Getdeb is a really cool open source software catalog which allows one-click installation on Ubuntu Linux systems. This is a good place to check when you want to install a Linux program, but it is archived in non-deb format. You may find the same software here and install it more easily.
I was having some trouble with configuring my dual-monitor setup on my new system76 Wild Dog Ubuntu box. I think I had screwed up the config file by accident when I tried to use System > Preferences > Display to configure the monitors. Instead, you want to use Applications > ATI Catalyst Control Center to do that.To remedy my mistake, I just downloaded the latest graphics driver from http://support.amd.com
After I installed the driver and rebooted, I was able to properly configure the monitors.I must say that the new Asus 26" monitor is the best display I have ever had. Before that, the Acer 22" was the best I ever had, but Asus blows it away. It is truly an amazing piece of hardware. Now I can finally get some work done!
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thegeniusfiles wrote on the 21 Sep 09 at 02:15 Report as spam / offensive I think the idea would be most useful if implemented through the Ubuntu One cloud storage service. Potentially, you could just sync your entire Home directory, thus ensuring a consistent computing experience across devices. Versioning would address the concern of accidental file deletion.
Ubuntu Brainstorm is a forum where you can submit your ideas about how to improve Ubuntu. A form of crowd-sourcing, it is modeled after Dell Computer's excellent Idea Storm. Users can vote ideas up or down; this causes the best ideas to "bubble up" to the top ranking.
You don't have to be very technical-minded in order to contribute or vote on good ideas. If you would like to help design the perfect computer operating system, check out Ubuntu Brainstorm and add your voice.
Install clicks is available in Firefox on Ubuntu. [?]
VLC media player
multimedia player and streamer
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Skype - Medibuntu
A VoIP software - Medibuntu package
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RAR
Archiver for .rar files
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Google Earth - Medibuntu
Google Earth - binary files
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GStreamer extra plugins
GStreamer plugins from the "ugly" set
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Wine Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer
Microsoft Windows Compatibility Layer (Binary Emulator and Library)
464,750 users
GStreamer ffmpeg video plugin
FFmpeg plugin for GStreamer
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Non-free codecs - Medibuntu
Non-free codecs
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Sun Java 6 Runtime
Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture dependent files)
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aMSN
An MSN messenger written in Tcl
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GStreamer plugins for mms, wavpack, quicktime, musepack
GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set
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Macromedia Flash plugin
Adobe Flash Player plugin installer (transitional package)
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GStreamer plugins for aac, xvid, mpeg2, faad
GStreamer plugins from the "bad" set (Multiverse Variant)
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Libdvdcss - Medibuntu
Simple foundation for reading DVDs - runtime libraries
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Microsoft Core Fonts
transitional dummy package
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CompizConfig Settings Manager
Compiz configuration settings manager
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Ubuntu restricted extras
Commonly used restricted packages
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GStreamer fluendo MPEG2 demuxing plugin
GStreamer plugin for demuxing of MPEG2 streams
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MPlayer Movie Player
The Ultimate Movie Player For Linux
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Simple tool to install deb files
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Appnr is a website which allows you to browse a catalog of the many applications available for Ubuntu Linux. Features include click-to-install, if you are browsing with Firefox on an Ubuntu system, and keyword search. If you are thinking about making the switch from Windows to Ubuntu Linux, Appnr is a great place to check out your options and see whether the programs you use in Windows have a Linux equivalent.
- Picasa 3.0 for Linux
To report problems, go to http://groups.google.com/group/Google-Labs-Picasa-for-Linux.
Using the Testing Repository
Using the Testing Repository is just like using the regular Google repositories; just replace the word "stable" with "testing" in the repository path.
Note: The Testing Repository is meant to supplement the regular Google repositories. If you want access to all the available software, you must include both the testing and regular repositories in your package manager configuration.
For instance, to configure Apt, you would add the following lines to your configuration file:
# Google repository
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free # Google testing repository
deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ testing non-freeNote that you also need to follow the other steps specified in the regular repository configuration guides, such as importing the Google package signing key.
