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> I wanted to watch Netflix
>i wanted to download music legally from itunes. I wanted my wife to be able to sync things from my machine to her iphone
> I got tired of having to run a virtual machine or have a second computer just to get things done that couldn't be done in Linux
These are all the same complaint. You are being squeezed out by a corporate world that can't profit off self-sufficiency, and you are getting too old to care. This is as old as the hills. It's also not particularly compelling.
(Oh, to others reading this: Netflix in Pipelight really works.)
Looks good. But I'm still hoping for the global menu, preferably along with the current option for displaying locally integrated menus in the window's titlebar for unmaximized windows.
Before the integration of Google+ into the comments system, I had a chrome extension that changed every word of Gawker site comments and Youtube Comments into "Herp derp"
it made perusing those sites a thousand times better. Now I just browse youtube through the Minitube client or I use MPS-Youtube
For those that dislike the paid/proprietary/closed nature of Sublime Text. Check out Atom by the github people. http://atom.io/
It's like a open source and more modern/sleek version of Sublime Text. The only flaw is that it's still in alpha/beta so there are rough edges here and there.
There's even a PPA from webupd. http://www.webupd8.org/2014/05/install-atom-text-editor-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html
Linux Mint with this PPA to keep your drivers updated also there is just over 1500 games on Steam for Linux and Wine for linux will play 1000's of games as well http://www.webupd8.org/2015/08/new-official-proprietary-gpu-drivers.html
Not really. You can already mount your google drive as a filesystem, and use a normal file browser to access it. Why would I need/want a separate application to do what I can already do from within a convenient, existing application?
I'll add http://www.webupd8.org/
The owner is easily reachable and participates in the comments of his articles. He is not stuck up and doesn't come off as a know-it-all. IMO he is great for the Ubuntu community. That said, his articles are Ubuntu-centric but not always.
i think MS is quite happy with its ClearType Tech. Its sucks on the desktop for me but i do like it on WP. Very Crisp and sharp.
The Font scene is patent ridden. We would have had better than Apple level font rendering on Linux and elsewhere but sadly some patents still remain and hinder progress.
But as always workarounds are possible on Linux with:
Infinality and Freetype-freeworld
EDIT - ClearType + DirectWrite from Win 7 onwards
Perhaps you should link to the upstream project instead of a Fedora repo.
https://github.com/rilian-la-te/vala-panel-appmenu
Instructions for Ubuntu: http://www.webupd8.org/2017/02/alternative-global-menu-for-mate-and.html?m=1
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/zeitgeist-is-finally-getting-options-to.html http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/05/activity-log-manager-for-zeitgeist-lets-you-blacklist-files-and-apps-delete-your-history-more/
Would be nice if you included your distro, but I'm going to assume Ubuntu. Check ^links^ and also look into r/$DISTRO. And as always, check google, duckduckgo, forums.
I like the global menu, but with the current option for locally integrated menus displayed in the window's titlebar for unmaximized windows.
I agree that Ubuntu's launcher (dock) isn't great. Compared to Ubuntu's launcher, I'd rather use just about any of the docks that you list. But Glx-Dock / Cairo-Dock would be better still.
You can disable it, globally or per-application:
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/03/disable-appmenu-global-menu-in-ubuntu.html
Now all it needs is a checkbox in the control panel or whatever Unity guys call their checkbox-containing software.
I found the screenshot they are using:
http://img.netupd8.com/fedora18-desktop.png
It's from an old webupd8 news post about the release of fedora 18:
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/fedora-18-spherical-cow-released.html
This could very well have been an accident, somebody may have simply stumbled upon the image while googling for blue backgrounds.
Welcome to Ubuntu! I'm far from an expert (I was exactly like you not too long ago, having switched from Mac to Fedora and then Fedora to Ubuntu), but here are some things I've found helpful while making the switch.
You can find information all over the place. OMGUbuntu and http://www.webupd8.org/ are my favorite blogs. Also, here's a helpful YT video about getting started in Ubuntu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jb8vyUGE9-k
As for software, here are some of my favorites: - VLC (extremely versatile media player) - Audacity (audio editor/recorder) - GIMP (open source image editor that is almost as powerful as photoshop, and definitely more than capable of handling my web design needs) - Battle for Wesnoth (a cool turn-based strategy game) - Okular (PDF reader) - Tomahawk (Pretty nice music player)
I've found the file system in Ubuntu pretty straightforward, but I came over from Mac rather than Windows. Maybe the Windows file system is different.
