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Install Gyachi on Ubuntu 10.10

2011-03-24T23:22:00.000+08:00

Gyachi is Simple program Yahoo! Client for Linux Operation System,, This Yahoo! client for Linux operating system supports almost all of the features you would expect to find on the official Windows Yahoo! client: Voice chat, webcams, faders, 'nicknames', audibles, avatars, display images, and more. Yet, it remains very light-weight and memory-friendly. GyachE Improved uses Gtk-2 for its user

Lucid Lynx 10.04 LTS

2010-04-29T08:00:00.013+08:00

Lucid Lynx 10.04 long term support is available. Upgrade or download iso http://releases.ubuntu.com/releases/10.04/ Right now the word "Lucid Lynx" is 76th most popular search on Google Ubuntu 10.04 Manual - http://ubuntu-manual.org/

3 Ways to Save Web Page as PDF

2010-02-21T11:30:00.019+08:00

How to convert Html (web page) to Pdf? Here are 3 ways to convert or save as any website in .pdf format in Ubuntu. 1 - wkhtmltopdf ( no GUI ) Use this line in Terminal to install: sudo apt-get install wkhtmltopdf To use: Use wkhtmltopdf [ without the "<>" sign ] example: wkhtmltopdf http://www.ubuntu.com ~/Desktop/Ubuntu.pdf For more option, use help command. wkhtmltopdf --help 2 -

Quickly Type Special Characters Ubuntu

2010-02-19T08:00:00.013+08:00

Here are 3 simple ways to search, insert & quickly key in special characters in Ubuntu. 1 - Use KCharSelect / Character Map Character Map is pre-installed in Gnome Desktop & located at Application > Accesories > Character Map. Press Ctrl+F key to search special character Simply double click, copy & paste any special character you want to use. Gnome Character Map KCharSelect

Change Xsplash Login Screen Background Image - Manually

2010-02-17T09:00:00.011+08:00

Here is another way ( manually ) change your login screen / x-splash background image besides using Xsplash Background Settings tools. How to manually change login screen background / xsplash image ? Prepare background image Resize the new image that you're going to use as login screen background to fit your screen resolution using any image manipulation program ( GIMP / gThumb Image Viewer )

Change Login Screen Background - Xsplash Background Settings

2010-02-17T08:00:00.000+08:00

If you already bored with default background of your Ubuntu ( Karmic ) login screen, Xsplash Background Settings tool help you change your login screen or Xsplash image easily. Xsplash Background Settings?Background settings dialog for XSplash and the login screen (GDM), providing easy changing of the background image and an optional daemon, that keeps xsplash and gdm background consistent with

Install LXDE in Ubuntu

2010-02-13T10:00:00.010+08:00

Last week I decided to try LXDE (Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment) on my Karmic Koala. Here is the overview & how to install LXDE on Ubuntu. LXDE? The "Lightweight X11 Desktop Environment" is an extremely fast-performing and energy-saving desktop environment. Why use LXDE? LXDE uses less CPU and less RAM than other environments. It is especially designed for cloud computers with low

Add Website Shortcuts on Desktop

2010-02-05T11:00:00.001+08:00

How to create webpage launcher on Ubuntu desktop Here are 3 ways to create desktop shortcut for webpage URL : Launcher... Prism DeskCut ( Firefox Add-on ) The Launcher Simply create launcher for wabpage URL. Set web-browser of your choice for the launcher to open the URL. Right click on your desktop Click Create Launcher... Enter name for the launcher If you want Firefox to open the

Banshee with ClutterFlow plug-in ( CoverFlow clone )

2010-01-28T07:00:00.015+08:00

How to install ClutterFlow 0.3.0 plug-in in Banshee 1.5.2 ( 1.6 Beta ) ClutterFlow is a CoverFlow clone for the Banshee media player. ClutterFlow uses the Clutter toolkit to harness the OpenGL powers. Last weekend I tried to install this awesome banshee extension on my Karmic Koala. And because I wanted to try the new OpenShot video editor, I made this short demo video:

