Friendship with Linux

Graphically login as a root in Ubuntu 12.04

2012-06-08T04:04:00.001-07:00

Good Morning friends

Today my topic of discussion is How to Graphically login as a root in Ubuntu 12.04? In Ubuntu root login is restricted but now it is possible.

1.Open Terminal

sudo passwd root

Enter password for root

2.sudo sh -c 'echo "greeter-show-manual-login=true" >> /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf'

Restart your computer.Click on Login.Enter username root and enter your root password.

Schedule your Ubuntu PC with Complex Shutdown

2012-06-06T05:48:00.001-07:00

Good Morning Friends

Today my topic of discussion is Schedule your Ubuntu PC with Complex Shutdown.

A more or less simple script, written in fpc, then rewritten in python. Main purpose of this tool is to turn off your computer after a specific time, but it's more complex: You can specify when to do what action with a lot of extra options. Everything is packed in a simple and intuitive graphical user interface.

Download and install

1.Click Here to Download

2.Install it with Ubuntu Software Center

After launching this app, you get simplified options to set the day, hour, minute and seconds for executing a function. The common options includes shutdown, log off, hibernate, restart and standby, whereas, you can enter a command from the Custom Command option to schedule functions.

Install Cinnamon 1.4 ( Ubuntu 12.04 )

2012-06-02T08:22:00.002-07:00

Good Morning Friends

Today my topic of discussion is How to install Cinnamon desktop environment in Ubuntu 12.04(LTS).If Unity sucks and you want something interesting other than GNOME and KDE then cinnamon is the best option.

1.Official website

http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/

2.How to install?

Open terminal and run following commands

1. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable

2.sudo apt-get update

3.sudo apt-get install cinnamon

Reboot the system and select Cinnamon

3.Features of Cinnamon 1.4

http://cinnamon.linuxmint.com/?p=182

Play and Download Youtube Videos without Flash

2012-06-02T04:38:00.000-07:00

Good Morning Friends

Today my topic of discussion is how to play and download youtube videos without flash.There is one software called Gmediafinder.

How to install it on Ubuntu?

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:s-lagui/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install gmediafinder

How to use Gmediafinder?

Go to dash home and search for Gmediafinder and start it.Following window will open.

Search your favorite video.Here I am searching my favorite song jane kya dekha by BramhaKumaris.

It will search that video,to watch it click on play button.After some time it will show button to download that video.

We can also download and watch dailymotion videos also.

2.Linux Maya Cinnamon Edition

2012-05-20T19:35:00.002-07:00

Good Morning Friends

Today my topic of discussion is Linux Maya Cinnamon Edition.Yesterday I have installed it and it works very smoothly and having so many updated features.

How to download?

System requirements:

x86 processor (Linux Mint 64-bit requires a 64-bit processor. Linux Mint 32-bit works on both 32-bit and 64-bit processors).
512 MB RAM (1GB recommended for a comfortable usage).
5 GB of disk space
Graphics card capable of 800×600 resolution
CD/DVD drive or USB port

Features in it

1.Mozilla Firefox 12
VLC Player 2.0.1
Exciting Cinnamon 1.4.
Cool desktop effects

1.Boot and Play

2012-05-07T04:41:00.002-07:00

Good Morning Friends

live.linuX-gamers.net is a Linux live distribution: "boot 'n play". The idea is for you to be able to carry a decent amount of high-quality Linux games with you where ever you go for purposes of demonstration, gaming or parties. Your computer will remain completely unchanged as everything will run live.

Hardware requirement

Intel x86-compatible architecture
512 MB RAM
videocard with 3d acceleration

Download

Features

top free native linux games
high performance video card drivers

proprietary nvidia drivers

open source drivers with 3d acceleration for many other video cards
harddisk is not touched
network booting and hosting support (throw a LAN party with only 1 lglive!)
installation support
persistent home support
nothing needs to be configured, everything is done automatically
basic applications like IRC chat (xchat), web browser (arora) and voice chat (mumble)
FREE

9.Best Screencasting Tool for Ubuntu 12.04(LTS)

2012-04-26T23:39:00.000-07:00

Good Morning Friends

Today my topic of discussion is Best Screencasting Tool for Ubuntu 12.04(LTS).
Kazam Screencaster is the tool for Ubuntu 12.04(LTS).I am using this tool to create web videos.

Kazam is a simple screen recording program that will capture the content of your screen and record a video file that can be played by any video player that supports VP8/WebM video format.

