MyUnity – Unity tweak tool

  • Post last modified:May 14, 2012
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MyUnity is a ubuntu unity customization tool.

Main features:

Tweak font settings,size, RGBA and hinting
Change Dash, Launcher and Panel transparency and Adjust Dash blur
Display ‘home’, ‘trash’ and mounted drives on the desktop
Adjust launcher size, backlights and hiding preferences

To install MyUnity on ubuntu 12.04

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

  • Post last modified:December 8, 2011
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Turpial micro blogging client for Twitter and Identi.ca.

Main features

Use Low Resources.
Desktop Integration.
Optimized API
Mention Asistant.
Easy Mentions, Replys and Favorites, to RT (new and old), Direct Messages, Follow and Unfollows.
Selective Tweets and Time Line.
URL Shortener and Image Uploads.

To install Turpial on ubuntu 11.10
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Create Desktop shortcuts in ubuntu 11.10

  • Post last modified:December 7, 2011
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To create Desktop shortcuts in ubuntu 11.10,gnome-panel package is required first.

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 install --no-install-recommends gnome-panel

3.Then type below code in terminal and hit enter

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

3.The create lancher window will pop-up,Type application name in the name field and type application name or path or browse in the command field. And click Ok button.

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How to install LiVES on ubuntu 11.10

  • Post last modified:December 5, 2011
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LiVES is a Free, Open Source video editor.LiVES mixes realtime video performance and non-linear editing in one professional quality application.

To install LiVES 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 add-apt-repository ppa:ferramroberto/lives

Type your ubuntu password if needed and press enter.

3.Then press enter to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding the ppa.

4.Type below command and hit enter

sudo apt-get update

5.Then type below command and press enter

sudo apt-get install lives

6.Type y and hit enter to continue the installtion.
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How to install jdownloader on ubuntu 11.10

  • Post last modified:November 27, 2011
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Jdownloader is a free, open-source download management tool with start, stop or pause downloads, set bandwith limitations, auto-extract archives and much more.

To install jdownloader on ubuntu

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:jd-team/jdownloader

Type your ubuntu password if needed and press enter.

3.Then press enter to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding the ppa.

4.Type below command and hit enter

sudo apt-get update

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How to install 7zip on ubuntu 11.10

  • Post last modified:November 27, 2011
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7-Zip is free open source file archiver with a high compression ratio.

To install 7zip on 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.

2.Type 7zip in the search box.

3.Select 7zip and click the install button.

4.Type your ubuntu password if needed.

5.After the successful installation, click the Dash home from unity launcher. And type 7zip in the search field.And click 7zip

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Gmail Watcher- a gmail and google apps notifier

  • Post last modified:November 24, 2011
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Main feature:
It supports multiple accounts and instant notifications.

To install Gmail Watcher 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 add-apt-repository ppa:loneowais/gmailwatcher.dev

Type your ubuntu password if needed and press enter.

3.Then press enter to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding the ppa.

4.Type below command and hit enter

sudo apt-get update

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How to install Xnoise media player on ubuntu

  • Post last modified:November 22, 2011
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To install latest Xnoise media player on ubuntu using PPA

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:shkn/xnoise

Type your ubuntu password if needed and press enter.

3.Then press enter to continue or ctrl-c to cancel adding the ppa.

4.Type below command and hit enter

sudo apt-get update

5.Then type below command and press enter

sudo apt-get install xnoise

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