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Automatically find fastest repository server in ubuntu 10.04

admin — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 01:31:49 +0000

Ubuntu linux uses software repositories to provide software packages and security updates to its users. There are a lot of mirrors situated all over the world, to offer better downloading speed for the users. To find the best repository server near you is a simple task, but could make your download speeds much better.

To find the fastest server for your computer you must launch software sources from the system -> administration ->software sources. You will find a window similar to the below one. Select the “other ” option in the drop-down menu

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There appears a button to select the best server, and when clicked it automatically selects the best server by pinging all the available servers.

Note that repository speeds can vary according to traffic and others factors.

Script your webbrowser with iMacros

admin — Fri, 18 Jun 2010 01:34:27 +0000

iMacros is an extension for web browsers to add the functionality of record and play, to make repetitive browser tasks easier. iMacros is available for major web browsers like internet explorer, google chrome, mozilla firefox etc and is so powerful that it can deal with bookmarking, sharing, alerts, widgets, page navigation and lot more. iMacros for firefox can be downloaded from here. iMacro can be easily controlled using javascript which greatly simplifies your life. For example, tasks like logging to a website and reading the articles after a few clicks, can be easily accomplished with iMacros.It can be done, by recording for one time what you did for reading that article and each time you need to read the article, simply run the macro and the job is done.

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For more reading, i recommend iMacro How-to articles. Here is a video tutorial on how to use iMacro .

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iMacro for firefox

Ubuntu customization for beginners

admin — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 13:38:04 +0000

Ubuntu Tweak is a nice graphical front end tool for easy customization of your Ubuntu linux machine. Considering the case of a beginner in Linux world, the most haunting task is that of window customization and now it is made easier with Ubuntu Tweak. Ubuntu Tweak functions like an extended control panel and simply facilitates the matching settings even more advanced users and even provides customization which is not possible by default installation. I personally recommend using this tool. New version of Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.2 is now available for download.

Following are the links to download ubuntu-tweak

- Ubuntu Lucid: ubuntu-tweak_0.5.3-1 ~ lucid1_all.deb
- Ubuntu Karmic: ubuntu-tweak_0.5.3-1 ~ karmic1_all.deb

Beginners guide to Linux installation on flashdrive

admin — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 12:21:24 +0000

I know you like to try every new linux distribution, but not interested in burning cds and booting from it. Ok, here is a solution to your problem, install your linux distro in a flash drive and boot from it without going to the hassels of creating a boot cd. If you like to install your favourite distro on a flashdrive so that you could take it everywhere you go, you are most welcome. Unetbootin is an opensource software available for windows and linux platforms which enables you to install almost all linux distributions in a thumb drive. Grab your copy of Unetbootin here. With unetbootin you can install many linux distros like ubuntu, mandriva, knoppix ,opensuse , fedora and much more.

Video showing how to install linux distros using unetbootin :

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Humanity Colors – icons in summer colors of the rainbow

admin — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:06:29 +0000

Here is a nice opportunity to make your desktop icons more colourful with color icon theme ,Humanity Colors. This is nothing but a modified version of icon humanity for gnome desktop environment. Download this nice icon theme from GNOME-Look.org. After downloading unpack , the file and the folder on to System => Preferences => Appearance. Hurray you are done. More details can be found at http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php/Any+Color+You+Like?content=102435 .

Automate tasks in Gnome with Dothisnow

admin — Sat, 27 Feb 2010 12:56:01 +0000

Many operations , such as backing up important files or changing the wallpaper are activities that we do periodically, but we don’t want to do it or have no time for this . Fortunately now you have dothisnow for help. Dothisnow is so advanced that it can change your desktop background, change pidgin status, play music, create screenshots and much more.For each of these steps, we can also define a very precise time of its execution, or cycle, which is to be repeated (eg a screenshot every 10 minutes to the folder reviewglitz) .Changing status of pidgin or playing audio after a fixed time etc can be controlled by Dothisnow.

DotThisNow can be downloaded from hand tools.

XCruiser – There is a cosmic way to view your files

admin — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 09:50:35 +0000

Are you the linux user who is bored of using nautilus and other file managers.Do you really want to try out something really amazing ? . Then here is an unusual way to view your files, with an amazing application called Xcruiser. XCriuser provides an interesting journey to the interior of your system which resembles a galaxy. The speed of movement of virtual galaxy can be controlled with the help of left and right mouse buttons. Xcruiser is not only entertaining , but also powerful enough to access the files and folders Xcruiser is compatible with newer versions of Ubuntu and many other linux distros.As it is always better to try it out, than to read about it..deb file for Xcruiser can be found here .

How to overclock your Ubuntu Linux System

admin — Sun, 31 Jan 2010 15:17:15 +0000

Overclocking is sometimes essential for your computer . Here are a few tools which enable you to overclock your Linux systems . Overclocking nvidia based video cards can be done with a small tools named nvclock and Perlmon . To install nvclock for your ubuntu linux , issue the following commands .

$ sudo apt-get install nvclock-gtk

Now your program is installed and to start it use the command “nvclock_gtk”

After installation , you can change parameters like GPU clock and Memory Clock

screenshot of nvclock

Perlmon is another utility which is used for overclocking . Perlmon can be downloaded from here and unpack the file .

Now install the perlmon 0.2.0 by the following commands

$ cd /path/PerlMon-0.2.0
$ sudo perl Installer

To start perlmon type “perlmon”

Perlmon screenshot

Command to download tons of gnome wallpapers

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:41:32 +0000

Yes , it is true you can download tons of gnome wallpapers with a command . As you know even though gnome-look.org has a large collection of wallpapers , it doesnot make it easy to download a lot of stuff . So how we can do it ? download with ftp .Here is a complete step by step procedure to download gnome images .

1. Fire up your terminal and make a directory .

$ mkdir wallpapers

2 . Connect to ftp.gnome.org

$ ftp ftp.gnome.org

3. You need to enter the username and password , ”anonymous” will be your default username and there needs no password .

4.Explore the contents of the server

$ cd /pub/GNOME/teams/art.gnome.org/backgrounds

5. Now , we need to turn off the prompt mode .

$ prompt off .

5. Now we can download all the stuff of your resolution with mget providing your resolution . Here i assume your resolution to be 800 *600.

$ mget *800*600.jpg

You have started downloading .Feel free to post your comments .

Make your Ubuntu Linux look like Mac os

admin — Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:24:13 +0000

Many people around the world are always fascinated by the way a mac looks . Mactintosh is really an exception from the other competitor like microsoft windows . For those who really need to change the appearance of their Linux to that of Mac , there is a perfect solution for you ,Mac4Lin . Mac4Lin make your linux look mac , so that you can even fool your friends , with it .Here you can download Mac4Lin .

Here are some screenshots of your linux converted to mac os .

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