Bluetooth @ ubuntu - kdebluetooth/kbluetooth

I've some difficulties connecting my Nokia 6820 to the Laptop (maybe it was just my ignorance...)
And know i've a band new Sony Ericsson M600i.

The question survived : How to send files to my phone?

I was using the default gnome bluetooth manager... That was not enough..
I did some research and found out that Kde bluetooth manager was (much) better.

Screenshots



How to use

• Launch kbluetooh
  An icon will appear at Notification area.
  

• Click and you'll get the window previously showed..
  Then the Computer will automatically scan for bluetooth devices(e.g: M600i.box). Remember to turn on your bluetooth's phone.
  

• Click on M600i.box icon, then File transfer/Obex File Transfer.

• Now check your mobile phone. A message asking permission to pair the phone with computer should pop up. Accept it. And enter 'pair code'. At your computer will pop up a window asking the same 'pair code'.

Now you have the two devices are paired. You can explore your mobile content. Copy/Drag files wherever you want to.
Note: depending your mobile phone model you'll still need to check your phone to accept the connection everytime you explore a different folder at your computer.


Install

• Direct link:

install

• or console:

sudo apt-get install kdebluetooth

• Note: you will need to install konqueror and obexftp at least..
  Don't know if any more dependences are necessary because I've KDE installed on my computer.
  

Microsoft True Type Core Fonts (aka ms truetype fonts)

About:

This package allows for easy installation of the Microsoft True Type Core Fonts for the Web including:

• Andale Mono
• Arial Black
• Arial (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Comic Sans MS (Bold)
• Courier New (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Georgia (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Impact
• Times New Roman (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Trebuchet (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Verdana (Bold, Italic, Bold Italic)
• Webdings

Install: (2 methods)

• (1) direct link using firefox:
  

click

• (2) console method:

$ sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

• Then logout and login.

Note: there is the command '$sudo fc-cache -fv' that may skip 'relogin'.

Gnome-art

Today I found a very simple way to personalize our Gnome.
I've discovered Gnome-art.

Screenshot:

Description:
This is the graphical frontend for art.gnome.org. Backgrounds and all themes can be downloaded and previewed. Backgrounds, icon themes and splash screens can be installed directly.

Under the menu Art we can find:
> Backgrounds
>> Gnome
>> Other
>> All

> Desktop theme
>> Application
>> Window Border
>> Icon

> Other Themes
>> Login Manager
>> Splash Screens
>> GTK + Engine

Instructions:
Just select one of the Art's categories. Then gnome-art starts caching thumbnail previews. Now we can choose, preview and install whet we want/like. Very simple to use.
Note: Caching thumbnails can take some minutes.

Installing (3 methods)

• (1)direct link
  

install

• (2)console

$ sudo apt-get install gnome-art

• (3)synaptic package manager

gnome-art

Netspeed & GFreqlet (applets)

These are the two Gnome applets i can't live without:


Netspeed

Netspeed is just a little GNOME-applet that shows how much traffic occurs on a specified network device (for example eth0). You get the best impression of it, if you look at the screenshots below.

some screenshots:

installation:

• apt-get install netspeed

link:

• [HOME]

GFreqlet

GFreqlet is a GNOME applet for Linux that not only monitors CPU frequency scaling, but also allows the end user to change the frequency or governor with just a click. It automatically detects which frequencies and governors your processor supports, so there is no configuration required. The applet itself is not run as root, nor required to modify to run with root ownership, but password prompts with gksudo if a super user action is required. GFreqlet is very straight forward and minimal.

some screenshots:

installation:

• download and install

link:

• [HOME]

Open DNS

> Open DNS

The Domain Name System (DNS) is fundamental to the Internet. You use the DNS every time you do anything online including sending email and browsing the Web. Most networks use the DNS provided by their ISP or run their own small DNS server. OpenDNS is better.

"OpenDNS allows us to easily block unwanted sites and provide a safer, more productive environment. It has a smart interface that provides granularity of control across multiple connections, and the statistics are easy to use and provide insight into our DNS traffic."
— Terrell Johnson , Network Administrator , Sunsweet

> Intall

• STEPS:
  

$ sudo cp /etc/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf.auto
$ sudo gedit /etc/dhcp3/dhclient.conf
# append the following line to the document
prepend domain-name-servers 208.67.222.222,208.67.220.220;
# save and exit
$ sudo ifconfig eth0 down && sudo ifconfig eth0 up
#note: in your system may not be 'eth0' for example in my PC it is eth1.

url: link

Gusty Gibbons Bugs

This is a list of all bug that i caught in my Gusty Gibbons 7.10:

> Enormous Big Font's Size (@ tribe5)

The window border's title has grow up 10 times, why? Because the font size 10 look like 78 font size. Result: Damm big title windows.

• Edit:

$ sudo gedit /etc/gdm/gdm.conf-custom

• Add:

[server-Standard]
command=/usr/bin/X -br -audit 0 -dpi 86

url: link

> ...updating

UbuntuGames.org

• English:

Ubuntu Games is the result of efforts to create a place to gather articles, tutorials, screen pictures, and tips about games on Ubuntu. The Games are not necessarily free (as in beer nor as in speech); they can be closed source or proprietary. They may not be specifically for Ubuntu. If it works (even if emulated) on Ubuntu Linux, it's welcome!

Some people won't migrate to Linux from other OSs because they think Linux doesn't have good games. For the good of home desktop users, I'll try to convince you that there are many good games on Linux, and in Ubuntu, their installation is fairly simple.

Link: ubuntugames.org

• Português:

O Ubuntu Games é fruto do esforço para criação de um lugar que contenha artigos, tutoriais, fotos de tela e dicas sobre jogos no Ubuntu. Eles não são necessariamente gratuitos ou de fonte livre (opensource), podendo ser proprietários, de código fechado, ou até mesmo não específicos para o Ubuntu. Nosso critério é: se roda (mesmo que emulado) no Ubuntu Linux, é bem-vindo!

Há quem não migrou de sistema operacional por causa de jogos que imaginam não haver para o Linux. Pelo bem dos usuários domésticos, tentarei convencer vocês de que existem muitos jogos bons no Linux, e que no Ubuntu, a instalação de jogos é simples.

Link: ubuntugames.org