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Epiphany-powerful and easy to use GNOME web browser in Ubuntu Linux

admin — Wed, 16 Dec 2009 12:06:35 +0000

Epiphany is a simple yet powerful GNOME web browser targeted at non-technical users. Its principles are simplicity and standards compliance. Simplicity is achieved by a well designed user interface and reliance on external applications for performing external tasks (such as reading email). Simplicity should not mean less powerful. Standards compliance is achieved on the HTML side by using the WebKitGTK+ rendering engine; and on the user interface side by closely following the GNOME Human Interface Guidelines (HIG) and by close integration with the GNOME desktop.
Feature
Epiphany shows you clearly if the information you enter on a webpage is transmitted securely. It can block popup windows, refuse cookies from untrusted sites and store your passwords in a safe place. With Epiphany, you can rest assured that your online privacy is being guarded.
Epiphany lets you arrange user interface elements by simply dragging and dropping with your mouse. It also provides tabs, so you can easily organize related webpages on your computer screen.
Smart bookmarks make it a snap to lookup text in online knowledge bases, like dictionaries or search engines. Also, you don’t have to keep track of in which subfolder you put that one bookmark — just assign it some topic(s) and Epiphany will show you the relevant bookmarks in a dropdown menu.
Epiphany runs all the same popular plugins that run in Mozilla.
Install Epiphany

Go to Applications->Ubuntu Software Center->Search epiphany and click to install.

Launch epiphany from Applications->Internet menu

Homepage:http://projects.gnome.org/epiphany/

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Install Midori,a lightweight web browser in Ubuntu 9.10/9.04

admin — Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:16:35 +0000

Midori is a lightweight web browser based on WebKit.
Its features include:

* Full integration with GTK+2.

* Fast rendering with WebKit.

* Tabs, windows and session management.

* Flexibly configurable Web Search.

* User scripts and user styles support.

* Straightforward bookmark management.

* Customizable and extensible interface.

* Support for extensions (written in C).

* Custom context menu actions.

Install Midori in Ubuntu

For ubuntu 9.10 and 9.04,this web browser is available from repository.Search “midori” in Applications->Ubuntu Software Center or Applications->Add&Remove

If you have Midori installed,launch the web browser from Applications->Internet->Midori

MLDonkey-multi-platform,multi-network,peer-to-peer client for Linux/Unix/Windows

admin — Sat, 21 Nov 2009 11:48:12 +0000

MLDonkey is the open source eDonkey client.It gives details about connected servers,downloaded files,friends and lets one search for files in a pleasing way.
Features
* 100% Open Source, GPL license
* runs on Linux, Unix, Solaris, MacOSX, MorphOS and Windows
* The p2p core can run on a resource limited headless computer, with remote GUI clients accessing it over the network.
o The core is built to run as daemon for days, weeks, ever…
* Several different GUIs available, some of them developed separately.
* Multi-user support: the same core can queue and process downloads for several different users who can’t see what the others are downloading.
* Several different file-sharing networks supported:
o ED2K (and Kademlia and Overnet)
o BitTorrent
o DC++
o (FastTrack, SoulSeek, Gnutella and G2 need work)
* The core can download the same file from several different networks simultaneously.
* Scriptable command-line interface available. It’s possible to control all aspects of mldonkey from the CLI.
* Written in ObjectiveCaml, with some parts written in C and some in Assembly.
Install MLDonkey in Ubuntu
Go to Applications->Ubuntu Software Center,search “mldonkey” then click to install.
Launch Mldonkey from Applications->Internet->MLDonkey

Read more about MLDonkey:http://mldonkey.sourceforge.net/Main_Page

Speed up web browsing in Firefox/Opera using Local DNS

admin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 12:59:16 +0000

This tutorial shows how to install and configure local DNS in Ubuntu,and make your Firefox/Opera web browser runs faster.
Install dnsmasq
Open a terminal window(Applications/Accessories/Terminal) and type this to install dnsmasq:

sudo apt-get install dnsmasq

Configure dnsmasq
1. Edit /etc/dnsmasq.conf:

sudo gedit /etc/dnsmasq.conf

Find the line “#listen-address=” (without quotes),delete the “#” and change it to:

listen-address=127.0.0.1

Find the line “# resolv-file=”(use Search->Find,type to search),replace this with:

resolv-file=/etc/resolvconf/update.d/dnsmasq

then run:

sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.dnsmasq.conf

2.Edit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf:

sudo gedit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf

Find this line “#prepend domain-name-servers 127.0.0.1;”,and delete the “#”.
3.Edit /etc/resolv.conf:

sudo gedit /etc/resolv.conf

add following as the first line:

nameserver 127.0.0.1

4.Edit dsl-provider:

sudo gedit /etc/ppp/peers/dsl-provider

if there’s no this file(content is blank),use this:

sudo gedit /etc/ppp/peers/provider

add “#” (without quotes) at the beginning of:

usepeerdns

Test:
First,restart dnsmasq:

sudo /etc/init.d/dnsmasq restart

Try this twice and see effect:

dig g.cn

Configuring Firefox/Opera web browser

In Firefox or Opera window,go to Edit->Preferences,select Advanced->Network and click on Settings.

