By default Ubuntu 12.04 uses LightDM as the login manager which looks like the following screenshot. it was very simple to change the login screen background. Now this tutorial explains you how you can easily customize your login screen.
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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.
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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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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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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Here is a list of five good working plugins you can use for suggesting Windows and Mac users about the advantages of Linux, and providing links to selected distros etc.
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Story: The average computer user is unaware there is a war for freedom going on that will determine the path of modern society. Software Wars is a movie about the battle for our right to share technology and ideas.
Linux Touch command is another way of creating files in Linux.
Top 10 free Ubuntu app downloads for August 2012:
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Here’s a command, if you use Gmail and like to check for unread email without having to opening up a browser. This command makes use of: curl, tr, awk, andsed and looks like:
curl -u GMAIL_ADDRESS:GMAIL_PASSWORD –silent “https://mail.google.com/mail/feed/atom” | tr -d ‘n’ | awk -F ‘<entry>’ ‘{for (i=2; i<=NF; i++) {print $i}}’ | sed -n “s/<title>(.*)</title.*name>(.*)</name>.*/2 – 1/p”
Where GMAIL_ADDRESS is your actual gmail address and GMAIL_PASSWORD is your gmail password. After successful authentication the sender and subject of your unread Gmail will be printed out.
Unity 2D, light-weight counterpart to Ubuntu’s Unity interface has been removed from Ubuntu 12.10.
Debian Community Is Celebrating Its 19th Birthday since Ian Murdock’s original founding announcement.
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Track your Time over applications. Know your Internet usage and keep your billing records.
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Using this new feature in Ubuntu one can access Internet services using a desktop app, without opening any web-browser.
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Ubuntu Delays Wayland System Compositor – http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=ubuntu_wayland_postponed&num=1
Historical trends in the usage of Linux versions for websites – http://w3techs.com/technologies/history_details/os-linux
Now KDE 4.9 is Available In OpenSuse – http://goo.gl/fb/z8lIO
Somebody expanded Linux as Linux Torvalds Unix. Here
