News and How to Ubuntu

Install / Upgrade to LibreOffice 3.4

7:34 PM

LibreOffice has launched yesterday (06/03/2001), have you tried it ?, if you have not tried it, check what's the feature inside :

Redesigned Move/Copy Sheet dialog (Edit->Sheet->Move/Copy) to improve its ergonomics.
Improve HTML export with an image thumbnail gallery of the slides on the contents page.
Arabic, Hebrew, Malayalam Font suport, now show an additional preview of some sample text in the target script.
Color Charts Feature.
Text Rendering Feature, Text is now drawn via Cairo with the same subpixeling options as other Cairo-using apps. The outcome is that text in LibreOffice is rendered the same as the rest of your desktop.
and many more, you can check more specific feature from it's official website (http://www.libreoffice.org/download/3-4-new-features-and-fixes/)

Download / Install LibreOffice 3.4
reading some reference above, you must be interested to try, for ubuntu user you can install / upgrade LibreOffice 3.4 through this link.

LibreOffice 3.4 PPA repository
it seems that LibreOffice 3.4 still not available in Launchpad PPA, but convinced that LibreOffice 3.4 will be available soon, if you have added LibreOffice PPA before, you can check for the updates by following command:

apt-get upgrade libreoffice

if not, you can add LibreOffice repository through the following steps

echo 'deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/gericom/libreoffice /' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 890E7A26

sudo apt-get update

Install Libre Office 3.4.3

For now LibreOffice has come to version 3.4.3, you can install LibreOffice 3.4.3 through PPA bellow :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install libreoffice

if your desktop get freeze, you can restart the Unity

unity --reset

yes, that's all. hope that will help ..

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Linux 3 Released !

10:01 AM

Linus Torvalds, the initiator and manager of the Linux kernel, has been officially call the next version of Linux kernel as Linux 3. It was inaugurated by Linus in his post on the Linux Kernel Mailing List as quoted from Phoronix, Tuesday (31/05/2011).

"I decided to just bite the bullet, and call the next version 3.0. It will get released close enough to the 20-year mark, which is excuse enough for me, although honestly, the real reason is just that I can no longer comfortably count as high as 40". Linus Torvalds.

Figures 40 is referred to the latest Linux version of kernel that should touch the number 2.6.40. This change had previously been discussed Linus in the same mailing list.

As the main organizer linux kernel, Torvalds does seem to have some 'right prerogratif'. Included in this set a new numbering. But this time he was sure his decision will be welcomed by the community.

Unfortunately, said Torvalds, scripts and rules to the Makefile can not be arbitrarily dictated. As a result, the kernel is technically will have the names 3.0.0-RC1 (RC1 is a release candidate, because it is still not final). Torvalds says there's still time 6-7 weeks to perform cleaning and other scripts. Hence, in the final release of the Linux kernel that can be named 3.0.

Linus Torvalds was warned that Linux 3.0 does not have a massive change. "Nothing is broken, no new features are scary, there's no variety like that," he said. Since several years the Linux kernel releases have been made based on the time and not based on features. The reason for this change was considered more precise about timing, ie the 20 th anniversary.

Some things that will be included in Linux 3 among others, including statements to the ARM processor-based systems, improvements to the Virtual Machine to support Kinect (Microsoft Kinect Linux Driver).

"So be nice to me, and send me only really important fixes. And let's make sure we really make the next release not just an all new shiny number, but a good kernel too". Linus Torvalds.

You are great man, good job !

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Free Download Full Circle "Ubuntu" Magazine 49

9:06 PM

Full Circle Magazine Logo

What is Full Circle : Full Circle is such independent magazine for the Ubuntu Linux community are proud to announce the release of our forty-ninth issue. so what hot topic is discussed this month, here is :

Command and Conquer.
Making Program in Python.
In deep with LibreOffice.
Ubuntu Development Story.
How to Use Google In Thunderbird.
Virtual Machines Review
Top 5 web Management Tools.
and some Ubuntu Games.

