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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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.
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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Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 1 is now available for download and testing.What’s new in this Ubuntu 12.04 Alpha 1?
Linux Kernel 3.2.0-2.
Software Centre adds support for multiple screenshots.
Banshee, Tomboy and Gbrainy have been removed.
Banshee has been removed as the default media player and replaced by Rhythmbox.
Vala rewritten Zeitgeist 0.9 alpha 1 has replaced the “old” Zeitgeist.
Nautilus has received tags that can be applied to any file or folder.
Firefox 9 Beta and Thunderbird 9 Beta are included.
Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is scheduled for release in April 26th 2012.
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Linux Mint 12 (Lisa)is now available to download. What’s new in linux mint 12?
Gnome 3 and MGSE(Mint Gnome Shell Extensions).
Main features in MGSE:
The bottom panel
The application menu
The window list
A task-centric desktop (i.e. you switch between windows, not applications)
Visible system tray icons
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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
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
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
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
After more than eight months of work openSUSE 12.1 is now avalable to download.what’s new in this version?
Includes KDE 4.7 GNOME shell 3.2.
Linux kernel 3.1.
integrates the Oyranos color management system.
Apper- an easier-to-use PackageKit front .
new init system.
support for Google’s Go programming language.
LLVM version 3.
standard version of GCC is 4.6.2.
And more.
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