Batch Watermark script Ubuntu : Zenity + ImageMagick

2010-01-20T08:30:00.003+08:00

Watermark entire image files in a folder with one batch process. As my weekend project, I wrote another simple bin bash script that apply Zenity as graphical user interface & ImageMagick composite command to overlay a selected watermark image on all image files inside a targeted folder. This script might be useful for those who want to protect their digital photos or images using visible

Auto Shutdown Timer GUI Script : Zenity

2010-01-12T09:00:00.014+08:00

Auto Shutdown Timer ( Sleep ) script for Gnome Ubuntu Switch it off. Save energy & money by shutting down your computer automatically. This is simple script that tell your Linux machine when to shutdown. Since leaving my computer on for 24 hour, 7 day a week becoming a habit, I made 2 simple and easy to use scripts to shutdown my Ubuntu system automatically. Now I can fall asleep while

Find & Set Fastest DNS Server for Internet Connection - Namebench

2010-01-07T07:00:00.022+08:00

Determine best DNS for your computer connection using Open-source DNS Benchmark Utility - Namebench It hunts down the fastest DNS servers available for your computer to use. namebench runs a fair and thorough benchmark using your web browser history, tcpdump output, or standardized datasets in order to provide an individualized recommendation. How to use Namebench to determine fastest DNS

Mac OS X for Gnome Ubuntu : How To

2010-01-03T01:00:00.013+08:00

Mac OS X for Gnome Ubuntu : How To This article show you some detail steps on how to convert your Gnome Linux - Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala desktop to looks like Mac OS X using some alternative & equivalent software [ see list ] available for Linux. Install Applications Open Terminal & use these commands to: Add Gloobus Preview & Gnome Global Menu by adding PPA [ Karmic Koala ]: sudo

Gnome Ubuntu Linux looks like Mac OS X Desktop

2010-01-01T12:01:00.017+08:00

Happy new year, welcome 2010! This is our new year project! Tweak Gnome Ubuntu Karmic Koala desktop to look like Mac OS X Leopard [almost]. Lots of people love the look and practicality of Mac OS X desktop GUI. So, we've tried to find equivalent or alternative applications, theme & applet to imitate Mac OS X desktop. Here is the screen cast of the desktop : These are equivalent apps,

Photoshop CS4 bugs : Fix with latest Wine 1.1.35

2009-12-28T13:00:00.007+08:00

Few weeks ago we post a tutorial on how to install & run Adobe Photoshop CS4 using Wine 1.1.17 & wine tricks on Ubuntu Karmic Koala, turns out some kind of annoying bugs appears on menu bar [as picture]. After a few test on several different PCs, we figure out that actually these bugs can be avoided with newer version of wine ( 1.1.19 ) to latest version ( 1.1.35 ). So if you were having the

Basic Calculator - Gambas

2009-12-23T13:20:00.002+08:00

Basic Calculator - Gambas 2 Gambas is a free development environment based on a Basic interpreter with object extensions, a bit like Visual Basic™. I made this simple calculator in Malay language for testing purpose. This basic calculator created using same simple Visual Basic Commands. If you interested in interface development programming here is example code for the calculator that I use,

Gambas 2 - Visual Basic for LInux

2009-12-23T13:10:00.003+08:00

Gambas is a development environment software based from basic interpreter and works just like Microsoft Visual Basic in windows. For those who want to learn interface programming in Linux, this might be the software that you looking for. These are simple steps installing gambas on Ubuntu Desktop How To Install Gambas 2Search for "Gambas2" in Ubuntu Software Center or Synaptic Package Manager:

Play file .3gp video + sound in Ubuntu : Medibuntu + Mplayer

2009-12-23T12:25:00.004+08:00

*.3gp Apple's standard multimedia file format for mobile gadget to handle, record & play videos. However .3gp file format cannot be played by ( often with no sound ) pre-installed Movie Player in Ubuntu Desktop. These are several simple steps on how to play .3gp file using VLC media player or SMplayer (GUI of Mplayer) Add Medibuntu on repositories list Install multimedia codec required

