Ubuntu for Humanity

Grisbi a Personal Accounting Application for Linux

2009-05-07T11:56:00.003+05:30

Grisbi is a personnal accounting application running under GNU/Linux and Windows, released under the GPL licence.Grisbi can manage multiple accounts, currencies and users. It manages third party, expenditure and receipt categories, as well as budgetary lines, financial years, and other informations that makes it quite adapted for associationsTo install Grisbi in Ubuntu just type "sudo apt-get

Automounting Harddisk using a GUI Tool called "pysdm"

2009-05-07T01:41:00.004+05:30

PySDM is a Storage Device Manager that allows full customization of hard disk mountpoints without manually access to fstab. It also allows the creation of udev rules for dynamic configuration of storage devices.To install pysdm just type this command in the terminalsudo apt-get install pysdmAfter the installation procedure type "sudo pysdm" in the terminal then enter your password and the GUI

Installing Google Earth 5 on Ubuntu

2009-05-07T01:28:00.003+05:30

Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.Installation of Google Earth is very easy on Ubuntu.Download the GoogleEarthLinux.bin file from this link

Integrating MorseCode into the Ubuntu Terminal

2009-05-05T12:12:00.007+05:30

For those who don't know about morse code should read it about it from Wikipedia. Army, Pilot and Airtraffic Controllers are basically familiar with the morse code but even a normal person can learn it. It is kinda foreign english language and can maybe come in handy in remote situation for sending distress signal.You can learn Morse Code from various websites like this one http://

Various Nautilus Addons

2009-05-04T14:06:00.000+05:30

In one of my previous posts I have written about "nautilus-open-terminal" which let you open terminal wherever you want but there are many other Nautilus addons which can make our life a little bit easy. They are Nautilus-Image-Converter, Nautilus-Wallpaper and Nautilus-Actions.Nautilus-Image-Converter : This package adds a "Resize Images..." menu item to the context menu of all images. This

Monitor your Ubuntu's performance with Bootchart

2009-05-02T13:37:00.000+05:30

Bootchart is a tool for performance analysis and visualization of the Linux boot process. Resource utilization and process information are collected during the boot process and are later rendered in a PNG, SVG or EPS encoded chart.Bootchart provides a shell script to be run by the kernel in the init phase. The script will run in background and collect process information, CPU statistics and

Right-click option to "Open in Terminal"

2009-05-01T19:56:00.000+05:30

Sometimes we need to open a Terminal in a hurry at a particular location and the easier way to do is to add a "Open in Terminal" option in the right-click menu.For doing that we have to run this command in the terminal.sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminalNow whenever we right-click on or in the folder or on the desktop we will get the option "Open in Terminal" in the menu and we can open

How to do a Clean Install of Ubuntu 9.04

2009-04-28T14:02:00.001+05:30

I found a great video on youtube.com about installing Ubuntu along with Vista. It will be a dual boot where one can choose while booting the system wether he wants to go in Vista or Ubuntu. This video is created by a youtube user called CoverlessTech

Upgrading to Ubuntu 9.04 {My Review}

2009-04-28T13:23:00.000+05:30

This was the first time I did an upgrade from one version to another version of Ubuntu instead of doing a clean install. I did this so that I don't have to reinstall all the necessary softwares which I normally do after the clean install also I was having no intention to try the new Ext4 filesystem which Ubuntu 9.04 was having as an option since I heard it is not entirely stable and still have

APTonCD {A Real Time Saver}

2008-05-16T15:00:00.000+05:30

APTonCD is a tool with a graphical interface which allows you to create one or more CDs or DVDs (you choose the type of media) with all of the packages you've downloaded via APT-GET or APTITUDE, creating a removable repository that you can use on other computers.APTonCD will also allow you to automatically create media with all of your .deb packages located in one especific repository, so that

