7:14 PM
Angry Birds is a puzzle video game developed by Rovio Mobile. Inspired primarily by a sketch of stylized wingless birds, the game was first released for Apple's iOS in December 2009, Now Angry Birds can be played in Android, Windows, and Google Chrome.
Running Angry Birds on Ubuntu
There is a good news (is not a new news) that ubuntu user now can play the most rocketed game that is not `Angry Birds`, moments ago chrome provide Angry birds to list of Chrome Game that ready to install and the other good news is it can be played offline.
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| Angry Birds Screenshot |
Angry Birds Chrome ErrorThe Angry Birds which run in chrome actually made could be played offline, but sometimes users get an ERROR message "You are running the latest offline capable version" yes this error message is `ERROR` which I mean in the title of article.
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| Chrome Cookies and Other Data storage |
Fixing Angry Birds Chrome Error
if we see the message above, surely you will stop there :), a simply way to fix it is `deleting a local cache` however your game progress will lost and you must play Angry Birds from the beginning again. Do following step to fix Error above :
- Go to Preferences -> Under The Hood -> Content Settings -> All Cookies and Site Data.
- Find a cache from chrome.angrybirds.com
- Select it, you'll find some options, choose "local cache" and delete it.
- Start Angry Birds
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10:20 AM
Finally GIMP 2.7.3 (unstable) has been released and ready to test, the most visible changes in this release are full single-window mode just like Photoshop which run on Windows, other enhancements contained on GIMP 2.7.3 are :
- Support Layer Groups
- Program administration
- Enhancements in order to ‘on canvas’ textual content modifying
- Addition of a ‘Lock Content’ switch in order to Levels,Channels and Path dialogs.
- ‘Rule of fifths’ crop guide overlay.
Install GIMP 2.7.3 in Ubuntu via PPATo Install Ubuntu 9.10 as well as Ubuntu 11.04 via PPA, you can include this ’ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn’ to your Repository. This particular PPA isn't officially provide by GIMP. So, you should be thought about unstable.
To install GIMP 2.7.3 open a terminal window (press Ctrl+Alt+T) and copy+paste the following line: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp
If you have GIMP Installed in your ubuntu before, just add the PPA and upgrade GIMP using the Ubuntu Software Center or the Update Manager.
Download GIMP 2.7.3 via FTP
You can also download GIMP 2.7.3 directly via GIMP FTP bellow :- Download GIMP 2.7.3, here.
- Download GIMP 2.7.3 release notes, here
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10:58 AM
Celebrating 20 Years of Linux presence (1991 - 2011), Obviously Linux has running so far. a picture above give illustration of a journey of Linux (kernel) since 1991 till now, a part of image above tells us that Ubuntu now dominate a Linux user for 34% by July 2011 followed by Redhat/Fedora for 28%. Check the following interesting facts :
Note : Illistration above is taken from Linux Foundation
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9:11 AM
(this article is re-post from previous article that writen by dholbach in this article)
Last week we hit Feature Freeze. This is the big date that all developer dread the most. Now features and new upstream versions have to have landed, everything else will be a matter the release team has to decide upon. We are rushing towards release with UI Freeze and Beta Freeze coming up next week. Exciting times! For this report I got an update from the Ubuntu Server team, written by Dave Walker.
What’s cooking in Ubuntu server land?
The Ubuntu Server Team has already had quite a busy cycle. Last cycle, openstack components were initially introduced. This cycle has seen them receive much more attention, and packaging of extra components that didn’t exist last cycle. In addition, using Ubuntu Server to orchestrate deployments is something that has evolved this cycle. One of the most interesting parts is the use of cobbler for deployment.
Ensemble, which is now part of the server team has entered the archive this cycle. Originally, ensemble worked purely against the ec2 API to assist with cloud deployments. This cycle, support for provisioning bare-metal hardware using cobblers API has been achieved. There are always areas where interested people can contribute to the server flavour. The development tasks that people can take on varies from bitesize trivial tasks, to larger undertaking depending on available time commitment and experience. The type of desired task also tends to vary depending on the stage of the development cycle.
