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Libreoffice 4 Released Install on Ubuntu

The New libreoffice version 4 released now. The document foundation said in the official announcement “first release that reflects the objectives set by the community at the time of the announcement, in September 2010: a cleaner and leaner code base, an improved set of features, better interoperability, and a more diverse and inclusive ecosystem“. The Libreoffice 4 brings lot of new important features like Ubuntu Unity AppMenu Support, Firefox Personas,Read More…

Install MATE Desktop in Fedora 17 and Ubuntu 12.04

MATE is the desktop environment forked from Gnome 2 desktop code. Gnome team discontinued the Gnome 2 desktop development in favour of gnome 3 and gnome shell. MATE is a familiar desktop environment because it looks and works like gnome 2. Many Gnome 2 users shifted to KDE or XFCE to avoid Gnome 3. But using MATE it is feeling home. MATE 1.2 comes with great improvement in code. AllRead More…

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Download Elementary OS Luna Wallpapers Pack

The Next Elementary OS code named Luna is nearing its release. They comes with some awsome apps and desktop based on Ubuntu 12.04. The apps are based on Gnome 3.4. The desktop is called Pantheon, it is another themed desktop of gnome shell with a dock called Plank. The Plank is taken from Docky and coded by the creators of Docky. The top panel is called wingpanel and is nowRead More…

Gnome 3 – Gnome Shell – Pros and Cons – Problems to be Solved

  Gnome 3 Released. I just downloaded from Gnome3.org for a test preview. I choosed the Fedora 15 version because I basically using Fedora. Downloaded the ISO and burnt to a USB Disk just booted from USB. No welcome screen the black screen with text. Booted pretty much faster than any conventional booting of LIVE CD looks great. The desktop is clean. A Black bar on the top and stripedRead More…

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Fedora 15 Features and Updates

Even though Ubuntu 11.04 is moving away from Gnome shell with their own unity desktop interface Fedora 15 is moving with Gnome Shell, the revamped desktop of Gnome 3.  It is matured enough for an end user to get everything from gnome. The major updates to fedora 15 are really amazing. From the features page we got that fedora 15 will include. LibreOffice, a “freer” fork of OpenOffice BoxGrinder, aRead More…

Essential Gimp Plugins for Web Development

Image via Wikipedia Gimp 2.8 is coming with Awesome features. Single window mode, Rotating Brushes, On canvas Editing, Calculation on variable boxes are great new features. But lot of people think that it is not as Professional as Photoshop. It is not true we can use Gimp for Pro  with some help of plugins. There are lot of great plugins available in Gimp and lot of great Bruses also. SomeRead More…

Fedora 14 Post Installation Guide

Fedora 14 is released with more great features. The New features targeting mostly for developers. The New SPICE virtualisation environment, D compiler, Latest Python 2.7, Netbeans 6.9, Eclipse Helios 3.6 and Gnome shell preview, KDE 4.5.0 etc are the new improvements for Fedora 14. Fedora is a fully free software operationg system. So all the proprietory codes and softwares are omitted from the basic Fedora. Things to do after installRead More…

Install Libreoffice in Ubuntu 10.10

Libreoffice is the fork of Openoffice.org. And it is the largest fork project in opensource. It is a great effort to save openoffice.org and continue the development in Free software domain. As of now it is the best office suite available in opensouce kingdom. The alternative office suite Koffice is coming up. The beta of 2.3.0 branch of Koffice released. Some products are ready for professional use. So it isRead More…

Themes and Wallpapers for Ubuntu 10.10

There are lot of themes released for ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat other than the default one. You can install and customize your ubuntu 10.10 like your mood. The bisigi project aimed for provide great looking themes for ubuntu 10.10 There are 14 themes available for ubuntu 10.10 currently. The installation is easy , just add the repository and then install the theme you like or the whole collection with oneRead More…

Install compiz fusion ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

Compiz Fusion is a state of art frame work for a cool looking PC. With compiz you can make desktop effects, 3d Desktop, Desktop Zoom etc. There is a window manager called emerald is with compiz and lot of great themes are available for emerald. Compiz is an essential component for a full eye candy desktop in linux. Here we are just take a look at the simple procedure toRead More…

Bisigi Themes for Ubuntu 10.04, Fedora 13, Mandriva

Bisigi Project released 14 Great themes for ubuntu. The themes are applicable for any gnome desktop. In ubuntu you can directly install from ubuntu repositories. There are 14 different themes for Ubuntu 10.04 and all other linux distros specially Arch Linux, Frugalware, Mandriva. A stable version of Ubuntu Lucid repository is available. Follow the post to install 14 stunning themes for Ubuntu Lucid, Karmic in just two steps. Some screenRead More…

How to create a screencast in Fedora or Ubuntu – Record My Desktop

Screencasts  of your desktop are very useful in demonstrating programs and for video tutorials. “recordMyDesktop” is a very easy to use tool for creating screencast under linux. By using recordMyDesktop you can record a widow or the whole desktop with a single click. You can save the video as ogv. How to Install recordMyDesktop You can install this great tool in ubuntu using sudo apt-get install recordmydesktop gtk-recordmydesktop this commandRead More…

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala Post Installation Guide

Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic Koala is Out . Download Now from Ubuntu Website. After Installation Just Tweak the ubuntu for more prettier performance. New installer, new artwork (themes, icons, wallpapers, login screen), ext4 filesystem, grub2, new software versions (Gnome 2.28.1, Firefox 3.5.3), the anticipated Software Center (instant access to thousands of free and open-source applications) and many many other improvements, bug fixes and changes are presented in Ubuntu 9.10. Download UbuntuRead More…

Gnome Shell – Your Next Desktop Environment – On Fedora 11

A Majour Update of Gnome 3.0  is Gnome-shell. The Total Redesign of Gnome Desktop with cool and great features. You can test it now. In My fedora 11 Machine I tested that . This is my experience. Sad Part – Installation I Never got a Yum install or any rpm for gnome-shell. So i decided to source that and compile. This the most sad part. It’s important to note rightRead More…

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