Easy way to download flash video from Youtube, Metacafe, Vimeo : Firefox + FlashGot

2009-12-19T12:30:00.009+08:00

How to download flash video *.flv from Youtube, Metacafe, Vimeo using Firefox & FlashGot in Ubuntu. Couple of days ago my friend ask me if there is any simpler & faster way to download youtube, metacafe, vimeo or other flash video file [.flv] These are the 3 optional ways: Firefox Add-ons - FlashGot + any download manager [eg. DownThemAll, Uget, etc] Video done loading, just want to save

2 Alternative ways to download flash video from Youtube, Metacafe, Vimeo : youtube-dl, metacafe-dl, Nautilus

2009-12-19T12:25:00.009+08:00

Alternative ways to download flash *.flv video Besides using FlashGot add-ons for Firefox these are 2 other ways to download flash video from Metacafe, Youtube, Vimeo. Copy from temporary folder If the video is already done loading just like this video [image], Just open Nautilus file browser Click on pencil icon and go to temporary folder by entering /tmp/ inside the bar [

Install *.rpm file in Ubuntu : Alien

2009-12-17T09:00:00.082+08:00

Easy steps to install .rpm package in Ubuntu. Alien converter program that able to convert file rpm, dpkg, stampede slp, and slackware tgz to .deb package installer file format. Install Alien Install using Terminal command: sudo apt-get install alien or using Synaptic Package Manager [image], Mark for Installation & Click Apply. How to Use By using Alien package file converter,you

Install & Run Photoshop CS4 using Wine on Ubuntu Karmic Koala

2009-12-14T02:15:00.030+08:00

Yes, with wine 1.1.17 & winetricks you now able to use Photoshop CS4 on Ubuntu linux. Follow steps on how to do this. Steps : Install Wine 1.1.17 Download and install .deb wine 1.1.17 (Ubuntu/Debian Package here) find installer that suite your system. Best way to do this is with a clean Wine install by using this command at terminal rm -r ~/.wine winecfg This will

Thunderbird 3.0 + Google Wave + Ubuntu

2009-12-13T06:00:00.008+08:00

This article shows simple tutorial on how to open Google Wave using Thunderbird 3.0 content tabs. Content tabs allow users to browse in (mostly) the same way as with a browser. See test video and steps on how to make it happen. Steps Get the Thunderbird 3.0 aka Shredder from mozilla Launchpad PPA: https://launchpad.net/~micahg/+archive/mozilla-beta If you're not sure how to install

Share / synchronize your Firefox profiles : Ubuntu and Windows 7 dual boot

2009-12-12T15:00:00.020+08:00

If you're using dual boot or multi-boot ( Microsoft Windows 7 & Ubuntu ) on a single system. This is how to sync your bookmarks, password, addons, browsing, form and search history by sharing your firefox profile between different operating system. Prerequisite: You need an auto-mountable partition which can be read and write by both Windows and Ubuntu in your system, commonly ntfs partition. if

Change Startup/Log in Sound In Karmic Koala

2009-12-12T13:49:00.032+08:00

How to change startup / log in sound : Karmic Koala What you need: your favourite sound file in .ogg format. Step 1: Go to System -> Preferences -> Starup Applications Look for “GNOME Login Sound” in the list. If you don’t want to hear anything at startup, uncheck this box. If you want to change the sound, click Edit button. You should see this: /usr/bin/canberra-gtk-play -–id=”

Disable, enable & rename desktop icons

2009-12-11T15:30:00.010+08:00

Enable / disable / Rename Ubuntu Desktop Icons Computer, My network, Trash, Home and mounted drives can be enable, disable or renamed using gconf-editor [ configuration editor ]. Watch video on how to: Alt+F2 to open run application diaogue. type in gconf-editor find apps>nautilus>desktop tree and alter any of available key.