The Ubuntu server team tracks these bugs for release. Please note, that anything unassigned or assigned to ‘Ubuntu Server Team’ is generally up for grabs. Another crucial part of being part of the Ubuntu Server Team, is triaging incoming bugs. We generally follow this process. We also welcome testing of the development cd image, and server archive components. This is vital to help catch critical issues before release. Ensemble is always interested in having formula contributions, which is another interesting way that people with experience in deploying workloads are welcomed to contribute. Thanks a lot Dave for the update! I’d like to add that if you’re interested in the Cloud and what’s happening there, make sure you visit http://cloud.ubuntu.com/! Also if you got excited about Ensemble and what it can do for you, have a look at existing formulas and requested formulas. Just join #ubuntu-ensemble if you need some help or want to meet the people behind this fantastic project. EventsWe have one of the coolest events of the whole cycle coming up: Ubuntu Global Jam. Local Community teams around the world come together to have a good time on work on Ubuntu directly: translations, bugs, packaging, documentation, testing, documentation – everything goes! Check out the list of participating events to find out where to go, or set up an event yourself! There’s still some time until 2nd-4th September! If you want to get involved in packaging and bug fixing, there’s still a lot of bugs that need to get fixed:
New Contributors - Read the Introduction to Ubuntu Development. It’s a short article which will help you understand how Ubuntu is put together, how the infrastructure is used and how we interact with other projects.
- Follow the instructions in the Getting Set Up article. A few simple commands, a registration at Launchpad and you should have all the tools you need, and you’re ready to go.
- Check out our instructions for how to fix a bug in Ubuntu, they come with small examples that make it easier to visualise what exactly you need to do.
Find something to work onPick a bitesize bug. These are the bugs we think should be easy to fix. Another option is to help out in one of our initiatives. In addition to that there are loads more opportunities over at Harvest. Getting in touch There are many different ways to contact Ubuntu developers and get your questions answered. - Be interactive and reach us most immediately: talk to us in #ubuntu-motu on irc.freenode.net.
- Follow mailing lists and get involved in the discussions: ubuntu-devel-announce (announce only, low traffic), ubuntu-devel (high-level discussions), ubuntu-devel-discuss (fairly general developer discussions).
- Stay up to date and follow the ubuntudev account on Facebook, Identi.ca or Twitter.
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10:02 AM
Finaly Blender 2.59 released, This is mostly a bug fix release with 140 fixes since 2.58a. Additions include improved keymap editing, 3D mouse support, some new addons and Node UI improvements. What's cool stuff inside ?, find in here
3D Mouse support "NDOF"
Blender is now built with support for 3D Connexion devices, for more natural control during view navigation and fly mode.
Custom Keymaps
User edited keymaps now no longer override the builtin keymaps entirely, but rather save only the difference and reapply those changes. This means they can stay better in sync when the builtin keymaps change.
Ivy Generator (Addon)
This tools adds the ability to "grow" curves over an existing mesh with the option of adding leaves and adjusting many parameters for the final result.
Grease Scatter (Addon)
Grease scatter was used for sintel to place objects around the ally, using grease pencil lines as a guide as to where to scatter objects.
And Many More
Find out what coll stuff else, visit Blender 2.59 Complate changelog, here.
Install / Upgrade Blender 2.59 via PPA
There is a best way for ubuntu user to install or upgrade Blender 2.59 on ubuntu 11.04, that is install trough PPA repository. As it wirite previously in here, follow this step to install or upgrade Blender 2.59 via PPA. - sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cheleb/blender-svn
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install blender
Check this link to Blender 2.59 release log.
