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.
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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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.
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.
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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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.
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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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.
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 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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