Check “Manual proxy configuration:”->”No proxy for:localhost,127.0.0.1″.Click on OK

Install Latest Empathy IM Client in ubuntu 9.04/8.10/8.04

admin — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 00:32:23 +0000

Empathy is the default messaging program in Ubuntu since version 9.10. It supports text, voice, and video chat and file transfers over many different protocols. You can tell it about your accounts on all those services and do all your chatting within one application.

First open terminal(Applications/Accessories/Terminal), add the public key from the developers:

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com FA3A1271

Then,edit /etc/apt/source.list:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

add following into the file:
* For Jaunty (9.04) users:

 deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
    deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

* For Intrepid (8.10) users:

    deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main
    deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

* For Hardy(8.04) users:

  deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu hardy main
    deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/telepathy/ppa/ubuntu hardy main

Update and install:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install empathy

Optionally, you can add more functionality/integration with the following packages:

* SIP: telepathy-sofiasip
* MSN Live / Messenger: telepathy-butterfly
* IRC: telepathy-idle
* Empathy applet: empathy-megaphone-applet
* Voice & video: libtelepathy-farsight0 python-tpfarsight
* Other: galago-eds-feed python-galago python-galago-gtk
For more information about Empathy,see:http://live.gnome.org/Empathy/Install

Set Opera as default web browser and Mail Reader

admin — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 05:43:04 +0000

Go to System->Preferences->Preferred Applications.

Select Custom in scroll-down menu,and type following in command area:

opera -newpage "%s"

opera -newmail "%s"

Share Ubuntu Folders to Specifical computer with NFS

admin — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:46:39 +0000

First,type following in terminal to install NFS:

sudo apt-get install nfs-common
sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server

Edit /etc/exports by :

sudo gedit /etc/exports

Using this command to configure the folder you want to share:

/home/armnfs    192.168.1.6(rw)

this will share /home/armnfs folder,and only 192.168.1.6 can access to this folder.”(rw)” means write and ready permission.
Now,start NFS:

/etc/init.d/nfs-kernel-server start

In the computer(192.168.1.6),use this to mount the shared folder:

mount 192.168.1.5:/home/armnfs  /mnt/arm

Customize Firefox 3.5 shortcut keys with keyconfig

admin — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 06:34:37 +0000

keyconfig allows you to change keyboard shortcuts in Firefox.keyconfig adds the ability to create new or modify existing shortcuts defined by a element, but only changing those which itself call a function has an effect.
For firefox 3.5,download the latest version from:
http://mozilla.dorando.at/keyconfig.xpi
Edit “install.rdf” file in XPI and make a change like this:
change:

http://mozilla.dorando.at/keyconfig/update.rdf

into:

https://mozilla.dorando.at/keyconfig/update.rdf

and change:


{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}
2.0.0.17
3.1.0

into：


{ec8030f7-c20a-464f-9b0e-13a3a9e97384}
2.0.0.17
3.*

Now,install this extension and restart firefox.Click to Tools->Keyconfig,customize shortcut keys in this screen:

Send and Receive emails with Thunderbird in Ubuntu Linux

admin — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 04:46:38 +0000

Thunderbird is a lightweight mail/news/RSS client, based on the Mozilla suite. It supports different mail accounts (POP, IMAP, Gmail), has an integrated learning Spam filter, and offers easy organization of mails with tagging and virtual folders. Also, more features can be added by installing extensions.
Install Thunderbird
You can get thunderbird from Applications->Add/Remove.Just search this application and mark to install.

Or,you can download from this page.

Launch thunderbird from Applications->Internet->Mozilla Thunderbird Mail/News.When you first start it,you’ll get this window for a new account.

In its main window,choose an account and input the password(tick the checkbox,so you won’t input this again).Select read/write messages at right:

Install Opera 10 Web Browser in Ubuntu Linux

admin — Mon, 12 Oct 2009 09:38:28 +0000

The Opera 10 Web browser showcases a sleek new design coupled with our new Turbo technology, which keeps Web pages loading fast even if your connection slows down. Download Opera 10 for free and experience the difference.

Install Opera in Ubuntu

Download latest Opera from this page.In “Choose compression method”,select the default package and you’ll get .deb package.

Use this command in terminal(Applications->Accessories->Terminal) to install this or just double click on it to install:

sudo dpkg -i opera_10.00.4585.gcc4.qt3_amd64.deb

Of course,change “opera_10.00.4585.gcc4.qt3_amd64.deb” to the package name you downloaded.

Now,you can launch this web browser from Applications->Internet->Opera