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5:14 PM
Finally Mozilla Firefox team has Officially release Firefox 6 Final trough this announcement and has been putted in mozillateam PPA, for those ubuntu user who have not tried yet, can Install/Upgrade to Firefox 6 through this way.  |
| Mozilla Firefox 6 Final |
Upgrade / Install Firefox 6 via PPA
Follow this step to upgrade/install Mozilla Firefox 6 Final to ubuntu :
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
Mozilla Firefox 6 final also available for download via Mozilla Firefox FTP, which usually released ahead it's official release.Now Firefox 6 Final has available in ubuntu 11.04 default repository, go to terminal then type apt-get upgrade firefox. (you do not need to use PPA repository to install/upgrade Firefox 6 in ubuntu).
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10:45 AM
Although Firefox 6 not yet release 'officialy' by Mozilla Firefox Team, Finaly Firefox 6 Final has been available in Mozilla Firefox FTP since 08/11/2011 and ready for download, you can test and install it in Linux / Ubuntu, download Firefox 6 through this link :
- Download Firefox 6 for Linux/Ubuntu 32bit (tar.bz2) : here
- Download Firefox 6 for Linux/Ubuntu 64bit (tar.bz2) : here
- Download Firefox 6 for Mac : here
- Download Firefox 6 for windows 32bit : here
For other version and operating system you can Mozilla Firefox official FTP page on following links :
Here are several change that will you find in Firefox 6 Final - The address bar highlights the domain of the website
- Introduces Scratchpad, an interactive JavaScript prototyping environment
- Introduces Permissions Manager
- It comes with a new Web Developer menu item
- Usability of the Web Console has undergone a change
- Firefox Sync improved
- The look of the site identity block has been streamlined
- Support for the latest WebSockets with a prefixed API has been added
- Includes support for EventSource / server-sent events
- Support for window.matchMedia added
- Firefox 6 will start faster when using Panorama
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12:00 PM
Swap space in Linux is used when the amount of physical memory (RAM) is full. If the system needs more memory resources and the RAM is full, inactive pages in memory are moved to the swap space.
Swap should equal 2x physical RAM for up to 2 GB of physical RAM, and then an additional 1x physical RAM for any amount above 2 GB, but never less than 32 MB. That's formula which usually used but in practice you do not need to allocated a Swap Space when you have RAM more than 5 GB unless you run a bloody busy server, don't waste your HDD space dude :D
recently, i have experience this :
recently, i have install Ubuntu 11.04 on my desktop-pc, i have lack space HDD than i decide not to make a swap space however i have 768 Mb of RAM installed on my PC. and what happen then ??
when i was browsing (in a long time), both firefox or chromium stop working periodically and i guest this swap space effect. Then i thought to make the swap space in the rest of hdd space that I have and I GOT IT!!, this solve my problem.
Follow this guide How to Make a swap space when Ubuntu (the OS) has been Installed on your PC.
- Install GParted partition editor, GParted is such ubuntu partition tools which can use to make/allocate free space in your HDD for use as Swap Space.
- Format free space which has been allocated to linux-swap file system.
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| Gparted format to Linux-swap |
- Open your Terminal, type following command to activate your swap space swapon /dev/sda4, change /dev/sda4 to your partition.
- you can check memory usage by type command free -m in terminal.
yes, that all. simply step above have save my ass :)
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10:14 AM
There are many interesting thing we can discuss about ubuntu, start from the story behind this project, a man behind ubuntu, desktop appearance, up to technical information about this Linux Distro. Talking of Ubuntu, have you know all things that mention below ?. For those who are seeking information about the ubuntu, here are 20 thing (at least) that should know of Ubuntu Linux Distro :
- Ubuntu Is the Most popular Linux distribution right now (here). Distrowatch.com is such project/website which give observation on some linux distro trend and release, Distrowatch put ubuntu as the most popular distro on last 12 Month.
- Ubuntu Founded by Mark shuttleworth under Cononical Ltd. Mark Richard Shuttleworth (born 18 September 1973) is a South African entrepreneur who was the second self-funded space tourist. Shuttleworth founded Canonical Ltd. and as of 2010, provides leadership for the Ubuntu operating system. this man is the most meritorious people in ubuntu history.
