How to Install GPicView in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, 10.10 and 10.04?

GPicView in the default image viewer for the lightweight LXDE desktop. Remember, this is certainly not a replacement for other advanced photo management apps such as Shotwell, Picasa, etc in fact as mentioned before, GPicView is just a simple image viewer rather than a "manager" at all.It has a highly simplified GUI (a lot closer to the one that used to come with MS Windows XP) and loads fast as a result. Other than viewing images it can let you...

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How to Install ATI/AMD Catalyst 11.7 Linux Driver in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal?

For both ATI and Nvidia GPU devices in GNU/Linux you should have installed the proprietary drivers if you want to get the full throttle out of your awesome VGA card :D. For instance, with the recent netbooks related AMD Fusion chip-sets where we have both a CPU and the GPU at the same "core" (same physical chip), if you haven't installed the proprietary driver then the GPU will not be able to play HD videos nor 3D games and rendering in general in...

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How to Install Xarchiver (archive manager) in Ubuntu Linux?

By default Ubuntu uses the File-Roller as the main archive manager (an original Gnome application). It's quite good actually but being a Gnome app, for the good or the worse it integrates the Gnome's simplicity (yikes) thus it won't let you change some options such as the default temporary folder location and creating a self extracting archive for instance.Anyhow, if you're a bit frustrated with it and looking for something else that has the capacity...

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How to Install Leafpad Text Editor in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal?

Both Unity and the Gnome classic desktop share the same text editor in Ubuntu Linux 11.04 (oh oh :P) which is called Gedit (the default text editor that comes with Gnome actually). It loads fast and has a lot of options (can even handle some HTML files) thus it's a powerful text editor without a doubt. But if you're looking for something that's much more simpler than that, that which uses less resources, then Leafpad is the one to call for :). Leafpad...

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Asus Eee PC X101 Secretly Gets a Product Page!

Few weeks ago Asus showed off one of their upcoming netbooks called the Eee PC X101. Concerning the cheap hardware this netbooks had nothing "major" in it, except for the physical design!. This netbook without a doubt will be one of the most thinnest ones in the market and the price range, according to Asus will be under $200!.Although at that time Asus did not confirm about its launching date but few hours ago it seems to have a dedicated product...

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How to Install elementary Dark GTK Theme in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal?

Although a bit inspired (a bit! :D) by Apple, I gotta say that the Elementary team do have a talent for creating amazing applications + especially when it comes to art work... they just rock!.Although they started off as a project that used to give (it still does) a beautiful looking complete theme suite for Ubuntu, but soon they saw their opportunity and seize it :) which is now called the Elementary OS (finally something of their own). As said...

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How to Install PCMan File Manager in Ubuntu Linux?

PCMan is the default file management tool (manager) that comes with the LXDE desktop. Since the LXDE desktop environment is designed to use as little resources as possible + it's well known for its speed, so as the PCMan.So if you feel like the Nautilus is a bit slow or just would like to have another alternative (just in case :D), then PCMan can be a handy little application. Both Nautilus (Gnome's tool) and Thunar (Xfce file manager) are both a...

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Tux Computer Case with Embedded Linux Kernel

This is for all you true nerds out there. Not the fake ones that think wearing glasses, reading Harry Potter and play W.O.W. only count. More the ones that know the hundredth decimal of pi. Here for your viewing pleasure is Tux the penguin computer case in pico form factor. Taken from the site -"TUX Case is 16.9 cm high (6.66 inches) and can house a FOX Board LX plus an add-on board. The rear side is already holed for the FOX Board LX connectors...

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Few Upcoming Ubuntu 11.10 Alpha 3 and Development Related "Update notes"

Well as everyone knows the Ubuntu developers at Canonical keep us updated from time to time by giving the current Ubuntu development updates. And few hours ago they released another update which is somewhat especial since we have the Alpha 3 coming in the next week.Now since most know that Ubuntu 11.10 is certainly faster than all of its predecessors (and other GNU/Linux distributions in general, as far as I know) because it has an impressive 12...

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PyRoom - Python Written, Minimalistic, Distraction-free Text Editor for GNU/Linux!

PyRoom is an excellent distraction-free (it's kinda its main "theme" :D) text editor for GNU/Linux. It's written in Python and about 6.75Kb in size!, loads almost instantly and launches itself in full screen, if you're a writer who wants a text editor with minimal distractions, then PyRoom is an excellent little application. But remember, this is not for everyone. For instance if you want an all-time-visible tool-bar and window borders with the usual...

