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Download the gpg keys for the repositories and automatically add them to your repository keyring: Example: To obtain and add the Medibuntu repository key: wget –quiet http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O – | sudo apt-key add – Example: To obtain and add the Google repository key: wget –quiet http://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub -O – | sudo apt-key add – Note: wget… Read More »How to add repository keys in ubuntu

Do this at your own risk. Modify the default Ubuntu sources.list only if you understand what you’re doing. Mixing repositories can break your system. For more information see the Ubuntu Command-line Repository guide. Create a backup of your current list of sources. sudo cp -p /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list_backup Note: sudo – runs the command with root… Read More »How to add repositories manually in ubuntu

There are two types of network monitors: those that monitor your own system’s network settings and those that monitor network traffic. The latter includes security tools that can also be used as hackers tools. While we don’t espouse the latter, it is worthwhile to know about these tools so you are aware of security risks… Read More »Network Monitors for ubuntu: monitor your own system’s network settings

A disk device can be subdivided into one or more partitions. The GParted application enables you to change the partition organization on a disk device while preserving the contents of the partitions. With GParted you can accomplish the following tasks: Create a partition table on a disk device. Enable and disable partition flags such as… Read More »GParted: Partition Manager (editor) for creating, reorganizing, and deleting disk partitions.

Maybe you want the user to enter a password in order to boot the Recovery Mode or your secondary OS. You have to set that password in the /boot/grub/menu.lst – for higher security you should crypt your password with md5. You have two ways to do that. The first one might-not work for all. 1.… Read More »Protect your grub by applying a password to it (grub-md5-crypt is broken)

Some of you may be annoyed with the beep sound in terminal.If you want to get rid of that just follow these steps: Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal Terminal Edit Menu -> Current Profile… General Tab -> General -> Terminal bell (Un-Checked)

In Firefox, when you press ‘Backspace’ the default action performed is ‘Page up’.You can change this to ‘Previous page’, just follow this for that: In the adress bar in Firefox type: about:config Search for ‘browser.backspace_action’ in the list Change the value from 1 to 0 by doubleclicking on the number Restart Firefox

Drupal (Web content publishing) Drupal is the leading open-source website creation and content collaboration tools. A modular approach to website building, from simple out-of-the-box websites to complex sites is possible with a short learning curve. Get more info on how to get started. Drupal requires an installation of a LAMP server stack; if you have… Read More »ubuntu and Web Publishing

Follow these steps to open files as root user via right click gedit $HOME/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/Open\ as\ root Insert the following lines into the new file for uri in $NAUTILUS_SCRIPT_SELECTED_URIS; dogksudo “gnome-open $uri” &done Save the edited file Places -> Home -> View -> Show Hidden Files -> .gnome2 -> nautilus-scripts -> Right click on Open as… Read More »How to open files as root user via right click

CrossOver Linux allows you to install many popular Windows productivity applications, plugins and games in Linux, without needing a Microsoft Operating System license. CrossOver includes an easy to use, single click interface, which makes installing a Windows application simple and fast. Once installed, your application integrate seamlessly with your Gnome or KDE environment. Just click… Read More »CrossOver: Your Windows Applications, Seamlessly Integrated On Linux

Just use the default GNU tools tar, split and cat. There is absolutely no need for any fancy gui tools or software that you have to run in Wine! Just type the following in a console window: tar cvzf – filename.iso | split -d -b 700m – filename.iso.tar.gz. This wil produce the following files: filename.iso.tar.gz.1… Read More »Split ISO image into multiple archives that can later be extracted to the full ISO

This tutorial will show how to compile and install the latest VLC from source in Debian Lenny in several steps. The current version at the time of writing is VLC 1.0.1, so the tutorial should work successfully for it.1. Install the development packagesAs root, type the following two commands: $ apt-get install build-essential $ apt-get… Read More »How-To: Compile and Install Latest VLC in Debian Lenny

Most Linux distributions have 64-bit versions for x86_64 processors, such as the AMD Athlon II or the Intel Xeon. Since these distributions maintain their own package repositories, they usually provide binary packages for all of their supported applications. If you are completely content with your out-of-box Linux installation, you may never need to run a… Read More »How to Run 32-bit Apps in 64-bit Linux

Hello, every Karmic guys! First congrats to Ubuntu, the Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Alpha 4 was just released. I think you’ve been waiting for a while, now Ubuntu Tweak is supporting Karmic! Now it is ready for testing. If you are using Ubuntu 9.10, Please visit https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-tweak-testing/+archive/ppa Add the following two lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list,… Read More »Ubuntu Tweak for Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic open for testing!

In this guide I will show you how to install a LAMP system. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. The guide is intended to help those who have very little knowlegde of using Linux. Install Apache To start off we will install Apache. 1. Open up the Terminal (Applications > Accessories > Terminal). 2.… Read More »Installing LAMP On Ubuntu

Smasher is a cross-platform audio loop slicer designed to create sliced loops from WAV, MP3, FLAC or AIFF files in seconds without a sequencer. Effects include filter sweeps, phasing, flanging, delay, and distortion. You can install it on Ubuntu with this deb package.

The Road to Ubuntu 9.10 continues steadily with the release of Alpha 4 karmic Koala, of course it is not a version for use in production environments, but if you’re interested in working with the community, you can install it and report bugs. Some new things includrd in this version emphasizes GNOME 2.27.4. Ubuntu ones… Read More »Ubuntu 9.10: Koala karmic Alpha 4 Released

Splash screen GDM theme GDM theme – selected user GDM theme – menus Mat Tomaszewski posted this message on the Ubuntu-art mailinglist: Hi,Not so long ago we announced the revamp of boot and login experiences in Ubuntu and received a great response from the Artwork Team, with many interesting concepts being submitted. Thanks again for… Read More »Karmic: Proposed Look & Feel for boot and GDM theme

Bauble is a software application to help you (yes you) manage a collection of botanical specimens. It is intended to be used by botanic gardens, herbaria, arboreta, etc. to manage their collection information. It is a open, free, cross-platform alternative to BG-Base and similiar software. Features Bauble is designed to be simple, elegant and intuitive.… Read More »Bauble: biodiversity collection manager

Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional page layout to Linux/UNIX, Mac OS X, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a combination of “press-ready” output and new approaches to page layout. Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, Spot Colors, ICC color management and… Read More »Scribus 1.3.5.1 Released