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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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Ubuntu 12.04 LTS – 5 year support cycle

Post last modified:January 13, 2016
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Canonical announced that support and maintenance period for ubuntu 12.04 Long Term Support (LTS) release of Ubuntu for desktop users from three years to five years. The first two years of the LTS period will provide hardware updates and Maintenance updates will continue for a further three years.

Ubuntu 12.04 is scheduled for release in April 2012.

Support for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS ends in April 2013.
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ubuntu 12.04 – polish, performance and predictability

Post last modified:October 21, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Ubuntu’s founder Mark Shuttleworth says on his personal blog,

“we can focus on polish, performance and predictability. I’d like to improve the user experience around Workspaces for power users, and we’ll publish our design work for that, but I think it would be wisest for us to defer that unless we get an early and effective contribution of that code.”

“12.04 will be the first LTS to support the ARM architecture on selected ARM SoC parts.”
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Faenza Gnome Icon Theme Ubuntu Linux

Post last modified:July 21, 2021
Post category:Linux
Post author:Manikandan

Faenza is one of the popular monochrome GNOME icon themes. It provides monochromatic icons for panels, toolbars and buttons and colorful squared icons for devices, applications, folder, files and Gnome menu items. It comes with both light and dark looks for the desktop.

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Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) released

Post last modified:October 14, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) is now available for download. What’s new in ubuntu 11.10?

Dash is now opened by a launcher icon.
improved lenses
new Music Lens
Improved the default Ubuntu themes
14 new HQ photo wallpapers
new login screen called ‘LightDM’
Mozilla Thunderbird replaces Evolution
Deja Dup backup tool
Ubuntu Software Centre version 5.0
new feature multiarch
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Ubuntu 12.04 ‘Precise Pangolin’

Post last modified:October 6, 2011
Post category:Tech News
Post author:Manikandan

Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth has announced that the codename for Ubuntu 12.04 will be ‘Precise Pangolin‘.Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is due for release in April 2012.
A pangolin is a mammal of the order Pholidota.Pangolins have large keratin scales covering their skin and are the only mammals with this adaptation.The name “pangolin” derives from the Malay word pengguling (“something that rolls up”).
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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 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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Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal) skin pack for windows 7

Post last modified:January 8, 2016
Post category:Windows
Post author:Manikandan

This skin pack transforms your Windows 7 operating system into Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal.

Support:
Windows 7 (all edition)
Windows 7 SP1 (all edition)
All Language

Before install unistall old or other version of skin packs and disable user account controller and close all runnig program , after finish restart your system .
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