor sections (checked on machines providing lvds,vga hdmi outputs).
[125011290290] |eg xorg.conf :
[125011290300] |Section “Device” Identifier “Intel 945G ”Driver “intel” Option “monitor-VGA” “foo” Option “monitor-LVDS” “bar” EndSection
[125011290310] |Section “Monitor” Identifier “bar” Option “Ignore” “true” EndSection
[125011290320] |Section “Monitor” Identifier “foo” Option “Enable” “true” EndSection
[125011290330] |Unfortunately , to be delivered in production , the following need to be done with intel drivers :
[125011290340] |use of xorg intel drivers 2.10 or 2.11 KMS enabled
[125011290350] |libdrm 2.4.20
[125011290360] |this seems to be done in maverick , next evolution of lucid, you can try switching to it.
[125011290370] |I did it on my systems.
[125011290380] |<strong>VT switching.</strong>
[125011290390] |Although you are thinking you have a nice display running perfectly, it is not!!!
[125011290400] |switching from X to vt100 frequently, you will randomly crash xorg and be logged out until gdm login appears ….
[125011290410] |These problems are now solved and to solve it, the best way is to setup a fresh kernel 2.34 with KMS enabled in your distro .In this case, you will need to unblacklist the intelfb module.
[125011290420] |<strong>Conclusion</strong>
[125011290430] |You can make it running, …but NOT with a fresh ubuntu lucid…sorry if some people found some technical terms they may not understand, or for my bad english …
[125011290440] |The only chipset I have not had many problems is 965 (only problems with EDID)
[125011290450] |feel free sending me your /var/log/Xorg.0.log file and /etc/X11/xorg.conf if you have problems
[125011290460] |The solution is first at switching to maverick, that will improve in many casas and removing plymouth
[125011290470] |Stéphane Ancelot
[125011300010] |<title>VATStuff - Double entry bookkeeping and VAT accounting package</title>
[125011300020] |WARNING - still in development and not yet ready for live use, though any testing is appreciated.
[125011300030] |<a>VATStuff</a> provides a double-entry bookkeeping system, with facilities to create purchase orders, invoices and to record costs and calculate VAT returns.
[125011300040] |VAT calculations are designed to meet UK regulations, and are not applicable to other states.
[125011300050] |Even for non-VAT registered companies, VATStuff enables you to record your transactions and produce invoices.
[125011300060] |VATStuff requires python version 2.5 or later and depends on a number of libraries, which you need to install.
[125011300070] |These are; WxPython, PIL and Reportlab.
[125011300080] |<strong>Install VATStuff in Ubuntu</strong>
[125011300090] |VATStuff requires python version 2.5 or later (but not 3+).
[125011300100] |To check your version, type ‘python --version’ at a terminal prompt
[125011300110] |Download latest version from <a>here </a>
[125011300120] |Install following packages from your terminal
[125011300130] |sudo apt-get install python-wxtools python-imaging python-reportlab
[125011300140] |Once these are installed, place the file vatstuff_0_4.tgz into your home directory (or any other directory which you may prefer), and untar it using the command:
[125011300150] |tar -xf vatstuff_0_4.tgz
[125011300160] |This will create a directory ‘vatstuff’ with everything beneath it.
[125011300170] |Should you want to uninstall, delete this directory and its contents.
[125011300180] |To run VATStuff, change into the vatstuff directory, and double click on vatstuff.py - or from the terminal type ‘./vatstuff.py’
[125011300190] |<strong>Screenshot</strong>
[125011320010] |<title>Testdrive PyGTK Front-end</title>
[125011320020] |TestDrive is a project that makes it very easy to download and run the latest daily Ubuntu development snapshot in a virtual machine.
[125011320030] |Actually, it can be configured to download and run any URL-access ISO in a virtual machine.
[125011320040] |But the primary goal is to provide a very simple method for allowing non-technical Ubuntu users to test and provide feedback on the current Ubuntu release under development.
[125011320050] |We have already discussed <a>howto install testdrive</a> so this is frontend for this.
[125011320060] |This is still in development and you can check the complete UI design from <a>here</a>
[125011320070] |<strong>Screenshot</strong>
[125011320080] |This seems to be veryuseful<strong> </strong>
[125011320090] |<strong>Credit goes <a>here</a> </strong>
[125011330010] |<title>Fix for ALSA API Applications</title>
[125011330020] |A lot of people seem to be experiencing issues with ALSA apps (like Flash) on PulseAudio-enabled systems.