As far as customization goes, you can tweak the hell out of Linux. The 'dash home' you're looking at is part of the user interface called Unity. You can tweak Unity with an app called MyUnity: http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2011/12/unity-tweak-tool-myunity-gets-new-look-coming-to-ubuntu-software-centre
You can also get a Mac-style dock at the bottom of your screen by using Docky or Cairo Dock, if you're interested in that. You could also remove Unity altogether and go with GNOME Shell, KDE, XFCE, etc. But you might want to get more comfortable with Ubuntu before you try that...messing around with stuff before I knew what I was doing was how I broke Fedora >_>;
Ubuntu is great because it's so easy to find information and support online. Just be patient, Google around for info, and enjoy the ride :)
I did, yesterday. wanted to see what all the fuss was about, haven't used gnome shell since trying it out when gnome3 was first released. it's a pretty smooth switch. Things that make the transition easier:
- if you use multiple monitors and workspaces, gnome's default behaviour is kind of ridiculous. go to tweak tools, workspaces section, and turn off "workspaces only on primary display"
- dash to dock extension. The easiest way to install extensions seems to be installing the browser adapter from this PPA, the one in the repos didn't work for me.
- global dark theme is pretty nice. don't try to use the ubuntu theme in gnome shell, they don't seem to play well together.
- i miss the HUD and global menus. haven't found a solution yet.
just to make your life easier, install a package called Software Boutique.
You can either search for Software Boutique in the software centre/store or through the terminal
sudo apt install ubuntu-mate-welcome
It has a selection of some very popular applications
Personally, I often install
- Redshift - similar to f.lux
- Guake - drop-down terminal
- vlc - because
- clementine - music player
- mcomix - comics reader
- deluge - torrent app. (there is transmission by default, it's a matter of preference)
- unity-tweak - because unity needs a few tweaks
- wobbly windows - because it's the XXI century damn it.
Bear in mind that most of the time you won't need to go to a website to download an executable (in ubuntu that would be a .deb). Often enough you can download the application through the software store/ terminal. If the application you need is not there you can add a repository containing it. If all that is not available, then you can settle for downloading from the developer's website, but there is a serious downside that it won't be automatically updated.
In any case take a gander at these recommendations.
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/04/10-things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-16-04-lts
http://www.webupd8.org/2016/04/things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-1604-lts-xenial-xerus.html
Wow, those are also the top two items on my wish list. But I'll just add:
With regard to the global menu, I hope that an option will be included for displaying locally integrated menus (LIM) in the titlebar of unmaximized windows, like what can currently be done in Unity 7.
With regard the to the launcher, I too would prefer a more modular approach that, unlike with the current Unity 7 launcher, would facilitate replacing the launcher with a 3rd party dock, such as plank or docky or, my personal favorite, Glx-Dock / Cairo-Dock. But if that's not possible, then at least provide options for customizing the launcher to look like a proper dock.
Looks good. But I'm still hoping for an extension that adds to GNOME shell an option to use a global menu, preferably along with an option for displaying locally integrated menus (LIM) in the titlebar of unmaximized windows, like what can currently be done in Unity.
Perhaps as a welcome gift to incoming Unity users, GNOME will provide means for allowing users to customize GNOME shell (using extensions, for example) to reflect more Unity design elements. To accomplish this, GNOME shell would probably need a few patches to its code. But if Unity design elements could be added with extensions only, and without need for patches to GNOME shell, all the better.
http://www.reddit.com/r/Fedora/comments/12jetj/you_dont_need_infinality_for_pretty_text/
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/better-font-rendering-in-linux-with.html
Any of these 2 methods will drastically improve font rendering, Infinality will also mimic other OS's font rendering mechanism.
And your browser is also responsible, for some unknown reason Chrome is sub-par at font rendering, do try out Firefox, its simply good these days.
Also the Liberation Sans font is choppy(if on fedora[maybe other Linux's too] - reported bug but no action has been made yet)
EDIT - There are patents preventing these from enabled by default which is why its left to the users choice
read: http://www.webupd8.org/2014/04/10-things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu.html
Redshift - Great if you use your computer at night
Guake - drop down terminal, very convenient
Unity-Mail - gmail notifier panel applet
apt-get in the CLI, you may also like debfoster or deborphan (Both are available as packages in the repositories.
Yes, synaptic and USC are front-ends to apt-get (which in turn is a front-end for dpkg). They are just different interfaces to the same thing (I'm not sure whether USC shows applications as opposed to packages though).
"configure" creates a makefile, "make" executes it and "make install" installs the software (i.e. it copies the generated files to the right directories with the right permissions). "make" uses it's own rather weird languages for makefiles which is why "configure" exists and "make install" executes make with the target "install" which as a convention installs software ("make uninstall" may uninstall it).
Configure can generate makefiles depending on configuration (hence the name), so you could for example build ffmpeg with mp3 support by using lame through "./configure --enablelibmp3lame" and then "make".
Note that instaling with make has problems (like not ensuring runtime-dependencies are installed and not being easily updatable) so you might want to learn how to create a package yourself (this how-to seems okay).
Here's a real solution: boot the XP installation ISO from Grub2:
http://www.webupd8.org/2011/02/how-to-boot-iso-with-grub2-easy-way.html
You still have to create a second partition where the ISO resides as it cannot be destroyed during the installation.
You should take a look at Activity Log Manager. I have never tested it and the article referse to 11.04, but since it is Zeitgeist managing the dash items in 11.10 as well you shouldn't have issues.