Have you interested to read Full Circle Magazines, feel free to download Full Circle Magazines #49 Issue here :

Free Download Full Circle "Ubuntu" Magazines #49

For previous Issues download :

Free Download Full Circle Magazines

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How to Fix : Skype Failed to Start, Shared.xml Problem issue

9:16 AM

Since Skype has been brought by Microsoft many OpenSource user afraid if there is no longer support/available skype for opensource, What happens then, some blog say's that "Some user failed to start their skype in the last 24 hours, is this Microsoft effect ?", may many people would think it, hehe ... it's not true guys 'it is not the fault of Microsoft, it's fault of skype it self', it's write on their twitter here. Skype still have problem regarding to shared.xml issue and periodically happen in some skype platform. How to fix skype "Failed to start" regarding to shared.xml ?, just delete shared.xml, it will be recreated then when Skype launch, check this tips :

How to Fix Skype on Ubuntu / Linux ?
Delete or move Skype configuration (shared.xml) in ~/.Skype/shared.xml, then lauch again your skype, do as following :

rm -rf ~/.Skype/shared.xml

How to Fix Skype on Windows ?
do as following :
Skype is aware that a select number of users are experiencing problems. They have identified a manual fix so people can follow these instructions if they continue to have issues logging on:

Windows Vista and Windows 7
1. Close Skype.

Right-click the Skype icon in the system tray (at the bottom right of the screen)
Choose Quit.

2. Ensure that "Show hidden files and folders" is switched on.

Click Start, type run and press Enter.
Type control folders and click OK.
Select the View tab and ensure relevant entry is enabled.

3. Locate the shared.xml file.

Click Start, type run and press Enter.
Type %appdata%\skype and click OK.
Delete the shared.xml file.

4. Restart Skype. The shared.xml file will be recreated.

Windows XP
1. Close Skype.

Right-click the Skype icon in the system tray (at the bottom right of the screen)
Choose Quit.

2. Ensure that "Show hidden files and folders" is switched on.

Click Start and then Run...
Type control folders and click OK.
Select the View tab and ensure relevant entry is enabled.

3. Locate the shared.xml file.

Click Start and then Run...
Type %appdata%\skype and click OK.
Delete the shared.xml file.

4. Restart Skype. The shared.xml file will be recreated

How to Fix Skype on Mac ?
1. Quit Skype.
2. Go to a printed matter ~/Library/Application Support/Skype/
3. Delete a record shared.xml (it will be recreated once we open Skype again, this is fine).
4. Start Skype.

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Learning Ubuntu from Sexy 'Nixie Pixel' Video

9:00 AM

Who is Nixie Pixel ?

Nixie Pixel is 24th 'beautifull' sexy girl who made lot of ubuntu video tutorial on a youtube, see Miss.Nixie Pixel channel here. Here's sort of biography taken from her website :

I was born of Russian descent and was adopted by a wonderful family, grew up in Massachusetts where I spent most of my childhood years, then moved to Iowa (the middle of nowhere to be exact) as a teen as an effort by my parents to calm the “wild child” in me. After this wild child gamer girl grew up to be a wild gamer chick, I thought I’d try out something different and head out to the coasts of California. I love to travel and just recently spent a month in Europe, exclusively to check out the Love Parade, a 1.5 million strong electronic dance party/rave.. (oh, watch out for the Space cakes in Amsterdam)

the Sexy "Nixie Pixel"

Sometimes much easier for us to learn something from video, easy to understand, easy to follow, here some ubuntu tutorial video has made my Miss.Nixie pixel.

Interested in knowing more about Nixie pixel, check her official here. I Hope that Miss.Nixie read this too :D

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Tips to Change Linux / Ubuntu Man page into PDF

9:35 AM

A man page is "guidance" page which defaultly installed when relevant application installed. man is short of "manual " which can be access through simply command man + name_of_command, for example if we want to see the manual page of "locate" then type "man locate". By changing the man pages into PDF files it would make easier to read and distribute. Here is tutorial How to change Linux / Ubuntu Man page into PDF.