[125011330030] |Common issues include programs locking/”hogging” the ALSA sound device (prevents other apps from mixing and using the audio device) and also apps trying to use the ALSA software mixer (dmix).
[125011330040] |Here is a method to route ALSA apps directly through pulse:
[125011330050] |gksu gedit /etc/asound.conf
[125011330060] |Copy/paste these lines into the resulting file:
[125011330070] |pcm.pulse { type pulse } ctl.pulse { type pulse } pcm.!default { type pulse } ctl.!default { type pulse }
[125011330080] |Save.
[125011330090] |Quit.
[125011330100] |Reboot.
[125011330110] |Source from <a>here</a>
[125011340010] |<title>QISOBurn - CD/DVD Image burning frontend for growisofs</title>
[125011340020] |QISOBurn is a GTK/Qt-based Linux GUI for burning image files to CD/DVD disks using growisofs from dvd+rw-tools.
[125011340030] |It was specially conceived to burn console game disk backups, specially Xbox360, since it allows a persistent layer-break setting.
[125011340040] |<strong>Install qisoburn in ubuntu </strong>
[125011340050] |You can install from repositories using the following command
[125011340060] |sudo apt-get install qisoburn
[125011340070] |Or run the following commands from your terminal
[125011340080] |sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/extra sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install qisoburn
[125011340090] |Via <a>Ubuntucentrum </a>
[125011350010] |<title>Ubuntu Control Center (ucc) - Simple tool for ubuntu administration</title>
[125011350020] |Ubuntu Control Center or UCC is an application inspired by Mandriva Control Center and aims to centralize and organize in a simple and intuitive form the main configuration tools for Ubuntu distribution.
[125011350030] |UCC uses all the native applications already bundled with Ubuntu, but it also utilize some third-party apps like “Hardinfo”, “Boot-up Manager”, “GuFW” and “Font-Manager”.
[125011350040] |First you need to install font manager
[125011350050] |Download font manager using the following command from your terminal or from <a>here </a>wget http://code.google.com/p/font-manager/downloads/detail?name=font-manager_0.5.3_i386.deb
[125011350060] |Install fontmanager .deb file using the following command
[125011350070] |sudo dpkg -i font-manager_0.5.3_i386.deb
[125011350080] |<strong>Install Ubuntu control center in Ubuntu</strong>
[125011350090] |First you need to download .deb package from <a>here </a>
[125011350100] |Now install .deb package using the following command
[125011350110] |sudo dpkg -i ucc_i386.deb
[125011350120] |<strong>Screenshots</strong>
[125011350130] |<strong>Article source from <a>here</a> and screenshots credit goes <a>here</a> </strong>
[125011360010] |<title>Ailurus 10.05 is released now</title>
[125011360020] |Ailurus is an application that makes Linux easier to use.
[125011360030] |It helps you install some nice software, clean unused software, backup APT status and so on.
[125011360040] |Now version 10.05 is released.
[125011360050] |This version brings the following new features:
[125011360060] |<li>Adjusting the layout of software installation interface, in order to free more space.</li>
[125011360070] |<li>Add some popular software.</li>
[125011360080] |<li>Enhance system cleaning up function.
[125011360090] |Be able to clean up residual configuration files, and Nautilus cache.</li>
[125011360100] |<li>Be able to use multiple sources.</li>
[125011360110] |<li>Add some GNOME settings item.</li>
[125011360120] |<li>Show details of CPU level 1 cache and level 2 cache.</li>
[125011360130] |<li>Add computer doctor function.
[125011360140] |Be able to detect system problems and help you repair problems.</li> 
[125011360150] |There are a total of 65 improvement.
[125011360160] |<a>Here is a detailed change log.</a>
[125011360170] |To install Ailurus, please run these commands:
[125011360180] |<code>sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ailurus sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install ailurus</code>
[125011360190] |Or download deb files from <a>http://code.google.com/p/ailurus/downloads/list</a>
[125011360200] |Ailurus can not install programs that do not open source.
[125011360210] |However, you can manually install a extension.
[125011360220] |The command is:
[125011360230] |<code>wget 'http://github.com/homerxing/Ailurus/raw/master/unfree/for_ubuntu.py' -O ~/.config/ailurus/for_ubuntu.py</code>
[125011360240] |When using Ailurus, if you encounter this error:
[125011360250] |Don’t panic.
