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How to install XBMC on ubuntu 11.10

Post last modified:November 15, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

XBMC is a free and open source (GPL) media player and entertainment hub for digital media. XBMC is available for Linux, OSX, and Windows and in more than 30 languages.

To install XBMC on ubuntu 11.10

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field.And click Terminal

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:nathan-renniewaldock/xbmc-stable

Type your ubuntu password if needed and press enter.

3.Then press enter to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding the ppa.
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How to create website shortcuts in ubuntu 11.10 desktop

Post last modified:November 6, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

To create website desktop shortcuts

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field.And click Terminal.

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

gnome-desktop-item-edit ~/Desktop/ --create-new

3.The create lancher window will pop-up,Type website name in the name field and type the browser name and the url in the command field. And click Ok button.

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How to install Scratch text editor on ubuntu 11.10

Post last modified:November 4, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Main features of Scratch

syntax highlighting with gtksourceview-3
a SearchBar to search the words in the files
strong integration with Granite framework by elementary-team
tab and split documents system

1.Go to Scratch download page and download the .deb file .
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Linux 3.1 released

Post last modified:October 26, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

what’s new in linux 3.1

Support for the OpenRISC opensource CPU and Near-Field Communication chips used to enable mobile payments and Wii Controller.
performance improvements to the writeback throttling and speedups in the slab allocator.
a new iSCSI implementation ,cpupowerutils userspace utility for power management and new drivers.
bad block management in the generic software RAID layer.
filesystem barriers enabled by default in Ext3.
many improvements.

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How to install Gnome Partition Editor (Gparted Partition editor) in ubuntu 11.10

Post last modified:October 25, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

GParted is a free partition editor that enables you to resize, copy, and move partitions without data loss.

Supported file systems:

btrfs,ext2 / ext3 / ext4,fat16 / fat32,hfs / hfs+,linux-swap,ntfs,reiserfs / reiser4,ufs,xfs

To install Gnome Partition Editor in ubuntu 11.10

1.Open ubuntu software center.To open ubuntu software center click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type ubuntu software center in the search field.And click ubuntu software center.
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How to install Netbeans IDE 7.0.1 on ubuntu 11.10

Post last modified:May 5, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

To install Netbeans IDE on Ubuntu 12.04 Click Here

NOTE: JDK 6 is required for installing and running the Java SE, Java EE and All NetBeans Bundles.

To install JDK on ubuntu click here

1.Go to Netbeans download page and download the netbeans Linux (x86/x64) .sh installer file (like netbeans-7.0.1-ml-linux.sh).

2.Copy your Netbeans installer file to your Desktop.

3.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field.And click Terminal.

4.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

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How to install jdk on ubuntu 11.10

Post last modified:May 5, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

The sun-java6 package (and also jdk7) is no longer available in the official Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot repositories due to the removal of the JDL license. To install sun jdk on ubuntu 11.10.

To install JDK7 click Here:

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field.And click Terminal

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/java

Type your ubuntu password if needed and press enter.

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How to install vlc media player on ubuntu 11.10

Post last modified:October 23, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

To install vlc media player on ubuntu 11.10

1.Open Terminal.To open terminal click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type terminal in the search field.And click Terminal

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo apt-get update

Type your ubuntu password if needed and press enter.

3.And Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.

sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-pulse mozilla-plugin-vlc

Type y and hit enter to confirm the installation.
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Faenza Gnome Icon Theme Ubuntu Linux

Post last modified:July 21, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Faenza is one of the popular monochrome GNOME icon themes. It provides monochromatic icons for panels, toolbars and buttons and colorful squared icons for devices, applications, folder, files and Gnome menu items. It comes with both light and dark looks for the desktop.

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How to install thunderbird 7.0 on ubuntu 11.04

Post last modified:October 5, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail and developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

To install thunderbird 7.0 on ubuntu 11.04

1.Open the terminal and type

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stable

hit enter and type ubuntu password.

2.Then type below command and hit enter

sudo apt-get update

3.Type below command and hit enter

sudo apt-get install thunderbird

4.Press y and hit enter to continue

5.To open Thunderbird, click Applications icon or unity dash from unity launcher. And type Thunderbird in the search applications field.And click Thunderbird mail/News.

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