Ubuntu 11.10 is now in beta and we have some official screenshots.

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Open the terminal and run the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:janousek.jiri/google-music-frame-releases

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install google-music-frame

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Unity 2D is the “lite” version for everyone who dont have the requirements for Unity’s OpenGL.

Here is a quick guide on how to install Unity 2D.

Open the terminal and run the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:unity-2d-team/unity-2d-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install unity-2d

After installing unity-2D do the following

* log out
* log back in and choose the “Unity 2D” session in the drop-down menu at the bottom of the login screen
* you will then be running Unity 2D

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Enable Universe and multiverse repositories in /etc/apt/sources.list file

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop

This installs GNOME desktop

If you wan to install a graphical desktop manager without some of the desktop addons like Evolution and OpenOffice, but continue to use the server flavor kernel use the following command

sudo apt-get install –no-install-recommends ubuntu-desktop

If you want to install light weight desktop install xfce using the following command

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

If you want to install KDE desktop use the following command

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

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This tutorial is for Ubuntu 11.04. Click here to check out the full article.

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Edit /etc/apt/sources.list file

sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list

Add the following lines

deb http://download.webmin.com/download/repository sarge contrib
deb http://webmin.mirror.somersettechsolutions.co.uk/repository sarge contrib

Save and exit the file

Now you need to import GPG key

wget http://www.webmin.com/jcameron-key.asc

sudo apt-key add jcameron-key.asc

Update the source list

sudo apt-get update

Install webmin

sudo apt-get install webmin

Now you need to access webmin using http://serverip:10000/ once it opens you should see similar to the following screen

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The great ideas have come from the desire to help people gain access to knowledge and ascend on the evolutionary scale, be it physically, mentally or virtually. When it comes to the online environment there are updates that come out on a daily basis, with all sorts of new features and changes that are meant to improve the current software. One of the great ideas that have changed the perspective of many users is the Ubuntu software.

Function of Ubuntu

First of all, you need to understand what it is and what its functions are. The Ubuntu is a Linux operating system with a complete desktop that was designed to be used freely by both professionals and community. The origin of the name speaks for the program, as if we were to translate the word from African we will get “humanity to others.”

This is main strong point behind the software is that it was designed to answer the needs of any people without the requirement of paying for the services. They could access it in their own local language, they could customize and adapt the software in any ways they wanted, so it will respond to their requirements and needs. It’s that kind of program that is designed to adapt to the user’s style.

Compatibility

Furthermore, many of the programs that are released today are perfectly compatible with the Ubuntu operating system. Most of the programs that are designed for Microsoft windows can work on the Ubuntu system through Vine or by using a virtual machine. So you don’t have to worry if you decide to change your current operating system.

If you hire someone to do the migration from one operating system to another, especially if you find this person or business online, you can try to find the best background check service to make sure your computer is safe in their hands.

No crashes

When talking about security, the Ubuntu system is up for the challenge. It has been thoroughly demonstrated that the system isn’t susceptible to any type of crashes and it can keep your files safe and secure.

Why does the system stay in such good shape? The answer lies in the fact that the operating system is being updated every six months. This means that every little new thing that comes out in this time frame is carefully considered and implemented in the new version that is bound to come.

Education

Another great advantage of the Ubuntu operating system is the related to the idea of education anywhere in the world. As the software is free, it’s perfect to implement it in schools, universities and colleges. But you can’t choose every little free thing that comes out, you need to have something reliable, quick to install and user friendly and most importantly, extremely efficient.

The fact is that the Ubuntu system combines these requirements and answers to those necessities. The great single aspect of this software is the no price policy. Everyone who wants to benefit from it is free to search it online and try it in order to appreciate it.

Guest post: Sharing advice on doing people search, feel free to go and read my article.

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Install Zimbra Desktop on Ubuntu

1.First you need to download Linux package from here www.zimbra.com/products/desktop.html

2. Extract the content of the package (*.tar.gz) on your Home, Desktop…right click > Extract here

3. Open a terminal and go where you extract zimbra…for example:

$ cd home//Desktop/zdesktop_2_0_1_b10659_linux_i686/

4. from that path run:

$ sudo ./install.pl

5. It will guide you to the Setup Zimbra Desktop > press (A) to accept terms and conditions

6. If you would, accept the default directori where it install

/opt/zimbra/zdesktop

7. Would you like to continue to install files for user: Root? > Here you may want to answer NO…otherwise you always have to log in Zimbra Desktop as superuser.