To convert a man page to PDF we need such ghostscript application installed, type following command in terminal to install :

    sudo apt-get install ghostscript

use following command to start convert linux man page to PDF

    man -t name_of_command | pdf2ps - name_of_file.pdf

Example :
Here is example how to make PDF file of locate manual page.

      man -t locate | pdf2ps - locate.pdf

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Video : The Linux Story, When it's start to change the world ?

4:09 PM

Today we found interesting video from linuxfoundation youtube channel, this video tell us about the story of linux, when it's created, how it made, and eventually start to change the world . This video has made to celebrate the 20th Anniversary of Linux. Congratulations for linux which celebrates its 20th birthday, we allways love you.

We still waiting for ubuntu story, anybody interested to make it happen?

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Install CPU-G ; Yet Another CPU-Z on Ubuntu

11:09 AM

You must have known CPU-z, a windows application that lets you to find out Hardware information of your system. Now we have similar application named CPU-G with actually have same function and 'interface' that's run on ubuntu.

CPU-G that run on Ubuntu 11.04

How to install CPU-G on Ubuntu

First before you install it, download CPU-z source installer (*.deb) here, wait until download process finish, go to CPU-G download directory then type following command in your terminal

sudo dpkg -i cpu-g_0.9.0_i386.deb
sudo apt-get -f install

change "cpu-g_0.9.0_i386.deb" with CPU-G file installer you have download.

How to run CPU-G on Ubuntu

How to install it is quiet simple, open your terminal or type ALT + F2. then type "cpu-g" there. The CPU-G should running on. [thanks to tahutek.net]

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NAO Humanoid Robot is Going to Open Source

7:48 AM

There is Good news for robot lovers. Nao humanoid robot made by Aldebaran, France, will be part of open source projects. Source code for programming the Nao 'robot' in the near future may be freely accessible and can be modified by all people as desired.

Nao (pronounced "now") is an autonomous, programmable, medium-sized humanoid robot, developed by the French company Aldebaran Robotics, a startup company headquartered in Paris. Project Nao was launched in 2005. [wikipedia]

Nao 'Humanoid Robot' Schema

Nao is known as quite comprehensive humanoid robot model. Since Sony's Aibo robotic dog stop their project some time ago, the robotics community chose Nao to be a model, Some example in the activities of a RoboCup Soccer.

"With experience of developing embedded systems for five years, we want to share middleware, core communication library, cross platform developing tools, and modules we made essential to the researchers, developers, and new projects in humanoid robot word," said Bruno Maissonier , founder and CEO of Aldebaran in a press release reported by the site Spectrum, IEEE, last week.

Indeed there has been no details of Nao will going to Open Source and will be retained to be proprietary. However, overall, Aldebaran is committed to provide most of the Nao robot source code to the community. However, to be able to tamper with Nao robot certainly still have to buy the Nao it self to Aldebaran or near robotic store.

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Install Ubuntu 11.04 on SATA Hard Drives

7:18 AM

We used to have problem while tried to install Ubuntu on SATA Hard Drives (RAID), some problem happen because of the ubuntu installer didn't recognize properly the Hard Drives, See one of the following questions :

I'm trying to setup a dual boot system with Windows 7 and Ubuntu 11.04. I added a new drive which is identical to the windows 7 is installed on. When I run ubuntu 11.04 on the LiveCD I can see and mount the second drive and edit it in Partition Software (Gparted), so I setup some partition which will be used by Ubuntu 11.04 including swap, then start the installation.

I have an error during installation, i guest this cause 'this live CD' didn't recognize / can't find my HDD (SATA HDD), anyone find any solution ?

Did you ever experienced this ?

Regarding to question above, we find some usefull tips which usually work on the previous ubuntu version, following how to install Ubuntu 11.04 on Sata Hard Drives bellow

You can boot a live session as usually then enter terminal session, to enter terminal session you can press CTRL+ALT+F1 (you can replace F1 with F2, F3 .. F10), then type this command to your terminal

sudo os-prober

You'll probably see a probing error which could be the reason why your drive is not taken in consideration. It's quite likely that your second drive (where Ubuntu 11.04 will be installed) has leftovers of a RAID configuration, you can solve the problem using this command

sudo dmraid -rE

* (-r = raid, -E remove metadata) and confirm the operation.