How to install Kazam in Ubuntu 12.04(LTS)?

Go to Dash Home and open Terminal.Run the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kazam-team/stable-series

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install kazam

After installation you can use it.

8.Unity sucks go for other Desktop Environment Ubuntu 12.04(LTS)

2012-04-25T11:48:00.001-07:00

Good morning friends

Today my topic of discussion is how to install other desktop environments in Ubuntu 12.04(LTS)?

By default Ubuntu 12.04 (LTS) comes with the UNITY desktop. Other desktop environments (KDE,XFCE,GNOME and etc.) exist which provide different types of user experience.

This topic provides instructions on how to install and use a KDE ,Xfce Desktop Environment.

Installing KDE Desktop Environment

1.Go to Dash Home->Terminal

Run following command to install KDE

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

Installing XFCE Desktop Environment

1.Go to Dash Home->Terminal

Run following command to install KDE

sudo apt-get install xubuntu-desktop

7.Install VLC 2.0.2 in Ubuntu 12.04(LTS)

2012-04-18T22:23:00.000-07:00

Good Morning friends

Today my topic of discussion is How to install VLC 2.0.2 in Ubuntu 12.04(LTS)?VLC
plays DVD, CD, VCD, Blu-Ray disks ,MPEG-2, H.264, DivX, MPEG-4, WebM, WMV files.
It works on most platforms: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X.

Its very easy to install it but follow some steps properly

1.Go to Dash Home->Terminal

Run the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/stable-daily

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install vlc

Thats it.

6.Surfing Web with Commands

2012-04-15T23:01:00.003-07:00

Good Morning Friends

Today my topic of discussion is how to do web surfing with commands or without using mouse in Linux.First I came across the elinks but it is terminal based.We can't access social networking websites like Facebook ,orkut properly.Even blogging is too difficult with elinks.After searching I found one tool where we can do surfing without the help of a mouse and we can enjoy command like web surfing.

Uzbl - web interface tools which adhere to the unix philosophy.

How to install Uzbl in Ubuntu ?

1.Open terminal and run following command

$ sudo apt-get install uzbl

After installtion we need to start Uzbl browser so run following command in Terminal

$uzbl

It will open new window like this

2.Commands to do web surfing

Uzbl Keybindings

These keybindings are totally customizable. You can edit$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/uzbl/config to modify them or add more.

Navigating the Web

o: Open a URL
O: Edit the current URL
S: Stop loading
b: Go back
m: Go forward
U: Search the history
r: Reload the current page
fl: Select a link or form element using the keyboard
Fl: Select a link to open in a new window using the keyboard
w: Open a new window
c: Clone the current window

Navigating the Page

j: Scroll down
k: Scroll up
h: Scroll left
l: Scroll right
<Page_Up>
<Ctrl>f: Page up
<Page_Down>
<Ctrl>b: Page down
<<
<Home>: Scroll to top
>>
<End>: Scroll to bottom
/: Search the current page
?: Search the current page in reverse
n: Next search result
n: Previous search result

Modes

Uzbl's default configuration is modal (although a completely modeless configuration should be possible).
In "command" mode, everything you type is interpreted by uzbl as a command.
In "insert" mode, everything you type is passed to the web page, for form input or the web page's keybindings.

<Ctrl>i
i: Switch to insert mode
<Escape>
<Ctrl>[: Return to command mode; Clear the current command

uzbl-tabbed

TODO: Write me.

Clipboard

The terminology here is a bit confusing, please look at this article if you're not familiar with X selections.
For these commands to work, xclip must be installed.

yu: Copy the current URL to the primary selection
yU: Copy the URL of the hovered link to the primary selection
yy: Copy the page title to the primary selection
p: Go to the URL in the primary selection
P: Go to the URL in the clipboard selection
'p: Open the URL in the primary selection in a new window
<Shift><Insert>: Command mode: Paste the primary selection into the status bar; Insert mode: Paste the primary selection into the active form element.

Advanced Commands

s: Set a variable
:: Issue an uzbl command
!reload: Reload configuration file
<Ctrl><Mod1>t: Open a terminal that prints events and can issue commands to uzbl

Here I opened the Google page in Uzbl browser.

For more information wait for next tutorial.

