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3 Must have Firefox Add-ons

Manivannan — Fri, 17 May 2013 14:30:57 +0000

Firefox Add-ons are the best way to extend the functionality of the browsing experience. There are tons of Firefox Add-ons available out there. We focus on 3 must have firefox add-ons that would make tasks simpler and easier.

Cool Previews - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/coolpreviews/
This Add-on lets you to preview a link on a page without leaving the current page, which you are browsing.
Simple Web-Capture - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/simplewebcapture/?src=search
This Add-on lets you to take screenshot of the web-page that you are browsing and save it to image format on your computer.
Tube EnhancerPlus - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/youtube-enhancer-plus/
This Add-on lets you to watch Youtube videos in Dim lights mode, Skip advertisements for you, sets a default resolution for video, etc.,

We know, you are using more add-ons and If you would like to share with some of the most useful addons that you use, we would include it here with your name. Explore all the Firefox Add-ons here https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/

Download µTorrent for Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Fedora

Manivannan — Tue, 14 May 2013 11:51:32 +0000

uTorrent a very tiny BitTorrent client, Currently uTorrent server for linux is not available for download on the official website. When you click on the download you will get the following error.

“Oops! That page wasn’t found. Please use the navigation above to find what you’re looking for. ” check the screen shot.

Download Link for uTorrent Linux

Click the download button to download uTorrent Server V 3.0 for Ubuntu / Linux Mint / Debian.

Download

Follow this link to install uTorrent in Ubuntu 13.04 / Linux Mint / Debian.

Google Earth 7.1 for Android Released

Manivannan — Thu, 09 May 2013 03:56:01 +0000

Google Earth 7.1 now available on Android. This new mobile version of Earth includes great new features like the addition of Street View, better search and directions and a streamlined interface.

Google Earth’s 3D imagery has always been a great way to immerse yourself in the world. With the addition of Street View to Earth for Android, you can now check out the world from the street level too. Simply zoom into an area you’d like to explore and Pegman will appear in the right hand corner. Drag and drop the Pegman into the street and you’ll be greeted by familiar Street View interface.

Search and directions are better too, making it easier to find what you need and get where you’re going. Improved directions allow you to visualize step-by-step transit, walk and bike directions in full 3D. New search suggestions save some typing time and easy access to search result list will allow you browse all of the search results in detail with flick of your finger.

The new interface is also streamlined. A simple click of the Earth logo in top left lets you browse and enable Google Earth layers like Panoramio Photos, 3D buildings and Wikipedia.

You can download Google Earth 7.1 for Android now in the Google Play Store.

Source : Google+

How to Extract RAR files in Ubuntu 13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04

Manivannan — Thu, 09 May 2013 02:57:42 +0000

RAR, a very popular and famous compression method. It is a non free archive file format that supports data compression, error recovery, and file spanning. You can use some of the Third-party software like unrar and 7-Zip to extract RAR files in Ubuntu 13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04 / 11.10 which is free to use.

In Ubuntu unrar is not installed by default, you might face the below error while trying to extract rar files.

“Could not open this file type

There is no command installed for RAR archive files.”

To install unrar

Run the following command in terminal and type the password for the user, when prompted.

sudo apt-get install unrar

Thats it. Now you can extract or open RAR files in your system.

Hope this will be helpful for you!!!

Install LAMP Server using Tasksel in Ubuntu 13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04

Manivannan — Thu, 02 May 2013 09:17:41 +0000

Tasksel is a tool in Ubuntu / Debian, which helps to install multiple related packages as a co-ordinated task. Using Tasksel you can install the following stack / server related.

Basic Ubuntu server, OpenSSH server, DNS server, LAMP server, Mail server, Openstack, PostgreSQL database, Print server, Samba file server, Tomcat Java server, Ubuntu Cloud Image (instance), Virtual Machine host, ubuntustudio-graphics 2D/3D creation and editing suite, ubuntustudio-recording Audio recording and editing suite, Edubuntu desktop, Kubuntu desktop, Kubuntu full, ubuntustudio-audio-plugins LADSPA/LV2/DSSI audio plugins, ubuntustudio-font-meta Large selection of font packages, Lubuntu minimal installation, Mythbuntu additional roles, Mythbuntu frontend, Mythbuntu master backend, Mythbuntu slave backend, ubuntustudio-generation Tone generation and editing suite, Ubuntu LXDE Desktop, Ubuntu desktop, Ubuntu desktop USB, ubuntustudio-video Video creation and editing suite, Xubuntu desktop, ubuntustudio-dvd-live Ubuntu Studio live DVD, Manual package selection

To Install Tasksel in Ubuntu 13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04

Open a terminal (Ctrl+alt+t) and run the following command, Issue the password for the user when prompted.

sudo apt-get install tasksel

To Install LAMP Server

Use the below command to install it.

sudo apt-get install lamp-server

just run tasksel using the below command

sudo tasksel

After executing the tasksel command, you will get a list of available packages that can be installed in your system. Choose LAMP Server using the arrow keys and spacebar to select it. Check the Screen Shots.

Now press enter to install it. After installation starts you will be asked to type password for the MySQL root user.

Repeat the password and press enter.

Thats it. Now open a browser and type localhost to check whether it works or not.

Hope this will be helpful for you!!!

Install Virtualbox in Ubuntu 13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04 using PPA

Manivannan — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 06:48:41 +0000

VirtualBox is a powerful Open Source virtualization software from Oracle, Which supports Linux, Windows and Mac OS. Current stable release is VirtualBox 4.2.12.

