Easy Edit Grub With Grub Customizer

Grub Customizer is a new graphical GRUB2 settings manager. For now, it only allows you to edit the GRUB2 menu entries: reorder, rename or add/remove entries. Since these are actually scripts which generate the boot.cfg file, Grub Customizer changes the actual script order and then generates a new boot.cfg so if you then run "sudo update-grub", your customization won't be overwritten.
Grub Customizer comes with an Ubuntu PPA (the first packages have been uploaded only a few minutes ago) so to install it in Ubuntu (Lucid, Maverick, Natty), use the following commands:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install grub-customizer

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Think after Installing Ubuntu 11.04

Ubuntu 11.04 aka Natty Narwhal is relase. If you upgrading to Natty Narwhal, maybe you can tweak some apss. 


Install Compiz Config Manager and tweak it.

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Then search for CompizConfig Settings Manager in Dash and you'll find the Unity-related options under the "Unity" Compiz plugin. Some other options are under other plugins so check those out too.

Using CCSM, you'll be able to tweak the Unity launcher reveal mode, hide behavior, change some Unity-specific keyboard shortcuts, change the Unity launcher icon size, the top panel opacity, tweak various animations and more.

Missing a quick way to access your Downloads / Pictures / Documents / Videos folders? 

and copy paste in terminal with this code

echo "[Desktop Entry]

Name=Home Folder
Comment=Open your personal folder
TryExec=nautilus
Exec=nautilus --no-desktop
Icon=user-home
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Type=Application
Categories=GNOME;GTK;Core;
OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=nautilus
X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=general
X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=nautilus

X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=Videos;Documents;Music;Pictures;Downloads
[Videos Shortcut Group]
Name=Videos
Exec=nautilus Videos
TargetEnvironment=Unity


[Documents Shortcut Group]
Name=Documents
Exec=nautilus Documents
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[Music Shortcut Group]
Name=Music
Exec=nautilus Music
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[Pictures Shortcut Group]
Name=Pictures
Exec=nautilus Pictures
TargetEnvironment=Unity

[Downloads Shortcut Group]
Name=Downloads
Exec=nautilus Downloads
TargetEnvironment=Unity" | sudo tee /usr/share/applications/nautilus-home.desktop

use Unity 2D:

sudo apt-get install unity-2d

Then in the login screen, select Unity 2D instead of "Ubuntu" session

Hate the new overlay scrollbars?

sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar liboverlay-scrollbar-0.1-0

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Canonical retires Shipit

Canonical have announced that they will be discontinuing the free CD shipping service Shipit.

Writing on the Canonical blog Ubuntu‘s Gerry Carr said that the company would instead focus on their CD distributor programme and shipping CDs directly to LoCos – Local Ubuntu community teams – instead.

A brief history of Shipit

Shipit distributed Ubuntu CDs free of cost to those who requested them.

Primarily aimed at enabling users with low or non-broadband download speeds, the server shipped millions of CDs worldwide to people who weren’t able to download it themselves and made millions of people, like me, discover Ubuntu.

So, what happens now?

Starting with 11.04, users will no longer be able to order free CDs, but CDs will continue to be provided to approved LoCos through a Shipit-like programme.

CDs will remain available for users to buy from the Canonical store, or, as has always been the case, the option of burning your own for duplication and distribution exists.

Gerry also hinted that Canonical would be launching cloud based free online trial service. This would likely be similar to that already offered by the Edubuntu project.

from here and here

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Update LibreOffice 3.3.2

To install LibreOffice Via PPA , you can follow the command :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa  
sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get install libreoffice libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk 

If you already install LibreOffice,you can install with command :

sudo apt-get update  
sudo apt-get upgrade  

or you can download in official LibreOffice

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Bluebird Firefox 4 Theme

Download Theme

This theme can run in Linux and Windows. Try it :))

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Linux Mint Xfce RC (201104) Relased

The team is proud to announce the release candidate of Linux Mint Xfce.

Linux Mint Xfce RC (201104)

Linux Mint Xfce is rolling on top of a Debian Testing package base and uses the same repositories as LMDE.

This offers the following advantages to Linux Mint Xfce:

• A huge performance boost
• A continuous flow of updates which allows users to keep their system up to date without waiting for new releases
• A more mainstream desktop and software selection
• An easier maintenance for the team which makes it easier to release in both 32-bit and 64-bit with every LMDE release

Important links

•  Download mirrors: [32 bit] or [64 bit]

source from blog linuxmint

 

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How to create your own QR Codes in Ubuntu

A QR code (short for Quick Response) is a specific matrix barcode (or two-dimensional code), readable by dedicated QR barcode readers and camera phones. The code consists of black modules arranged in a square pattern on a white background. The information encoded can be text, URL or other data.

Common in Japan, where it was created by Toyota subsidiary Denso-Wave in 1994, the QR code is one of the most popular types of two-dimensional barcodes. QR is the abbreviation for Quick Response, as the creator intended the code to allow its contents to be decoded at high speed.

The technology has seen a large uptake in Japan and South Korea. However, in the west there has been a considerably slower adoption of QR Codes.

How can I create a QR code in Linux?

The creation of QR codes in Ubuntu is simple, albeit command-line based. You will need to install ‘qrencode‘ from the Ubuntu Software Center - you can click here to install it or search for ‘qrencode’ manually.

