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Ultimate Ubuntu Dapper Look Like OSX

There are so many people try to imitate Mac OSX Tiger’s look with their current operating system for their Linux or Windows. Ubuntu Dapper 6.06 uses Gnome as its desktop environment. Ubuntu Dapper desktop environment offers a wide variety of choices when it comes to cosmetics; you can make it look like practically anything. In its default condition, Ubuntu Dapper is highly usable, but perhaps a little bland. If you've always admired the Mac OSX Tiger desktop theme and layout but aren't ready to drop a load of cash on an Apple machine (or if you want to stick with free software), this article will show you how to make Ubuntu Dapper look and feel more like OSX, with some limitations.

Here are several steps toward to make your Ubuntu Dapper look and feel like Mac OSX:

- Changing themes and icons

- Metacity button position

- Wallpaper

- Desktop icons

- Fonts

- Gnome panel customizing

Changing themes and icons

First, download T-ish for Clearlooks for window theme and control, Humanoid-OSX window border, and OSX Iconset. You need these files to change your default Ubuntu Dapper windows theme and control, window border, and icon set.

After you have downloaded these packages please do these following steps:

- Go to "System -> Preferences -> Theme". System menu can be found at the left upper corner of your screen.

- Select "Install Theme…" and browse to the folder where you just downloaded packages above.

- Select T-ish for Clearlooks package and continue. Now the theme manager installs the theme files so that they can be used.

- Replicate the equivalent actions to the Humanoid-OSX and OSX iconset package.

- Select T-ish from theme list.

- Select Theme Details. Select Tish for Controls, Humanoid-OSX for Windows Border, OSX for Icons and click "Close". Now you should have a completely new theme with new icons.

Metacity button position

You can change metacity window button position (minimize,maximize, close) from the right position as Ubuntu Dapper defaulting position to the left position similar to window of OSX

- Go to "Applications -> System Tools -> Configuration Editor" or using the "run program" action or a terminal, start gconf by typing: "gconf-editor" (without quote) and hitting enter. This program is a bit like the registry editor for windows.

- In the tree on the left you require to go to "/apps/metacity/general/". There is then a key in the right panel that called "button_layout".

- edit this key so that it reads: "menu:minimize,maximize,close" to "close,minimize,maximize:menu" or "close,maximize,minimize:menu". Feel free to make your own choice.

Wallpaper

You can change Ubuntu’s wallpaper by clicking right mouse button on your desktop and selecting "Change Desktop Background" from the pop-up menu. Now you should check the background selector. You can add new wallpapers to the list simply by clicking "Add wallpaper" button and browsing to the folder where you keep your wallpaper images. You can go to deviantART to download a lot of wallpapers.
http://www.deviantart.com/

Fonts

Gnome panel customizing

Gnome panels are those grey things on the top and the bottom of your screen. Panels can contain menus, taskbars, clock, application launchers etc.

Bottom Panel

There are many options to customize your Gnome panel:

1. Native bottom panel.

This panel contains only application launchers and do not need install another application.

- The first step is to remove all the other elements from the panel. In default ubuntu installation there are Recycle bin, Taskbar, desktop switcher and show desktop -button. These are added later to the top panel so don't worry. You won't lose them forever! You can remove these elements by clicking right mouse-button on them and selecting "Remove from panel" from pop-up menu.

- Now you have gray panel. Next click right button of mouse on the empty panel and select "Properties". Change the Size of the panel to 50 and remove all ticks form the selectionboxes.

- Then change to Background tab and select "Solid color". Change the Color to white, if it’s not already, and move "Style" slider like in this screenshot. Now the panel is ready. Next we presently add icons (application launchers) to it. You can simply drag and drop the icons from the desktop. Another way is to click right mouse-button on the panel and select "Add to panel…". Select "Custom application launcher" from the window and fill Name, Command and select some beatiful icon. 2. KXDocker on Ubuntu Dapper

Top panel

You can change your Ubuntu Dapper top panel's background. To change top panel's background by clicking right mouse button on your top panel and selecting "Properties" from the pop-up menu. Then select "Background" and choose your background image.

