Ubuntu 12.04 with Unity 2D, for a general user it appears very difficult and for some users even impossible to resize the Ubuntu launcher. On other hand with Unity 3D, this can be done very easily from appearance settings simply by dragging the slider but this method is only available for Unity 3D not 2D. This tutorial explains you how you can easily reduce (or change) the launcher size in Ubuntu 2D.
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After installing some other desktop environment like Kubuntu etc. Your GRUB loader automatically gets changed. For example after you install Kubuntu via apt-get command, it automatically changes default Ubuntu Boot Loader to blue plasma one. This tutorial explains you how you can gte back to old boot theme.
So first thing you ned to do is click Dash Home icon present on the top of Ubuntu Unity Launcher, type terminal in search box and open it.
Now run the following commands as described:
sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth
Choose the option you want.
Followup this with following command:
sudo update-initramfs -u
Now run
sudo update-grub
That’s all. Reboot your machine. It also sets default Ubuntu login screen back.
After installing KDE Plasma desktop in Ubuntu, it automatically takes over your default Ubuntu LigntDM login screen and displays KDM instead. You can easily switch back to LightDM by running a simple command in terminal.
Step-1 So first thing you need to do is click Dash Home icon present on the top of Ubuntu Unity Launcher, type terminal in search box and open it.
Step-2 Second step is to type or copy-paste the following command in the terminal and hit ENTER
sudo dpkg-reconfigure kdm
Step-3 Now there should popping menu on your screen asking you to select default display manager. Use your arrow keys and select LightDM instead or KDM.That’s all with the settings.
Finally restart your PC.
Snippez is a website snippet collector that a lets you save website snippets and organize them. You can use the service by logging in with your Google account (no seperate Registration). The website will ask you to login with your Google Account. Click the button ‘Login with Google’ allow permissions. This will login you to Snippez dashboard where you can add, edit & organize your collections.
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Android Terminal Emulator is an open source project. You can download Android Terminal Emulator tool from Google Play Store. With this app you can access your Android’s built-in Linux command line shell and unleash your inner geek. This app is not a game emulator. It won’t help you to root your phone or change your phone’s IMIE. To use this app you will be needing to know Linux command line. It is useful for accessing the Linux command line shell that is built into every Android system. It lets you run various Linux command line utilities.
[Also read: Android Shell Command Reference].
Other than this Android Terminal Emulator is useful for any ordinary phone, that hasn’t been rooted. You can access the entire /sdcard file system, install and run Linux command-line applications in the parts of the /data file system that are accessible to the Android Terminal Emulator process. Also you can run command-line programs that access the Internet.
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Secure Shell (SSH) is a cryptographic network protocol for secure data communication, remote command-line login, remote command execution, and other secure network services between two networked computers that connects, via a secure channel over an insecure network, a server and a client (running SSH server and SSH client programs, respectively).The protocol specification distinguishes between two major versions that are referred to as SSH-1 and SSH-2.
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This is official Chrome app by Google itself. Lets you to share right things with the right people:
Circles: Sharing right things with the right people like you can put your friends in one circle, your parents in another, and your teacher in a circle by himself just like your real life.
Hangouts: Chat face-to-face with nine friends at once from your phone or your computer.
Games: Play Google+ games by yourself or against your friends. Let everyone know when you’re winning.
Todays theme curator text from GplusPhotoPages. The application provides you a simple list of Today’s Photo Themes on Google+ with Curators Text for copying directly into your Google+ post.
Also provides you with option of searching for multiple themes with a keyword search. Enter a word that best describes your photo and it outputs curators text for all themes tagged with your keyword. Now just copy and paste it directly into your Google+ post and that’s all.
The application lets view notifications of Google+ activity when signed in, it doesn’t matter where you are on the web.
Google Plus Email Signatures will allow you to promote your latest Google Plus status to your email signature. Automatically share your latest Google Plus updates and gain more G+ followers. Link to your Profile and enable users to +1 your latest update with the Google Plus badge email widget . This add-on works with your Google Plus account – type in your Google Plus username and you are good to go.
Using Google + Photos app you can upload and share photos from Chrome to Google+ and keep all your photos backed up, automatically organized and ready to share.
Chrome OS doesn’t allows you to run any Linux, Windows & MAC programs on your Chromebook machine provides you the power to access your Linux, Windows or Mac desktops remotely. Google Chrome Web Store offers VNC clients the connection to traditional VNC servers. Now Google Chrome has remote desktop features which you may use for accessing your desktop PC right from your Chromebook or to remotely run that rare Windows. application.
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Chromebook is the first fully cloud-based notebook running only Google Chrome and can be used only if you are connected to Internet. This post is about the things you will not find on Chromebook.
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AutoCAD 360 is a powerful Google Chrome app you may use for viewing, editing and sharing DWG drawings directly from your web browser via AutoCAD WS web and mobile application. The application is a free software, userfriendly and lets you easily sketch and draft. Also enables you to quickly create, view, edit and share drawings without any advanced CAD expertise.
