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How to install Gnome schedule on ubuntu

Post last modified:May 25, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Gnome schedule is a graphical user interface tool to schedule tasks on your computer. It supports recurrent (periodical) tasks and tasks that happen only once in the future.

Main features:

Supports custom titles and icons for your tasks.
Templates support.
If run as root, you can edit any user’s crontab and “at” tasks.
Human-readable strings like “Every hour” instead of “0 * * * *”
Advanced mode for crontab experts
Provides a “panel applet”
A calendar allows you to choose the day you want a task executed.
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How to install picasa 3.0 on ubuntu 12.04

Post last modified:February 16, 2013
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Note:On April 20, 2012 Google announced that they were deprecating Picasa for Linux and will no longer maintain it on that operating system.

To install picasa 3.0 on ubuntu 12.04

1.Go to picasa download page and download the deb package file (32-bit).

2.Double click the .deb package file or open with ubuntu software center and click the install button.
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How to install BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices on ubuntu 12.04

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

How to install BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices on ubuntu 12.04

To install BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices on ubuntu 12.04 and above

1.Go to BitDefender Antivirus Scanner for Unices license key request page to request a license key and download link.

2.Once you received the email from BitDefender,click the download link and download the BitDefender-Antivirus-Scanner-7.6-4.linux-gcc4x.i586.deb.run file(for 32 bit) on your desktop.
Download link
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How to install Avast Antivirus on ubuntu

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

avast! Linux Home Edition Main features:

ICSA certified
Independent on installed graphic libraries
Working with the scan results
Actions with infected files
Storing the scan results (history)
Virus encyclopedia
Command-line scanner with STDIN/STDOUT mode
Non-incremental updates
Updates can be completely automatic
Alerts via SMTP
Shell scripts for common tasks

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How to install Synaptic Package Manager on ubuntu 12.04

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

To install Synaptic Package Manager 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 apt-get install synaptic

3.Type your ubuntu password if needed.
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How to Install Dropbox on Ubuntu Linux

Post last modified:January 7, 2022
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Dropbox is a cloud storage that lets you store and share your photos, docs, and videos anywhere and share them easily. It is one of the most popular cloud storage services and it still supports 32-bit Linux systems. It offers a free tier with 2GB of cloud storage space and you can sync up to 3 devices.

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How to enable auto login in Ubuntu 12.04

Post last modified:May 17, 2012
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

To enable auto login in Ubuntu 12.04

1.Open system settings.To open system settings, click the Dash home from unity launcher.And type system settings in the search field. And click system settings.

2.Click User Accounts.

3.Then click Unlock button and type your ubuntu password and hit enter.
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How to Install Conky on Ubuntu Linux

Post last modified:July 5, 2023
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Conky is a free, light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any information on your desktop as text, or using simple progress bars and graph widgets, with different fonts and colours. You can use conky to display CPU, memory, swap,…

How to install Cinnamon Desktop Environment on Ubuntu

Post last modified:September 4, 2023
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Cinnamon is a free desktop environment from Linux Mint.It looks like a traditional GNOME 2 desktop but it is based on the modern GNOME Shell. In this tutorial, i will show you how to install Cinnamon DE in Ubuntu Linux…

Bluefish Text Editor for Programmers – How to Install Bluefish on Ubuntu Linux

Post last modified:January 7, 2022
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Bluefish is free and open source text editor for Linux, Mac OS and Windows.It comes with many build-in tools for web development.It supports many programming and markup languages like HTML, XHTML, CSS, XML, PHP, C, C++, JavaScript, Java, Google Go, Vala, Ada, D, SQL, Perl, ColdFusion, JSP, Python, Perl, ASP.NET, Ruby, shell and more. It is released under GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3).

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