After finished some action above back to the "GUI" session (press CTRL+ALT+F1). Then start the installation, Ubuntu 11.04 Installer should recognize your hard drive now.

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Upgrade / Install Evolution 3.0 via PPA

7:19 AM

Evolution 3 finally release and available for ubuntu 11.04 (GNOME), you can install it by adding ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 to your system's Software Sources (you can use Ubuntu software center/Synaptics Package Manager). Otherways following this step to install Evolution 3 via PPA in Ubuntu

Add Manualy Evolution 3 PPA to your System source (by Mr.Paulo Novais)

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/danilo/evolution/ubuntu natty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/danilo/evolution/ubuntu natty main

Update Software databases

apt-get update

Install / Upgrade to Evolution 3

apt-get install evolution

Note : Evolution 3 having dependencies with GNOME 3, so we don't suggested to install it on except GNOME3.

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What's New Backtrack 5 Revolution (BT5)

6:31 PM

Backtrack is one of popular ubuntu based distro that give a lot of support at security and penetration testing which is preferred by hackers and other linux fans. Yesterday May 10th 2011 Backtrack Linux has released their new version Backtrack 5 with codename "Revolution", Backtrack 5 - Revolution was built on Ubuntu Lucid LTS using Kernel 2.6.38 patched sees that many bug fix since it's previous Backtrack 4. What's new in Backtrack 5 Revolution, see Backtrack 5 (GNOME) first look and review taken from youtube bellow :

Download Backtrack 5 Revolution
Do you interested, download and install Backtrack 5 from it's official website http://www.backtrack-linux.org/downloads/ or you can download it here :

GNOME
KDE

How to Run Backtrack 5 Revolution in Ubuntu
As we know that Backtrack 4 application can be run on ubuntu although it's not perfect (some application can't work properly) here, we still wait for possible Backtrack 5 application repository which can be used/implemented in ubuntu 11.04 or bellow, we will confirm soon at the time we get the source, other ways you can tell us if you get the link. Anyway we would to say thanks to backtrack team for this amazing creation.

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What happens when they write a comments ?

8:42 PM

LOL, you'll find something interesting here. Writing a comment is something that often done by a web/blog visitor to express 'agree', 'disagree' or maybe to ask some question
but what happens, most people used to do this :

Source : http://www.thedoghousediaries.com/?p=2750
unfortunately : OMG! i used to do this =)), what about you guy's ?

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Ubuntu Face Authentication / Face Recognition Login

10:30 PM

You've probably seen/heard about the sophistication technology that accessing computers using face authentication? face is scanned through a video camera and if the face was recognizable in the database then you will be able to access computers or go into the room they will be.

imege from topnews.in

Now with ubuntu technology we can do it, some requirements that must be filled is in your computer must have a video camera / webcam and some library tobe install. How to make automatic login using face authentication, follow step bellow :

Add the PPA repository and Update

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:antonio.chiurazzi/ppa && sudo apt-get update

Install the Ubuntu Face Authentication / Face Recognition Library

sudo apt-get install pam-face-authentication

Tweak and Edit The System
Now to add the face authentication module to GDM, Ubuntu's default login-manager:

sudo sed -i '1i auth sufficient pam_face_authentication.so enableX' /etc/pam.d/gdm
sudo sed -i '1i auth sufficient pam_face_authentication.so enableX' /etc/pam.d/gnome-screensaver

Depending on your webcam model/make you may need to install and add libv4l to preload:

Create the file /etc/ld.so.preload
Paste in the path to the v4l1compat.so file commonly found in /usr/lib/libv4l

Open "Face Trainer" (Application > Other), system will scan your face and add to database so that the system recognize your face while logi

Go to System > Administration > Users and Groups, change the password to Asked to login

Go to System > Administration > Login Screen, choose "Show the Screen for choosing who will log in", whis action will disable automatic login.

Done, you can logoff the system and test face authentication login in your ubuntu.

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Android is better than Iphone ?

8:30 AM

Some people asking, which one is the best Android or Iphone, I found some interesting image that answered that question. This comics try to ilustrate what different between iphone and android, you can agree or disagree with this

which is better the android or iphone ?