Recommended way of installing Virtualbox in Ubuntu / Linux Mint is by adding PPA to your repository.

Dependency

First install the dependency package to avoid error.

sudo apt-get install dkms

To add PPA

Open a terminal and run the following command to download and install the key from Oracle. Issue the password for the user when prompted.

wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -

After installing the Oracle public key, use the below command to add it to your repository.

For Ubuntu 13.04

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian raring contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

For Ubuntu 12.10

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian quantal contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

For Ubuntu 12.04

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian precise contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

For Ubuntu 11.10

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian oneiric contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

For Ubuntu 11.04

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian natty contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'

Once you added the repo using the above command, Update your repository.

sudo apt-get update

To Install

Now install the virtualbox 4.2 using the below command.

sudo apt-get install virtualbox-4.2

To install the previous version just replace 4.2 to 4.1 / 4.0 / 3.2 in the above command.

To Open

Go to dash and type Virtualbox, click on the icon. Check the screen shot.

Permanently add virtualbox icon to unity launcher by right-click on it and lock to Launcher. Check the screen shot.

check how to manage virtualbox commandline.

Hope this will be helpful for you!!!

How to install Django in Ubuntu / Fedora

Manivannan — Fri, 26 Apr 2013 10:09:40 +0000

Django is a high-level Python Web framework that encourages rapid development and clean, pragmatic design. Recommended way of installing Django is using easy_install, Easy_install is a python module used to install, update and manage python packages. To use easy install you need to install python setup tools, Open a terminal and execute the following command.

For Ubuntu 13.04 / 12.10 / 12.04 / Linux Mint

sudo apt-get install python-setuptools

For Fedora 18 / 17 / 16 / Cent OS

sudo yum install python-setuptools

After Install python setup tools, you can use easy_install to install the Django or Update to the latest version.

sudo easy_install django

Alternate method

Download Django from official site. Open a terminal and move the directory to the downloaded directory, for example if the downloaded file is in Downloads directory use the below command

cd Downloads

Now extract the tar file.

tar xzvf Django-1.5.1.tar.gz

After extracting it, Move to extracted django directory.

cd Django-1.5.1

Now run the following command to install it.

sudo python setup.py install

Another recommended way for development is using virtualenv, Check the following links.

Install VirtualEnv in Ubuntu

Install VirtualEnv in Fedora

Install Django in VirtualEnv

Upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04 Raring from Quantal

Manivannan — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 20:42:10 +0000

Upgrading Ubuntu to 13.04 Raring Ringtail. New users download and install it, Others can Upgrade to newer version Raring from Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal by following the below instructions.

First you need to update your system using update manager, Once your system is up to date you will be notified that “Ubuntu 13.04 is now available (you have 12.10).

If the Upgrade option is not shown then troubleshoot it. Open the Software Updater and click on the settings, now move to updates tab and check whether Notify me option is set to for any new version. If not, set it and close.

If you did not get the upgrade option even after the updates and troubleshooting, then run the below commands one by one in Terminal (Ctrl+Alt+t).

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

Issue the password for the user, when prompted.

sudo update-manager -c -d

The above command will give you the upgrade option, skip the below command if it works and continue with screen shots else you have to upgarde Ubuntu commandline using the below command.

sudo do-release-upgrade -d

Screen Shots

Once you got the upgrade option on Software Updater, Click on the Upgrade. Issue the password to Authenticate it.

Next window will come up with Release Notes, Click Upgrade.

Final pop up window is for confirmation, Click Start Upgrade.

That’s it, once download complete it will automatically upgrade to Ubuntu 13.04. Check the do list after upgrading.

Hope this will be helpful for you!!!

Things to do after installing Ubuntu 13.04 Raring

Manivannan — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:53:53 +0000

Ubuntu 13.04 Raring Ringtail is released on April 25, 2013. Download and install it or Upgrade it. This guide is a do list after installing Raring Ringtail Ubuntu 13.04.

The first step is to update and upgrade your system packages / software using the software updater or use the below command in terminal.

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

Issue the password for the user when prompted.

Install Proprietary drivers in Ubuntu 13.04

Enable wireless / graphics drivers using Additional Drivers, If it doesn’t work then install it manually by following the below links.

Install Broadcom b43 driver in Ubuntu 13.04

Install Broadcom STA wireless driver in Ubuntu 13.04

Install NVidia GeForce graphis driver in Ubuntu 13.04

Browser’s in Ubuntu 13.04

Firefox is the default web browser in Ubuntu, to install the Google Chrome browser follow the below links.

Install Google Chrome using PPA in Ubuntu 13.04

Download Google Chrome deb file and Install it in Ubuntu 13.04

Disable Amazon online results in Ubuntu 13.04 Dash

In dash while searching any file / software, online search results are also added to the dash. To remove or disable it, read my earlier article on it.

Howto Disable or Remove Amazon online search results in Ubuntu 13.04

If your using dual boot on your system, you may face grub error. To repair / solve that issue use boot repair. Check Howto Reinstall / Restore grub on Ubuntu 13.04 using live cd / USB

Ubuntu restricted extras

Install the Ubuntu restricted extras, which support MP3 playback, DVD playback and other video and audio formats. Restricted extras also install Microsoft fonts in Ubuntu 12.10. Use the below command to install it.

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Torrents in Ubuntu 13.04

Transmission is the default torrent client in Ubuntu, Alternate torrent clients are Vuze, qBittorrent or uTorrent. You can install Vuze and qBittorrent using Software center. To install utorrent follow the below link.

Install utorrent in Ubuntu 13.04