2007-05-30

Tux in ASCII

01001100001000011101001001001011111101010110100100100001111011011101001111100011
01100100101010010000011110110011011001111011011111001101011111000011001000011111
01110001010111011000001101000000010010101011110010101000011011110101001100011001
11111111001001010110010010000010011010110101001011011100000010111001010101011111
01001000101100010010001100010110011110011101010000000111100100000110000011101000
00101011010011000001101000001010100010111001001111011101100000011111001011000010
11100010000111010000011001100011101000000110100011011000101010100000011110001100
11010100100100110111110100111010101111100010111001001011010110011011100001011011
10011010110001101010011100001011100110011011011110100100000001101111101011101110
11011111000111111101000010000100010100011000001100101101001111010101100111011001
00110111110101000101011111101001101110100010111101010100110011110000110110001101
11101100111101100011101110011001101001110100000111000110110100100010011101000100
00110001010010101111000010110001110010111000110110000001011110101111001011001000
10110001001111101100000111111101110000101011010011001111001111011011010111101010
00111101011011010000010011111111010101100100011010001110001010001010001010101110
00001001001100111110101011101010101101011001010101010101110111010001100100010001
00010010101100111010010101111000101011101011010110111001011001100000111001001011
00000111110100100000110111110011100101010110111000110010100000011010100001111110
11011111001011010101100100101100000011011000000110100100100111000001011110111100
00000101111110101101111001000100100110000111101110011000011000011000001001100110
00111001111001000111010100110011010010000111011011011001011110110010000011010101
01000100011111110101100001011001001110000000111101010000001001011110000000111001
01100001101001110001011110111001010010100000100101111010111111001011000011101111
01110010100001010101111000011100101001101101011010100001101100010111001011111100
11010111101001100011011010010111001110010001000110010101110010011110011100101000
10100101100110111111110100011111001110100110010010101100000000010010010111011000
11111101000011100100011001110101101101011001000010001001010011010111100011101111
11000000100101100000111011000001001100000100111001100000110111100110110111011000
00000010111001111101000001001101010101101110011100110110001101101111100001011011
10110111111001110110010110011000010100010111011010101001100110010101001100000010
11000001111110011000111101011111010101101000101011001100100100110100000101100111
10011010101100111011001111011010110001100110011010010011101011011101010110000001
00100111000001100001001100001000001111111000011000110101100001101001010100000010
101101101100101100100110101011110000010110100000000110000000001100000000001100


I tought that was cool to see Tux in ascii.. Bahhh.

To convert any image to ascii » text-image.com

2007-05-29

Change your mouse cursor

Ubuntu comes by default with a 'classic' white cursor.
After a while it becomes boring. Let's change it!

Go to Gnome-Look and e.g. download the FedoraCore6 cursor.

Install mouse cursor:
  • Extract the zip/tar.gz content to the folder /home/'your username'/.icons
  • Then go to System » Preferences » Mouse
  • Go to Pointers tab (just like the picture) and select the new pointer/cursor.
If you know more cool cursors, please submit a comment.

2007-05-26

The goodies of Firefox's Add-ons

Mozilla Firefox is a wonderful browser, and one of the most values are the Add-ons.
There are Add-ons that goes from radio to download manager.
So, I'm gonna introduce you to some of the best and needed Add-ons:

  1. Foxmarks - The Bookmark Synchronizer - Saves your bookmarks online and allow to synchronize them with another computers..
  2. Adblock Plus - Add and banner blocker - Blocks adds and banner by filter subscription or user request
  3. FlashGot - Download Manager - "Download one link, selected links or all the links of a page together at the maximum speed with a single click.."
  4. Download Statusbar - Download statusbar info - "View and manage downloads from a tidy statusbar.."
  5. NoScript - Script Enable/Disable - "It allows JavaScript, Java and other executable content to run only from trusted domains of your choice.."
  6. VideoDownloader - Saves *.vlc, etc videos - "Download videos from Youtube, Google, Metacafe, iFilm, Dailymotion, Pornotube..."
  7. Forecastfox - Weather report - "Get international weather forecasts from AccuWeather.com"
  8. PDF Download - PDF downloader helper - "Allows to choose if you want to view a PDF file inside the browser (as PDF or HTML)..."
  9. Fasterfox -Maximize you Firefox's speed - "Performance and network tweaks for Firefox."
  10. RefControl - HPPT referer controller - "Control what gets sent as the HTTP Referer on a per-site basis."
  11. You you have/know another great add-on please submit a comment..