Source : http://www.makeuseof.com/tech-fun/the-difference-between-iphone-and-android/

LOL, I think the android is better in term of support and it's application, but, i "strongly" agree that iphone is prettiest sellular phone ever ( I think Mr. Mark Shuttleworths agree with this ); So which one would you choose ?

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How to Disable / EnableTouchpad in Ubuntu 11.04

6:14 PM

Touchpad indicator is one of usefull indicator that give you easiest way to disable and enable touchpad functionality just click through your deskbar, the Touchpad indicator was written by Lorenzo Carbonell which actually start since ubuntu 10.10 Maverick and continued until Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhall, now touchpad indicator come with same interface but give better functionality. The touchpad indicator is not install by default in your system, you can install touchpad indicator in ubuntu 11.04 via terminal as follow :

Update repository
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao

Update and Install Ubuntu touchpad indicator
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install touchpad-indicator

Ubutu 11.04 Touchpad Indicator

Touchpad indicator has equipped with automatic disable touchpad when mouse is connected, just right click the touchpad indicator in the deskbar then click preference, see what will you get there. you can easily disable or enable laptop touchpad as needed by now, i hope this will help, thanks for coming :)

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Installing and Running Cisco Packet Tracer 5.3 in Ubuntu

6:54 PM

Continue what we write in "running graphical cisco network simulator in ubuntu", We would like to introduce one of official cisco network simulation program which frequently used by poeple which would take a Cisco test like CCNA, CCDA, CCNP, CCDP, CCSP, CCVP, and CCNA Security, for those who are familiar with cisco must be known with "Packet Tracer", this application now up to version 5.3 (if i'm not mistake) and available in both Windows and Linux.

Cisco Packet Tracer is a Official network simulation program by Cisco that allows users to experiment with network behavior. As an integral part of the Networking Academy comprehensive learning experience, Packet Tracer provides simulation, visualization, authoring, assessment, and collaboration capabilities and facilitates the teaching and learning of complex technology concepts.

Packet Tracer has available in ubuntu and other linux distro with various source installer (.bin .deb .rpm), this Article we will discuss about How to install Cisco Packet Tracer 5.3 in Ubuntu. Following step by step installing Packet tracer 5.3 in Ubuntu :

Packet Tracer 5.3 About Page

Download Packet Tracer 5.3 Source Installer

As mention above, packet tracer 5.3 available in various source installer, for those ubuntu user we suggest to choose .deb or .bin to get better compatibility, If you are student of Cisco Network Academy just sign-in and download fresh Packet Tracer DEB package from there. Notice you should find there Linux/Ubuntu version of Packet Tracer instead of binary .exe file for Windows, otherways you can download packet tracer 5.3 through following links :

Install Packet Tracer 5.3 in Ubuntu

it's time to install, for those who choose .deb installer you can install it by dpkg -i just like before, would be like this.

ex : sudo dpkg -i PacketTracer-5.3-u.i386.deb

To install the Linux BIN packages, set the permission to be executable then execute the binary in the terminal. Execute the following command:

chmod +x PacketTracer531_i386_installer-deb.bin
./PacketTracer531_i386_installer-deb.bin

Running Packet Tracer 5.3 in Ubuntu

After finished all action above, Cisco Packet Tracer must be in your system now, go to Applications > Internet > Cisco Packet Tracer (usually here) to start running packet tracer in ubuntu.

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Ubuntu 11.04 (Unity) Keyboard Shortcut and Mouse Trick

9:44 AM

Few weeks ago Ubuntu 11.04 (Natty Narwhall) has released with new environment (unity desktop) which actually make some ubuntu users feel strange with ubuntu 11.04 new interface. Indeed some part of desktop looks different than previous but not entirely bad, I promise that you'll fall in love `soon` when you know more.

Here are unity keyboard shortcut and mouse trick on Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhall, hope this will help you to feels comfort and familliar with this new environment.

