Linux usability

Articles and Links to Articles about using anything with Linux. Have experience using anything with Linux? Your ipod, camera, mobile phone, anything! post links to information you used and if the device is easy usable with Linux. Rate any device for being usable with Linux so others now if they can buy this device and use it with Linux. Promote devices that can be handled with Linux so these will be sold more and the manufacturers will be forced to take it in to account.
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Avidemux :DVD / VCD Editor & Cutter for Ubuntu

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Avidemux is a free video editor designed for simple cutting, filtering and encoding tasks. It supports many file types, including AVI, DVD compatible MPEG files, MP4 and ASF, using a variety of codecs. Tasks can be automated using projects, job queue and powerful scripting capabilities.


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Created by Ian_js 5 days 23 hours ago – Made popular 5 days 22 hours ago
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Switch between KDM and GDM on Ubuntu

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If u have installed Ubuntu over an kubuntu or vice versa , u may switch over gdm to kdm or kdm to gdm .This can be done in simple steps .

 

 

 

Go to terminal

type

sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm

now u can switch over easily .

 

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Created by admin user 6 days 23 hours ago – Made popular 6 days 22 hours ago
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Office 2007 in Ubuntu

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When we switch from windows to ubuntu or other linux distributions , the main thing which we miss is Office Package . Being a newbie it is very difficult to handle openoffice .so i thought to post an article related to this .

A. WINE CHECK/VERSION CHECK

-to check if you have installed wine already or check the version of your wine


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Created by gamer2k2 1 week 1 day ago – Made popular 1 week 22 hours ago
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Run Ubuntu in Windows 7

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Would you like to use Ubuntu Linux programs, but prefer the convenience of Windows 7?  With VMware Player, you can install a full copy of Ubuntu and integrate it with your Windows 7 computer for free.

VMware Player makes it easy to install Ubuntu Linux as a virtual machine in only 5 clicks.  It then offers easy access to Ubuntu programs straight from your desktop with Unity mode.  Here’s how you can set this up on your computer.

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How to adjust Lightening of Monitor

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F.lux allows you to auto adjust lightening of you monitor to ease strain on your eyes.

 

 

 

 

Download Linux version of F.lux.

Usage xflux {-L <Latitue> | -z <zipcode>}

Source: F.lux

Thanks to Ubuntusnippets.


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Created by Ian_js 1 week 4 days ago – Made popular 1 week 3 days ago
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Control CPU Usage of a Process in Ubuntu

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Cpulimit is a simple program that attempts to limit the cpu usage of a process (expressed in percentage, not in cpu time). This is useful to control batch jobs, when you don't want them to eat too much cpu. It does not act on the nice value or other priority stuff, but on the real cpu usage. Besides it is able to adapt itself to the overall system load, dynamically and quickly.

Visit : http://cpulimit.sourceforge.net/


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Created by uipoloa 1 week 6 days ago – Made popular 1 week 5 days ago
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5 Useful Plugins for GIMMP

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One of the big advantages of The GIMP is the fact that it can be easily extended with new functionality. So with sufficient addons (particularly plugins), you can achieve a lot of functionality found in other editors.

Five Useful plugins are following :


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Created by Timothy van Zad... 2 weeks 2 days ago – Made popular 2 weeks 2 days ago
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Twitter Phishing Attack is Spreading

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A Twitter phishing attack is spreading rapidly today, attempting to obtain Twitter logins via Direct Messages. If you receive a message reading “lol, is this you”, and linking to a site called “bzpharma”, do not click the link.

Users who do click that link and enter their details are inadvertently letting spammers take over their accounts, which are then used to spam the same Direct Message to all their friends.


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Reduce Pdf size through Command Line

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If you want to reduce PDF file size using command line you can use ghostscript. Ghostscript is used for PostScript/PDF preview and printing. Usually as a back-end to a program such as ghostview, it can display PostScript and PDF documents in an X11 environment. Furthermore, it can render PostScript and PDF files as graphics to be printed on non-PostScript printers. Supported printers include common dot-matrix, inkjet and laser models.


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Flash and Multimedia Support on Ubuntu 9.10

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Ubuntu’s latest release is here, version 9.10 “Karmic Koala”, and with it a batch of new users. It seems like each new release brings a pool of new adopters, and with it a pool of new questions. With this post I thought I would outline the simple process of adding all of the “extra” goodies to your installation.

Ubuntu Restricted Extras


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Change your Firefox default home page in Ubuntu

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As we well know that Lucid Lynx’s default search engine would be Yahoo not Google . This article is about changing Firefox default home page .

Change Firefox Home Page :


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Convert RPM to DEB in Ubuntu

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Many Linux distributions use .RPM files, like Red Hat and Fedora. There is a great program to convert RPM's into DEB's, Alien.

 

To install Alien, Go to Terminal and type

sudo apt-get install alien

Once installed, you can convert the RPM file like:

sudo alien -k FileName.rpm

To then install the DEB file, you can either double click on it or run the command:

sudo dpkg -i FileName.deb


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Created by Ian_js 3 weeks 2 hours ago – Made popular 3 weeks 59 min ago
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Matt Asay is the new COO of Canonical

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Canonical Ltd., the commercial sponsor of Ubuntu, announced last week that open source industry veteran Matt Asay has joined the company as chief operating officer (COO) -- responsible for aligning strategic goals and operational activities, the optimization of day-to-day operations, and leadership of Canonical marketing and back-office functions.


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Created by uipoloa 3 weeks 3 days ago – Made popular 3 weeks 3 days ago
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How to Backup / Restore MySQL Database in Ubuntu

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Backup of database is very important  in Database Projects. You can recover your data when  problems occurs. A variety of  backup strategies are used in  MySQL.  You can choose any one of them. This can also use for Installing your Software from One system to Another. This Method is not Distribution Specific, You can Use same command in Fedora, Mandriva, Debian, SUSE etc.. My Heading is for helping Ubuntu users in  Search.


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Created by martha23 3 weeks 3 days ago – Made popular 3 weeks 3 days ago
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Daemon tools for Ubuntu-Acetone

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After installing Ubuntu , first thing i missed was Daemon tools. so i thought of writing post which can solve this problem . This is the solution to those users like me , who are using many image(*.nrg,*.iso) files .

The package name is AcetoneISO .

We can install it by clicking here


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Duplicate/Backup Your Hard Disk in Ubuntu

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Yesterday i took backup of my  hard disk . So i Thought of writing this as my post .Now we can duplicate the contents of one harddisk to another,Using dd command  Following are the steps .

Open the terminal 

Type

#dd    if =/dev/sda       of =/dev/sdb


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Is Canonical becoming the New Microsoft?

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This article is about the canonical .Whoah! Hold on everyone. Let me don my asbestos suit first will you.


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Created by susan 3 weeks 3 days ago – Made popular 3 weeks 3 days ago
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Installation of Docky in Ubuntu 9.10

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Some of Docky's amazing features include themes, plugins, 4 different hiding modes, advanced indicators, zeitgeist integration, and window management.Docky is an advanced shortcut bar that sits at the bottom, top, and/or sides of your screen.


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Managing Multiple SSH Connections in Ubuntu Linux

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SSH Menu is a GNOME panel applet , that helps  you for managing all of your regular SSH connections within a single mouse click. Each menu option will open an SSH session in a new terminal window.

 

Main Feature 


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