2007-05-19

Did you liked my fonts at the previously post?

My fonts are:

To install Lucinda Grande font (Mac font):
  1. Go here and download them;
  2. Extract the zip content;
  3. Open Terminal and go to the folder that you extracted the zip content and type:
$ sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf
$ sudo cp *.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf
$ sudo cp *.TTF /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf
  1. Then go to System » Preferences » Font and select the fonts/font_rendereing/size just like my image, if you wish so.
That's all...

Improved subpixel font rendering for Feisty

First of all, you can the final results:

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So, if you like it, let's start:
  1. Open a Terminal
  2. WindowType the following

$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

  1. Add the following lines to the end of the file:
deb http://www.telemail.fi/mlind/ubuntu feisty fonts
deb-src http://www.telemail.fi/mlind/ubuntu feisty fonts


for amd64 binaries use RAOF's repository:
deb http://raof.dyndns.org/falcon feisty experimental

deb-src http://raof.dyndns.org/falcon feisty experimental

  1. Save and Exit Gedit
  2. Run from the terminal window
$ sudo aptitude update
$ sudo aptitude install libfreetype6 libcairo2 libxft2

  1. Config: (my settings: Native, Automatic, No bitmapped)
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config
$ sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig


Source/Support: Ubuntuforums.org

2007-05-15

Linux Distro Timeline

Do you know the Linux time line??
Check it out...
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(click on image to enlarge)

2007-05-13

Saving power with Linux on Intel hardware

"Power usage is a hot topic for computer users everywhere. For some, it's a matter of how long a laptop lasts without being plugged in. For others, it's controlling the temperature of hundreds of systems within a datacenter. For all of us, it's about keeping the electricity bill under control and being kind to the environment.

Getting your computer to use the least amount of power can be problematic. This site provides information on reducing power usage, tips, and tricks for Intel-based computers running Linux*.

As a first step, Intel is releasing PowerTOP, a tool that helps you find what software is using the most power. By fixing (or closing) these applications or processes, you can immediately see the power savings in the tool. You'll also see the estimated time left for battery power if you are running a laptop. The Tips&Tricks page has fixes for a lot of the issues that are already found. Join our mailing list to participate in this effort to get Linux to use less power."

Homepage: LinuxPowerTOP

Emesene messenger site

" Emesene is an OS independent MSN Messenger client written in python and GTK. The main idea is to make a client similar to the official MSN Messenger client but kepping it simple and with a nice GUI. "

2007-05-12

Getdeb


GetDeb in a new project that has the purpose to make the latest versions of software available for the current *already released and supported* Ubuntu versions. The packages are available using FTP/HTTP download link.

Homepage: GetDeb

Gaim is now Pidgin


"We've got a new name, a new look, and a ton of new features, but we're still the same old instant messaging client you know and love. We've changed our name as part of a trademark settlement with AOL, and have finally released our long-awaited version 2.0.0. Read all about it on the News page."

Homepage: Pidgin


Remove Gaim and install Pidgin:
$ sudo apt-get remove gaim

Download the .deb of Pidgin here
Plugins : Guifications Or LibNotify
Source: § formatds

2007-05-01

Alltray

Some applications have the functionality of minimizing to "icon tray" directly. Others don't.

We present: ALLTRAY

to install:
$ sudo apt-get install alltray
to configure programs to minimize to icon tray, just add «alltray» before the text presented in command:

(right click » Properties - to show this windows)

Notes:
to minimize to icon tray just double click on the icon in icon tray;
to minimize as usual just click on the minimize button in the respective window.

Glipper [clipboard manager]

The default clipboard manager of Microsoft Windows operating system enables pasting after closing host application of the copied data, but doesn't have the copy history feature. Users needing this functionality often run a more powerful clipboard manager in parallel with the default one.

The UNIX desktop environment KDE ships with Klipper. GNOME doesn't ship with a clipboard manager by default but
Glipper (text only) or Desktop Data Manager (text and images) can be used. Both enable pasting after closing the host application and both also have a copy history feature.

It is really annoying when you make [Ctrl]+[C] in any application and when you close that application that information is lost.. the solution is Glipper:

to install Glipper
$ sudo apt-get install glipper
Glipper can be found at: Applications » Acessories » Glipper