Launcher

Hold Super - Invoke the Launcher.
Hold Super, then 1 or 2 or 3 and so on until 0 - Open or focus an application. The number corresponds to the location of the icon on the launcher from top to bottom.
- Adding Shift will open a new instance of the application if it's already open.
- Holding the key is also useful when you want to get to the Launcher but do not want to invoke the Dash.
Super-T - Open the rubbish bin/trash can.
Alt-F1 - Put keyboard focus on the Launcher, use arrow keys to navigate, Enter launches an application, Right arrow exposes the quicklists if an application has them.
Ctrl-Alt-T - Launch a terminal window.
Super-A - Open Applications place
Super-F - Open Files & Folders place

Dash

Tap Super - Opens the Dash
Alt-F2 - Invoke the Dash in a "special mode" to run a command. Typing in a Folder Name will find that folder in Nautilus, you can also use ~ as a shortcut in the field.
The Dash opens with focus on the search box to find applications and files. Using the arrow keys will navigate the results, use Enter to launch.

Panel

F10 - Open the first menu on the panel, use the arrows keys to "scrub" across the menus. (There is no shortcut for the session menu, so hitting F10 and left arrow is a quick way to get there)
- Press Esc to close the menus without choosing anything.

Window Management

Super-W - Spread mode, zoom out on all windows in all workspaces.
Super-D - Minimize all windows; hitting it again restores them.

Window Placement

If you cycle through the same key Unity will cycle through different placement widths, so experiment by hitting the numkey multiple times, for example Ctrl-Alt-numpad 5 5 5:

Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 7 - Place window in top left corner of screen.
Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 8 - Place window in top half of screen.
Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 9 - Place window in top right corner of screen.
Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 4 - Place window on the left side of the screen.
Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 5 - Center/Maximize the window in the middle of the screen.
Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 6 - Place window on the right side of the screen.
Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 1 - Place window in the bottom left corner of the screen.
Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 2 - Place window in the bottom half of the screen.
Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 3 - Place window in the bottom right corner of the screen.
Ctrl-Alt-Numpad 0 - Maximize window.

Workspace Management

Super-S - Expo mode (for everything), zooms out on all the workspaces and lets you manage windows.
Shift-Alt-↑ - Expo mode for all windows in the current workspace only.
Ctrl-Alt-← / → / ↑ / ↓ - Change to a new workspace.
Ctrl-Alt-Shift-← / → / ↑ / ↓ - Place window to a new workspace.
Ctrl-Alt-L - Lock the screen.

Screenshots

PrtScn - Take a screenshot of the current workspace
Alt-PrtScn - Take a screenshot of the current window

Unity Keyboard shortcut and trick Wallpaper

Mouse Tricks

Launcher

Clicking and holding an icon and then dragging it around will allow you to reorder it on the launcher. You can also drag it off to the right of the launcher to move it around. Note that you need to make an explicit movement to the right to move the icon off the launcher before you can move it around.
Dragging and Dropping an icon into the trash can will remove it from the Launcher. The program itself will remain installed and accessible through the dash.
Scrolling the mouse wheel while over the Launcher scrolls the icons if you have too many and need to move around quickly.

Window Management

Maximizing - Dragging a window to the top panel will maximize it.
Restore - There are two ways to restore, or unmaximize, the topmost maximized window of the current monitor for this workspace (not using the window controls)
- Double clicking on the top panel (but not in the application's menu)
- Dragging the top panel down.
Middle click on Maximize - Maximize Window Vertically.
Right click on Maximize - Maximize Window Horizontally
Focus the topmost maximized window of the current monitor for this workspace: Left click on the top panel (but not in the application's menu)
Cycle between maximized windows of the current monitor for this workspace: Middle click on the top panel (but not in the application's menu)
Tiling - Dragging a Window to the left/right border will auto tile it to that side of the screen.
Middle click on an application's launcher icon - Open a new instance of the application in a new window. If the application isn't running it will just open it normally.
Middle click on the top panel (but not the menu) - send the current window behind all other windows.

