This post is part of the process to Install the Fedora 10 Theme in Ubuntu. Fedora 10 has a nice and clean theme that you might prefer over those available with a default install of Ubuntu. I’m going to show how to install Fedora’s Nodoka theme engine. This howto is based on the one I …
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If you’ve been using Linux for a while, you’ve probably run across the need to install something from the source packages. Either the program you wanted wasn’t available in the repositories, or you wanted a more recent version than what’s shown in the repositories. Checkinstall is a program that will create Slackware, Debian, or RPM …
Continue reading Create Your Own .deb Packages with CheckinstallBitPim is a free open source program that allows you to manipulate data on several CDMA mobile phones. Today I’m going to show how to install BitPim on Ubuntu and copy an MP3 ringtone to a phone. For this example I’ll be using my Samsung Alias SCH-U740 phone and Ubuntu 8.04. You’ll need the USB …
Continue reading Install Your Own Ringtones with Ubuntu and BitPimWeb designers in the multimedia business have been slow to embrace open standards. Most websites feature content in the proprietary mp3, wmv, or Adobe Flash formats. In order to get many multimedia files to work with Ubuntu you need to enable the Medibuntu repositories. So fire up your handy, dandy terminal and enter the following …
Continue reading Install Multimedia Codecs in Ubuntu 8.04This week Linux Journal announced a promotion to win a free one year online subscription. Every day this week there will be a video that includes some secret letters. Watch all the videos from this week to collect the secret letters and unscramble them to win. Friday’s video will provide the email address to submit …
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