Special Thanks to Miss.Rutuja Gupte

5.Download Web Videos using Movgrab(Ubuntu)

2012-04-14T05:04:00.001-07:00

Good Morning Friends

Today my topic of discussion is How to download Web Videos. All of we know the trick to download Youtube video but there are many other video sharing websites like Dailymotion,metacafe ,TED, and etc.How to download videos from those websites?I have the solution.

Install movgrab

1.How to install movgrab in Ubuntu?

Open terminal and run following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install movgrab

2.Supporting Websites:

generic              Generic: Search in page for http://*.flv, http://*.mp3, http//*.mp4 etc, etc, etc
youtube              YouTube: http://www.youtube.com
metacafe             Metacafe: http://www.metacafe.com
dailymotion          Daily Motion: http://www.dailymotion.com
break                www.break.com
ehow                 www.ehow.com
vimeo                www.vimeo.com
5min                 www.5min.com
vbox7                www.vbox7.com
blip.tv              www.blip.tv
ted                  www.ted.com
myvideo              www.myvideo.de
clipshack            www.clipshack.com
mytopclip            www.mytopclip.com
redbalcony           www.redbalcony.com
mobango              www.mobango.com
yale                 Yale University: http://oyc.yale.edu
princeton            Princeton University: http://www.princeton.edu/WebMedia/
reuters              Reuters: http://www.reuters.com/
liveleak             Liveleak: http://www.liveleak.com
academicearth        Academic Earth: http://www.academicearth.org
photobucket          Photobucket: http://www.photobucket.com
videoemo             VideoEmo: http://www.vidoevo.com/
videosfacebook       Videos Facebook: http://www.videosfacebook.net
aljazeera            Aljazeera: english.aljazeera.net
mefeedia             mefeedia.com
iviewtube            iViewTube: www.iviewtube.com
washingtonpost       Washington Post: www.washingtonpost.com
cbsnews              CBS News: www.cbsnews.com
france24             France24: www.france24.com
euronews             Euronews: www.euronews.net
metatube             www.metatube.com
motionfeeds          www.motionfeeds.com
escapist             www.escapistmagazine.com
guardian             www.guardian.co.uk
redorbit             www.redorbit.com
scivee               www.scivee.tv
izlese               www.izlese.org
uctv.tv              University of California Television: http://www.uctv.tv/
royalsociety.tv      http://royalsociety.org/
britishacademy       http://britac.studyserve.com
kitp                 KAVLI INSTITUTE: http://online.itp.ucsb.edu/plecture/
dotsub               dotsub.com
astronomy.com        astronomy.com
teachertube.com      teachertube.com
discovery            dsc.discovery.com
bloomberg            www.bloomberg.com (not bloomberg.tv)

3.How to use movgrab?

Open terminal

$ movgrab link to video

e.g

$movgrab http://www.ted.com/talks/vijay_kumar_robots_that_fly_and_cooperate.html

If a website is not in the list, try 'movgrab -t generic <url>'

Finish.

Special Thanks to Miss.Rutuja Gupte

4.MYUNITY - Unity Tweaking Tool for Ubuntu 12.04

2012-04-09T05:25:00.000-07:00

Good Morning Friends

Today my topic of discussion is how to customize Unity of Ubuntu 12.04(LTS)?After searching I got this MTUNITY tool.

1.How to install MYUNITY in Ubuntu 12.04(LTS)?

Open Terminal and run following command

$sudo apt-get install myunity

2.Features of MYUNITY

Features of MYUNITY are as follows:-

GTK and icon theme switching

Changing the Dash color and its properties

Unity Launcher Settings like Behavior,Transparency ,size and etc

Desktop Settings

Font settings and so many .

Now you can easily customize your Unity Interface as you want with this tool.

3.Things to do after fresh installation of Ubuntu 12.04(LTS)

2012-04-08T19:54:00.002-07:00

Good Morning Friends

Today my topic of discussion is "Basic things to do after fresh installation of Ubuntu 12.04(LTS)"

1.Update and upgrade your machine

Open Terminal and run following commands

$ sudo apt-get update

$sudo apt-get upgrade

Restart your machine.

2.Install restricted extras

Open Terminal and run following command

$sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

3.Install VLC player

$sudo apt-get install vlc

4.Install Cheese(Webcam)

$sudo apt-get install cheese

4.Install Synaptic Package Manager

$sudo apt-get install synaptic

These are the basic commands to run after fresh installation of Ubuntu 12.04(LTS).

2.How to Play Youtube Videos Using Terminal?