There are several ways to do this here is one
Though I must admit there should be easier options than having to modify add ons and etc.. alternatively you could just use Chrome, as I do.
If only, in addition to displaying a global menu for maximized windows, KDE Plasma also offered an option for displaying locally integrated menus (LIM) in the titlebar of unmaximized windows, like what can be done in Unity 7, then, after adding something like Plotinus (or similar) to approximate the HUD, the replication of Unity would be complete!
If only, in addition to displaying a global menu for maximized windows, KDE Plasma also offered an option for displaying locally integrated menus (LIM) in the titlebar of unmaximized windows, like what can be done in Unity 7, then, after adding something like Plotinus (or similar) to approximate the HUD, the replication of Unity would be complete!
Absolutely possible. Been using this for months. Follow the instructions here: http://www.webupd8.org/2013/01/notifies-terminal-commands-completed-undistract-me.html
I've included this in my .bashrc:
Undistract me
if ! [ -z "$BASH_VERSION" -o -z "$PS1" -o -n "$last_command_started_cache" ]; then . /usr/share/undistract-me/long-running.bash notify_when_long_running_commands_finish_install fi
Here's what in my long-running.bash file: http://pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Rrs27iX1
How it looks like: http://i.imgur.com/cDRwSCf.png
It works regardless of me using guake or gnome-terminal. Also it's good enough to only show notifications when the particular terminal is not in focus or minimized.
First make sure that Nvidia proprietary driver is installed as Ubuntu defaults to Nouevau (the unofficial open source driver).If it is already installed then to fix the performance go to your KDE System settings and check "Suspend Effects for Full screen Windows" and then go to Nvidia X Server Settings and uncheck "Sync to Vblank".To fix Flash not working properly I suggest using Fresh Player.Get it from here.Then to fix mouse acceleration just do this simple tweak and your mouse should work fine.After doing that most of your issues should be fixed.
EDIT:To make GSYNC work just disable Vsync in your game and in the Nvidia X Server Settings and it should work properly.
I have no problems with the unity menu, nor the app-centric switching method. What I do have significant problems with are:
Stealing the super (aka 'windows key') key, without caring if other applications or other compiz plugins are using it. Apparently this is by design. Stupid arrogance to not consider any other apps.
Not letting me move where the stupid bar is. I have multiple desktops, and want it on my primary desktop (the right screen), and preferably the bottom since I have a very large monitor, and don't care about losing a bit of vertical space. Mark Shuttleworth himself said that they're not going to allow that (https://bugs.launchpad.net/unity/+bug/668415/comments/2).
Anyway, turns out there's an unofficial plugin to fix this stupidity: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/how-to-move-unity-launcher-to-bottom-of.html
Anyway, next install will be Debian again. Goodbye Ubuntu, the ease of install is not worth the hassle afterwards anymore.
The other suggestions have been good I think. I just wanted to point something out.
If you're using 11.04, beware of zeitgeist. It will log your porn viewing habits (and make your porn appear in the dash search, I believe).
I haven't tried this, but supposedly this method will prevent that from happening.
I've been using KeePassX for ages, with KeePassDroid on my phone, but just today I was reading about pass on Webupd8. It sounds quite good, fast to use, and has been ported to a wide variety of platforms.
Assuming it's the newest version of Ubuntu, have a look at guides like this: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/10/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html
All in all, webupd8 is a great source for new apps and tricks, also http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/
If something's wrong, http://askubuntu.com/
And thanks for the pictures :D
Once you get comfortable and want to start adding cool stuff, two great sites to look at are OMG! Ubuntu and WebUpd8. They usually have cool stuff like how to get Global Menu support for Firefox, updates on new software, cool Unity widgets, etc., as well as easy-to-follow guides.
If there are two commands you should get familiar with, they are sudo apt-get install and sudo apt-get update
If there's an application you want/need, it can usually be found in the Ubuntu Software Center or through googling it, if it's not already available in the repositories.
Speaking of which, if you want Java and Flash to work correctly, you should enable the Canonical Partners repository.
Remember, /r/Ubuntu is here for you if you get lost/frustrated.
6th paragraph from the top:
> GNOME 2.32 has some GNOME 3.0 features though that I didn’t like. For example, some GNOME compatible applications have, instead of a permanently displayed right-hand slider for moving up and down a page, they have a slider that only appears when your mouse hovers over a windows right-side interface. I find this more annoying than useful.
This is a Ubuntu feature, not a GNOME feature. If you don't like it, just do: (source)
sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar liboverlay-scrollbar-0.1-0
Well... you could install some basic programs, do you know how to use apt-get? Or any commands in the terminal?
You could always try to make your desktop pretty. I'm assuming that you have the ubuntu 14.04 with Unity?
This site has some cool things to do.
You can do it with Pipelight.
