BeatBox is the new music player developed as part of elementary project. The first stable BeatBox version is released on July 10th. Install BeatBox Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10 user can install beatbox from ppa:sgringwe/beatbox, and elementary desktop PPA provides dependence. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementaryart/elementarydesktop sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sgringwe/beatbox sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install beatbox If you […]
Install Elementary Music App BeatBox in Ubuntu 11.04 from PPA
Install vdrift-ogre – Stunt Rally game in Ubuntu from PPA
This is a stunt rally game with track editor, based on VDrift and OGRE. The game features 49 tracks in 6 sceneries, 7 cars and a Track Editor. It focuses on closed rally tracks with possible stunt elements (jumps, loops, pipes). The game and editor both run on Windows and Linux. Note: Editor can’t save […]
Ubuntu 11.04 Unity enable Different Wallpapers in each workspaces
Different wallpapers is a cool feature in Ubuntu desktop that implemented by Compiz. While Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick release, for some reason different wallpapers in different workspaces doesn’t work like older Ubuntu edition. Now, this feature come back in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty, and following is how to enable it in Ubuntu Natty Unity desktop. 1.) Disable […]
Install Faenza Icon Theme in Ubuntu 9.10/10.04/10.10/11.04
This icon theme for Gnome provides monochromatic icons for panels, toolbars and buttons and colourful squared icons for devices, applications, folder, files and Gnome menu items. Faenza icon theme is available to install for Ubuntu Karmic and higher via a PPA, open a terminal and run: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install […]
Install ESET NOD32 Antivirus 4 in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty
There are few viruses that effect Linux based systems. It’s needless to install an antivirus software in Ubuntu for personal use. But if you have Windows installed aside Ubuntu in your machine, or you have a removable disk that aways plugged into other Windows machines. It’s a good choice to do virus scan on Windows […]
How to enable sound in Ubuntu 11.04 While login as root
By default, the sound is muted and can’t open while you enable and log-in as root account in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty. Here’s a simple way to make sound work after reboot. 1.) First, log out current account and log-in as root. You can enable root account by running this command in terminal, enter current user […]
How to Clear and Disable Totem’s recent history in Ubuntu 11.04 Unity
If you’re using the Totem movie player in Ubuntu 11.04 Unity to play movies, you may find that there’s no option in its menu to clear the playing history. Then what if you don’t want anyone to know you’ve watched? Following are how to temporarily clear totem’s history and permanently stop totem showing history. To […]
Install BBC iPlayer Desktop get Live Radio/Live TV in Ubuntu
BBC iPlayer Desktop is an application allows downloading and playing BBC programs on your computer so that you can watch them when you are not connected to the internet. This is cross plat-form program from BBC official site, it works on Windows XP/Vista/7, Mac, and Linux. Installation: Click the install button and follow the on […]
Install M.A.R.S two-dimensional space shooting game in Ubuntu from PPA
M.A.R.S. is a native Linux game for two players, flying with ships in a two-dimensional space setting, governed by the laws of gravity. There are several game modes. For instance, when playing “SpaceBall”, each player aims to destroy the home planet of the other by dropping a huge ball at it. In order to avoid […]
gdiskdump – clone or image Partitions,Disks and Files in Ubuntu
Gdiskdump is an open source Graphical User Interface for the dd command. It makes easy to backup your Harddrive or Partition. It’s a good choice if you hate command line, especially the complex parameters. Installation Download .deb package for gdiskdump from https://launchpad.net/gdiskdump/+download. The version 0.5 .deb Package is working on 10.10 Maverick, 10.04 Lucid (x86 […]
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