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Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot is Just 2 Seconds away from Instant Boot!

Yup, according to the tests done by crn.com experts, the recently released Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot Alpha 2, although, still in the earlier beta versions still it's significantly faster than the current 11.04 Natty Narwhal!.There are few ups and downs at the moment since it's in alpha stage but in their own words..."...judging by its early “alpha” version. It has the fastest boot-time we’ve seen on an HDD-based PC, shows snappy performance between...

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hardinfo - an App for Performing CPU Benchmarking and Displaying Hardware Information in GNU/Linux!

In GNU/Linux world, unlike with MS Windows, gathering advanced information about your installed hardware may not always be an easy task. This is still true in never versions of Ubuntu such as the 11.04 Natty Narwhal for instance.But thankfully there are small yet powerful applications that can be used to perform system benchmarks and gathering hardware information in GNU/Linux (talking about GUI tools here) nonetheless. Among many, "hardinfo" is...

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Lubuntu ISO images are Available via Official Ubuntu Servers (Finally!)

Lubuntu is an excellent, Ubuntu Linux based GNU/Linux distribution that comes with the LXDE desktop which is at the moment is one of the fastest, light-weight desktops out there (even faster than XFCE). Although it was started as a derivative rather than an official part of Ubuntu but since Ubuntu did miss the LXDE desktop version in their long list of other options such as Kubuntu, Xubuntu... soon after the initial release of the Ubuntu 11.04 release...

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Vanillux - An Ubuntu Based GNU/Linux Distribution that Comes With Gnome3!

Since we're gonna be, somewhat missing the "Gnome support" in the future versions of Ubuntu (starting with the 11.10, although it'll still be officially supported through online repositoreis but not in the CD/DVD) it's about time that someone comes up with GNU/Linux distribution that's based on Ubuntu as the "core" yet uses the Gnome 3 or the Shell as the default desktop rather than the Unity interface. It's called Vanillux and it's so new at the...

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CentOS 6.0 Live CD/DVD Editions are Finally Released!

For those of you don't know, CentOS is a GNU/Linux distribution that's based on the RedHat Enterprise Linux. Just like with RHCL, CentOS is also well known for being painfully slow to release new versions where most other GNU/Linux distributions give away new versions about ever 6-10 months.CentOS on the other hand do a lot of testing for their packages thus even when they release a new version the packages may not have their latest versions nor...

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How to Install KDE Plasma Netbook Edition in Ubuntu?

Plasma is actually a brand-name rather than a single app or a package which was invented by the Qt-written KDE desktop. To meet today's standards, since unlike in the past now the desktop environment developers have to take into consideration of the main three types of "desktops", one for the usual desktop users, another one for the notebook or netbooks and finally to meet yet another "big" trend these days, the Tablet PC screens.The reason for such...

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How to Install gDesklets in Ubuntu?

I'm not entirely sure who invented it first but Apple did make something big out of their dashboard widgets nonetheless ;-). A desktop widget in general is a single purpose application that comes with a beautiful looking theme of its own rather than inhering the default look-n-feel of the desktop GUI and usually they quite depend on your GPU hardware a bit more than usual since they are transparent and had 3D looking interface, etc. Widgets mainly...

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PyMusic - A Python Written, Fast Loading Music Player for GNU/Linux

If you're sick and tired of all these music players nowadays slowing down your old GNU/Linux PC or Laptop and just want a fast loading, simple music player that requires very little system resources, then the Python written, PyMusic player could be the one to look for.But please be aware of the fact that it's currently on alpha stage thus you might encounter bugs which happened to me as well. For instance when you run it for the first time it asks...

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How to Install Xfburn (CD/DVD burner) in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal, 10.10 and 10.04?

By default Ubuntu Linux (both Unity and Gnome) comes with an optical disk burning utility called "Brasero". It's pretty good actually... loads fast and does its job quite well but if you want an even more fast CD/DVD burning application then you should try another one called Xfburn which is actually the default burner in the Xfce desktop environment. I prefer Xfburn over Brasero for two main reasons. As mentioned above its quite fast and light on...

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Few Cheap Netbooks Under $ 200 - 250

In the past netbooks used to cost a lot than their bigger laptop cousins ;-) because those days the manufactures had to make dedicated CPU/RAM/Motherboard, etc that are smaller + still retaining the performance, although the performance wasn't as high as the Laptops but somewhat closer.But the technology has advanced thus the manufactures have come up with different solutions such as cheaper versions of CPU that aren't as fast as the desktop or the...

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