Ubuntu Tweak 0.6 – The next version of Ubuntu tweaker is about to be released. As the release of Ubuntu 11.04 is coming closer, things are getting better. According to the developers, a public beta testing will be available soon, and our shiny Ubuntu Tweak 0.6 will be released as Ubuntu 11.04 Natty comes out. Thats awesome ! So lets take a look at whats about to come in Ubuntu Tweak 0.6
Archive for the ‘System Tools’ Category
Ubuntu Control Center: One-Stop-Shop for Everything
Ubuntu Control Center or UCC is an application inspired by Mandriva Control Center and aims to centralize and organize in a simple and intuitive form the main configuration tools for Ubuntu distribution. UCC uses all the native applications already bundled with Ubuntu, but it also utilizes some third-party apps. In all, it serves like a Control Panel to your Ubuntu desktop giving your enough power to control each and every part of your system whether it be installed Software, Hard Disks, User accounts, Network, and also allows you to upgrade to the latest development release to take part in Ubuntu testing. So, we can conclude that this application is worth installing.

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ConkyWizard: Edit & Run Conky Easily
ConkyWizard is a wizard to set up Conky on Ubuntu, without knowledge of its use. Currently the program is customized for Ubuntu Lucid & has been written in C++ using Qt 4.6 libraries. This program really makes it simple for you to edit conky without any actual knowledge of its .conkyrc editing thingy.

Download :- ConkyWizard V1.0 beta1
Conky: System Monitor for Ubuntu
Conky is a free, lightweight system monitor for GNU/Linux/BSD, that displays any information on your desktop i.e Cpu usage, Disk usage, Download/Upload speeds, CPU/Hard Disk temperatures, list of programs with pid (taking max cpu) etc . Originally a fork of Torsmo, Conky’s torsmo-based code is BSD licensed. New code in Conky has been licensed under the GPL 3.0.

Over the years, Conky has changed significantly from its predecessor, while maintaining simplicity and configurability. Conky can display just about anything, either on your root desktop or in its own window. Not only does Conky have many built-in objects, it can also display just about any piece of information by using scripts and other external programs.
Features : It has more than 300 built-in objects including support for :
- A big list of OS stats (username, uptime, CPU usage, memory usage, download, upload, disk usage, “top” like process stats, and network monitoring, just to name a few)
- Built in IMAP and POP3 support
- Built in support for many popular music players (MPD, XMMS2, BMPx, Audacious)
- Can be extended using built in Lua support, or any of your own scripts and programs.
- Built in Imlib2 and Cairo bindings for arbitrary drawing with Lua.
and much much more….
Conky can display this info either as text, or using simple progress bars and graph widgets, with different fonts and colors.
VirtualBox 3.2.8 in Ubuntu
Its been a while since we have discussed Virtualisation in Ubuntu using KVM – Kernel Virtual Machine. Its about time for us to move on to discuss one of the most famous cross-platform Virtualisation solutions out there – VirtualBox.

VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualisation product for enterprise as well as home use. Not only is VirtualBox an extremely feature rich, high performance product for enterprise customers, it is also the only professional solution that is freely available as Open Source Software under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Recently, Oracle Virtual Box 3.2.8 has been released with a lot of improvements. We will discuss the installation of Virtual Box and using it to run a Guest OS inside Ubuntu 10.04 LTS.
Download :-VirtualBox 3.2.8




