Ubuntu 9.10 available

Ubuntu 9.10 is available in the official Ubuntu website now.

Salient points:

1. Upgrade is recommended.
As per the Ubuntu community up-gradation is advisable. Refer it up for up-gradation: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/upgrading

2. New features
Refer http://www.ubuntu.com/products/whatisubuntu/910features for getting new features of the latest Ubuntu.

3. Download link: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu

A new presentation on Ubuntu

This is new presentation on Ubuntu with various screenshots.

http://pnaprasanna.blog.co.in/files/2009/09/present.pdf

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.4 launched

The newer version of RHEL (RHEL5.4) is launched, which can be updated easily by using yum command.

The steps to update RHEL5.3 to RHEL5.4:

# uname -a
# yum update

Reboot the server:

# reboot

Check the working status:

# uname -a
# netstat -tulpn
# tail -f /var/log/messages

Features:

The new version includes the kernel-based virtual machine (KVM) virtualization, next generation of developer features and tools including GCC 4.4, a new malloc(). Also included clustered, high-availability filesystem to support Microsoft Windows storage needs on Red Hat Enterprise Linux.

The official Redhat Enterprise Linux 5.4 white paper:

http://pnaprasanna.blog.co.in/files/2009/09/rh_rhel_5p4.pdf

Ubuntu Promises

1. Ubuntu will be free forever even Enterprise editions also.

2. It requires 4 GB Harddisk space and 256MB minimum RAM, However, the diskspace is not sufficient if more number of software are installed in the / partition.

3. Ubuntu CD can be ordered for free of cost as well as free to download.

4. All updates for Ubuntu is free.

Convert wine theme into Human clear theme in Ubuntu 9.04

Observe these following lines for changing the theme.

[Control Panel\\Colors]
"ActiveBorder"="239 235 231"
"ActiveTitle"="210 141 70"
"AppWorkSpace"="177 170 163"
"Background"="0 0 0"
"ButtonAlternateFace"="181 181 181"
"ButtonDkShadow"="115 106 96"
"ButtonFace"="239 235 231"
"ButtonHilight"="253 250 248"
"ButtonLight"="239 235 231"
"ButtonShadow"="179 175 171"
"ButtonText"="0 0 0"
"GrayText"="179 175 171"
"Hilight"="248 206 140"
"HilightText"="0 0 0"
"InactiveBorder"="239 235 231"
"InactiveTitle"="239 235 231"
"InactiveTitleText"="60 60 59"
"InfoText"="0 0 0"
"InfoWindow"="239 235 231"
"Menu"="239 235 231"
"MenuBar"="239 235 231"
"MenuHilight"="248 245 242"
"MenuText"="0 0 0"
"Scrollbar"="203 193 183"
"TitleText"="255 255 255"
"Window"="255 255 255"
"WindowFrame"="0 0 0"
"WindowText"="0 0 0"

1. Go to the home directory of the specified user.
2. Copy the above lines into the file vi .wine/user.reg
3. Then view the wine window. It will be in a new Ubuntu theme, which is the default of the Ubuntu 9.04.

Picasa in Ubuntu 9.04

If you have a Picasa window open, or you have the Picasa icon in your toolbar, please close them before installing a new version.

If you're using a recent version of Linux, you should be able to pick "Open With Default Application" or double-click on the downloaded .deb file to install.

If that doesn't work, save the file in the /tmp directory, then open a terminal window and install with a command like

$ sudo dpkg -i /tmp/picasa_2.7.3736-15_i386.deb

or

$ su
# dpkg -i /tmp/picasa_2.7.3736-15_i386.deb
# exit

Starting Picasa

Start Picasa by looking in your Linux distribution's Graphics menu. If you can't find it there, give the command /usr/bin/picasa in a terminal window.

Tips

• This package is only for 32-bit Debian / Ubuntu systems. If you are using 64-bit Debian / Ubuntu, please install the 64-bit .deb package.
• If you use NFS, when Picasa first starts, click File / Add Folder. Unselect your NFS shares from the watched list. Otherwise Picasa can get bogged down scanning all your network directories!
• To get Picasa to see pictures on your hard drive, click "File / Add Folder" (NOT "Import").
• When adding a folder to Picasa, the default action is to remove the folder from Picasa. You have to actively choose Scan once or Scan always.
• Picasa is not supported over remote X connections.

Wow, Picasa found all my photos!

When you start Picasa, it instantly goes to work, organizing all the pictures on your hard drive by date in the "Folders on Disk" collection. If Picasa finds folders you don't want, go into File > Add Folder to tell it which folders to scan once, scan always or remove. To remove individual pictures from your library, simply select a photo and right-click to delete it permanently from your computer or hide it from Picasa.

Courtesy: Google

Necessary commands for going with Ubuntu 9.04 smoothly like Windows

I used to run these following commands after installing Ubuntu 9.04 for running important stuff.

1. sudo apt-get update to update all packages with the current patches, which are indispensable for security issues.

2. sudo apt-get install firestarter for installing the GUI firewall that helps to share the existing Internet connection to the other network as well as filtering

3. sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc is used to install VLC player for entertainment.

4. sudo wget http://media.codeweavers.com/pub/crossover/chromium/cxchromium_0.9.0-1_i386.deb for installing Google Chrome browser in Ubuntu 9.04.

5. sudo apt-get install wine to install wine software that is used for running windows applications in Ubuntu 9.04.

6. sudo passwd root to reset the password of root user in Ubuntu 9.04.

Install these plug-ins also for going smooth browsing with Ubuntu 9.04

1. Install flash plug-in for firefox then run youtube.com

2. Install Java plug-in for firefox then run lakecards.com

Sites can refer for Ubuntu utils:

1. http://www.getdeb.net

2. http://www.stchman.com/tools_page.html

3. http://samanathon.com/how-to-install-microsoft-office-2007-in-ubuntu-804/
for installing Microsoft Office 2007 in Ubuntu

Additional Packages

1. Ubuntu Tweak for new tips and tricks.

2. http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads for installing virtual box to run virtual machines in Ubuntu 9.04

3. apt-get install virtualbox-3.0 to install virtual box in Ubuntu 9.04

4. apt-get install firefox-3.5 for install the latest firefox in Ubuntu 9.04

5. apt-get install unrar-free to install winrar in Ubuntu 9.04