How to install LimeWire in Ubuntu

I think many of you heard and even used LimeWire on Windows. LimeWire is a P2P (peer-to-peer) software used to share files between users. I will now tell you how to install LimeWire in Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope

1. To start the installation of LimeWire you should go here and download your free copy of LimeWire.
2. After you finished downloading the .deb file, double-click it and GDebi Package Installer will pop-up asking you if you want to install LimeWire.
3. Press install package and wait for the installation to finish.
4. Run LimeWire from Applications > Internet > LimeWire

Mac4lin - Give that Mac OS X look to Ubuntu

Trust me, you guys out there will love this! Today I am going to tell you about a great customization pack. I think everybody loves the shiny look of OS X (an operating system). Guess what? Mac4lin does what you think! It will customize your normal Ubuntu installation and will bring that unique feeling to your desktop.

This pack has everything you are looking for in it: the GTK theme, the dock (of course), the emerald theme, the icons, themes for Pidgin and Firefox and everything you need.


Getting and installing Mac4Lin
1. Download the Mac4Lin .tar.gz file from http://sourceforge.net/projects/mac4lin/.
Once it's saved to your hard drive, locate it and right click on it, selecting Extract
Here from the context menu.

2. Once you've extracted it open a Terminal and navigate to the location you extracted it to, i.e. cd ~/Desktop/Mac4Lin_v1.0 if you saved and extracted the file to your Desktop. The you need to run the install script by running ./Mac4Lin_Install_v1.0.sh

You'll see the script go through its paces as it starts installing things.

via ubuntips.com.ar
see installation steps in the project .pdf

Karmic Koala Alpha 2 released

Introduction

The Ubuntu developers are moving quickly to bring you the absolute latest and greatest software the Open Source Community has to offer. The Karmic Koala Alpha 2 is the second alpha release of Ubuntu 9.10, bringing with it the earliest new features for the next version of Ubuntu.

This is an alpha release. Do not install it on production machines. The final stable version will be released on October 29th, 2009.

Upgrading from Ubuntu 9.04

To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 on a desktop system, press Alt+F2 and type in "update-manager -d" (without the quotes) into the command box. Update Manager should open up and tell you: New distribution release '9.10' is available. Click Upgrade and follow the on-screen instructions.

To upgrade from Ubuntu 9.04 on a server system: install the update-manager-core package if it is not already installed; edit /etc/update-manager/release-upgrades and set Prompt=normal; launch the upgrade tool with the command sudo do-release-upgrade; and follow the on-screen instructions.

New features in Karmic

Development for Karmic just recently opened and many of the new features have not yet started to appear. Currently the changes include the sync of packages from Debian Unstable or Sid has begun, a new kernel based on 2.6.30 and the latest development release of GNOME, 2.27.1. 

GNOME 2.27.1

Ubuntu Karmic Alpha 2 includes the latest GNOME 2.27.1 development release.

Linux kernel 2.6.30

Alpha 2 includes the 2.6.30-5.6 kernel based on 2.6.30-rc5. The kernel will ship with Kernel Mode Setting enabled for Intel graphics (see below). LRM is deprecated in favour of DKMS packages.

New Intel video driver architecture available for testing

In later Karmic milestones the Intel video driver will most probably switch from the current "EXA" acceleration method to the new "UXA". This will solve major performance problems of Ubuntu 9.04, but is still not as stable as EXA, which is why it is not yet enabled by default. We invite you to help testing UXA, please see the instructions and feedback page.

Feedback about the new "kernel mode setting" feature is also heavily appreciated. This will reduce video mode switching flicker at booting, and dramatically speed up suspend/resume. Please see the instructions and feedback page for details.

ext4 by default

The new "ext4" filesystem is used by default for new installations of Karmic; of course, other filesystems are still available via the manual partitioner. Existing filesystems will not be upgraded.

If you have full backups and are confident, you can upgrade an existing ext3 filesystem to ext4 by following directions in the Ext4 Howto (note that the comments on that page at the time of writing about Ubuntu's use of vol_id vs. blkid are out of date and are not applicable to Karmic). Maximum performance will typically only be achieved on new filesystems, not on filesystems that have been upgraded from ext3.

GRUB 2 by default

GRUB 2 is the default boot loader for new installations of Karmic, replacing the previous GRUB "Legacy" boot loader. Existing systems will not be upgraded to GRUB 2 at this time, as automatically reinstalling the boot loader is an inherently risky operation.

If you wish to upgrade your system to GRUB 2, then see the GRUB 2 testing page for instructions. See also the upstream draft manual.

Some features are still missing relative to GRUB Legacy. Notable among these are lock/password support, an equivalent of grub-reboot, and Xen handling.

Download Alpha 2

Get it while it's hot. ISOs and torrents are available at:

http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/releases/karmic/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu Desktop, Server, and Netbook Remix)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/kubuntu/releases/karmic/alpha-2/ (Kubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/xubuntu/releases/karmic/alpha-2/ (Xubuntu)
http://cdimage.ubuntu.com/netboot/karmic/alpha-2/ (Ubuntu ARM)

Source: ubuntu.com

Installing Google Chrome in Ubuntu 9.04

I'm sure many of you heard about Google Chrome before. It's a web-browser made by Google which is based on the open-source Chromium project. Until recently, Google Chrome was only available for the Windows platform, but now, the Google team released a developer only version.

You can find the official website here. Here are the direct download links: 32 bit version or 64 bit version. Make sure you accept the terms of service.

Download the .deb files and double-click on the file to run it.



Congratulations, now you are running Google Chrome in linux!

How to change the icons in Ubuntu

I'm very sure you wanted at some point in time to change the look of your Ubuntu installation but had some difficulties doing so. No problem, that's why I made this short tutorial that will explain you how to change your installation icons and bring that unique feeling to Ubuntu.

First of all, go to gnome-look and browse some set of icons. I chosed this one to use it in this tutorial because I really like the icons.

When you got to your icon package website, make sure you download and save the file anywhere, I suggest on your Desktop just because it's faster.

After download you will end up with a .tar.bz2 file which we will use it straight away, as it is, without any extraction of files.

Go to System > Preferences > Appearance and press on the Install button and chose your previously downloaded file.


after you chose it, wait for a couple of seconds for it to load, you will be asked if you want to apply those icons. Press Apply New Theme.



If you later decide to move to a theme and just change the icons it uses, select the theme you want to apply (for example: ClearLooks, Dust) and press Customize and go to Icons tab and chose the icon set you wish to use along with your theme.



This was all, enjoy your new icons!