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Adblock Plus allows you to remove all Facebook ads, annoyances etc for enhancing your experience and making web browsing fast. Facebook Customizer, a Google Chrome app offering Adblock Plus allows you customize your Facebook experience by stripping down all unwanted and disturbing ads and other annoyances. Using this app, within just two clicks you can hide all 21 unwanted elements from Facebook sidebar and also from your newsfeed section. It takes you back to the old Facebook you once loved, showing you only status and other updates, shares from your friends.
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You easily or you can say automatically enrich your email experience by auto-embedding shared content right below your emails. Iframely for Gmail allows you to watch embedded videos, view images and read articles directly in your Gmail. Works same as oEmbed works in WordPress.
How it works ? After you open your gmail account, this app automatically searches web links present inside incoming mails and then everything gets visual. It ignores all emails you get from marketing bots etc and shows only content from real humans not by bots.
Another useful function this chrome app provides you is when you compose any email, it automatically detect photos in URLs which you are sending to your friends etc and it puts an image inside your emails for convenience of your peers.
It works same on embedding videos, sound and more but don’t worry it does not autoplay any videos and disrupt your productivity. You may click to open if required. The application is powered by Iframely Open Source API and is secured by http://iframely.com/qa.
Adobe flash player allows you to browse multimedia content online like videos, animations , some flash games and other rich media content etc etc. It supports almost all operating systems like Linux, Mac, Android, Mobile OS, Solaris etc. You can easily install in your Ubuntu Linux, right from terminal by following few simple steps given here.
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Google Chrome is built upon Chromium open source project, Google chrome is packaged and distributed by Google officially. In-short Google Chrome is a commercial and closed source product by Google which is based on open source Chromium project. Chromium, being open source is mostly used by Linux operating system users. For example: Chromium is available in Ubuntu repositories and one can download it from Ubuntu Software Centre, it maintained by Ubuntu developers and goes through their stable release and update process, same thing happens with other Linux distros and this makes Chromium more compatible for Linux based operating systems.
Another key difference between Google Chrome and Chromium is chrome is red where as Chromium is blue in color ;-) You should know that both web browsers share majority of code and features, only a few minor differences makes them a little bit different from each other.
By default Chromium only supports Vorbis, Theora and WebM codecs for the HTML5 audio and video tags whereas Google Chrome supports these as well as AAC (patent-encumbered) and MP3 (formerly patent-encumbered). Although there are more differences but these are the technical ones which affect user user experience.
Phishing (Web Forgery) & Malware Warnings: No matter what web browser you are using, it regularly downloads a list of dangerous websites and when you try connecting to a website on this list, the error is displayed.
Certificate Error: SSL certificate error or security certificate error indicates problem with HTTPS encryption. It comes only when you try accessing website using HTTPS.
404 Not Found: The error is displayed when you try accessing a web page which is not present anywhere. The error shows up on wrong URLs or when you type incorrect website address.
Unable to Connect: The error comes when your browser successfully contact its DNS servers and identifies that there should be a website but it did not get any response from the servers when it tries to connect. Usually happens when your internet connection is down.
Server Not Found: The message is dsplayed when your web browser could not find the website you’re trying to access. Sometimes when you mistype a web address or when you try to connect to any website which doesn’t exist, or when your DNS server is down, or may be your firewall, proxy, or due to some other misconfigured settings.
Earlier we discussed about Gmail Offline chrome app that allows you to automatically synchronize all you Gmail messages and then you can read, write, search and do more with your Gmail messages, all offline. We also discussed about popular Official Gmail App for chrome. Now this tutorial is on another cool chrome app called Multiple Account Checker for Gmail. As clear from its name, the app allows you to read all your Gmail and Google Apps emails from one tab so that you can reduce your tabs and save memory.
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You can easily use your Android device, may be your Android Phone as an ad-hoc wireless router. HotSpot allows you to use your Android phone or tablet as a temporary router, this way you can connect your devices with each other. The app is easy to use, all you have to do is install the app from Google Play then get started by following given steps.
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Here are a few popular games you can play in Chrome. The post includes various popular car racing games, popular motocross, skating and truck wars etc.
You can ride your skateboard down the busy streets of the city avoiding obstacles and collecting bonus on your way.
Here are some of the best chrome apps from various categories like office, weather, cloud, sharing, bookmarklets, games etc. All these chrome apps can work offline and/or right from your desktop area, outside from your Google Chorme web browser.
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Google Play Music is Chrome app by play.google.com. This application allows you to play your music instantly anytime from anywhere. You can keep up to 20,000 songs on Google Play and you can listen to them easily using web or any android phone or tablet even when you’re not connected and all for free.
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Google Play Books is a chrome app by books.google.com. This app allows you to select from over 4 million books vailable on Google Play Store and you can take away your favorite ones with you and read them offline on your Chromebook.
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