[125011360260] |Please restart your computer, then this problem is solved.
[125011370010] |<title>Detailed tutorial about AppArmor for ubuntu users</title>
[125011370020] |AppArmor is a security tool and uses name-based mandatory access controls to restrict or confine system access by “at risk” applications.
[125011370030] |“At risk” applications generally include both server and client applications with network access.
[125011370040] |In this post I will use Firefox as an example.
[125011370050] |The goal is to apply application specific rules or “profiles” to “confine” Firefox, or any other application, to only the directories, files, and posix 1003.1e draft capabilities needed for normal functioning.
[125011370060] |In the event Firefox is compromised, Apparmor’s confinement helps to prevent the compromising of the system as a whole.
[125011370070] |AppArmor is a powerful program and, when an application is confined, AppArmor can restrict the activity of even the root user.
[125011370080] |AppArmor was designed as an alternative to SELinux and is designed to be easier to use.
[125011370090] |AppArmor is configured by writing a profile for an application.
[125011370100] |Profiles are written one application at at time and and typically targeted at applications which have network access.
[125011370110] |These profiles are a text files which restrict or confine an application.
[125011370120] |These restrictions are in addition to the standard Linux permissions.
[125011370130] |For example, you can not give access to a directory or file with AppArmor if such access violates the permissions.
[125011370140] |Let us imagine, for example, your browser, Firefox, is hijacked (due to some flaw in the code).
[125011370150] |Let us also imagine the cracker may then use Firefox to access your home directory or system files, allowing him or her to read and modify system files and/or execute arbitrary code.
[125011370160] |This hypothetical flaw in Firefox then leads to an escalation of privileges and root access is obtained.
[125011370170] |The “traditional” security model would remedy the problem by first correcting the flaw in the code (ie a “security update” for Firefox) and possibly result in a new rule for HIDS, such as viruses scanners or root kits.
[125011370180] |The problem with this model it it does nothing to protect against the next attack, aka a Zero Day Attack.
[125011370190] |AppArmor adds another check to the system, asking the question, should Firefox be accessing or making changes to system files ?
[125011370200] |AppArmor confines Firefox and if there is a new exploit, AppArmor will help prevent any escalation of privileges.
[125011370210] |<a>Full Tutorial</a>
[125011380010] |<title>Ubuntu 10.04 Tip: How to fix Waiting for sound system to respond problem</title>
[125011380020] |<strong>Problem</strong>
[125011380030] |When you have Ubuntu 10.04, and you login as root, you cannot change the sound volume or settings with the sound applet in the gnome-panel.
[125011380040] |<strong>Solution</strong>
[125011380050] |Go to System->Preferences -> Startup Applications
[125011380060] |Make sure you’re in the tab ‘Startup programs’
[125011380070] |-> Click on ‘Add’
[125011380080] |Name: Pulseaudio daemon Command:/usr/bin/pulseaudio Comment: Start the sound daemon
[125011380090] |Now logout, then login again
[125011380100] |Via <a>Ubuntuforum</a>
[125011390010] |<title>gnome-manual-duplex - A utility that adds manual duplex to the print menu</title>
[125011390020] |gnome-manual-duplex is a utility that adds manual duplex to the “Print” menu.
[125011390030] |<strong>Install gnome-manual-duplex in Ubuntu</strong>
[125011390040] |You can download .deb package from <a>here</a> once you downloaded the .deb package install by double clicking on it or run the following command from your terminal
[125011390050] |sudo dpkg -i gnome-manual-duplex_0.19_all.deb
[125011390060] |<strong>Screenshot</strong>
[125011400010] |<title>Haguichi - A graphical frontend for Hamachi on Linux</title>
[125011400020] |Haguichi provides a graphical frontend for Hamachi on Linux that integrates smoothly into your GNOME desktop.
[125011400030] |Haguichi is free and open source software licensed under GPLv2.
[125011400040] |<strong>Features</strong>
[125011400050] |* Fully customizable commands
[125011400060] |* Notification bubbles
[125011400070] |* Rich tooltips
[125011400080] |* Sortable and collapsible networklist
[125011400090] |<strong>Install Haguichi in ubuntu</strong>
[125011400100] |First you need to download .deb package from <a>here</a> once you have .deb package install this by double clicking or using the following command
[125011400110] |sudo dpkg -i haguichi_0.9.0_i386.deb
[125011400120] |<strong>Screenshot</strong>