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:pipelight/stable sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install pipelight-multi sudo pipelight-plugin --enable silverlight
Sure. :)
Widget style: Oxygen
Colors: Caledonia
Icons: KFaenza
Font: Open Sans Semibold 8pt (title Open Sans Bold 8pt)
Window decoration: FormaN
Desktop theme: Ember
Cursor theme: Adwaita
GTK: Adwaita, Faenza icons and Open Sans Semibold 8pt
For the taskbar I'm using: Icon Only Taskbar (plasma-widget-icon-tasks package in Ubuntu), instruction and ppa here: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/11/unity-like-launcher-for-kde-icon-tasks.html
Updating Firefox in Linux(Ubuntu) without using the daily repositories:
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable
- sudo apt-get update
- sudo apt-get install firefox ubufox
It is since recently no longer possible to download oracle jdk6 and jdk7 without some oracle support plan. Java 7 just fell of the treadmill.
http://www.webupd8.org/2017/06/why-oracle-java-7-and-6-installers-no.html
Yep. The Dolby "enhancement" is what's causing your difference in sound. Dolby is altering the frequency levels to try to make up for the terrible speakers that come in laptops.
As others have suggested, you could try a system-wide equalizer like pulse. Other than that - no, there is nothing equivalent to what is being done on the Windows side.
It would be pretty easy to re-theme libreoffice if there were enough people interested. I kind of like the flat look http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/try-new-libreoffice-flat-icon-set.html after removing some of the toolbars I don't use, but I work more distraction free than most so I would be more in the anti ribbon camp.
I would suggest that you add the repository and do it that way. Then you get updates along with everything else on your system, etc.
http://www.webupd8.org/2012/09/install-oracle-java-8-in-ubuntu-via-ppa.html
Though this article is old, the PPA is updated (as is the article, slightly). The last update to the repository was 13 days ago.
On my system this is the output of java -version so it's current as you can see:
java version "1.8.0_40" Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (build 1.8.0_40-b25) Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (build 25.40-b25, mixed mode)
Edit: I should also add - going to any software maker website and dowloading an installer is very nearly never the best way to install things on Linux. In the best case it's usually neutral vs using repositories (distro provided or otherwise), and in the worst case it can make your life much more difficult. In any case where you think you should go download a file and run an installer, 90% of the time there is an easier way, and it usually involves just pulling from your distro's repos or adding a new one (such as in this case).
"powertop" is a tool, which is supposed to show you the biggest energy-consumers (processes and hardware) and especially what stops the CPU to drop into sleep mode (c4).
You can also look at the TLP-script by linrunner, which is intended for thinkpads, but apparently works for other brands too.
Sources: http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/improve-power-usage-battery-life-in.html http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_1404_powertop&num=1
I'm using a Chromebook with Crouton, specifically for when I travel. Note that you cannot fully replace the OS, but you can run your distro side-by-side with the Chrome OS.
ChromeOS itself is pretty functional for most things; copying photos off cameras/phones, watching videos, listening to music, Google Drive, Google Docs, etc. There are browser based alternatives for many things.
For SSH I'm using the Chrome Secure Shell extension, but there's also a regular shell you get if you put the Chromebook into developer mode.
I really like their recovery process, so screwing up and recovering is pretty easy.
For development, I'm using Koding, which provide you with a decent Ubuntu VM and browser based IDE.
I find myself only using the Ubuntu install for specific applications for which I can't find alternatives in ChromeOS (Gimp, Keepass).
I can't comment on which model to get, I bought a second hand one, specifically with the ability to replace the hard drive with an SSD and add more RAM. If you're not going to be upgrading the hardware you have a lot more (newer) choices.
Having different top-like applications running works, too. Also, tcptrack is good.
Synapse is a good Gnome Do alternative. It has Zeitgeist integration and is actively developed. The upcoming version 0.3.0 is supposed to have GTK 3 support.
This might be the case of the Arch version. I don' know. I have not experienced this kind of problems. But i am running Ubuntu 11.04 64-bit with the Ati Radeon driver. I am also not a gamer so have not tested on a lot of games. Just Unknown Horizons which worked great.
I see Gnome-shell as an definite upgrade to Gnome2 when it comes to work flow. I didn't think it was possible but after have used shell awhile my work flow is actually better than what it was with Gnome2. You just need to let it teach you how to use it. I got it after a week or so.
You could install a dock or so if you'd want but i would advice not to. It is unnecessary and will just make it take longer for you to come in terms with the new work flow.
There are also extensions that would make Gnome-shell behave more like Gnome2. I would also advice against this as i find the default to be more effective. http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/new-gnome-shell-extensions-that-provide.html
Most of his complaints have to do with not knowing how to use Unity and the others can be remedied easily.
3 - http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/network-memory-and-cpu-usage-indicator.html
4 - Try middle-clicking.
5 - Change # of desktops in compiz settings manager.
Are you looking for something like Unity's Locally Integrated Menus (LIM)?
Plasma currently has an option to display a Titlebar Button menu, but it's not really the same.
A feature request for LIM on Plasma can be found here. Please feel free do add your voice.
> I've always been a fan of Unity (and KDE lately)
Same here.
