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[Reviews]: Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1 Review ” Maverick Meerkat “

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Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1 Maverick Meerkat you won’t  notice a big difference between it and 10.04 LTS, fixed many bugs check bug tracking on launchpad for more information.

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Latest Reviews for Ubuntu 10.10

Main Enhancement On Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1

  • check the Blueprints for Maverick to know fixed bugs and upgraded packages for Maverick
  • upgraded to gnome 2.31 and for Kubuntu KDE upgraded to version 4.5 beta 1
  • Kernel version 2.6.34-5.12 based on Kernel 2.6.34

check the release announcement and release Notes

Download Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1

Testing Environment using Vbox with these Hardware specification:

  • Single core processor 2.1 Ghz
  • 384 MB of RAM
  • 12 MB of video memory

First impression

Same looking as Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, quick booting time, same installed default themes, and backgrounds, but many applications upgraded to last release.

Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1 screenshots

Overall about Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1

still quite early for this release to notice changes between it and older version 10.04 LTS. but it’s working really good i didn’t got any problem with at all so far.

Waiting for Alpha 2 according to schedule will be released July 1st, That’s it for now.

[How To]: Convert Ogv To FLV using simple Nautilus Script

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I found this script really handy to convert Ogv to Flv directly, I thought to share it with you guys. helps you to quickly convert out Ogv files to flv with different resolutions.

Download and install Ogv to Flv Converter 1.3 check the installation instructions there.

after you done the installation simply right click on the file you want to convert and select script then convert from ogv to FLV 1.3

then it will ask you to select required resolution for the Flv output file

it will take a while then comes a successful message to inform you that the process done. Thanks “Siafu Linux” for this simple tool.

That’s it for now.

[How To]: Install LXDE Desktop On Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

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LXDE is really lightweight desktop and that what this desktop name stand for, a lot of distributions right now using LXDE desktop, if you was a windows user you will feel it looks similar to it a little bit. But this is not the idea, LXDE comes with a lot of integrated packages with it for file manager “PCMan file manager”, and music player LXmusic, and many other packages.

LXDE menu panel

File manager for LXDE

Music player and themes manager for LXDE Desktop, also you will be able to change themes and icons

Installation process:

you download it and install it from  LXDE website This way recommended to other distribution or

for Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Go To Terminal and type:

sudo apt-get install lxde

## will ask you for the administration password

then it will take some time for the installation process

after the Installation over, Log out and log in with LXDE Desktop

Enjoy LXDE on Ubuntu 10.04 Lucid Lynx

That’s it for now.

[How To]: Control Ubuntu from your phone using Bluepad

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it’s quite good to take control of your machine using your phone with bluepad application the idea of the application two packages 1st one installed on your distribution for example Ubuntu 10.04 and the 2nd one the phone and will list the supported phones for this application.

Using Bluepad on your phone will let you to do a lot of things to control you machine such as control multimedia files for playing audio and movies files, presentations files for open office, even games you use this application as game pad.

check this video show how Bluepad working

Here some screenshots

This is the supported devices for BluePad

  • Benq-Siemens EF81 – Tomas R
  • Motorola V360 – Claudio
  • Motorola Razr V3x – ourselves :D
  • Motorola Razr V3xx – Michael Ellis
  • Nokia 5300 – Samuel Sieb
  • Nokia 6126 – Samuel Sieb
  • Nokia 6131 – Alejandro Lázaro
  • Nokia 6230 – David
  • Nokia 6230i – Lars Friedrichs
  • Nokia 6234 – Juan
  • Nokia 6280 – Patrício Fernandes
  • Nokia 6288 – ourselves :D
  • Nokia 6300 – Phil (despo)
  • Samsung E390 – Nelson Vinagre
  • Sony Ericsson k610 – Ruben Silva
  • Sony Ericsson k750 – Anna Filipova
  • Sony Ericsson k510 – Anna Filipova
  • Nokia 6110 Navigator – ourselves :D
  • Nokia 6680 – ourselves :D
  • Nokia E51 – Tito Garrido
  • Nokia E61 – Tomasz Dominikowski
  • Nokia N80 – Vitor Nogueira
  • Nokia N95 - Mike Cronenworth

For more information about Bluepad follow this link

Download Bluepad

Inform Bluepad community if you tested this application on other devices listed up there.

That’s it for now.

