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Geary – Yorba’s Lightweight eMail Reader for Gnome

admin — Mon, 07 May 2012 03:37:18 +0000

Geary is a lightweight email reader for the GNOME desktop. It’s a Yorba product, now supports Gmail and Yahoo! Mail. Version 0.1 was released on May 4.

Geary has following features:

Basic support for viewing and composing HTML email
Send and receive email
Reply to all and forward email
Optional spell checker
Keyboard shortcuts
Organizes emails into conversations

You can download the tarball. Ubuntu 12.04 Precise can install geary from Yorba PPA shortly. Just run following commands in terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install geary

Screenshots:

Install Google Earth with Ugly Fonts Fixed in Ubuntu 12.04

admin — Sat, 05 May 2012 02:50:37 +0000

Download and Install Google Earth from the official website:

Download the .deb package from earth.google.com. Then use this command to install this .deb:

sudo dpkg -i google-earth-*.deb

It may prompt missing dependencies, just install them use apt-get command then:

sudo apt-get -f install

Fix the ugly fonts:

After installation, at first launch if you get following unreadable fonts. Just install MSttCoreFonts by:

sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

If still not satisfied, try following method from ubuntuforums.org

Following fixes may or may not work, try them at your own risk!

Method 1: Download Google-fix aka replacement.7z and save it into ~/Downloads, then run following commands in terminal to extract the package and copy and paste into google earth installation directory:

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full   #insall p7zip command line 7zip.
cd ~/Downloads/                   #navigate to the download folder
7z x replacement.7z               #extract downloaded package
cd replacement                  #navigate to the extracted folder
sudo cp -r * /opt/google/earth/free/ #copy all in the folder to..

Method 2. Try this on omgubuntu. If you tried method 1 and it failed, completely remove google-earth via synaptic package manager and reinstall it before this.

TV-MAXE, Sopcast Online TV & Radio Player in Ubuntu 12.04/Previous

admin — Thu, 03 May 2012 03:46:28 +0000

TV-MAXE is an application which provides the ability to watch TV stations and listen radio via different streams, such is SopCast. Currently it has a large number of channels, both romanian and international.

Here’s a list of available TV-Channels on TV-MAXE: ABC, Acasă, A and E TV, Alfa Omega Movies, Alfa Omega TV, Alfa Omega Youth TV, Animal Planet, Antena 1, Antena 2, Antena 3, AXN, AXN Crime, AXN Sci-Fi, B1 TV, BBC News, BBC World, Biography channel, Boomerang, Cartoon Network, CBS, CNBC, CNN, Comedy Central, Cosmos TV, Dance TV, Digi Sport Plus, Discovery Channel, Discovery Science, Discovery Travel&Living, Discovery World, Discovery ID, Disney Channel, DIVA International, DR1, ESPN, Eurosport, Eurosport 2, Film4, FOX 43, FOX Sports, France 24, France 24 (english), GSP TV, HBO, History Channel, Hit Music TV, Iaşi TV Life, Jurnal TV, Kanal D, KISS TV, Lifetime Movie Network, Musicbox, NatGeo Wild, National Geographic, Naţional TV, Nickelodeon, OTV, Prima TV, ProCinema, Pro TV, Pro TV Internaţional, Publika MD, Realitatea TV, Romstyle TV, Sony Entertainment, Sport.ro, Taraf TV, TBS, TCM, Tele’M Iaşi, TNT, TV 1000, TVM Piatra Neamţ, TVR 1, TVR 2, TvRM Cultural, TvRM Educaţional, USA, UTV, Wgal 8.

Also radio channels*: BBC Radio 2, Europa FM, Impact FM, Kiss FM, Magic FM, Naţional FM, PRO FM, Radio Iaşi, Radio Intens, Radio România Actualităţi, Radio România Cultural, Radio Vocea Evangheliei, Radio ZU, Rock FM, Sky FM Dance, Sky FM Top Hits, Vibe FM.

List can differ from the one in application. If you got an PBX TV account you can also use it in TV-MAXE.

Install TX-MAXE in Ubuntu

Ubuntu 12.04, 11.10, 11.04, 10.04,10.10 can install TX-MAXE from ppa:venerix/blug, just execute following commands in terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:venerix/blug
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tv-maxe

How to Install Skype on AMD 64-bit Ubuntu 12.04 Precise

admin — Tue, 01 May 2012 00:52:22 +0000

Here’s the simple installation guide on installing Skype for Linux in Ubuntu 12.04 64-bit. The official website points to wrong package format for 64-bit Ubuntu and it can be fixed by adding output parameter with wget command.

First install the dependencies by this command in a terminal window(or use Synaptic):

sudo apt-get install lsb-core ia32-libs libqt4-dbus libqt4-network libqt4-xml libasound2

sudo apt-get -f install

Then, download the 64 bit deb package from the official website by:

wget -O skype_Ubuntu-current_amd64.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64

Now, install skype:

sudo dpkg -i skype_Ubuntu-current_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get -f install

Install Latest Opera Browser 11.62 & Set Default in Ubuntu 12.04

admin — Mon, 23 Apr 2012 04:28:05 +0000

If you prefer Opera browser more than Mozilla Firefox, you may want to install the latest stable Opera 11.62 and set default to replace Firefox in the upcoming Ubuntu 12.04 LTS.

Here’re two ways to install Opera browser in Ubuntu

Method 1. Download the package from the official site download page

Choose Ubuntu System, Default package, and select download server. Finally, click download. It’s deb package, double click to install it.
Method 2. Add the source into Ubuntu repository and keep update.

Launch a terminal window and execute following commands:

sudo sh -c ‘echo “deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free” >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list’ sudo sh -c ‘wget -O – http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | apt-key add -’ sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install opera

Set Opera as defaul web browser in Ubuntu

Once Opera installed in Ubuntu, navigate to System Settings -> System Info. In Default Applications choose Opera in ‘web’ drop-down box.

0 A.D. game comes into Ubuntu 12.04 Preice’s Software Center

admin — Fri, 20 Apr 2012 03:44:20 +0000

0 A.D. (pronounced “zero ey-dee”) is a free, open-source, cross-platform real-time strategy (RTS) game of ancient warfare. In short, it is a historically-based war/economy game that allows players to relive or rewrite the history of Western civilizations, focusing on the years between 500 B.C. and 500 A.D. The project is highly ambitious, involving state-of-the-art 3D graphics, detailed artwork, sound, and a flexible and powerful custom-built game engine.

0 A.D. homepage: www.wildfiregames.com/0ad/

Now this game is available in Ubuntu Software Center.

Install SopCast Internet TV on Ubuntu 12.04

admin — Wed, 11 Apr 2012 05:18:08 +0000

This is a simple guide about installing SopCast in Ubuntu 12.04 from the official website. Works are being done in terminal, you need to know a little about Linux command.

1. Download ‘sopcast for Linux’ the sopcast.tgz from www.sopcast.org/download/

Extract the package, copy and paste ‘sp-sc-auth’ file into ‘/usr/bin/sp-sc’ and ‘usr/local/bin/sp-sc’

sudo cp ~/Downloads/sp-auth/sp-sc-auth /usr/bin/sp-sc
sudo cp ~/Downloads/sp-auth/sp-sc-auth /usr/local/bin/sp-sc

2. Check if step1 is working by running sp-sc and it should output as below (64-bit Ubuntu first install sudo apt-get install ia32-libs ):

~$ sp-sc
SC Version: 3.2.6 Build time: 2009-11-09 15:09
Usage:
./sp-sc [-TpI] [-b ipaddr] [-u username:password] [-n out:total]

If not, download stdc++5 extract ‘libstdcpp5.tgz’, and then run:

sudo cp -a ~/Downloads/usr/lib/libstdc++.so.5* /usr/lib/

3. Add Medibuntu’ repository to Ubuntu.

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu#Adding%20the%20Repositories

4. Finally download and install the UI front-end.

Download sopcast player here. Under its extracted directory(cd ~/Downloads/sopcast-player*), run following commands to install it:

make
sudo make install

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Install Oracle Java(JDK) 7 in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise & 11.10 Oneiric

admin — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 04:13:22 +0000

Due to the new Java license, Oracle JDK was removed from Ubuntu repository and it doesn’t be hosted in the PPA.

If you want to use Oracle Java instead of OpenJDK Java Runtime in Ubuntu. You can use private PPAs that provide installer to automatically download Oracle Java JDK 7 from its official website and install it on your computer.

