Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Create shortcut to open Nautilus as root in Ubuntu

I would like a shortcut in applications menu of Nautilus with root privileges for when you need to avoid having to open terminal and typing sudo nautilus, or Alt + F2 gksudo nautilus (backbreaking how few)?

task is simple, we must type in a terminal followingsudo gedit /usr/share/applications/Nautilus-root.desktop
Within paste following text file[Desktop Entry]
Name=File Browser (Root)
Comment=

Tuesday, July 27, 2010

Presented new theme for Lubuntu 10.10





After release of first official version 10.04 distribution based on Ubuntu, the project is working very slight LXDE desktop for next big update will arrive with his Lubuntu version 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" this October.

And the most important development so far is the renewal of graphic art for all visual themes, from wallpaper, the theme for OpenBox, even logo Lubuntu all received an update

Linux Mint 10 is called "Julia"



The next version of Linux Mint, number 10, which is based on Ubuntu Maverick meerkat, is named Julia.

According to Linux Mint Blog, new version will be released this November.

Linux Mint is a distribution based on Ubuntu, compatible with Ubuntu software repositories.

Ubuntu was based on their interface, looking for human aspects and improvements, it also runs faster.

The purpose of Linux

Monday, July 26, 2010

Cortina 0.5.0 ,New Update

Another new update of Cortina, an alternative to Gnome to change wallpaper automatically after a certain specified time, very simple to use and consumes very few resources.
The program continues to evolve and have available version 0.5.0 which has been updated to support multiple languages and added a tooltip that displays information about wallpaper in use.
We can install this package in Ubuntu

Saturday, July 24, 2010

Orifli, simple photouploader to Flickr

This week I tested Orifli, a simple new photo uploader for Flickr.


Orifli lets you upload multiple images at once, define privacy of your photos and add a description and tags for each of them.


Obviously there are many aspects that must be improved in this version, but simplicity and simplicity are strong point of this application, add and load quickly and directly to Flickr.

Orifli is

Lightspark 0.4.2 has been released


The modern version 0.4.2 of Flash Player open source, Lightspark, has been officially released.

Highlights of this update are:Use of Fontconfig to select source.
Great support for videos from YouTube.
Synchronization of sound.
Support Chrome and Chromium.
Support for Firefox OOPP.
If you are using a newer version of Firefox 3.6.4 that you can activate chemical Lightspark.A OOPP for you to read

Install Skype on Ubuntu


Install Skype on Ubuntu from a terminal is not very complicated, for that we will follow following steps in a terminal with sudo privileges.

Install Skype for ubuntu 64 bits :wget -c http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-ubuntu-intrepid_2.1.0.81-1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-intrepid_2.1.0.81-1_amd64.deb
rm skype-ubuntu-intrepid_2.1.0.81-1_amd64.deb
Install Skype for ubuntu 32bit :wget