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Ubuntu Wireless

Using Ubuntu 7.10 to directly connect to wireless networks has been great. Linux for many years has only been for the geeks. I truly feel that the only thing that was holding linux back was the problems with installing Linux on laptops. You either had problems with screen resolution, your touch pad and or your wireless network card. The only people who could get the wireless portion of Linux to work would need to have command line skills and be able to either program the driver you self your find one in some obscure website forum. Then after many hours of work the wireless adapter would be active but they could only then connect to WEP encrypted networks not WPA of WPA2.

Now with Ubuntu 7.10, I installed it on three different laptop models with great success. Screen resolution, touch pad and the card were all functioning by almost default. Activating the wireless card took one extra step but Ubuntu prompted me automatically on how to install the drivers asking to enable the third party restricted drivers. There was no command line needed and no searching obscure forums for bad advice.

Linux is great but Ubuntu wireless is just awesome. I had Unbutu installed and running it under 15 minutes. That means drivers, and default apps with me connected to a wireless network. If you install Windows xp or Windows Vista you will need 30 minutes for it to load the base operating system then you will need to find all the drivers and then install you basic apps, hello two hours later you might me ready to work. 15 minutes or 2 or additional hours you can make the call.

After you get your Ubuntu 7.10 connected to your wireless network you can have access to all the thousands of free applications that the Linux community has put together. I don't know how many people who I ran into that say that the only reason they didn't like Linux is because it didn't run on their laptop correctly. Don't wait Ubuntu 7.10 runs great and will connect to your network by default.

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Ubuntu Mobile with Internet Inside

Ubuntu Mobile is an Ubuntu edition targeting an exciting new range of computers known as Mobile Internet Devices. It is based on the world's most popular Linux distribution with MID hardware from OEMs and ODMs and is all set to redefine mobile computing.

The biggest utility of this model is that it gives full Internet to its users. The following are some of the main features of this model:

1. Full Web 2.0/AJAX fidelity, with custom options of Adobe Flash, Java.

2. Outstanding media playback in order to provide full enjoyment to videos, music and photos with best quality and easy navigation.

3. Set of applications that work seamlessly to meet need of every age group of people.

4. Full Web 2.0 experience etc. It is the product of Canonical collaboration with Intel and the open source community.

All in one:

This mobile is just the right applications providing Web 2.0 experience. User can do at his ease Web browsing, email, media, camera, VoIP, instant messaging, GPS, blogging, digital TV, games, contacts, dates/calendar, simple software updates and much more. Thus it is all in one set.

Structure and feel:

It is a finger friendly, with no stylus needed. It works on just gentle touch. One is just required to tap the screen or drag a finger to make gestures for intuitive navigation and control. It's very easy to operate as well.

Following are the ways to operate it:

1. One needs just to tap an application with his/her finger to launch it, and have to use tap menus and buttons to use them.

2. Just what all is required is simply to swipe a web page to pan up, down or sideways.

3. In addition just one needs to swipe a video, photo, song or thumbnail page to move to the next or the previous one.

Ubuntu - The Kaizen Of Computing

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Ubuntu - The Kaizen Of Computing

Kaizen is a Japanese word meaning "continuous improvement." In the west it is usually used in connection with improving business but in Japan, kaizen, can relate to any improvement whether or not it is work related. If a student studies hard and improves their exam results, or a housewife improves the families finances by shopping more prudently, they have practised and benefited from kaizen. This article will show you how you too can benefit by applying kaizen to your computing needs.

What is Linux

I am sure that the majority of you reading this will be using either Windows or Mac OSX computers. These are the two main operating systems used by the average home computer user. However they come at a price. You may not realise this but when you buy a new computer, included in the price is the cost of the operating system such as Windows XP or Vista, or one of the OSX varieties. Unfortunately buying the computer doesn't mean you stop buying software. Every few years another, "improved" version is released along with a not-so-nice price tag. Shortly after, a second edition with "security fixes" is released incurring an extra cost for the user.

Linux is different. Linux is a completely free operating system that users can simply download from the internet, burn to a CD and reboot to install. Its as simple as that and as it comes complete with everything the average user needs, an office suite, digital camera software, internet applications etc., you don't need to pay for any add-ons.

