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Top 10 Cursors For X Window System

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Cool Cursors collection for X 11 window system, including animated cursors for different installed applications, some of those cursors will look really good for dark themes, and bright themes, don’t forget to read instruction for each cursors, it might need to be renamed to ” .tar.gz ” and simply drag and drop it on Appearance preferences, go to customize, then to pointer tab to select the new pointer.

1. krakin

Download Krakin cursor

2. UISTA

Download Uista cursor

3. Defender Black

Download Defender Black Cursor

4. Pulse Glass

Download Pulse Glass Cursor

5. J.Aroche’s Vienna3

Download J.Aroche’s Vienna3 cursor

6. Harmony

Download Harmony Cursor

7. XSKH SE

Download XSKH SE cursor

8. KnotVista

Download KnotVista cursor

9. J.Aroche’s G.A.

Download J.Aroche’s G.A. cursor

10. Ecliz

Download Ecliz cursor

PCMan Lightweight File Manager In Gnome Desktop

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Getting used to PCMan file manager when i was using LXDE Desktop, really quick file manager, with many features check the features list for last stable release 0,5 Here.

Installing PCMan file manager on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Download the deb package from here for Ubuntu, also you will find more download options for other distributions Debian, Fedora, FreeBSD, Suse.

Or, download the source code from here and compile it with these steps.

./configure

make

sudo make install

That’s it for now.

[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.

Ubuntu 10.10 Alpha 1 Released

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Also called Maverick Meerkat 10.10 first alpha release comes out today with many new features check the blueprints to see all new features with Maverick Meerkat Alpha 1.

For gnome version updated to gnome 2.31 instead of 2.30 on Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

KDE updated to 4.5 Beta 1 , and Qt updated to 4.7 beta

installed kernal  2.6.34-5.12

some bugs already reported check the release notes for more information.you can also report bugs using Bugsquad

Release announcement

Download Ubuntu 10.10 ” Maverick Meerkat ” Alpha 1

you will find a lot of download options for desktop, netbook, “32,64″ bit versions, intel, AMD

testing time :)

[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  :)

[Download]: 12 Default Desktop Background For Linux Mint 9 Isadora

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Linux Mint 9 default wallpaper posted on linux mint blog by Clem, looks really good wallpapers I always liked linux mint desktop backgrounds. Linux mint suppose to be released on two days from now according to this post Linux Mint 9 ETA

You can download the whole pack on .zip file from here, or visit linux mint blog post

[Reviews]: Puppy Linux 5.0 Review

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Puppy Linux 5.0 or called Lucid Puppy it a minimal distribution based Ubuntu 10.04 LTS release, built on binary packages on Lucid Lynx. comes with a lot of installed packages even you can get more using “Puppy package manager”, using JWM desktop really cool window manger ” Joe’s window manger ” to get more information about JWM desktop follow this link

Using it as a live session on SUN VirtualBox with this hardware specification

  • Single core processor 2.1 Ghz
  • 384 MB memory RAM
  • 12 MB Video memory

First Impression

Really quick release with a really small size distribution just 128 MB it’s not the smallest distribution released but it comes with a lot of installed great packages and internet applications,

Graphics packages ” light inkscape application “, Network manager, Multimedia applications “burn ISO to cd/dvd, Pburn for cd/dvd/blue-ray, ISO master to modify ISO files. and a lot of multimedia application ” Asunder audio CD ripper, Gxine media player, Pmusic player, Pcdripper CD songs ripper, Zmixer audio mixer, mhwave edit audio recorder/editor ” default writing application abiword, Gnumeric spreadsheet application.

First run configuration window comes up with first time boot up that help you out to modify you keyboard layout, languages, Location, time and date, and resolution setting.

when first used it felt it’s messy a little bit with all these icons on the desktop and after using it  for a while and getting used to JWM desktop you will find out that distribution is really cool.

Chthemes GTK themes chooser with GTK+ 2.0

Installing extra packages using Puppy packages manager. you will find a lot of recommended applications listed under many categories and Repo s ” Ubuntu lucid-main, Ubuntu-Lucid- multiverse, puppy-woof, puppy-5″

before turn off the live session it will ask you to save your files and settings you already done on the live session.

Who should use this distribution

This distribution is really light weight distribution, if you have an old laptop or any machine with really low hardware specification this will be a really good choice for you, cause it’s totally awesome and quick. that’s not mean decent computers can’t use it. working great on all.

More information, release Notes and Download Options Follow this link

Direct Download link for Linux Puppy 5.0

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