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PPA Fundas

27 Jun

For Software Developers/Providers

Personal Package Archive (PPA) service is provided for Ubuntu by Launchpad via which you can distribute software and updates directly to Ubuntu users. Create your source package, upload it and Launchpad will build binaries and then host them in your own apt repository.
Refer this link for more on how to create your own PPA to distribute software.

For Users (Like Us)

PPA (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas) can be easily used to add new sources for software not available in Software Centre.PPAs work like normal Ubuntu archives. You can install software in the usual way — for example, through apt-get or synaptic — and whenever there’s an update Ubuntu will prompt you to install it. Both the x86 & x64 architectures are supported by PPA.

Here is an example, to add the repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: user/ppa-name

So pop up your Terminal and try adding few of them from below

Open Office : sudo add-apt-repository  ppa:openoffice-pkgs/ppa

Google Chrome Browser Beta : sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chromium-daily/beta

ClamAv Antivirus : sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-clamav/ppa

Remember to run sudo apt-get update after you are done with above

Here is a look at a successfull addition via PPA


If you still feel you are bit of a Linoob just try using Ubuntu Tweak

 
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Ultimate Edition 2.7

25 May

Ultimate Edition is an operating system based on Ubuntu Linux Distribution. The creators aim was to create a better user experience and improved usability. Its a third-party Ubuntu derivative.

‘Ultimate Edition’ started off as Ubuntu Christmas Edition, and was made as a Christmas present for the Ubuntu community. The creator, Glen Cady aka TheeMahn, then created Ubuntu Ultimate 1.1. Ultimate Edition has more software pre-installed and ready for use even in the Live CD/DVD environment than Ubuntu. Ubuntu Ultimate 1.2 was released shortly after 1.1 with even more new software. To answer the call of gamers, TheeMahn then built Ubuntu Ultimate Gamers Edition. On October 18, 2007, TheeMahn received an e-mail from Canonical asking not to use the Ubuntu name or logo due to violation of trademark policy. Ubuntu Ultimate then became ‘Ultimate Edition’. Additional softwares such as Java, Flash, Acrobat Reader or Google Earth, which were removed due to licensing agreements, can be installed using an integrated custom repository. The latest release Ultimate Edition 2.6 is based on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 LTS.

For newbies it is highly recommended if you have a PC with decent configuration since it contains all the features you need else will have to download and enable after default Ubuntu Installation.

Desktop Environment :-

Ultimate Edition comes with Gnome Desktop Environment by default. The special releases like Ultimate Edition Gmaers or Odd releases like Ultimate Edition 2.5 which gives the choice of KDE and XfCE before login.

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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS is here!

30 Apr

So, finally the Ubuntu 10.04 “Lucid Lynx” LTS is released.

Here are the Torrent files for you to download from:

i386: http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

AMD64: http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent

For HTTP/FTP downloads, kindly visit this link: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

 
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CD/DVD Burning Tools

05 Apr

It started with Nero Linux  4 Trial. Nero would have been our first choice if it would have been Windows. But since neither the Windows is free nor Nero, we have been looking for a software that could take over Nero role for burning CDs and DVDs efficiently.

We didn’t find one that good but came out with some wares that can do what they are really better than that. But still we found some of them worth satisfying.

Heres the list:-

1) Brasero Disc Burner.

2) K3B Cd and DVD Kreator.

3) Gnome Baker.

4) XfBurn.

5) Nautilus Cd/Dvd Creator.

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APTonCD: Update Ubuntu Offline

08 Feb

As we all know that Ubuntu Karmic/Jaunty and other versions come in a limited 700 mb CD, that means to have a computer running properly with Ubuntu requires an Internet connection. Sometimes, we come across hard-drive failures etc., so this creates a problem of downloading all the updates and applications again. Moreover, internet is not available everywhere. So, to solve this, we have an application that will do just fine. APTonCD is a tool with a graphical interface which allows us to create one or more CDs or DVDs with all of the packages we’ve downloaded via ‘apt-get’ , ‘synaptic package manager’, ‘ubuntu software center’ and ‘add/remove’, creating a removable repository that we can use on other computers also. :) APTonCD also allows you to automatically create media with all of the .deb packages located in one specific repository, so that we can install them into other computers without the need for an Internet connection’. It also serves as a backup to our installed applications, programs and updates.

Download:

all.deb : click here

tar.gz : click here

Installation:

Option 1) If you have downloaded the .deb file (recommended), you just need a double click to go . Easy, isn’t it :P

Option 2) For the second one, you can easily compile the downloaded source code (tar.gz file) using the following commands in terminal:-

$ tar -xvzf aptoncd-*.tar.gz
$ cd aptoncd/
$ sudo make install

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Ubuntu Tweak: The Ultimate Tweaker For Ubuntu

24 Jan

Ubuntu is considered as one of the most user-friendly Linux distributions  available today. But still, there are some hidden functions and settings that will improve your Ubuntu experience to a great extent. Though you don’t need a third-party program to unlock them, you just need Ubuntu Tweak. It will save a lot of time of yours as this application gives you a UI to control and configure your system settings yourself. Ubuntu Tweak makes it easy to change hidden system and desktop settings. Unfortunately, it is only for GNOME desktop environment. This is still under heavy development and a very good utility for Ubuntu users. Tweak is more or less like Ubun-student but a bit more stable and reliable with lesser bugs.But this application is also going heavy development, so watch for updates and latest releases regularly. It was basically build for the new Ubuntu users to help them getting a experience. We recon this a must have for your Ubuntu Desktop and we are sure that it will improve the usability of your Ubuntu desktop significantly.

Changes OverView:

  • Support of Ubuntu 9.04 and before DROPPED.
  • Use all native icon in UI.
  • Migrate from policykit to policykit-1, no C code any more.
  • Support dynamic-module, only load module what desktop supports.
  • Redesign the sidebar and titlebar.

New Features :

  • Application Center: improve from Add/Remove, supports online data sync.
  • Add the option to disable user list in gdm.
  • Add indicator-session dialog control.
  • Improve the computer page, add “Change Hostname” feature.
    Source Center: improve from Third-Party Source, supports online data sync.
  • Add the menu and button icon options to gnome settings. – Add the show desktop icon again.
  • Update Manager: a simple but more human-readable update manager.

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‘sudo’ & installing packages

20 May

So lets now understand few basics regarding software installation & user levels,cause in Linux both go hand in hand

Lets start with Terminal which is equivalent to the Command Prompt of Linux (but much more powerful than that of Windows).

It can be acessed by going to Applications —–> Accessories —–> Terminal

Since we’ll use Terminal too often , so just press Alt+F2

Type anything you wish to RUN  in terminal there & just check the “Run in Terminal“  before pressing Run.

Alt+F2

Running commands as root/administrator

There is one user ‘root’ in Linux which has access to everything in the operating system with no restrictions,so it is the root of all evil :P . It is equivalent to Administrator in Windows Vista/XP .

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