Unfortunately Linux is generally regarded as a "geek's" operating system, inferring that unless you have a doctorate in computer science you simply cannot get it to work. Currently releases however have changed all and now Linux is as easy to use as its two main rivals in the war of desktop. One distribution of this totally free operating system has received greatly praise and recommendation freshly - Ubuntu.

Ubuntu - Linux for Windows Users

Ubuntu, like other Linux systems is completely free to download, install and use. It doesn't ask for any personal information or require a product registration. You just download and off you go.

Unlike Windows or OSX, which, to coin a manufacturing phrase, batch and queue their improvements and ship them in bulk every few years, Ubuntu release regular improvements as they happen and which you can download via a notification icon in the system tray. It is more in line with the way Toyota build cars. The kaizen way.

As Ubuntu is on the complete maintained and improved by enthusiastic volunteers it is continuously being refined and improved. A little tweak here, a little tweak there, and the benefits are available when ready and when the user requests them, rather than having the user wait and then pushing them onto the user by way of a new release. In manufacturing such a method is called pull, as the user (or customer) pulls the enhancement towards them, when they oblige them and in the amounts they desire. Ubuntu does issue new releases every six months but if you keep up-to-date with the improvements you don't need to download and reinstall.

Ubuntu Linux is a simple to install, easy to maintain operating system for the masses and a great alternative for those fed up with having to constantly pay for their computing needs. Its great for businesses also as there is no yearly license fee to use the operating system or its software applications. Its also resistant to virus attacks and spyware so your privacy is maintained and assured (though it does come with a very secure firewall just in case).

Ubuntu comes complete with everything you need including a full office suite courtesy of Open-Office, the free replacement to Microsoft Office, all your internet applications - Firefox browser, an email client called evolution similar to Outlook, and even a Photoshop style image manipulation program called Gimp. In fact there are literally thousands of professional standard, free applications waiting to be used and if you need some specialist software that isn't installed by default, such as accountancy software, the main menu has an add/remove listing that lets you search and install it with just a couple of clicks, free of charge.

In fact so popular has Ubuntu become that the French government recently (03/2007) began discussing the possibility of removing its Microsoft system in favor of Ubuntu and free software and began the change over in June 2007 (source: zdnet.fr "Linux: Ubuntu s'installe sur les PC des députés").

So why not add a bit of kaizen, the art of continuous improvement, to your computing needs and give Ubuntu a try.

Review of Ubuntu Linux 5.10

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Review of Ubuntu Linux 5.10

Where to start?
Well you are probably reading this from a windows based machine, so I will elaborate on Ubuntu. Ubuntu is backed by Canonical, a company set up by Mark Shuttleworth, a South-African born multi-millionaire, as he started Thawte, the internet security certificates company. Linux is based off of Unix, which was the first widespread operating system (OS) and has it roots in the 1970's.

Fuelled by the backers, Ubuntu has crested the Linux distribution lists quickly. Ubuntus motto is "Linux for Human Beings" which gives the spirit of what the project is trying to realize: to get normal people to utilize Linux. This is no easy task with Microsoft dominating the computer OS market for well over twenty years.

Ubuntu is fighting its corner though, with its easy to use interface from Gnome and it's file system from Nautilus (both open-source projects, like Ubuntu). Ubuntu has everything built in from the ground up, making it attractive for buisness', local governments and the average user.

Did you like Firefox Web Browser?
If you did you are one of the over 100 million people who do. Firefox is built straight in to Ubuntu, along with Evolution Mail (Like Outlook Express). In fact Ubuntu has a lot of what the everyday user needs: it can burn dvds, cds, play all your media and more. It is these built in features from one compact disc that make Ubuntu special.

Will it replace Windows?
The straight answer is no. If you like me have a lot of commercial(pay-for) software then Ubuntu cannot use them. The exception to this is some Games like Doom and Quake which people have re-engineered to be run in Ubuntu. In most cases this should not matter as Ubuntus piles of software does the job for you.