- How to spell Ubuntu : |oǒ'boǒntoō|. The word ubuntu has its origin in the Bantu languages of southern Africa. Ubuntu is seen as a classical African concept, here.
- The name of ubuntu is maen humanity to others in English.
- The Ubuntu Slogan is Linux for human beings.
- Ubuntu's first release was in 20 October 2004, here.
- The official name of an Ubuntu release is "Ubuntu X.YY" with X representing the year (minus 2000) and YY representing the month of eventual release within in that year.
- Ubuntu official name release always followed by official codename release, ubuntu codename consisted of two syllables takes from Adjective + Animal Name (here). You can give suggestion to the next ubuntu codename release by trough link.
- The First ubuntu release is name Ubuntu 4.10 (Warty Warthog) and the latest release is name Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhal).
- Ubuntu has been relesed 14 times, excluding ubuntu alpha and beta version.
- Ubuntu will release every 6 (six) month.
- Ubuntu LTS (Long Time/Term Support) would release every 4 regular release. what is LTS (Long Time/Term Support) mean can be find in our previous post here.
- Ubuntu releases are supported for 18 months. Ubuntu LTS (Long Time/Term Support) releases are supported for 3 years on the desktop, and 5 years on the server.
- The longest ubuntu support release is 8.04 LTS Hardy Heron, (2008-04 until 2013-04).
- There are 10 variant of ubuntu right now, and many remaster distro based on its. can be check in here and here
- At least 10 core team are involved in Ubuntu Project, they are : Accessibility, Artwork, Community, Distributions, Hardware, Marketing and Advocacy, Quality Assurance and Packaging, Software Developers, Support and Documentation, and Training.
- Ubuntu base color is Orange, ubuntu orange color is = #dd4814
- On latest release Ubuntu 11.04, ubuntu switch from Gnome Desktop to Unity.
- Ubuntu Font Family is an OpenType TTF based font, Designed by Dalton Maag, this font became the new default font since ubuntu 10.10, here.
- 1,781,065 websites are running Ubuntu Server, here.
- The Ubuntu brand logo brand has changed from the original, the new ubuntu brand logo was is inspired by the idea of "Light", the logo is consist of ubuntu name and circle of friend logo on the right top corner (here).
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| Ubuntu Logo Transformation |
- Ubuntu was supported by people arround the world (community) named Loco team (a Loco is short of Local Community), you can join with the nearest Loco here.
There is left behind ?, any else idea ?
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10:03 AM
Ubuntu 11.10 Oneric Ocelot development team has been uploaded a new Linux kernel 3.0.0-8.10 which will be a next candidate of Ubuntu 11.10 kernel (till next upload before it's release), The most notable changes of this kernel are as follows:
- Rebase to v3.0.1
- Enable missing IPv6 options
- Ivy Bridge: KVM support for SMEP
- Fix integer math bugs in panel fitting
- Turn on extra EAPDs on Conexant codecs
For complate changelog can be check in https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/3.0.0-8.10
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10:46 AM
So far, Ubuntu / Linux still relatively safe from virus, so.., should we install some Anti-Virus on this OS ? the answer would depends on what's your needs. Regarding to the Standard ISO 9001 there is a rule that "required for us to install some Anti-Virus on Server", This rule also applies on Ubuntu / Linux Server.
AVG Anti-Virus is one of choice which can install in Ubuntu / Linux. a Free of AVG Anti-Virus for Linux is available for private and non-commercial use only, we can installed it and Update a Virus Database regularly free of charge. Here step by step to install AVG Anti-Virus on your Ubuntu / Linux : Download the package here, or type following command in your terminal : - wget -c http://download.avgfree.com/filedir/inst/avg85flx-r874-a3473.i386.deb
Following command to install AVG Anti-Virus on Ubuntu :
- dpkg -i avg85flx-r874-a3473.i386.deb
Using Free AVG Anti-Virus in Ubuntu / Linux
Through 2 step above, you should have an AVG Anti-Virus installed on your OS, here step to use AVG Anti-Virus on your Ubuntu.