[Reviews]: Linux Mint 9 Isadora Review

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Linux Mint 9 Isadora is one of the best Ubuntu based distributions, a really cool distribution if you used Ubuntu 10.04 LTS you find out it has many things on common with Linux Mint Isadora with extra packages installed on it. before we go any further will list the release announcement and download options for it here

release announcement and download options so far it’s available to download with Gnome desktop on CD, DVD for different CPUs AMD, intel, 32 bit or 64 bit

Download

Using Isadora on virtual machine ” virtual box ” with this hardware specifications:

  • single core processor 2.1
  • 384 MB or RAM
  • 12 MB of Video memory

Same great look for linux Mint with green color, and many new wallpaper we mentioned it on this post

Featured improvements in this release: 30,000 applications catalogued and reviewable both online and in the new software manager, brand new incremental backup tool for both data and software selection, menu transparency and editable items, USB and Windows installers, 3 years support, look & feel improvements.

A lot of new features and software packages integrated with linux mint 9 isadora check this release announcement for more information.

Using live session on the virtual machine, so it’s not expected to know exactly if this good booting time or not. but overall working good.

a really cool backup tool for linux mint some kind like apttocd application, to backup specific packages installed on the machine and you can restore it later.

also improves linux mint main menu with extra look for transparent, and same other features usually see for 3d and cube and fading…

Awesome software manager a really cool organized way to pick your applications you would like to install, and optimized with different categories and subcategories. also you can add your own review on the listed applications there and make a vote for it.

Overall it’s a great distribution working great, and still waiting for FluxBox window manager version that will come from Linux Mint community soon.

That’s it for now  :)

Diagnose MySQL database server with Jet Profiler On Ubuntu

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Jet Profiler for MySQL is a really good tool to diagnostic MySQL database for tables, user performance, query, using graphical visualisation, and it’s user friendly.

Main features such as ” Top Queries, Top Users, Top Tables, Top States, Replication Profiling, Master and Slave statistics, MyISAM Lock Analysis, Query Ratings, Query Visualization, Slow Queries, Zoomable GUI, General Server Metrics, Save / Load Support, Low Overhead, Supports all MySQL Versions, …”

check this one minute video for  how t o use Jet Profiler for MySQL database. Here

More information and Download Options Here

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Benchmark platforms with Phoronix Test Suite

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Phoronix it’s a cool way to benchmark and test your system, with a lot of different testing suites, also this applications is opensource licensed under the GNU GPLv3.

Different testing suites such as ” disk suite, disk SSD testing, encoding, GUI testing, Ioquake3 game engine testing, software gaming, Database testing, Darwin, Gaming benchmarking,  …….. ”

  1. 130+ Test Profiles
  2. 60+ Test Suites
  3. Extensible Testing Architecture
  4. Optional Linux-based LiveDVD/USB Testing Distribution (PTS Desktop Live)
  5. Automated Test Installation
  6. Dependency Management Support
  7. Module-based Plug-In Architecture
  8. PNG, JPG, GIF, Adobe SWF, SVG Graph Rendering Support
  9. Automated Batch Mode Support
  10. Global Database For Result Uploads, Benchmark Comparisons
  11. Detailed Software, Hardware Detection
  12. System Monitoring Support
  13. GTK2 Graphical User Interface + Command-Line Interface

You can get a great benchmark comparison between different operating system with same hardware specifications, and able to make side by side comparisons. Phoronix working on many platforms ” Linux, Mac OS X, windows 7, BSD, Open Solaris ”

System logs able to achieve system log such as “Xorg.0.log, Ispci, dmesg,… ”

For more information about The Phoronix Test Suite Follow this link , and this application available on ubuntu software center and you can download it from here also for different distributions.

That’s it for now.

[How To]: Create ISO file from CD-DVD using Terminal

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A quick How To For today create ISO file from CD or DVD using command line.

Usually I use this command to get an ISO image from Disk for operating system, for example I have Kubuntu 10.04 LTS on a Disk, and i want to use that image on my virtual machine, instead of keeping the CD inside my CD ROM all the time.

Also you can use it as a backup way to keep your files safe on ISO file. I am sure you will figure out many ways to use this command  for  :)

The process

Insert the disk

then open terminal,,, type

 dd if=/dev/dvd of=~/Kubuntu.iso

I am not sure what dd stand for ” destroy data “, ” delete ” according to wiki  :)

if : input file

of : output file for the image will be copied to

dvd : it’s a variable according to what’s the device name located on ” dev ” directory

to get more information about dd unix command follow this link

That’s it for now, If you have any questions please inform me.

dd

if=f/dev/cdrom of=~/cdrom_image.iso

How To: Install FluxBox Window Manager on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

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FluxBox window manager is the real simple of X window system you will have ever see, Lightweight window manger, can be modified with a lot of styles and themes, and really easy to use. FluxBox was based on BlackBox 0.61.1

Installations Guide :

1. simply open terminal and type

 sudo apt-get install fluxbox

it will take a while till the installation process done.

and other way to install the FluxBox

2. Visit Download FluxBox site

and download the last stable version there. or if you are interesting in test development release

Download it then simply compile the package

access the directory for the download file then open terminal and type this commands

./configure

make

sudo make install

and here is some screenshots For FluxBox 1.1 after installing it on my Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with different styles

That’s it for now :)

[How To]: Burn ISO files on “Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu”

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Most Linux distributions released with .ISO file extension it’s quite easy to burn it on CD or DVD, Many applications you can use for burning ISO image by default on Ubuntu and Xubuntu using applications called Brasero disk burner. support Data disk burning, Audio, Video, copy disks…

Found a really Handy Ubuntu documentation to help you out with burning ISO files on Ubuntu, Xubuntu, Kubuntu, even Mac OS X, and windows.