Then, for example, you can install the latest test version of Picasa by doing:sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install picasa
Ubuntu 9.04 comes with a very powerful digital photo editor called GIMP. GIMP is comparable to Adobe Photoshop in its feature set. However, sometimes you might just want to do quicker, simpler edits like crop, resize, red-eye removal, auto-adjust, etc. For such tasks, Picasa is easier to use. Above are the instructions to install Picasa 3 in a way which will enable auto-updates. This is the best practice when installing Linux software.
Actually, rather than editing your configuration file, it's even simpler if you go to System > Software Sources > Third party Software then click the "Add" button, paste the first deb line, etc.
Then copy the text from the package signing key, paste it into text editor and save with a name like Google_PGP_Key. Then click Authentication > Import Key File, navigate to the file you just saved, and select it. You should now see an entry that says "Google, Inc. Linux Package Signing Key." Then you can run the apt-get commands in the Terminal. Now you have Picasa 3, with auto-updates - yay!
Using SMEStorage Multi-Cloud Explorer with Ubuntu Posted by info on September 6th, 2009 One of our users recently pointed out to us how they are using the SMEStorage Multi-Cloud explorer within Ubuntu. The explorer is one component of our windows tooling that is installed. The explorer itself is a dedicated .exe file so that makes it compact an easy to run when using virtualisation libararies such as WINE or Crossover.
Ubuntu provides support for WINE within its additional applications. To intalle support for Wine in Ubuntu you need to add the Wine Package:Once Wine is added Just double clicking on the explorer file will launch it using the WINE virtualisation.
The Explorer can work with the Following clouds (depending on your package): - Amazon S3
- Mosso Cloud Files
- MobileME
- Box.net
- WebDav enabled Clouds
- GMail-as-a-Cloud
- Email-as-a-Cloud
- FTP-as-a-Cloud (Private Cloud) A single version of the explorer without having to install the entire suite on windows to extract it can be downloaded here.
SMEStorage is a multi-platform cloud storage service which hooks into Amazon S3, Rackspace, Box.net, iDisk, Gmail, and other providers to provide a unified interface. Here we see a way to run the Multi-Cloud Explorer in Wine on Ubuntu.
6.16. Wine displays corrupted or missing text.
This may be bug 16146, caused by the nvidia-96xx legacy driver, or bug 18120, which affects QT 4.5.0 applications. It could also be caused by missing fonts, font conflicts, or adding new fonts to Wine.
Try using a fresh Wine prefix (by moving or deleting ~/.wine, or changing the $WINEPREFIX environment variable). If you still have this problem, try setting the following in the Wine registry:
[HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Wine\X11 Driver]
"ClientSideWithRender"="N"Place above in a text file called norender.txt and it can be inserted into the registry with the command regedit norender.txt. Please apply only as required. (This was reported as being required of OS X on the 1 Dec 2007, and more recently on other platforms, such as Ubuntu.)
Firefox doesn't know how to open this address, because the protocol (apt) isn't associated with any program.
I installed Dropbox in Ubuntu 9.04 so I could access my files in the cloud. The process was kind of a hassle, because of a few details which were not well-documented. There are a couple of approaches you can take. You can download the .deb package and then double-click it to install. This works, but you won't get automatic updates through Synaptic. I decided to add the 3rd-party Software Source and Key, so that I can get automatic updates. The procedure goes like so: open System > Administration > Software Sources, go to the Third-Party Software tab, click Add, then paste in:
deb http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu jaunty main then do the same thing withdeb-src http://linux.getdropbox.com/ubuntu jaunty main Exit the window. Don't worry about the warning message. Then go to Terminal and pastegpg --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 3565780E then hit Enter. This will import the keys to authenticate the PPA. Then type apt-get update and hit Enter, this will refresh the package list. Next, type sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox and hit Enter. This will actually install the application. After it's installed, typedropbox start -i
to start Dropbox. You may have to logout then back in first. I have found that the Dropbox app does not automatically start on startup, so instead of opening the Terminal every time, I created app launcher by right-clicking on the desktop and selecting "Create Launcher." Enter the command above and you are good to go.