It is worth a try though, even if you do not have a cd-burner, Canonical (The company behind Ubuntu) will ship it to you without cost, you pay nothing! It is furthermore cheaper to ship more than one cd, so you get its copies to distribute.

The Future of Open-Source
Who knows? The future looks bright with Ubuntu knocking down inhibitions people have about Linux. Linux has always been accepted in Universitys, where all superior ideas start! As to whether Linux will overcome Microsoft? I doubt it in the near future as Windows has exclusive distribution deals with every large pc manufacturer, making Windows the default choice. Not every monopoly lasts though, and Firefox is an indication of the future.

Linux or Windows?

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Operating Systems - Linux or Windows?

Long Live UBUNTU!

As I'm writing these words, a major computer wholesaler has decided to ship some of its new models with Linux Operating System.

They have selected UBUNTU's 7.04 “Feisty Fawn” distribution of Linux. (Windows have OS releases or versions like XP or Vista; Linux has “distributions” like Fedora, Redhat, Ubuntu and many others.)

Go Linux!

A perfect choice because I've been using UBUNTU on one of my machines for over a year now and I have nothing but qualified praise for it.

Qualified? Yes. Because I cannot run any of my Windows application (like Photoshop, Illustrator, FrameMaker, GoLive) on Ubuntu.

GIMP comes close to doing what Photoshop can do (at least at my level of graphic competence) but other Windows applications do not have their Linux-counterparts yet. There is nothing over the horizon, for example, to match the reliability and power of FrameMaker in a Linux environment.

So why do I still like my Ubuntu? Let me count the ways:

1) It's FREE.

2) OpenOffice that comes with it is also FREE and it can match MS Office in every category, except in mail management. (NOTE: You can download and use OpenOffice on Windows and Mac machines as well.)

3) No viruses. Period. I have not used any anti-virus programs or firewalls with my Ubuntu system yet. Knock on wood.

4) No system crashes. And when I crash my system (a rare event) while trying to open 10 different applications or files at the same time, Ubuntu recovers beautifully, restoring each crashed file one by one when you restart the system.

5) Auto updates... when you click this great little "you have updates" button on top of the screen, UBUNTU automatically downloads (after your approval of each item) whatever updates are developed by hard-working Linux volunteers around the globe.

6) An ever-growing collection of free, new and interesting software available for instant downloads through Synaptic Package Manager. (For example, it's free CHESS program - one of the hundreds of Linux games available online for free - is one of the best I've ever played against.)

I do all my writing, for example, on my Linux machine. Since OpenOffice also has a free PDF conversion utility built right into its word processor, I'm writing my new book ("Copyright-Free Content for Your Newsletters") also on my Linux machine. (YES - you don't need to buy Adobe Acrobat Pro to generate PDFs!)

One shortcoming of “Feisty Fawn” distribution – its energy-saving screen- and machine-sleep modes are not perfect and don't work well. When the machine goes to sleep after a definite configurable time, it shuts itself off as it tries to revitalize itself. If you get Ubuntu 7.04, do not use that energy-saving option. I hope they'll fix that pesky problem as well in a future release.

Oink Oink

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Oink Oink

So Windows Vista is a powerful success, and Mac OS X Leopard absolutely will be here later, may be this year. Ubuntu is making inroads in the Linux world. But they are all still Pigs. I steal that phrase from John C Dvorak.Let me explain. 5 years ago, hardware was playing catch-up. Software was more demanding on the hardware, and hardware manufacturers for the most part were trying to catch up. Think about the fact that you could almost never have enough memory in a PC. No issue how much you put in, the system would presently use all of it. And do you remember the days of having to clear out your hard drive 'cause it kept filling up? Now you can pick up a fastidious shiny disk for real peanuts.

But the tables have turned somewhat. The hardware is now far beyond anything your software can handle. John, points out in his article that processors are the big issue. None of the OS's today can actually handle multi core processing. To quote Dvorak: "Nobody wants to face the fact that Linux, Mac OSX, Microsoft Windows XP, and Vista are based on OS designs that are as old as the hills. Surely OS X and Windows have been gussied up with their pretty icons and lots of colors, but that is just as the lipstick on a pig. The difference today between the Mac and the PC is that the Mac has better lipstick." So, I think the first person to the multi core finish line will have significant advantage over the rest of the world. If the operating system can competently assign different cores to special processes then we'll have a rocking multi tasking environment.