To make you quickly to memorize, you can download Ubuntu 11.04 Unity keyboard shortcut wallpapers here.

via : http://askubuntu.com/questions/28086/unity-keyboard-mouse-shortcuts/34876#34876

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Install HjSplit 3.x on Ubuntu / Linux

4:21 PM

HjSplit is such impressive program which lets us to split and join some part of movie that you downloaded, HjSplit give solution to size of file to be upload on the free online storage which applies limitation on file to be uploaded. HjSplit make the way of sharing (download/upload) movie easier. Previously i use HjSplit on windows and eventually HjSplit come to linux which available in application that write in Lazarus and write in java.

Following steps to install HjSplit 3.x on Ubuntu / Linux :

HjSpit require kylix library to run, before you install HjSplit better if you complate you system with kylix library. To install the kylix library on ubuntu, you can download the source here http://www.freebyte.com/linux/libraries/ (tar.gz).
Unpack the source you have downloaded, enter the folder, and install kylix library using command "./install.sh" on your terminal.
Next step, download HjSplit that run for linux (http://www.treepad.net/download/hjsplitlx.tar.gz) then unpack the source.
Run the HjSplit by open the HJSplitLX file (HJSplitLX located inside of folder).

Note :

First time before running a hjsplit, you will need to add this to you .bashrc and/or .bash_profile

export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/lib/kylix3

Install HjSplit Java version in Ubuntu

HjSplit also available in java, if you have any difficulties doing some action above, you can try other solution to install HjSplit (java version) in your ubuntu :

First step, Make sure that the Java run time environment is installed or install it by typing the following command in your Terminal :

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre

Download HjSplit Java Version (http://www.freebyte.com/download/hjsplit/hjsplit_g.jar).
Make some directory named hjSplit and place the file that you downloaded there, * as example we make it on /home/admin/hjsplit.
Running HjSplit by following command :

cd /home/admin/hjsplit/ && java -jar hjsplit_g.jar

All done

I hope this will help, happy watching movie :D

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What is Ubuntu LTS (Long Term Support) Mean ?

12:27 PM

hai readers, Did you know what's LTS in the end of ubuntu release mean ? (Example : Ubuntu 8.08 LTS), if is not, Let's me give a little explaination. LTS is sort of Long Term Support, the LTS attach in every ubuntu release version which have 3 years official support from cononical, support that i mean is everything about that version including application, repository, question and answer or others.

A new LTS version is usually released every 2 years. With the Long Term Support (LTS) version you get 3 years support on Ubuntu Desktop, and 5 years on Ubuntu Server. There is no extra fee for the LTS version; we make our very best work available to everyone on the same free terms. Upgrades to new versions of Ubuntu are and always will be free of charge.

ubuntu release plan details

Why the LTS become important

if you use ubuntu as server (the ubuntu server edition), you should mention whether the version is LTS or NOT because you must have trouble at the time cononical stop their support in operating system that you use.

Suggestion

It would be nice when you dicide to upgrade or install the new version of ubuntu you noticed the Release Plan Details, unless you want doing some experiment. May install ubuntu will not take a long time but setting-up all application as before requires sufficient time.

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Keroyokan - OpenSource Render Farm Engine for Blender

12:19 PM

Keroyokan is OpenSource distributed rendering engine that works on Blender, the name of keroyokan is taken from javanese language that mean working together without any rasial issue. Keroyokan has release their first version with codename "kuniran" which tested and running well on both Linux and windows as node or master.

A render farm is a computer cluster built to render computer-generated imagery (CGI), typically for film and television visual effects, using off-line batch processing. This is different from a render wall, which is a networked, tiled display used for real-time rendering. The rendering of images is a highly parallelizable activity, as each frame usually can be calculated independently of the others, with the main communication between processors being the upload of the initial source material, such as models and textures, and the download of the finished images.

Interested in using it, you can download the source here:

http://code.google.com/p/keroyokan/downloads/list

Detail of Folder KEROYOKAN_KUNIRAN_001.zip

If you have download and unzip the source above, you will see some config file and folder, Here following description of file/folder you've downloaded the above :

Master: Folder Master contain is of all stuff about master
Node : Folder Node is contain of all stuff about node
Monitor : Folder Monitor is contain of all stuff about Monitor
RENDER_STORAGE : it's stuff must be on sharing folder transparent to Master, Node, and Monitor because You will place .blend file in here.

