my ubuntu preffered UI customization

By On November 17, 2010 · Leave a Comment · In linux, Shanky, software

dock bar = Awant Window Navigator from ppa:daily
dock bar helper = Dockmanager-deamon
theme = http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/09/elegant-gnome-theme-pack-for-ubuntu-is.html
wallpaper = http://rack1.vladstudio.com/wcz_free/1440×900/bug1440x900.wcz
Widget = Screenlet Clock
Wallpaper clock = http://www.techdrivein.com/2010/10/wallpapers-clocks-are-incredible.html

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Ubuntu 10.04 sudoers file complications

By On July 20, 2010 · 3 Comments · In chirag, linux

I don’t know why Ubuntu is so careless with the admin stuff. First of all, you can’t login as root by default. You have to set up root password by doing ‘passwd root’ (this is what I love about OpenSUSE, you have a root user and a normal user, you can login to the root [...]

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Some newbie tips and tricks for Ubuntu Part Two :)

By On December 29, 2008 · 1 Comment · In linux, Shanky

Part One : http://techfreaks4u.com/blog/?p=1152

lucene helper

java -jar lukeall.jar

porter stemmer

http://tartarus.org/~martin/PorterStemmer/

svn

go in required DIR
to import fresh: svn import

to download:

svn checkout svn-address
svn checkout svn-address

to update with ur stuff in

svn svn committ

to add new files svn [...]

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Some newbie tips and tricks for Ubuntu :)

By On December 27, 2008 · 7 Comments · In linux, Shanky

file browser is

sudo nautilus

gksudo update-manager

to newer version, update-manager -d
to search: aptitude search flex

movie player codecs

codecs: totem-xine

printer setting

printer config
localhost:631

root passwd set

sudo passwd

Do you have libglib2.0-dev installed?

“dpkg -l | grep [...]

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