So far this year I have to run Ubuntu, Vista, Mac, and XP. I am yet to decide which one actually works for me. I truly love Ubuntu, but it lacks the ability to run a few of my core applications. Windows Vista was a nice change from XP, and I see some brilliant improvements. But the lack of support for some applications, and hardware frustrates me. Mac rules the roost, but once again I have applications that won't quite work properly, and because it's a PPC version I cannot run windows in either parallels or boot camp. This has left me with Windows XP. I can do what I need to, but it's been 5 years on this platform, and I feel the need for a change. Maybe Ubuntu can sort Wine out? Will Vista Service Pack 1 address the incompatibility problems? Or will Mac OS X wear the best make up and steal the show?

My Experience Of Ubuntu 7.04

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My Experience Of Ubuntu 7.04

This article describes my personal experience of using Ubuntu 7.04. It is just my personal thoughts of this version of Ubuntu.

My first forage into Ubuntu was with version 6.06 LTS. Not too long ago, I become curious and decided to install the new Ubuntu 7.04. Therefore I went to their download site and downloaded the installation iso file.

The download was huge and took many hours on my slow computer. After the download, I burned the iso image onto a blank CD. Next I used the CD to install version 7.04 of Ubuntu. The installation was done on an ancient Pentium 3 that has about 350 Mb of ram.

Like all previous versions, Ubuntu 7.04 is able of detecting all the hardware devices on the old pentium machine. This includes the USB devices, sound devices and ethernet card, . The installation takes about three-quarter of an hour to complete.

What I really like about version 7.04 is that it makes installation of certain plugins easier. This include plugins such as flash player for the Mozilla. Now you can easily install the flash player from any flash-enabled site. In previous versions, the installation of flash is complicated due to some bugs.

Unfortunately, my old pentium hanged while I was surfing the net using the Ubuntu 7.04. The mouse simply stopped working. This happened many times. As a result, I had to restart the computer many times. This point made using this version of Ubuntu rather difficult for me.

As a result, I revert back to Ubuntu 6.06.

Well, that was my personal experience of version 7.04. Thank you for reading.

AdSense In A Blog

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AdSense In A Blog

In a series of blog posts, Mark Shuttleworth, founder of the Ubuntu Project, outlines a series of challenges that free software must hurdle to become ubiquitous on desktop PCs. That was then, a half million-blog users ago. You could do this if you had a blog or were pretty passionate about a topic but otherwise this would take you forever and cost vs. return on invest this way isn't importance it if you want to truly create a ton of useful content.

The AdSense program will allow you to place Google ads on your MLM blog. Blog Basics: A blog is sometimes called web blog or weblog. Here are some Power Tips to get your blog rolling.

Still not anything like enough traffic and still pitiful, but it's a principle that works well providing you post very regularly to your Blog and in each post you use anchor text to link to a specific page on your site which could be any page that you want to get further traffic. You may freely use this article on your blog, website or newsletter provided the above credit and active link are retained. Polls: You also can add polls to your blog.

Of course, sometimes on your blog you have to introduce your business and instruct your visitors how to get the benefit from your business. Whether it's a blog or an actual web site, the idea behind both AdSense tips is to create a site that becomes an authority on a topic. Starting a blog couldn't be simpler you just start writing.

Avoid the temptation to spend too much time on this part of the blog. And since you blog, you may already be adept at keyword optimization. She also publishes a blog for small business owners. No subscription form; no way to get blog updates through RSS or email. Similar to emailing an article, try sending a blog post to your prospects.

Ubuntu Linux

Ubuntu is a Linux succession operating system software, meaning that it runs using Linux applications, kernels and libraries. Ubuntu is developed besides sponsored by Canonical, Ltd., a company of South Africa that is founded and funded by Mark Shuttleworth.