Generally, I prefer software that is highly customizable, which explains my recent attraction to KDE Plasma. But Unity, although not very customizable, just happens to ship nearly how I would have customized it, if given the opportunity. (LIM is one of the few deviations from default the I select.)
That's not to say that I wouldn't appreciate Unity (especially its launcher) being a little more customizable. But even as is, Unity "just works" for me. I'm truly saddened to see it go.
You'll need your login details to access the videos so use cookies.txt on Chrome or Export Cookies on Firefox to export your udemy cookies as cookies.txt.
Then you just use "youtube-dl --cookies [PATH TO COOKIES] [URL TO VIDEO]". Your cookie path will probably look like C:/users/[Your Username]/Downloads/cookies.txt on Windows or ~/Downloads/cookies.txt on Linux
So it will probably look like "youtube-dl --cookies C:/users/[Your Username]/Downloads/cookies.txt" and then paste the url on the end
You bought a server without any remote systems admin experience? RIP
Running a Minecraft server is a moot point right now. You need to go learn how to setup and manage a remote machine from scratch. And if you didn't add on a physical firewall you better lock that shit down tight. You best bet would be installing a Linux base OS through their net boot, and going from there. Get SSH up, set up SSH keys, I'd recommend Oracle Java over OpenJDK (seen slightly better performance and stability).
And you will definitely have to get better with your Googling skills, all the answers are out there.
- "Setup remote machine linux"
- "Setup SSH server and config"
- Etc...
- https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tags/ubuntu-16-04?type=tutorials
I use the Cloud9 IDE, set up a project for basic ubuntu and install java on it.
Edit: In case you're not familiar with linux, I use this link whenever I install java on it.
Apparently nobody knows what it stands for, but it's power-management software for laptops that can help improve battery life. It has a good default configuration, but can also be tweaked. Here are a couple resources:
http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/04/improve-power-usage-battery-life-in.html
I got headaches when I first moved to Mint due to eye-strain. I had a black theme + terrible font rendering.
I understand that your problem is related to DPI, but you might look into infinality if you feel the font is "blurry" or strains your eyes.
Check this out: http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/better-font-rendering-in-linux-with.html
The settings I used are
sudo bash /etc/fonts/infinality/infctl.sh setstyle 3
sudo -H nano /etc/profile.d/infinality-settings.sh DISABLED
There is no need for xedgers ppa for nvidia drivers anymore. You can get updated drivers from an official repository instead of an unofficial one.
http://www.webupd8.org/2015/08/new-official-proprietary-gpu-drivers.html
You can actually install steamos as another DE, and then select it at login (rather than KDE, or whatever else you might already have on there).
sudo nano /etc/apt/sources.list.d/steamos.list
deb http://repo.steampowered.com/steamos alchemist main contrib non-free
# deb-src http://repo.steampowered.com/steamos alchemist main contrib non-free
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install steamos-compositor steamos-modeswitch-inhibitor
Then just logout and you should have the option to boot into steamos as a DE.
If you'd rather download the deb packages and then just
sudo dkpg -i {path to file.deb}
you can find links to them, plus the same information I already gave you on this Webup8 team page.
EDIT: Doing it either way assumes you already have the Linux Steam client installed, since it makes use of a lot of the libraries that come with that. If you don't already have that, its as simple as
sudo apt-get install steam, since steam is in the default repos (assuming you're on Ubuntu, but by this point it should be in almost every distro's repos already).
one recommendation: don't install flash from flashplugin-installer for firefox, it is out of date. If you want flash on firefox, you need to use what chrome/chromium uses for flash: pepperflash. There is a wrapper for pepperflash for firefox available here: http://www.webupd8.org/2014/05/install-fresh-player-plugin-in-ubuntu.html
Sorry I was working on a linux app but got stuck with wxpython tray not showing up on Ubuntu unity interface. Some one fix this ticket http://trac.wxwidgets.org/ticket/15644 and http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19793890/wx-taskbaricon-in-ubuntu-13-04-gnome-or-unity. I just don't have time to deal with this. Our backlog of things todo is very large i don't know when i will get to it. There are others that have made linux apps: http://www.webupd8.org/2014/05/pushbullet-indicator-send-files-links.html
Why would you get the Acer C710? Those are antiqued.
Install the software center Go to the start menu and open the terminal. In the terminal type: sudo apt-get install vlc ubuntu-restricted-extras ttf-ubuntu-font-family software-center synaptic You can check out this link: http://www.webupd8.org/2013/12/things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-on.html After the software center is installed you will have a much easier time installing programs. Either type the name of the program you want in the search box there or just download the package from google and click on the downloaded file. It should open in the software center and then just press install.
The default browser in crouton sucks. With a different browser you should be able to download.
Youtube should work in a modern browser, i.e. after you install chrome or firefox.
After the first time you go to linux and come back to chrome, to come back to linux press on ctrl alt fwd and then in the weird looking window press ctrl alt refresh, it should take you back to linux.
Just search on the web how to update crouton. It's plenty documented. To update the linux go to start, system> update manager> and then follow the instructions there. But to update crouton you just delete the old crouton file, get the new one, and then from the chrome os terminal you type a command.
