Meld is a tool which allows the user to see the changes in, and merge between, either two files, two directories, or two files with a common ancestor. It can be integrated into Gedit for easy use. Install Meld Meld by default is available in Ubuntu official repository, just search and install from Ubuntu Software […]
Meld Diff Viewer – Compare and Merge files/directories in Ubuntu
RabbitVCS – version control for Linux & replacement for TortoiseSVN
RabbitVCS is a set of graphical tools written to provide simple and straightforward access to the version control systems you use. There provides multiple clients and extensions designed to give you a uniform experience no matter what development tools you use. Currently, it is integrated into the Nautilus file manager and only supports Subversion, but […]
Ubuntu Laptop How to save current screen brightness settings
An inappropriate screen brightness may hurt user’s eyes and shorten display’s life length. But Ubuntu Laptop by default doesn’t save the current setting of screen brightness after next reboot. It’s inconvenient to configure at every-boot, fortunately there’s a way to enable laptop saving the screen brightness setting. Open up a terminal window under Applications -> […]
Speed up Chromium downloading in Ubuntu with PyAxelWS Accelerator
PyAxelWS Download Accelerator is a Chromium browser plugin for Linux which is a clone of pyaxel that accelerated downloads, persistent reconnection, resumable downloads, download speed limiting, and download progress indication. To make the accelerator work need a Python script running as server and a Chromium extension running as client. Installation in Ubuntu Step 1: Install […]
Enable Skydome Compiz Rotate Cube background in Ubuntu
Skydome is a concept in Compiz that is the background while rotating or switching Ubuntu desktop. See the screenshots: To add a image as Skydome image, first install Compiz and enable desktop cube and then in Appearance tab choose the path to image you want to set as Skydome. Couple of Skydome Images: (from forum.ubuntu.org.cn)
Manage iPhone/iPod Touch SpringBoard icons on Ubuntu via Sbmanager
Sbmanager is a small GUI to arrange iPhone/iPod Touch SpringBoard icons on your computer. The usage is as easy as drag and drop. Installation: Open up a terminal window under Applications -> Accessories menu, and run following command to install from ppa:vbkaisetsu/ppa(supports Karmic, Lucid, and Maverick): sudo add-apt-repository ppa:vbkaisetsu/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install […]
How to Install Unity 2D (Qt) in Ubuntu 10.10 and 11.04
A 2D version of Unity has released which is light and fast and don’t demand 3D graphics enabled on the desktop so that it’s running flawlessly on any system. 2D Unity uses Qt and Qml and provides PPA for Ubuntu 10.10(Maverick) and 11.04(Natty). Installation Step 1: Open up a command console under Applications -> Accessories […]
Ubuntu using FileZilla download/upload files via FTP,FTPS and SFTP
FileZilla is a full-featured FTP client with an easy-to-use GUI. It is written in C++ and uses the wxWidgets library. Among others, the features of FileZilla include the following: Easy to use Supports FTP, FTP over SSL/TLS (FTPS) and SSH File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) Cross-platform. Runs on Windows, Linux, *BSD, Mac OS X and more […]
Double Click Title Bar to Maximize windows instead of Roll up/down
Double-click action on a window title bar originally maximize/restore the window in Ubuntu default settings, and it can be changed to Shade, Lower, Minimize, and so forth under System -> Preferences -> Windows. But if enabled desktop visual effect with Compiz and using Emerald Theme Manager instead the default, previous setting won’t take effect. So […]
Gwrite – Simple HTML5 Rich Text editor for Ubuntu Linux
Gwrite is an HTML format text editor for Ubuntu Linux, focusing on writing and simple text formating. It can automatically generate a table of contents based on the document structure. It includes plenty of features list below and few optional add-ons such as gv, TeX Live(Basic LaTeX packages), Web browser running in text mode, Elinks […]
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