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LazPaint Advanced Image editor – Install LazPaint on Ubuntu

Post last modified:October 14, 2020
Post category:Software
Post author:Manikandan

LazPaint is a free and open source Image editor for windows, MacOS and Linux. It is based on BGRABitmap library and released under open source GNU General Public License v3.0. You can use this as a PaintBrush or Paint.Net replacement. It comes with some good image and color manipulation features. It also comes filter support like Radial blur, Motion blur, directional blur, Custom blur, Sharpen, Smooth, Median, Contour, Emboss, Sphere, Clouds and more. LazPaint is a powerful image editor.

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Mac OS X Lion theme for Ubuntu

Post last modified:August 14, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Mac OS X Lion theme for Ubuntu

To install Mac OS X Lion theme 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.

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

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/themes

3.Type your ubuntu password if needed.

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

5.Type below command and hit enter
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How to install GLX-Dock / Cairo-Dock on ubuntu 12.04

Post last modified:August 14, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

To install GLX-Dock / Cairo-Dock on ubuntu 12.04

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.Then click ubuntu software center.

2.Type Cairo-Dock in the search box.

3.Select GLX-Dock (Cairo-Dock with OpenGL) and click install button.

4.Type your ubuntu password if needed.
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How to install Ambiance square theme on ubuntu 12.04

Post last modified:July 28, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

To install Ambiance square 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.

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

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kokoto-java/omgubuntu-stuff

3.Type your ubuntu password if needed.

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

5.Type below command and hit enter
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How to install Download Monitor on ubuntu

Post last modified:July 23, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Download Monitor Monitors the amount of data uploaded and downloaded over a network.

Main features:

Network usage in graphs.
Set the limit and it warns when it is exceeded.

To install Download Monitor 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.

2.Type the below code in terminal and hit enter.
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Linux 3.5 released

Post last modified:July 23, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

What’s new in this version?

ext4 metadata checksums
Uprobes: userspace probes
Seccomp-based system call filtering
Bufferbloat fighting: CoDel queue management
TCP connection repair
TCP Early Retransmit
Android-style opportunistic suspend
Btrfs: I/O failure statistics, latency improvements
SCSI over FireWire and USB
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How to install Skype 4.0 on ubuntu 12.04

Post last modified:June 20, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

What’s new in skype 4.0

1.Go to skype for linux download page and download the deb package file for ubuntu (32-bit or 64-bit).

2.Double click the downloaded .deb package file or open with ubuntu software center and click the install button.

3.Type your ubuntu password if needed and wait until the installation is complete.

4.After the successful installation,click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type skype in the search field.And click Skype to open.

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Qreator – create your own QR codes

Post last modified:June 20, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Qreator is a free ubuntu software to create your own QR codes to encode different types of information.

Main features:

It supports:

Text
URL
Geolocation
wifi network
Ubuntu software center app

To install Qreator just download .deb package file from below link and double click.Then install via software center.
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How to install and configure Android SDK, Eclipse and ADT Plugin on Ubuntu

Post last modified:February 6, 2014
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Here we using:

Ubuntu 12.04
Oracle JDK 7 update 4
SDK Starter Package revision 18
Eclipse Indigo (3.7.2) – Eclipse IDE for Java EE Developers (32 bit)

Step 1:
Installing Oracle JDK

First install JDK. To install JDK 7 on ubuntu Click Here.
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Skype 4.0 for Linux released

Post last modified:June 15, 2012
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Skype 4.0 for Linux is now available for download.What’s new in this release?

New Conversations View where users can easily track all of their chats in a unified window.
brand new Call View.
investments in audio quality
investments in video call quality
extended support for more cameras
improved chat synchronization
new presence and emoticon icons
the ability to store and view phone numbers in a Skype contact’s profile
much lower chance Skype for Linux will crash or freeze
chat history loading is now much faster
support for two new languages: Czech (flag:cz) and Norwegian (flag:no)
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