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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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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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How to install recordMyDesktop on linux mint 11

Post last modified:September 28, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

RecordMyDesktop is a free open source linux desktop screencasting program and it producing an ogg encapsulated theora and vorbis output file.

To install recordMyDesktop on linux mint 11

1.Open linux mint software manager.To open software manager in linux mint, click Menu button and select software manager under system.

2.Type recordMyDesktop in the software manager search field and select gtk-recordMyDesktop.
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How to install OpenShot on Linux Mint 11

Post last modified:September 28, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

OpenShot Video Editor is a free open-source video editing software for Linux, built with Python, GTK, and the MLT Framework.

To install Openshot on linux mint 11

1.Open linux mint software manager. To open software manager in linux mint, click Menu button and select software manager under system.

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How to install SpiderOak on ubuntu 11.04

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

SpiderOak is free online backup, sync, sharing and storage solution for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux (Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora & openSUSE) and it is the best alternative to dropbox. Use SpiderOaky to backup, synchronize, and share data across all of your computers, external drives and network volumes.
click here to know more about SpiderOak.

1.Go to SpiderOak download page and download the ubuntu client 32 or 64 bit deb package file.

2.Double click the .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.To open SpiderOak, click Applications icon or unity dash from unity launcher. And type SpiderOak in the search applications field and click SpiderOak Backup.
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Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) beta 2 Released

Post last modified:September 24, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) beta 2 is now available for download and testing. what’s new in Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) beta 2?

Many Bug fixes and performances improvements.
Padding and alignment issues have been solved in software center.
UI tweaks to the Dash and unity Launcher.
LightDM-added an Accessibility Menu.
Default application version numbers:
Firefox 7 Beta
GNOME 3.1.92
Banshee 2.2.0
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Scribes – ultra minimalist text editor

Post last modified:September 13, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Scribes is an ultra minimalist text editor with remote editing,automatic word completion and many more.

Main features:

Extensible via Python plugins.
Remote editing (ftp, sftp, ssh, samba, webdav, webdavs).
Snippets.
Automatic word completion,correction and replacement,pair character completion and smart insertion,indentation.
Powerful text processing and manipulation functions.
Bookmarks and smart navigation.
Document Switcher.
Syntax colors for over 30 languages.
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security breach in Linux.com

Post last modified:September 12, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Linux.com and LinuxFoundation.org are down now and the reason for this downtime from their homepage,

“Linux Foundation infrastructure including LinuxFoundation.org, Linux.com, and their subdomains are down for maintenance due to a security breach that was discovered on September 8, 2011. The Linux Foundation made this decision in the interest of extreme caution and security best practices. We believe this breach was connected to the intrusion on kernel.org.

We are in the process of restoring services in a secure manner as quickly as possible. As with any intrusion and as a matter of caution, you should consider the passwords and SSH keys that you have used on these sites compromised. If you have reused these passwords on other sites, please change them immediately. We are currently auditing all systems and will update this statement when we have more information.”

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How to install Ubuntu Tweak on ubuntu 11.04

Post last modified:October 2, 2019
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Ubuntu Tweak is a free and open source Ubuntu management software for Ubuntu. Using this tool you can easily configure your ubuntu operating system and desktop settings. It is released under GNU General Public License (GPL) version 2 licence.

Note: This project is no longer under maintenance

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Ubuntu Tweak

Post last modified:September 11, 2011
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Ubuntu tweak is a free software to config ubuntu GNOME desktop and system options.

Main Features:

System Information view.
GNOME Session Control.
Auto Start Program Control.
Quick install popular applications.
Show/Hide and Change Splash screen,desktop icons or Mounted Volumes.
Show/Hide/Rename Computer, Home, Trash or Network icon.
Tweak Metacity Window Manager’s style and behaviour
Compiz Fusion settings, Screen Edge Settings, Window Effect Settings, Menu Effect Settings
GNOME Panel Settings
Nautilus Settings
Advanced Power Management Settings
System Security Settings
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