2012-04-04T05:56:00.002-07:00

Good Morning friends

Today my topic of discussion is How to Play Youtube Videos Using Terminal?

Totem Movie Player can play YouTube Videos.

1.Open Youtube Website using any web browser.

2.Search any video which you want play using Terminal.

3.Copy the address link of Youtube Video

4.Open Terminal and run following command

$ totem Youtube Video Link

Here my command will

$ totem http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fIDCS14uS94

1.Free online backup, sync, sharing, access & storage solution for Linux

2012-04-02T05:14:00.001-07:00

Good Morning friends

Today my topic of discussion is Free online backup, sync, sharing, access & storage solution for Linux.

Solution is here

Spideroak having following features:-

Access all your data in one de-duplicated location
Configurable multi-platform synchronization
Preserve all historical versions & deleted files
Share folders instantly in web ShareRooms w / RSS
Retrieve files from any internet-connected device
Comprehensive 'zero-knowledge' data encryption
2 GBs Free / $10 per 100 GBs / Unlimited devices

How to Download SPIDEROAK?

Click Here To Download

5.Control VLC Player using Web Browser

2012-03-30T23:31:00.001-07:00

Good Morning Friends

Today my topic of discussion is How to Control VLC Player using Web Browser.VLC is ultimate player to use.It having so many feature.Here I am discussing one from them.

1.Open VLC Player

2.Go to View tab and then go to Add Interface

View -> Add Interface

3.Here I Choose Web Interface.

View -> Add Interface->Web Interface

4.Now time to open your favourite Web Browser.

My favourite web browser is Firefox.

Search following address to open VLC Player

127.0.0.1:8080

Here My VLC Interface open.

VLC now playing songs from my Music Directory.

Finish Now you can control your VLC player using Web browser also.

4.Skype on Fedora 16 (64bit)

2012-03-19T07:38:00.001-07:00

Good Morning friends
Today my topic of discussion is How to install Skype on Fedora 16 (64bit)?We need to download some packages so we can run Skype easily on Fedora 16(64bit).

1.Download .rpm file of Skype from its official website.

2.Click here to download the .rpm file.

3.Open Terminal and become a root user.

su -

4.Command to run

#yum -y install libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 pulseaudio-libs.i686 pulseaudio-libs-glib2.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686

5.After installation need to install .rpm file.Change the directory where you have downloaded your .rpm file.

Here in my laptop its

#cd /home/indrajeet/Downloads

After that run following command

#rpm -ivh name of .rpm file

#rpm -ivh skype-2.2.0.35-fedora.i586.rpm

Thats it.Now you can enjoy video calling using skype.

3.How to play songs from Dropbox?

2012-03-09T09:30:00.000-08:00

Good Morning friends
Today my topic of discussion is How to play songs from Dropbox?First we need upload .mp3 files (songs) in our Dropbox folder.

Here I uploaded my favorite songs in Music folder of my dropbox account.Check following image

Now open your web browser and search for DropTunes.

Click here to go official website.

The following Login page will open.

Enter your address of dropbox email account and dropbox password.After successful login following page will open.

Click on music folder it will open your uploaded songs.After that click on play button to play song.

Finish.Now you can enjoy your favorite songs anywhere.

2.Install Dropbox in Fedora 16

2012-03-08T04:14:00.001-08:00

Good Morning Friends

Today my topic of discussion is How to install Dropbox in Fedora 16?.It is so simple to install.

Download the .rpm file of Dropbox

32 Bit Click Here

64 Bit Click Here

After download need to install some dependencies.So go to terminal and run following commands

$ su -

#yum install libnautilus-extension.so.1

and

#yum install yum install nautilus-extensions

Now time to install .rpm file.Change the directory where you have downloaded .rpm file.After that run following command.

#rpm -ivh nautilus-dropbox-0.7.1-1.fedora.x86_64.rpm

Now go to Internet tab and Click on Dropbox.It will install Dropbox and it will ask you the account information.

1.How to install PlayOnLinux in Fedora 16

2012-03-07T08:00:00.000-08:00

Good Morning Friends

Today my topic of discussion is How to install PlayOnLinux in Fedora 16?.It is so simple to install PlayOnLinux.Follow the instructions whatever I told in this post correctly.

What is PlayOnLinux?

"PlayOnLinux is a of software which allows you to easily install and use numerous games and apps designed to run with Microsoft Windows"

For more information click here to visit official website.