If you still have troubles and you just want to install vlc you open the terminal on linux and type sudo apt-get install vlc. After that you enter your linux password and then you might need to type "y" when it asks you if you want to install it and press enter. Yes, Linux is quite frustrating at start when you don't know what you're doing.
You can try Zipwhip, which sends text messages to and from your desktop or tablet via the cloud is now available on Ubuntu and Mint, as well as Windows and Mac.
AndroidPC is a free Android application that lets you send and receive SMS messages. It runs on Linux, Windows and Mac.
There's also AirDroid.
SimpleScreenRecorder has a GUI that lives up to its name, and is still very powerful. =) Was also a featured app on LAS, I believe.
I am fond of this player http://flavio.tordini.org/musique it looks good and handles my massive collection well though it's very minimalist design, for pure functionality I like guayadeque it's like a functional swiss army knife but its a bit ugly. http://www.webupd8.org/search/label/music%20player?&max-results=8 this should help plenty of screen shots and good reviews
The upcoming Ubuntu 14.04 includes prime which allows for more reliable gpu detection and graphics switching. http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=news_item&px=MTU0MDI
It also has a handy indicator which will allow you to toggle b/w integrated and dedicated gpus. http://www.webupd8.org/2014/01/prime-indicator-lets-you-quickly-switch.html?m=1
Ubuntu 14.04 is currently in beta and is scheduled to release in April 2014
Have you tried jupiter. I find that this applet helps the most in saving power I usually get great battery life with it. Link to install http://www.webupd8.org/2012/03/jupiter-applet-officially-switches-to.html and if you switch to xubuntu by install the D.E. u'll see another increase of battery life saving, the defualt unity is just bulky. Link to install and upgrade to xfce4.10 wich looks and has many new features http://www.webupd8.org/2012/05/install-xfce-410-in-xubuntu-1204.html
When I first got into Ubuntu, I went to websites like this, askubuntu, OMG!Ubuntu, WebUpd8 and just read. Read questions that sounds like things you are into. Read articles and click on links and try out some of the posts. You probably won't break it, and if you do make sure you have your copy of Ubuntu and seek help. You have another OS to fall back on.
Scan through the software center and check out programs that might interest you. Try Stellarium for instance. You'll find Ubuntu more of a hobby experience than just a computer.
Go to r/gnome and r/linuxquestions and the sights I listed above and check them out daily and you will find what you are looking for and slowly (or maybe quickly) everything will start falling in place.
Why don't you settle with Xfce?
You should also check out the Mate project and MGSE.
I think the best option right now is to go with Linux Mint. They are still sticking with Gnome 2. Although, they know they can't use Gnome 2 forever so they're looking at the reason why people avoid Gnome 3 and started using Mint (which still used Gnome 2). This is implemented in their MGSE. Mint Gnome Shell Extensions.
I had this issue, its to do with a start up conflict of the dropbox daemon. I used this website and it fixed the issue for me. From what I can tell all it does is delay the start of dropbox by 20 seconds so that everything else gets a chance to start up before dropbox does anything.
Looks good. But I'm still hoping for an extension that adds to GNOME shell an option to use a global menu, preferably along with an option for displaying locally integrated menus (LIM) in the titlebar of unmaximized windows, like what can currently be done in Unity.
Perhaps as a welcome gift to incoming Unity users, GNOME will provide means for allowing users to customize GNOME shell (using extensions, for example) to reflect more Unity design elements. To accomplish this, GNOME shell would probably need a few patches to its code. But if Unity design elements could be added with extensions only, and without need for patches to GNOME shell, all the better.
I prefer the Firefox dev tools. They have some features that Chromium does not. I like Mozilla a lot more than Google so I prefer Firefox over Chrome.
On Firefox you see less ads than on Chromium. uBlockOrigin on Firefox blocks websocket adds also, on Chromium it does not due to an Chrome Extension API limitation.
You should try DevEdition it is as fast as Chrome. You can try the Firefox Aurora PPA it is the Ubuntu way of installing DevEdition.
There is a ppa from webupd8 http://www.webupd8.org/2012/01/install-oracle-java-jdk-7-in-ubuntu-via.html that makes it simple and easy. There is also the open source Java openjdk that uses the Icedtea plugin, that should already be on your system, but assuming you need Oracle Java then use the ppa.
>What can I do and what is terminal?
You can do anything you put your mind to until things become terminal./s
OP, you don't have to download video at all if you just want to listen to the audio. A lot of tutorials for downloading audio from YouTube instruct you to use -x to extract the audio only once you have downloaded video + audio, but since an update in February 2014 youtube-dl has been able to download them separately.
Use -F, look for the format lines that say "audio only", and pass just one of those formats to -f.
E.g. try youtube-dl -f 140 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOMX3deeW6Q
I'm using this for months, it works like a charm and fixes lots of issues of the normal player (especially speaking about integration with WMs and multi-monitor).
