This post is part of the process to Install the Fedora 10 Theme in Ubuntu.
If you’ve tried the Fedora 10 Linux distribution, then you’ve seen the cool default Solar theme. The centerpiece of this theme is the Solar wallpaper. This wallpaper is available from the Fedora Artwork site. Continue reading
This post is part of the process to Install the Fedora 10 Theme in Ubuntu.
The Echo Icon Theme is an icon set created by the Fedora team to be used as the default Gnome Desktop icons for a Fedora Linux installation. This post will show you how to download these icons and install them on an Ubuntu system. Continue reading
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 found on the Ubuntu Unleashed website about installing the Nodoka theme for Ubuntu. I’ve modified the process to install the latest versions of the software available. As usual, this Ubuntu howto will require a bit of work from the command line. Continue reading
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 packages for you after you compile a program from source. For a typical install from source you run Continue reading
BitPim 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 data cable for your phone to connect it to the computer. Continue reading