Once Qrencode has been successfully installed you can create QR codes using the Terminal and the following command :

• qrencode -o [filename.png] ‘[text/url/information to encode]‘

To create a link to the Google homepage with the output file called ‘google.png’ and made in your homefolder  you would run : 

• qrencode -o blogcupu-newbie.png 'http://blogcupu-newbie.blogspot.com'

This outputs the following: -

You can make the ‘pixels’ used in the code bigger by using the ‘-s‘ argument. Let’s make the same QR code but with the square pixels increased to 6×6 and have the .png saved to our desktop- or any other directory :

• qrencode -o ~/Desktop/blogcupu-newbie.png -s 8 'http://blogcupu-newbie.blogspot.com'

  
  source from OMG! Ubuntu! and Wikipedia
  

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Ubuntu Font Family Adds Light And Medium Variants [PPA]

That's not all that's new in the new version: there were also a lot of bugs fixed as well as other slight changes. Check out the full changelog in here. 

As usual, the latest Ubuntu Font Family package is available in our Ubuntu Font Family PPA - add it and install the latest Ubuntu Font Family using the commands below:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/ubuntu-font-family/
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get install ttf-ubuntu-font-family 

Source from wbupd8

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The new default wallpaper for Ubuntu 11.04 has been released.

The new default wallpaper for Ubuntu 11.04 has been released. 

Sporting ‘subtle changes’ with ‘new light refractions’, the updated wallpaper for the April release echoes evolution rather than revolution.

Writing on the reasoning behind the subtle changes Ubuntu’s Otto Greenslade says :

“…as we move towards becoming more of a ‘household’ platform and with the great changes coming with Unity (launcher/dash) general users will get reassurance from the familiarity of the wallpaper and will also identify with it as part of our personality in new screenshots.”

For those unable to notice a different between this and the incumbent, here’s an animated .gif alternating between the two:

This design, along with 17 other wallpapers , make up the default wallpaper package for Ubuntu 11.04.

•  Download Pack Wallpaper 

Source from  

• http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/ubuntu-11-04-nattys-new-default-desktop-wallpaper-revealed/ 
• http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/03/ubuntu-11-04-gets-17-new-default-wallpapers/ 

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Natty Narwhal Wallpaper Download

Over a week away from the beta release of Ubuntu 11.04 this Narwhal wallpaper for your desktop.

This desain by Ian ‘IZO’ Cylkowski and ready to download in many variants size.

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Install Nautilus Elementary 2.32.2 In Ubuntu 11.04 and 10.10

 

Nautilus Elementary 2.32.2 comes with all the features the previous version had (but no new features) as well as many bug fixes. Also, the search is not using Zeitgeist anymore.

Install Nautilus Elementary 2.32.2 In Ubuntu 11.04 and 10.10

add the nautilus elementary PPA in ubuntu 11.04 and 10.10 with command :

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:am-monkeyd/nautilus-elementary-ppa
• sudo apt-get update
• sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

after installation, you must restart nautilus with command :

• nautilus -q

leave a comment if you have a question.

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Firefox 4 PPA for Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 users

Ubuntu 10.04 and 10.10 users wanting to upgrade to the latest release of Mozilla Firefox can do so by adding the Firefox Stable PPA to their system sources.

you can add ppa in your ubuntu with command in terminal :

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
• sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

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FireFox 4 Stable For Linux

 
Firefox 4.0 (stable) has been released. Not officially, but is available for download via the Mozilla FTP servers.

The latest Firefox 4.0 stable is not yet available in any Ubuntu PPA and will most probably be uploaded to Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal official repositories firstly.

If you want to run Firefox 4 in Linux already, you can download it from HERE, extract the downloaded archive and double click the file called "firefox" (not firefox-bin!). 

 

Download Firefox 4 | alternate download link

source from webupd8.org

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Phew! Nautilus-Elementary revived in time for Ubuntu Natty

Elementary’s Nautilus-fork ‘Nautilus-elementary’ has been revived – just in-time for Natty!

The project, which was announced as no longer being in development last November,  has proven incredibly popular with users of various distributions thanks to to its refined, uncluttered interface and themeable features.

Writing on his blog Nautilus-Elementary’s chief developer, ammonkey, gave his reasons for the revival:

“Like many other distributions, Ubuntu Natty won’t support gtk3 and the gnome3 stack without adding external/testing repositories. Since gtk3 dropped the rc format, only one gtk engine is ready for gtk3 (clearlook) and one gtk theme (adwaita). Without proper theming there’s no point rushing to gtk3/gnome3 so gtk2/gnome2  still has some nice months ahead before a progressive transition.

Considering the context and to provide the best experience for Jupiter, i decided to re-activate the nautilus-elementary project. A special up-to-date version of nautilus-elementary will be released soon. The 2.32.0 version [brought] many bugs which have been hunted down for this special release.”

Ammonkey goes on to state that “..only critical bugs in nautilus-elementary would be fixed for the moment”. As such users shouldn’t expect any new features.

An updated bug-fixed package for Maverick users along with a new version for Natty testers can be installed from the Nautilus-Elementary PPA @

ppa:am-monkeyd/nautilus-elementary-ppa

To add and install via the Terminal enter:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:am-monkeyd/nautilus-elementary-ppa
• sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

adapted from omgubuntu.

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Release Pidgin 2.7.11 , install with PPA

Pidgin is a instant messaging aplication and support any popular service, like Yahoo, Google Talk, Facebook, ICQ, etc.
Now, pidgin release version 2.7.11 yo can install in your computer with ppa (Debian base)

sudo apt-add-reposiory ppa:ferramroberto/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install pidgin

For other users can download in here or here.

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