The underlying focus of Ubuntu is mostly on the usability of the software and the laissez faire of software from material restrictions. Ubuntu derives its name from an African term meat “humanity to others. ” Given this, Ubuntu is based on the stimulation that software should be prepared available to everyone, that they are apparatus that people importance purpose regardless of the language they speak again whether or not they have disabilities, and that software should be customizable according to the needs of their users. Enormously of all, Ubuntu is developed based on the thought that software should be free, and should factor used freely, without any cost.

The spotlight applications of Ubuntu are available over free, and they can be downloaded from the Ubuntu website, which is http: / / www. ubuntu. com. The CD that contains these core applications can and be ordered and shipped anywhere juice the earth cuffo of charge. Aside from these core applications, Ubuntu also has around 16, 000 programs to practice the needs of its users. It is also available for both desktop again server use.

The desktop package of Ubuntu is complete and has features that make both working again playing viable ended the utility of this operating anatomy. For word processing, spreadsheet also database day one, and other functions obscure by Microsoft Office, Ubuntu has OpenOffice. org. Ubuntu also carries Mozilla Firefox in its package, which allows for tabbed browsing, has beefy fling - progress blocking and is well - known for its relative invulnerability to malware. Ubuntu’s counterpart for Microsoft Outlook is Evolution, which similarly acts for an email client, an address check out and a diary manager. Ubuntu’s answers to Microsoft’s Windows Media Player are Rhythmbox Media Trouper over audio files besides Totem for videos.

Another feature of Ubuntu that makes material attractive is the high level of customization it makes possible owing to its users. Ubuntu also supports 40 languages; it also has the Rosetta translation individual, which allows a user to concoct a dictionary and translator for his or her own language.

Ubuntu 6. 10

Ubuntu 6. 10 ( Edgy ) x86_64 Review

I had recently to reinstall operating system, Linux off course. I used to keep CentOS 4 on computer but although it is stable I hadn ' t auto mount, new versions of Firefox, Thunderbird also OpenOffice ( if not using handbook installation, which creates problems with shortcuts and updates ). I had experience adumbrate Fedora. I ' ve create Fedora Meeting place really buggy. I have elderly SuSE on single server and it is stable but dudes support is a bit smaller than Flaming Bowler based distros, and things differ from Red Hat. I tried a turmoil new version of SuSE on my laptop, and possibly material was nice but somehow haven ' t used it intensely. Slackware is good, but I don ' t want to diggings overseer also graphic card manually and I want some kind of standard combination supervisor further update process.

I wanted Linux array which is stable, in which I could install Java, Netbeans besides Squirrel easily. I needed MySQL again I necessitous topical versions of Firefox, Thunderbird and OpenOffice. Scrutinize of distribution at distrowatch. com showed that Ubuntu is quite plain besides material has new versions of those packages. I ' ve decided to give intrinsic a striving. Because I have 64bit Sempron processor at my computer I ' ve decided to institute Ubunty Edgy 64bit!

I must give blessing that Ubuntu Edgy is stable again works very nice. Using Synaptic and Automatix I was talented to install my needed video and audio codecs, and newest Xine and Amarok. Latest versions of Firefox, Thunderbird and OpenOffice are presented there.

Further stuff is almost good. New Version for 64bit processors and x86_64 has buggy Java included. Substantive is not tender to install new version of 32bit Java which in reality works and setup Tuck away and Netbeans to use this Java instead of bundled lone. I ' ve deinstalled bundled onliest again somehow I ' m pronto able to run Ensconce besides Netbeans and that is what I need. They work a activity slower than earlier on CentOS. If you don ' t requisite Java, x86_64 spiel will fit your charge.

The only thing except Java corresponding which I wanted to entrench besides I haven ' t finish yet is Adobe Acrobat Reader. I ' ve setup repository which should embody deb combination for Acrobat, but it germane - predispose still cannot pride them. Original seems that I should boast Acrobat package manually and install it.

Suspicion: I ' ve realized that Ubuntu isn ' t without reason first ranked Linux distribution at distrowatch. com. Authentic is ( almost ) ideal distribution nowadays being desktop computers. If you yearning Java, don ' t install 64bit version: ).

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