Some beautiful GTK themes for Linux Mint and Ubuntu http://satya164.deviantart.com/art/Gnome-Shell-Elegance-Colors-305966388. This awesome new theme for Gnome Shell has the ability to change colors automatically depending upon the wallpaper the user has at the moment. This would be very good for a user that wants a dynamically changing desktop experience whenever they choose a new wallpaper. … Read more
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/bash/ This is a BASH shell in a web page. Check this cool trick out. They have created a cool April fools joke that all Linux users can enjoy. I wish there was a Powershell website that allowed you to use Powershell 3.0 in a web browser; but this is still very cool indeed. There … Read more
Very useful Linux commands for administering your system and managing user accounts. Some very useful Linux know-how.
Faience: http://tiheum.deviantart.com/art/GTK3-Gnome-Shell-Faience-255097456. This is a GTK 3 theme that will make your Gnome Shell desktop look exquisite. This has awesome brushed aluminium styled switches for controls in the GTK windows. This is one theme that you must install. Hope GTK 3: http://grvrulz.deviantart.com/art/Hope-gtk3-206207315. Another quality GTK 3 theme for Gnome Shell. Well worth installing. Gaia GTK 3 … Read more
The Powershell console is now available on Linux with the advent of the Pash console. This allows a Linux user to use Powershell commands on Linux just as they do in Windows. The screenshot I have included shows the usage of the Powershell Get-PsDrive cmdlet. This would be a very powerful tool for administering Windows … Read more
This is what the Nautilus File Manager looks like in Gnome Shell 3.8. With buttons on the top to control the view modes and a simple breadcrumbs navigation style, it is nice and simple while remaining very easy to use indeed. Ubuntu 13.04 is shaping up to be the best Ubuntu release yet. And this … Read more
The newest daily builds of the Gnome Shell powered Ubuntu 13.04 distribution have been released; this distribution is the newest incarnation of the Ubuntu distribution that sports the latest Gnome Shell interface. Gnome Shell also has built a new Gnome fallback mode that is said to be more like Gnome 2.32.2. Although from what I … Read more
Advanced settings in UserMenu: Advanced Settings in UserMenu. Frippery shut down menu: Frippery Shut Down Menu. Add a proper shutdown option to the user menu. Dash to Dock: Dash to Dock. This gives you a lovely dock on the side of your screen. Just like in the Macintosh operating system interface. There are useful configuration settings to change … Read more
This extension allows you to have a panel on both monitors with Gnome Shell 3.6. I use this extension and it works perfectly, allowing the Gnome Shell desktop to properly span both screens with a panel on each one: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/323/multiple-monitor-panels/. This extension allows you to have a Macintosh OSX styled dock on the left of … Read more
I have recently installed the Gnome Shell desktop on Linux Mint 14 and I have found a nice theme set for that desktop. Type this command to install the Bluebird theme and some nice wallpapers. sudo apt-get install shimmer-themes shimmer-wallpaperssudo apt-get install shimmer-themes shimmer-wallpapers This installs the GTK theme engine, some wallpapers and a nice … Read more
How to create an ISO image of a DVD or CDR disk easily with the command-line. dd if=/dev/sr0 of=/home/$LOGNAME/mydisk.iso bs=2kdd if=/dev/sr0 of=/home/$LOGNAME/mydisk.iso bs=2k This will rip a copy of the disk to the hard drive. To write this image to a blank DVD disk; use this command. sudo wodim -dev=/dev/sr0 -speed=8 -eject -v mydisk.isosudo wodim … Read more
Ubuntu surely is a popular desktop Linux distribution, shown around the world in television shows and on sale in China preloaded onto computers. Advertised more than Linux Mint even though that is a good Windows and Macintosh alternative as well and performs on the desktop just as well as Ubuntu. To clear the terminal window, press … Read more
The Gnome Shell 3.6 builds are available for Ubuntu 12.10; but if you want to install the unstable builds of Gnome Shell 3.7 to test it out on your computer, then these commands will install it. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 #The GNOME3 team PPA</code> sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3-staging #The GNOME3 staging PPAsudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3 #The GNOME3 … Read more
The new Fedora 18 Linux distribution has the Power Off option available in the user menu by default; negating the need to install an add-on from extensions.gnome.org to add this functionality. This is a very good addition to the new Fedora distribution. According to this blog linked here: http://www.dedoimedo.com/computers/gnome-3-6.html. There are other problems with the … Read more
Are you wanting to create an alias and you want to see how they are done? Well a Linux distribution should come with some aliases that are already created for you and you can type the alias ls command to see how one is created. ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ alias ls alias ls=’ls –color=auto’ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ alias ls alias ls=’ls … Read more
Here is a link to the page hosting downloads of the Ubuntu Gnome Shell re-mix. This is a version of the Ubuntu distribution that uses the Gnome Shell desktop instead of the default Unity. This is a more customisable desktop for the Linux desktop user. Of course you can just install the KDM login manager … Read more
The zsh shell is a nice alternative to the bash shell when you are using Linux and want a nice command shell for your day-to-day use. Below is my ~/.zshrc files that I am using now. Type sudo apt-get install zsh to install this in Ubuntu. If you want to use my ~/.zshrc files; then … Read more
If you want to put line numbers in the output of a command; then feed it through the nl command. This will put the required line numbers there for you. [john@deusexmachina]:~/Desktop> ls -hula | nl 1 total 452K 2 drwxr-xr-x 3 john john 4.0K Nov 14 10:46 . 3 drwxr-xr-x 46 john john 4.0K Nov … Read more
The MobaXterm application for Windows is a good way to practice Linux commands if you are stuck on a Windows only machine. This application is extensible with add ons such as the gcc compiler and Vim editor as well as many other add ons to make the application even more useful. This is good for practising programming … Read more
I have just found out that the Nexus 7 tablet now has an Ubuntu distribution that is working on that tablet computer. The Unity desktop does not seem to be very stable on this device though; it would be better to develop a proper tablet touch oriented interface like the Windows 8 Metro interface; the … Read more