8. To install data files run this command (always on the same path: ~//Desktop/zdesktop_2_0_1_b10659_linux_i686/):

$ /opt/zimbra/zdesktop//linux/user-install.pl

9. Now you’ll be asked about where to install files, for example:

Home//.zdesktop

(if you put a dot in front zdesktop, it’ll be hidden (ctrl+h) inside your home folder…)

10. And then you’ll be asked about the path where to locate the icon where you’ll launch Zimbra, for example:

/home//Desktop

11. Press enter and configure your accounts. It is a really usefull, and complete aplication. You have tabs to manage facebook, twitter accounts, calendar, tags…

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Here is a great video on how to install Ubuntu 11.04. Ubuntu 11.04 is the next version of Ubuntu that will be released to the public very soon.

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To get started, press Ctrl – Alt – T on your keyboard to open Terminal.

When Terminal opens, type the command below and press Enter to install.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Programs that will get installed after running the above command are:

• MP3, DVD Playback support
• Microsoft Fonts
• Java Runtime
• Flash Player
• and many codecs that are required to play MP3 and DVDs.(OR)

Ubuntu by default, doesn’t allow you to play MP3, DVD, Flash or most media formats for legal reasons. You must always install additional programs that will allow you to play those media

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After recent installation of firefox 4 I am getting the following error message

This Browser does not support WebGL

Solution

First you need to install the following package

sudo apt-get install libosmesa6

After installing above package open your browser and type about:config address bar and search for webgl.osmesalib now you need to add string type as /usr/lib/libOSMesa.so.6

Finall restart your firefox

You can check if webgl is working or not go to https://demos.mozilla.org/en-US/ and play 360° Video.

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Here are some key features of Double Commander:

• Unicode support
• All operations working in background
• Multi-rename tool
• Tabbed interface
• Custom columns
• Internal text editor (F4) with syntax hightlighting
• Built in file viewer (F3) to view files of in hex, binary or text format
• Archives are handled like subdirectories. You can easily copy files to and from archives. Supported archive types: ZIP, TAR GZ, TGZ, LZMA and also BZ2, RPM, CPIO, DEB, RAR.
• Extended search function with full text search in any files
• Configurable button bar to start external programs or internal menu commands
• Total Commander WCX, WDX and WLX plug-ins support
• File operations logging

Install Double Commander in Ubuntu 10.10/10.04 (Lucid)

Open the terminal and run the following commands

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:alexx2000/doublecmd
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install doublecmd-gtk

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The process is not complicated , and we will do everything using a terminal.

• First install the dependencies, with the command

sudo apt-get install libqt4-dbus libqt4-network libqt4-xml libasound2

• Now download our Skype. For operating systems 32- bit by typing

cd / tmp wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-32

• While for 64-bit systems we type

cd / tmp wget http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64

• Time (procedure common to both 32-bit and 64 bit) installed Skype with the command

sudo dpkg-i skype-*. deb

• to install and finish the installation of Skype.

sudo apt-get -f install

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If you usually access and use RSS to get the latest news from sites and blogs, you should know that the way we are retrieving the information is crucial for not missing anything important. If we don’t have a simple GUI in the application we are using, probably we just won’t read anything.

Akregator’s simplicity brings the simple features we may need in a RSS reader: organizing feeds in folders, quick preview, full search possibilities, etc.

You can download Akregator using this link.

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Jolicloud, the operating system developed originally from Ubuntu OS especially for netbooks, will reach the final 1.0 version by the end of this week, as was announced in Jolicloud blog.

The open source community as well as the non-open source really loves this operating system, mainly for the simplicity which is offered and the small footprint making very suitable for netbooks (maybe for tablets later?).

The name already says it, this operating system will be “cloud-friendly”. Here are some of the specs:

• Built in HTML5.
• Over 700 apps available for download. Including the most important ones for Gmail, Facebook, Twitter, Chrome, Skype, etc.
• Applications are installed with one click.
• Applications updates are simplified.
• Install Jolicloud on as many devices as you’d like, and they will always be automatically synchronized. Any app you download, delete, or move around will be the same on all other machines with no extra work on your part.

The download will be available from here.

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Open your Firefox and type about:config at URL address bar and hit enter. To make a False into True, select the line to change, and double click. On the 2nd option change, right click and select Modify

- network.http.pipelining > Make it True

- network.http.pipelining.maxrequests > Make it 8 or 10

- network.http.proxy.pipelining > Make it True

- network.dns.disableIPv6 > Make it True

I hope this helps for some users

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