Documentation Link: BurningIsoHowto

Easier Navigation for Nautilus Gnome 2.30

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It’s quite easier to use keyboard instead of the mouse sometimes, some changes comes up with the new release of Gnome GDM 2.30 for Nautilus. we already reviewed how to move “close, minimize, and maximize” button to right hand side of the title bar in this post. This tested on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS, also it’s working on other platforms as long as the gnome GDM 2.30 installed.

So here you can find many shortcuts will help you to easily navigate and use your file browser.

F3 : Extra pane    ” This options is new with Gnome 2.30 ”

Ctrl+S : Select Pattern [enter pattern]

Alt+ENTER : File/Folder Properties

Shift+Ctrl+N : Create New Folder

Ctrl+1 : Toggle View As Icons

Ctrl+2 : Toggle View As List

Shift+Right Arrow : Open Directory (List View)

Shift+Left Arrow : Close Directory (List View)

F2 : Rename File

Ctrl+A : Select All

Ctrl+T : Delete (to Trash)

Ctrl+W : Close Window

Ctrl+Shift+W : Close All Nautilus Windows

Ctrl+R : Reload Nautilus Window

Alt+Up Arrow : Open Parent

Alt+Left Arrow : Back

Alt+Right Arrow : Forward

Alt+Home : Home Folder

Ctrl+L : Location Bar

F9 : Toggle Sidepane

Ctrl+H : Show Hidden Files

Ctrl++ : Zoom In

Ctrl+- : Zoom Out

Ctrl+0 : Normal Size

10 Empathy Themes

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Empathy is a messaging program which 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.

Themes listed down there working for Empathy and Adium, Empathy supports Adium Message Styles starting from 2.27.3 (if built with WebKitGtk support).

How to install Empathy Themes:

This on ubuntu 10.04 LTS

paste the theme folder to this directory “/usr/share/adium/message-styles”

Renkoo

Renkoo and Renkoo Naked have custom background support!!!! Dreams do come true!!

Download

Paraphernalia

This message style is the realisation of design ideas I’ve had in my head over the past few months. It builds on the basic stripped-down code of a previous, unreleased theme.

Download

Modern

This is the first version released and I have set it at v.8 because there are still a number of things I have not touched as of yet. You will probably get unexpected results with.

Metal Chat 2

This is the child of the first Metal Chat, a messageview created for Proteus a long, long time ago. Metal Chat 2 blends more of the Tiger Spotlight feel into the mix, along with a slight gleam to the metal itself. Several color variants included,with and without the top header bar.

NoteBoard


NoteBoard! is a beautiful modern Message Style for AdiumX. It’s the first Message Style that fully represents what WebKit is capable of, ie. CSS Animation (http://webkit.org/blog/130/css-transforms/).

GoneDark

Glossy, simple, dark… and light.

Changes

.53
Added 2 new variants to GoneDark: Crimson & Steel.
Added new style called GoneDark Polarized, the albino brother of GoneDark.
GoneDark Polarized contains 5 themes: Arctic, Cosmos, Firelight, Margarita & Standard.
Added Service name to message window.
Fixed issue with long strings not wrapping to the next line.
Fixed the ability to change the background. Changing fonts still an issue.

GAIA Messageview

Exclusive release of the messageview included in the GAIA suite.
Graphics by Imrik, updated and reworked by myself.

Eclipse

Transparency abound, Eclipse can stand in front of anything. It’s fun, subtle, beautiful, utterly kick-ass, and any other adjective you want it to be.
Now with more variants and cleaner code.

Download

Candybars

Candybars is a simple message view style without buddy icons and other unnecessary distractions. It comes in 25 different color variations.

Download

Adium Matte

Adium Matte is the Adium version of iChat Matte. It simulates iChat’s bubbles but instead of the default aqua appearance, it uses a matte appearance that is more subtle and appealing.

Because of the limitations of Adium Message Styles and my own time, I was only able to make incoming variants. Your message color will always be aqua. Feel free to change this to anything you want with the main.css stylesheet in the xtra. It will accept any color and mask it accordingly.

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