Ubuntu PPAs: Webupd8 (debs) or alternative. PPAPI plugin is now available via the adobe-flashplugin package as well.
> I can put Firefox on Linux and Windows side-by-side, and the one that hurts my eyes is not on Windows.
Please do try out freetype-freeworld or Infinality(there's nothing better than this in the world)
Freetype
Infinality
I use a 'Netflix Desktop' app which works with patched version of Wine in Ubuntu 12.04, works flawlessly. It's explained on this web upd8 article
From what I can tell you don't like the way fonts are rendered, and you want to install Infinality on Elementary OS Luna.
Elementary OS Luna is based on Ubuntu 12.04. So instructions for Ubuntu should work for Elementary. I'm assuming that you do not want to use terminal if possible.
- Install Elementary OS on your computer
Add the Infinality repository to your computer:
- Open Software Centre (should be in the default dock after you've installed)
- Edit > Software Sources...
- In the new window select the "Other Software" tab
- In the "Other Software" tab, click the Add button
- Paste the following line into the text box that pops up: ppa:no1wantdthisname/ppa
- Click "Add Source"
- Click the button that says "Close"
Install Infinality:
- You should now be back in Software Centre. My understanding is that Software Centre updates itself when you add a new source.
- Search for Infinality using the search box in the top right corner of the window.
- Select from the results, and click install.
Open Infinality, configure as desired.
This is based off the following 2 sources -
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/better-font-rendering-in-linux-with.html
Hello.
I suggest reading linux blogs to find out about new applications and ways to customise it. http://www.webupd8.org/ and http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/ are two Ubuntu-focused blogs.
Soon, I would recommend checking out different desktop environments (have you heard of KDE, XFCE, Gnome Shell?) and different distros (have you heard of Linux Mint, OpenSUSE or others)?
>A taskbar would be out of place with the design.
...or not, if Mint's new shell extensions are any indication.
That said, I rather like the default GNOME 3 setup.
Try Florian's system monitor instead, I'd say it's much better (if you have free space on the top bar).
Also on AUR and webupd8's ppa.
Isn't the power consumption issue due to the new Linux Kernels? Please read this, the link also gives a work around, but I would wait and see until an official fix is implemented, just in case the proposed fix botches up your system.
>I's not just where it is, but all sorts of things about it. There are icons >you can't remove, by default you can't autohide it or change the size, >you can't put folders into it, etc.. It wouldn't be a huge deal, but >people are used to Gnome panels, which are incredibly customizable. >The launcher and the panel don't even compare.
There are actually ways to modify all of that with the exceptions of the launcher.
My desktop: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11305505/Screenshot-1.png
My Netbook: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/11305505/Screenshot-2.png
A good blog entry for information on tweaking Unity is at: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/04/things-to-tweak-fix-after-installing.html
While Ubuntu is not running click on "Settings" in virtual box, go to "Display" and click on "Enable 3d acceleration". Then run Ubuntu, open Terminal and put this in: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install virtualbox-ose-guest-utils
You will get Unity after restart. Source: http://www.webupd8.org/2010/12/how-to-test-ubuntu-1104-with-unity-in.html
Worked for me
> I think it's simply easier for them to migrate to the QT ecosystem wholesale. They could have leveraged all their knowlege of Qt, aquired during the development of Unity 8, to simply reimplemente Unity as a KDE shell.
This is purely my wild speculation, but: I'd like to think that, upon realizing that Unity 8 wouldn't be ready in time for the next LTS release, Canonical selected GNOME merely as a stopgap to allow for shipping default Wayland on 18.04. Then, once that milestone has passed, I hope that Canonical will again consider Qt-based options.
I'll just note that Canonical hasn't ceased development of Mir, but rather continues to expend efforts to add Wayland support to Mir. Again, just my wild speculation, but given this continued investment in Mir, I’m given hope that Canonical is at least considering whether to use Mir on a future Ubuntu desktop, perhaps in conjunction with a Qt-based DE, such as Budgie 11 or a revamped Unity 8.
But yep, once KDE is little further along with Wayland support, reimplementing Unity as a KDE shell (especially if it included a Unity-like LIM in addition to Global Menu) would be great too.
The wallpaper isn't a function of Marble. KDE devs are tying into Marble but created their own implementation. I don't think that can be run standalone at all.
EDIT: I have seen some scripts that achieve the same map + day/night by just pulling images and setting as wallpaper. Looking for them now.
EDIT2: Here's one http://www.webupd8.org/2009/09/real-time-earth-wallpaper-for-linux.html You might have to adapt it to use your own wallpaper picker/create a secondary script to be able to set it based on an interval
EDIT3: Here's one that does a full image of the globe. https://github.com/boramalper/himawaripy I have used that one and it works well. You can tell it to use something like feh to set the wallpaper.
Assuming you're using Ubuntu : http://www.webupd8.org/2013/06/better-font-rendering-in-linux-with.html . That being said, you probably won't notice much as Ubuntu already has a set of patches regarding font rendering.