Animated wallpaper for your desktop

2009-12-11T11:10:00.028+08:00

A-desk v16 animated wallpaper 1 - Install zenity & mplayer & Unrar & Rar sudo apt-get install zenity mplayer unrar rar 2 - DOWNLOAD THIS FILE! http://www.mediafire.com/file/e3n0zmjz1yt/a-desk_v16_gnome.tar.gz *and go to directory of this file. 3- extract the a-desk file 4- Install XWINWRAP *use this command on terminal based on your cpu: dpkg -i xwinwrapcvs.deb >> for

Day of ubuntu : Universal wallpaper

2009-12-07T03:46:00.012+08:00

Dynamic wallpaper that change gradually over time might save you from spending too much time in front of your screen. Saves your precious time & install Day of Ubuntu wallpaper; sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dylanmccall/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install day-of-ubuntu-wallpaper

How to monitor CPU temperature in Ubuntu : Sensors-applet + Hardinfo

2009-12-01T19:00:00.004+08:00

If you concern about your computer fan speed, CPU,GPU or hard disk temperature, There are some easy ways to monitor these things from your desktop. This is how: Applications : sensors-applet hardinfo Sensors-applet Installation - using terminal code: sudo apt-get install sensors-applet How to use [1] add applet to panel: Right click on panel>add to panel>Hardware Sensors Monitor

Repair GRUB2 after install windows 7 : dual boot ubuntu 9.10

2009-11-30T11:30:00.005+08:00

Fix your grub2 after Windows 7 (Ubuntu installed 1st) installation for dual or multi boot with Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala. Here is how: Tool required: Live CD Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Procedure: Boot using your live CD Select " Try Ubuntu without any change to your computer " Once you've login to desktop run Terminal ( Application > Accessories > Terminal ) Change to root, using this [enter

Easiest way to auto-mount your ntfs hdd and partition

2009-11-25T02:48:00.015+08:00

For those who hate password dialogue that appears before mounting hdd or partition, PySDM [Storage Device Manager] is the solution. Installation Pysdm supported by Ubuntu standard repositories. You may use Synaptic Package Manager (System -> Administration -> Synaptic package Manager) . Or, for those who prefer typing, type this command in terminal: sudo apt-get install pysdm How to use:

Disable / hide recent documents

2009-11-24T20:31:00.015+08:00

How to : disable or hide Recent Documents in Places menu | Panel>Places>Recent Documents cd ~/.recently-used.xbel touch ~/.recently-usd.xbel sudo chattr +i ~/.recently-used.xbel

Install 270++ extra fonts

2009-11-24T01:43:00.046+08:00

Problem - Need more fonts for my ubuntu. Answer - install various font collection, copy paste this command in terminal: sudo apt-get install ttf-sil-gentium ttf-dustin ttf-georgewilliams ttf-sjfonts sun-java6-fonts ttf-larabie-deco ttf-larabie-straight ttf-larabie-uncommon Problem - Cant relate fonts with it's look. Answer - Install Specimen Font Previewer, copy paste this command in

Long long journey for the Koala

2009-11-23T23:13:00.017+08:00

from uk to malaysia it cost me nothing Amazing....

Ubuntu looks like Windows XP - XPGnome Script

2009-11-14T05:16:00.023+08:00

Ubuntu looks like Windows XP Make Gnome look like XP by running this script: Download Script Right-click it and select "Extract Here" Run the "InstallXpGnome.sh" by double-clicking it and choosing "Run"! Settings are saved and can be reverted by running the Restore_Settings.sh script in the restore folder. Source: http://ubuntu.online02.com/node/14

The Road Not Taken

2009-11-12T16:08:00.019+08:00

TWO roads diverged in a yellow wood, And sorry I could not travel both And be one traveler, long I stood And looked down one as far as I could To where it bent in the undergrowth; I shall be telling this with a sigh Somewhere ages and ages hence: Two roads diverged in a wood, and I— I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference.