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Gnome Shell Extension: Add Power Off to User Menu

admin — Wed, 16 May 2012 05:49:57 +0000

By default the Gnome Shell user menu doesn’t show ‘Power Off’ option. Instead, user need holding the ‘Alt’ key to make the menu show it.

Here’s an entension for Gnome Shell > 3.2 that adds ‘Power Off’ to its user menu.

1. Download the extension poweroptions.tar.gz from this page

2. Put it under $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/ (create it if not exist), then extract the package. Read the README file for installation and more.

3. You can check your gnome-shell version by this command:

gnome-shell --version

Then, edit the “metadata.json” file and change the “shell version”

4. Restart gnome-shell by Alt+F2 and run r, or log out and back in.

5. Enable this extension in Advance Settings (gnome-tweak-tool), or execute:

gnome-shell-extension-tool -e poweroptions@fpmurphy.com

Wallch – Custom Wallpaper Slideshow (or Live Earth) on Ubuntu 12.04

admin — Mon, 14 May 2012 03:27:36 +0000

Wallch is a wallpaper changer for Gnome which can change the desktop wallpaper after an adjustable time. It has a friendly and easy to use graphical interface. Wallch also supports Live Earth wallpaper which updates every 1/2 hour.

Features:

Live Earth Wallpaper
Picture of The Day
Folder Monitoring
Unity Integration
Statistics
Features JPG, PNG, GIF, and BMP support
Radom image changing
Desktop/Sound notification
History Logging
Taking screenshot
Taking webcam image

Installation and Usage:

Wallch is available in ubuntu 12.04 software center by default. Just search and install it.

Now, launch wallch and you can see the main window (see the top picture). Click Add or Add Folder to add images, adjust timing and finnally click Start.

Wallch must be opened for it to run the slideshow, so click Edit -> Preferences you can ‘enable startup option’

Live Earth Wallpaper, Picture of The Day, and Monitor Folder features can be enabled via Edit -> Extras dialog.

How to Show All Startup Applications in Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

admin — Sun, 13 May 2012 03:16:56 +0000

In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS the ‘startup applications’ dialog by default doesn’t show any startup programs. I don’t know why that, but it’s inconvenient to customize your starting up services.

Disabling programs in startup applications dialog may speed up booting your Ubuntu. Don’t disable any program that you don’t know what exactly it does, it may cause problems. Some programs really need be enabled as startup applications.

To make Ubuntu 12.04 Show startup applications, run this in a terminal window:

sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop

Install Enlightenment E17 in Ubuntu 12.04 & Previous via PPA

admin — Sat, 12 May 2012 05:11:43 +0000

Enlightenment E17 Desktop is pretty cool desktop environment for Linux. I’m not familiar with enlightenment, here’s just a simple enlightenment installation guide on ubuntu.

What is Enlightenment?

Enlightenment is not just a window manager for Linux/X11 and others, but also a whole suite of libraries to help you create beautiful user interfaces with much less work than doing it the old fashioned way and fighting with traditional toolkits, not to mention a traditional window manager. It covers uses from small mobile devices like phones all the way to powerful multi-core desktops (which are the primary development environment).

Install E17 in Ubuntu 12.04, 11.10, 10.10, and 10.04

The ppa:hannes-janetzek/enlightenment-svn contains enlightenment packages build from svn.

Open a terminal window and add this ppa by:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:hannes-janetzek/enlightenment-svn

Then update and install e17:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install e17

After installation, log out and select to log-in enlightenment.

For more:

Enlightenment web site: www.enlightenment.org

Enlightenment Themes: exchange.enlightenment.org

Unity-Lens-Pidgin, Search Online Accounts in Dash Home

admin — Fri, 11 May 2012 04:01:30 +0000

Pidgin is a graphical, modular instant messaging client capable of using multiple networks at once.

Just one day ago, Unity lens for pidgin released with the ability to search through Pidgin online accounts by typing in Unity Dash, it displays matched online buddies from one’s list.

To install this Unity Lens, add this ppa by executing this command in terminal(for now, support Ubuntu 12.04 & 12.10):

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:scopes-packagers/ppa

Then update and install it by:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-lens-pidgin

Enable Login As Root in Ubuntu 12.04/11.10 with LightDM

admin — Wed, 09 May 2012 03:45:12 +0000

It’s not commended to enable and login as root user in Ubuntu Linux. sudo command can do most works if you need super user privilege. But if you do need or have a good reason to login Ubuntu as root, here’s a way to login root via LightDM. Do it at your own risk!

Since Ubuntu 11.10, the default display manager was changed to LightDM. It’s no longer supported to login with an arbitrary username. You can use GDM to login as root but it takes time installing packages and some don’t really want to replace LightDM.

Enable Root Login via LightDM:

First of all, enable root user by giving a password. In terminal execute:

sudo passwd root

enter current user password and then input a root password twice.

Then, edit the /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf by your favorite editor and add this line:

greeter-show-manual-login=true

Now, reboot! In login screen, there’s a more option “Login” which promts to input Username and Password. You know what to do next ^_^.

Ubuntu 12.04 Get Back Unity Launcher ‘dodge windows’ Feature

admin — Tue, 08 May 2012 04:34:32 +0000

In previous Ubuntu Unity Launcher’s auto-hide behavior there’s a ‘dodge windows’ option. This feature’s dropped from Ubuntu 12.04 Unity.

damianatorrpm has created a couple patches that will revert the Canonical changes and re-add the behavior back to the source. The patch was applied to the latest release of Unity 5.12.0 also with the ability to be able to click a program’s icon on the Launcher and minimize/unminimize that window.

If you prefer the Launcher feature ‘dodge windows’ and ‘click launch icon to minimize/unminimize window’, you can install this custom build from ppa:ikarosdev/unity-revamped:

NOTE: If you used the alternative method originally, please remove ~/.compiz-1 and the ‘staging’ folder before using the PPA method.

Open up a teminal window and add the PPA repository:

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ikarosdev/unity-revamped

Then do update system:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Now you’re done. In next login launch Compizconfig Settings Manager(sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager), ‘dodge windows’ option is back in Unity Plugin’s configuration page.

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