Note: These PPA may or may not work, use it at your own risk!

First, open up a terminal window and remove OpenJDK by command:

sudo apt-get purge openjdk*

Then, add ppa:eugenesan/java and install Oracle Java (JDK) 7 in Ubuntu 10.04/10.10/11.04/11.10/12.04:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

Webupd8 Team also built a PPA for the installer which includes JRE and the Java browser plugin

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-java7-installer

After that, search java in the Dash and check it in Java Control Panel:

Install Adobe Flash Plugin in Ubuntu 12.04(both 32&64 bit)

admin — Thu, 15 Mar 2012 03:38:45 +0000

After a fresh Ubuntu installation, one of the important things is to install the flash plugin for watching videos via web browser.

For 32-bit, search and install flash plugin in Ubuntu Software Center.

For 64-bit, download .tar.gz from the official site. click here and select “.tar.gz for other Linux”. Then do following steps.

1.) Extract the .tar.gz package and there only “libflashplayer.so” is what we need. Copy and paste this file to “/usr/lib/flash-plugin”. You can do this via the file browser (run sudo nautilus in terminal to launch file browser with root), or use following commands:

Open up a terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) window, create “flash-plugin” folder:

sudo mkdir /usr/lib/flash-plugin/

go to the download page, and extract the .tar.gz: (replace the package name)

cd Downloads/
tar -zxvf install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz

Navigate to extracted folder and do copy and paste:

cd install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64/
sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/flash-plugin/

2.) Change file permission via:

sudo chmod 775 /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so

make a link for browser plugin:

cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/flash-plugin/libflashplayer.so .
sudo chmod 775 libflashplayer.so

3.) Now, restart your Firefox or Chrome and flash should work.

Install Tomahawk social media player in Ubuntu using PPA

admin — Mon, 12 Mar 2012 04:05:42 +0000

Tomahawk is a social media player that multi-source, socially-connected, cross-platform, and open-source. It hooks you up with friends – connect with your jabber/gtalk/twitter friends and share collections and playlists.

Recently, Tomahawk released 0.4 version with the new sidebar layout, content resolves faster than before – as well as loads of other performance optimizations, UX improvements and bug fixes. More read www.tomahawk-player.org

New in tomahawk 0.4.0:

* Added visual notification for database indexing job.
* Fixed icons not appearing in resolvers list.
* Fixed various UI glitches and stray error messages in stations.
* Fixed bug where album page would resolve bottom-to-top.
* Fixed bug where Footnotes would not update when changing selected album in Album View.
* Fixed dragging albums and artists from charts, album, and artist views.
* Fixed bug where filter text would be one step behind filter value.
* Fixed bug where resolvers would enable themselves after auto-updating.
* Fixed occasional crash when dropping tracks onto New Station item.
* Added jump-to-current-track support for search results page.
* Fixed out of sync Show/Hide menu items on OS X when hidden with cmd-h.
* Fixed non-resolving tracks when dragging from album view.
* Fixed /Volumes directory not showing up on OS X.
* Fixed fetching album covers for albums with special characters.
* Show errors and continue gracefully when resolved audio is not available.
* Fixed various crashes on exit.
* Added basic command-line options for playback control.
* Bumped up web api timeouts to allow web clients to finish resolving.
* Added filename suggestion when exporting a playlist.
* Cleaned up highlighting of artist names in album view.
* Cleaned up alignment of playlist items.
* Fixed potential crash when searching.
* Added support for disc number.
* Added SoundCloudWall.com charts.
* Added ability to “lock on” to a user when listening along, to skip along.
* Fixed bug where loved tracks would be refreshed much too often.
* Fixed startup crash on OS X.
* Fixed some font size issues.
* Sped up Tomahawk startup by moving chart loading into a separate thread.
* Added support for parsing Grooveshark and Tinysong tracks and playlists.
* Reorganized sidebar to follow more logical item groupings.
* Added artist and album results to global searches.
* Fixed style and contrast issues when using GTK styles.
* Fixed paths to artwork when using MPRIS2 interface.

Install Tomahawk in Ubuntu:

Add this ppa which contains Ubuntu packages for the Tomahawk social media player. (For now support Ubuntu 11.04, 11.10, and 12.04)
Then update and install tomahawk via apt-get:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tomahawk/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tomahawk