Start AVG Anti-Virus
Scanning a Virus
- $ avgscan -H /desire_folder
- $ avgscan --heur /
Update a Virus Databases
- $ sudo avgupdate --priority 2
- $ sudo avgupdate -p 3
- $ sudo avgupdate -p 4
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10:24 AM
Asus Eee Pad Transformers is one of fastest selling Android tablets which powered Android 3.0 Honeycomb OS. One of advantage using a Open Source OS (android) is we can install/uninstall disire application easily in line with upgrade its Installed OS. Taken from www.xda-developers.com forum, there is posible way to install Latest Ubuntu 11.04 on Asus Eee Pad Transformers running with Gnome Clasic, here some Video taken from Steven Barker (lilstevie) from xda-developers that showing us how it work.
Interested to install it ?
Unfortunately we did not have a chance to test it, if you interesting to install ubuntu 11.04 on ASUS Eee Pad Transformer, you can following Steven Barker (lilstevie) post on xda-developers here :
have fun :)
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11:23 AM
An Elementary OS launcher (slingshot) is application launcher like Mac OS application launcher which use in Elementary OS Distro (New Ubuntu Based Distro). First sight, slingshot seems like a application launcher that work on Unity but *in think Elementary OS Launcher has a better looks and appearance.
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| Elementary OS (Slingshot) Launcher |
Elementary OS Launcher which named Slingshot is a Mac OS X style Launcher for Ubuntu and Debian Linux, much like JumpPad is for Windows. Elementary OS Launcher can be integrated to the Unity application Launcher to quickly access files and applications. See the below instructions to install and create a Unity launcher for Slingshot.
Install Elementary OS Launcher (Slingshot)
Follow instruction above to install Elementary OS Launcher (slingshot) on Ubuntu 11.04 :
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:elementaryart/elementary-dev
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install slingshot-launcher
Add Slingshot to Unity Launcher Application List
Create Unity launcher config file in /usr/share/applications/, follow this command
sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/slingshot.desktop
Add following line to file above, change the last line "Icon=path/to/your/icon", with path of icon that you prepare :
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Exec=slingshot
Name=Slingshot
Icon=/usr/share/icons/launcher.svg
For the last, open up nautilus file browser and navigate to /usr/share/applications/, drag and drop the slingshot shortcut icon onto Launcher.
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11:10 AM
On this Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issue 226 talked about : New application switcher style landing on Unity (Alt-Tab), Ubuntu 11.10 Development update , Security updates for ubuntu 8.04, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04, Lubuntu is available on ISO for download, New ISO images available, 100 Best Free and High Quality Linux Games, Top ubuntu Brainstrom on this week and much more ..
Ubuntu Weekly Newsletter issue 226 Table of content
- Unity Progress Report - Alt-Tab style
- New ISO images available : Lubuntu
- Ubuntu 11.10 Development update
- Ubuntu Stats
- [REMINDER] Please file your re-approvals, if your team is due!
- Let There Be Jam!
- Launchpad News
- Stéphane Graber: State of IPv6 in Ubuntu Oneiric
- Ubuntu Cloud Portal: Cloud Days complete, logs available
- Jorge Castro: A retrospective of the first year of Ask Ubuntu
- A big thanks to our 1 million users: have some storage on us!
- Featured Podcasts
- Weekly Ubuntu Development Team Meetings
- Upcoming Meetings and Events
- Updates and Security for 8.04, 10.04, 10.10 and 11.04
- And much more!
Top 5 Askubuntu Question of this week
News
Ubuntu Linux gets serious about business partners Canonical has introduced a new channel partner program, Ubuntu Advantage, which is designed to help resellers bring a new set of support services for Ubuntu server, desktop and cloud installations. Canonical has also simplified its hardware certification program with only one Canonical-endorsed hardware certification program being available, known as Ubuntu Certified. (here)
for a complate information of Ubuntu Weekly Newslatter, can be find in https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UbuntuWeeklyNewsletter/Issue226
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