PlayOnLinux uses Wine software.So frist need to install Wine using following command

#yum install wine

Now download the .repo file of PlayOnLinux.Click on following link and download this file

Download

This file will be in /home/usr/Download directroy.Now we need to copy this file to yum.repo.d directory.

So be a root user

su -

#cd /

#cp /home/indrajeet/Downloads/playonlinux.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/

Update the repo list using following command

#yum update

Final command to install PlayOnLinux

#yum install playonlinux

3.KVM Bridge Networking in Ubuntu

2012-02-19T22:21:00.000-08:00

Good Morning friends

Today my topic of discussion is how to configure KVM Bridge Networking in Ubuntu?

The default virtual network configuration is NAT.Using NAT the guest operating system will be able to browse the web, but will not be able to host an accessible web server.So we need a bridge connection.

1.Open terminal and install the bridge-utils package:

$ sudo apt-get install bridge-utils

2.Now we are going to change the network configuration. So you should first stop networking using following command

$ sudo invoke-rc.d networking stop

3.Be a root user

$ su root

4.To set up a bridge interface, edit /etc/network/interfaces using following command

#vim /etc/network/interfaces

5.Add following data in this file

auto lo
iface lo inet loopback

auto eth0
iface eth0 inet manual

auto br0
iface br0 inet static
        address 192.168.0.10
        network 192.168.0.0
        netmask 255.255.255.0
        broadcast 192.168.0.255
        gateway 192.168.0.1
        bridge_ports eth0
        bridge_stp off
        bridge_fd 0
        bridge_maxwait 0

6.Save the file and again restart the network connection.

# /etc/init.d/networking restart

2.Create Encrypted Filesystem in Linux using Terminal

2012-02-14T22:08:00.000-08:00

Good morning friends

Today my topic of discussion is how to create an encrypted filesystem in Linux using terminal?

Follow these steps and create the encrypted filesystem

1.Be a root user

$ su root

2.Create a primary partition

#fdisk /dev/sda

(Watch video tutorial for more information)

3.Create encrypted partition

#cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sda3

4.Open this partition

#cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda3 indrajeet

5.Create filesystem on this partition

Here I am creating ext4 partition

#mkfs.ext4 /dev/mapper/indrajeet

6.Reboot machine

7.Again Open partition using following command

#cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sda3 indrajeet

8.Mount this partition on any directory

#mount /dev/mapper/indrajeet /mnt

Finish

1.Easy way to install .rpm file in Open SUSE

2012-02-07T03:55:00.000-08:00

Good morning friends

Today my topic of discussion is Easy way to install .rpm file in Open SUSE.We need first download .rpm file of any software.I selected Skype software to install.Download first .rpm file of Skype software compatible with operating system.

1.Open terminal and be a root user

$su root

2.Change the directory where you have downloaded .rpm file.

#cd /home/indrajeet/Download

3.Run following command

#yast2 -i name of rpm file with its extension

Here I have entered

#yast2 -i skype-2.2.0.35-suse.i586.rpm

Now follow steps as I shown in images

1.How to Play Videos and mp3 files in Open SUSE?

2012-01-30T22:11:00.000-08:00

Good Morning Friends

Today my topic of discussion is How to play Videos and mp3 files in Open SUSE?To play videos and mp3 files we need to first install multimedia supporting codecs and multimedia players like VLC.

How to install multimedia codecs?

If you are using GNOME version then download following link

GNOME Version

or if you are using KDE version then download following link.Today I am using KDE version.

KDE Version

Run this file , it will open new window.

2.Click on next.

How to install VLC in Open SUSE?

Open Terminal and run following command

 sudo zypper in vlc

3.Read data saved on Linux partition in Windows

2012-01-19T08:04:00.000-08:00

Good Morning friends

Today my topic of discussion is how to read data saved on Linux partition in Windows.In last topic i introduced one utility called DiskInternals Linux Reader.
Today I will show you how to use this utility.

1.Go to Start ->Programs->Linux Reader-> DiskInternals Linux Reader.

2.After running this application I have change the directory to /\home\indrajeet\Download.Just see following image.

3.I want to read selected file.So next step will be right click on it and click on save tag.As I shown in following figure.

4.New window will open called Export wizard.Click on next tab.

5.It will ask path to save the selected file.Here I am saving it to movies folder.

6.Again click on next and finish the wizard.

Go to the given path and check if it is saved or not.

Thank You

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