Running Nautilus as Root

2008-05-14T12:37:00.000+05:30

If you want to run Nautilus as root {Although I will not recommend it because you can by mistake can do irreversible damage to your OS} but sometimes I need to use Nautilus in root mode to do some of my works.Well normally I would just go to the terminal and I will type sudo nautilus or gksu nautilus in order to start Nautilus in root mode but I can also do this in GUI mode.In order to add a link

Installing Fonts in Ubuntu

2008-05-13T16:03:00.000+05:30

Fonts can be downloaded from many websites for free like for e.g: 1001freefonts.com or dafont.comSo before writing this article I have downloaded 3 fonts from this 2 websites which areThe King & Queen FontBleeding Cowboys FontEmbossed Black FontTo install this fonts I first extracted all the .ttf files in one folder and then from the terminal I used this commandsudo cp *.ttf /usr/local/share/

Installation procedure of Ubuntu 8.04 on PC

2008-05-12T00:05:00.000+05:30

The only reason I am creating this post is because the first question that pops in any new user mind is how do I get started with Ubuntu since I don't know anything about how to install Ubuntu on PC's.Ubuntu Installation is very easy but still I thought that I can help new users by providing them with the youtube video which I have found on youtube in which there is a complete video on Ubuntu

Customising Gedit's Fonts & Colors

2008-05-11T22:44:00.000+05:30

I have noticed that when it comes to Gedit people just use it the way it is available and do not think of customising it so that using Gedit will be a little different experience.If you are bored with the big shine white surface where you have to write in small black words then you can change it with some simple steps .In Gedit Go to Edit --> Preferences.In the Preferences dialogue click on the

Adding gnome-themes-extras in Ubuntu

2008-05-11T12:48:00.000+05:30

If you are looking for some cool themes for Ubuntu then gnome-themes-extras pakage can provide you with good themes for your Ubuntu OS.Just type in the terminal boxsudo apt-get install gnome-themes-extrasAfter installation I found that I got 2 new Themes in my Ubuntu 8.04 and their names are Darklooks and Unity. I specially liked the Darklooks theme and I think I will use it for some time. This

Medibuntu to the rescue

2008-05-11T11:25:00.000+05:30

The first thing new users realised after installing Ubuntu is that they cannot play most of the songs and videos and this is because Ubuntu by default do not include this pakages (codecs etc) due to legal reasons (copyright, license, patent, etc).Here is where we need MedibuntuMedibuntu is a packaging project dedicated to distributing software that cannot be included in Ubuntu for various reasons

Have you heard about Ubuntu-tweak software

2008-05-10T20:42:00.000+05:30

Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for everyone. It provided many usefull desktop and system options that the default desktop environment isn’t provided. At present, It is only designed for Ubuntu GNOME Desktop, and often follows the newest Ubuntu distribution. LICENSE Ubuntu Tweak is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU

Selecting Fast Server to download pakages in Ubuntu

2008-05-09T07:54:00.000+05:30

If you want to download pakage from Synaptic faster then just follow this simple steps.Go to System->Administration->Synaptic Pakage ManagerNow enter your password and the Synaptic Pakage Manager will open.Now click on Settings -> RepositoriesIn the Ubuntu Software tab go to Download from drop down menu and select Other"Choose a Download Server" window will open so just click on Select Best

How to Enable Automatic Login in Ubutnu

2008-05-08T23:32:00.000+05:30

As we know Ubuntu display a login screen every time we start our system. We then insert our username and password in order to access our system but if you are the only person using the computer and you not worried about the security then you can enable autologin in Ubuntu.Just follow this simple instructions.Go to System->Administration->Login WindowIt will prompt you for your password. Enter

Installing Firefox 2 in Ubuntu 8.04

2008-05-08T22:02:00.001+05:30

Ubuntu 8.04 is coming with Firefox 3 Beta version which I think is far more better then Firefox 2 but as it turns out that addons are not yet ready for this new version then therefore a guy like me{who depends on addons} is forced to install firefox 2 in UbuntuIf you want to install Firefox 2 then follow this instructions.Installing Firefox 2 will not uninstall Firefox 3 so don't worry and go