Inside RENDER_STORAGE have 3 folder:

RENDER_ENGINE : Contains of your blender engine
SCRIPT_ENGINE : Contains of specific python script to get rendering contex or another specific script passed when rendering process
TASK : Contains of your working stuff when render

Inside TASK folder have 3 folder:

SOURCE : place Your .blend file to this folder
PREPROCESS : this folder will use by system, don't mind it.
RESULT : your render result is here, run monitor program to see its complete or not. (will be explain on the next section)

Inside Master, Monitor and Node have config file called EngineConfig.txt it's the key to running keroyokan. The important thing is don't forget to point RENDER_PATH properties point to RENDER_STORAGE folder depend on Your Operating System:

Example :

if you use Windows it's must be like this

RENDER_PATH=G:\OTHER_STUFF\JAVA\SRC\SOURCE\KEROYOKAN_KUNIRAN_001\RENDER_STORAGE

if you use Linux it's must be like this
RENDER_PATH=/home/blender/Documents/OTHER_STUFF/JAVA/KEROYOKAN_KUNIRAN_001/RENDER_STORAGE

For more information, visit Keroyokan official release page here, or ask directly to the author (Mr. Amru Rosyada) through this blog.

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Install Wine 1.3.19 in Ubuntu via PPA Repository

9:00 AM

Wine release their new version Wine 1.3.19, this new version sound great since a lot of bug fixes, eventhough one feature that I really expect does not seem to exist (unstable) that is 'font clear type', when i used to running Adobe Photoshop (text tool) the font looks so ugly, untill now i do not know how to make it look nicer..

Wine enables Linux, Mac, FreeBSD, and Solaris users to run Windows applications without a copy of Microsoft Windows. Wine is free software under constant development. Other platforms may benefit as well.

What's New in Wine 1.3.19

So, what's new in Wine 1.3.19, here are some information taken from it's official website :

  - New sound driver architecture for MMDevAPI.
  - Better support for relative mouse events in DInput.
  - Debugger support for the ARM platform.
  - Various improvements in D3DX9.
  - More MSVC runtime functions.
  - Various bug fixes.

Install Wine 1.3.19 via PPA Repository

Wine is available in PPA, as usually you can add and install Wine 1.3.19 through apt-get install or Synaptic Package Manager via PPA by following command :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install wine1.3

Binary packages for various distributions also available in here http://www.winehq.org/download. For more information about Wine 1.3.19 release, you can visit this link.

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Install Ubuntu Tweak from PPA Repository

7:23 AM

Eventually...Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhall has been released and it's time to install supporting application. Some thing that i like from ubuntu is almost default application (to work) is already installed at the time we finished the installation, except the multimedia player (mp3 Codec). Next application to be installed after is 'Ubuntu Tweak', ubuntu-tweak will let us the make our system better.

Ubuntu Tweak now available in PPA repository, we can install ubuntu-tweak through apt-get install or Synaptics package manager, Go to System / Administration / Software Sources, click on Other Software tab, click Add button, and enter ppa:tualatrix/ppa . Otherways you can add following line to source.list

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa

Install Ubuntu Tweak 0.5.12 via PPA

After finish, you can install the latest version ubuntu tweak 0.5.12 (bug fix for Natty Narwhall) by following command.

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

If you have installed before, you can do following command

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Good luck ..

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Ubuntu Mirrors America, Alternative Download Link for Ubuntu User in US

9:51 PM

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhall finally release, for those who living in america, you can download Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhall through alternative download link onUbuntu Mirrors which located in America. It's often you will be hard to download from it's official website in the first week of ubuntu release time. You can download Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhall through following link..

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(New) Ubuntu 11.04 Default Wallpapers

9:54 AM

A few days ago, Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhall should have been released but i don't know why till now the countdown widget is still written "comming soon". While waiting for Ubuntu 11.04 final released, we introduce 17 new default wallpapers which will come with Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhall, Some pictures of them as follows :

Although you're not using Ubuntu 11.04, you can taste the Ubuntu Natty Narwhall new wallpapers here.

Download Ubuntu 11.04 Default Wallpapers

enjoy ...

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