Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Smile : Video Slide Show Creator For Ubuntu / Debian Linux

Smile is a simple tool for creating Video Slide show in Linux.

First you have to install smile-data using gdebi package manager
Download Smile-data From here
(9.6 MB)

After that Install Smile
Download Smile from here
(1.1 MB)

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

gshutdown : Graphical Shutdown Utility

gshutdown is a Graphical Shutdown Utility, you can set the shutdown /restart time graphically. Beginners can easily schedule shutdown time using this utility.

$ sudo apt-get install gshutdown ( or use synaptic package manager)

Howto Change Wallpapper Automaticaly in ubuntu Linux : Drapes

Desktop Drapes will change your wallpaper randomly. It will select wallpaper from a list, or you can point it to a directory.

$ sudo apt-get install drapes

Monday, July 27, 2009

Virtual Makeup Software for Ubuntu / Debian Linux : jkiwi


jkiwi is a very unique software ever seen in linux. It won the national open source contest in Portugal. It can be used for hairstyling, concealer paint, eye shadows, blush, contact lenses for eye colors, change lip colors. Yes you can share it with your friend after loading it in your laptop.

Kiwi works best with images in .jpg or .png format and you should use a vertical image in one of the resolutions (480x640, 600x800, 768x1024). Larger images is not recomended due to memory size and overall application speed.

How to install jkiwi in ubuntu / debian
Download the .deb file from here (32 MB in size)
now
$ sudo dpkg -i jkiwi_0.9.5_ubuntu.deb
official site
It requires jre 5 or greater to run.

Ohh My God !! Debian / Ubuntu Package for S-e-x/ p-o-r-n Download : Gnaughty

FOSS Community knows what stuff people looking for!!!
I Cannot Believe, But it is true, because I have Tested this package in my ubuntu box and removed it . It is looking for an entry in Gnome. It is a sourceforge project !!! Click to enlarge the picture (my screen shot) for understanding How much serious it is!!
See the project description
Fast and Easy P-o-r-n Downloader

Gnaughty is a program to automatically download a-d-u-l-t s-e-x content, i.e. p-o-r-n movies and pictures, from a known Internet porn directory.

Providing a friendly interface, users who feel like having some p-o-r-n can have it served fastly and directly to their desktop.

Beware Network Administrators

IT WILL EAT YOUR BANDWIDTH !!!!!!

http://gnaughty.sourceforge.net/


HowTo find Duplicate files in Ubuntu Linux : Fslint

Finding Duplicate files in linux is a difficult job. FSlint is a very good utility for find and clean duplicate file in linux. FSlint can use for one click removal of duplicate files, empty folders, temporary files, check the packages installed, incorrect connections etc..

For Installing FSlint in Ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get install fslint ( it is version 2.26)

Install latest version
wget http://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/fslint_2.40-1_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i fslint_2.40-1_all.deb

For Fedora and Readhat
wget http://www.pixelbeat.org/fslint/fslint-2.40-2.noarch.rpm
sudo rpm -Uvh fslint-2.40-2.noarch.rpm

Friday, July 24, 2009

Collection of Hardware Connectors and Sockets

Very good effort from sonic84. See Large picture here
Picture includes most of all Hardware Parts, Connectors, Sockets, Modules etc... Click to enlarge
original site

Howto Find Maximum memory capacity of Your Computer


Before Upgrading your Computers Memory capacity, You have to check maximum memory capacity of your system supports.
see this also

How to check your maximum memory capacity

it is simple
$ sudo dmidecode | grep Maximum

output

Maximum Size: 32 KB
Maximum Size: 4096 KB
Maximum Size: 0 KB
Maximum Capacity: 8 GB

Sunday, July 19, 2009

Howto Restore Ubuntu After Windows Installation Using LiveCD

Windows will overwrite the grub boot loader , So You cannot access Linux partition after Windows Installation.
Tools Required : Ubuntu LiveCD

First you have to boot your system with a ununtu LIVECD

Then Open a terminal ( Applications --> Accessories --> Terminal)


($sudo -i Will give # Prompt then you can avoid sudo in every command)


Now you can start
$ sudo grub this will give you a new prompt

Type the command
> find /boot/grub/stage1 This will give you a output like (hd0,2) in this case it will vary depends on your system

> root(hd0,2) ( use your hd number and there is no space between root and (hd0,2)

now type
> setup (hd0,2)

then
> quit
Now you can restart your system

Friday, July 17, 2009

Web based (Http) Network Traffic / Bandwidth Monitoring Tool: Darkstat

DarkStat is a simple Packet Sniffing Network Traffic/Bandwidth monitoring Tool for Ubuntu and other Linux distributions. DarkStat gives simple web based output with nice graphs and statistics , it will automatically refreshed. Darkstat uses a very low footprint and the memory, CPU usage.

How to install darkstat in Ubuntu / debian
$ sudo apt-get install darkstat ( or use Synaptic package manager)

For Running darkstat
$ sudo darkstat -i eth0
or for wireless
$ sudo darkstat -i wlan0
Now darkstat will start and run in background (You will not get any output now!!!!!)

Open your Browser
type http://127.0.0.1:667 in address bar