Is the clock off by an "even" amount, as in one OS is 6 hours ahead of the other? Linux and OSX change the hardware clock to UTC/GMT and calculate the time using the this and the OS time zone. Windows stores the local time in the hardware clock.
I tend to have multiple Linux installations and one Windows partition so I find it easier to fix the issue once on the Windows side. A quick registry change will force Windows to use the same method as Linux and treat the hardware clock as UTC. More info here.
Either [1]
sudo apt-get install default-jre
or if you need Oracle Java [2]
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
typed into a terminal (may open by pressing CTRL+ALT+T).
This installs a JRE via package management also providing future updates.
What you're looking for is called "Type Ahead Search". Sadly, Nautilus (GNOME Files) doesn't have it anymore.
But good news for you! You can use nautilus-typeahead and gtk3-typeahead (for the file chooser from other apps) to enable this functionnality. It's a fork that just enables the option, and nothing else.
It's on Copr for Fedora and AUR for Arch Linux. It's enabled by default in Ubuntu starting from 14.04.
I used to have this issue too. What fixed it for me was a combination of OpenJDK with font fix and Infinality with Linux style rendering. I've only tried this on Ubuntu-based distros though, so your mileage may vary.
Depends on what parts of Linux you're interested in.
If you want details about cool Linux apps and customizations you have WebUpd8 and OMG! Ubuntu (even though it is called OMG Ubuntu and is focused towards Ubuntu, most apps and themes featured work in other distributions with some hammering involved).
If you want to know about the development of Linux distributions and of the kernel itself, you have LWN.net, which has an amazing deep weekly overview on the inside of the distribution's and kernel's world, together with amazing articles explaining the intricacies of the kernel. Some articles require a paid subscription, but articles older than a week are available for free.
All of these sites have RSS feeds available.
There's xfdashboard for XFCE but it does not display a grid I think. It does cover the screen and allow you to search programs by typing though.
This might save you some pain for the next attempt:
http://www.webupd8.org/2015/08/new-official-proprietary-gpu-drivers.html
Add the PPA and update as normal.
You're actually lucky you're doing it with Nvidia ATM.
Eidt: Re: command line
On Ubuntu hit the Super Key and type "term" into the search box. Click on the Terminal application that pops up under your search.
Mint is based on Ubuntu so I assume they have the same feature, but you might also be able to navigate to it through a traditional menu system.
Its super easy. When I was first starting out these two web pages were more helpful for me than any others I came across!
Goodluck
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/12/install-ubuntu-on-your-chromebook-using.html
http://www.webupd8.org/2013/12/things-to-do-after-installing-ubuntu-on.html
I can tell you why it doesn't work, but I'm not at all sure how best to fix it.
Those instructions fail at step 9 because Mint uses "mdm" rather than "lightdm", so that step doesn't apply.
Have you tried ignoring that step and seeing if it works anyway?
Otherwise you're going to have to do one of two things:
Dig into the mdm configuration stuff at /usr/share/mdm and try to figure it out (I haven't done this myself) or replace mdm with lightdm and follow the instructions you posted. Again, I haven't tried this so no promises, but this guide to replacing mdm may help.
It is downvoted because you posted it on the wrong subreddit. If you post it to the correct place (/r/linuxquestions or /r/linux4noobs) you will get much better treatment and quite possibly a well described solution. It's important to play by the rules.
Note: Check these instructions for PopCorn Time: http://www.webupd8.org/2014/05/install-popcorn-time-in-ubuntu-or.html You should drop the habit of downloading an installer for a program and then installing it (the Windows way). Proper/secure way is to get it from your distribution's repositories.
I've heard other people say that and it turned out that it was really Unity that caused it. Maybe try going back to the old Gnome Classic, now called Gnome Flashback
If not, Lubuntu is light on resources. Xubuntu is also said to be light, but some articles have said it is a lot closer to Ubuntu than Lubuntu. (It was a little sluggish, but I ran Lubuntu on a pentium 3 to see if it would work. It was less sluggish than XP was on that box.)
It might be the distro you installed. The default is 12.04 IIRC and the issues I had with it were driver-related. I couldn't launch Dota2 initially, but once I got proper drivers installed, I was able to load games but had a ton of artifacts as well as other graphics glitches. When I reinstalled using 13.10 (which has much better Intel driver support), all of those issues were fixed without installing any additional drivers.
To install 13.10 with XFCE using the Crouton method, use the following command once you've reset your device, enabled developer mode, and accessed the shell:
sudo sh -e ~/Downloads/crouton -r saucy -t xfce -e
This should also work on any other chromebook with an Intel chip, however, I'm not sure what the limitations are for ARM platforms and Linux installs via crouton.
Edit: If you have any other questions or want more detailed information, this guide is pretty helpful. You can also ask me if you would prefer :)
Your're completely right, but I found a solution. I use pipelight and "User agent Overider" to netflix. To install pipelight follow the instructions here http://www.webupd8.org/2013/08/pipelight-use-silverlight-in-your-linux.html and the second is a plugin for firefox. Someday though, we will have netflix natively, probably.