How to Install VLC 2.0 on Linux Ubuntu 11.10

VLC is the most popular media player, and every one wants to use it. but some time it is harder to install in Linux so Toda, I will show you how to install VLC (VideoLAN) 2.0 media player in Ubuntu 11.10.
VLC 2.0 also incorporates better support for Android and iOS devices, providing new audio and video outputs and faster hardware decoding.

Steps to Install

1. First of all open Linux Terminal.
2. Copy and paste the following command in the terminal window,
                   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/vlc

3. Enter your password when asked and hit the Enter key.

4. Then copy and paste the following command in the terminal window,
              sudo apt-get update

5. Close the terminal.
6. Click here to Install VLC 2.0. In a few seconds, the Ubuntu Software Center application will open. Click the “Install” button as shown below,
7. Now wait for the VLC 2.0 media player to be downloaded and installed on your Ubuntu machine. 


Note: You can add VLC 2.0 shortcut icon on the Unity Launcher by clicking the “Add to Launcher” button.

install ubuntu linux on Android smartphone | ubuntu for Android

If you have a smartphone with a Dual core processor then this is possible that you can use ubuntu on your android phone. every one knows about ubuntu and its the greatest free operating system.because both operating systems are on the same device so it allows you to sharing data such as messages, music etc between them.

All credit for this goes to Canonical who are the ubuntu Linux's parent who make this possible. The company states that the phone experience will be pure Android–it’s a normal Android phone. When the device is connected to a computer screen, however, it launches a full Ubuntu desktop on the computer display. It’s exactly the same Ubuntu Unity desktop many of you are already using and it will include all of Ubuntu’s current applications, from office productivity to photography, video and music.

 It’s bringing the Ubuntu Linux desktop to to multi-core Android smartphones docked with a keyboard and monitor. With it, Canonical claims you’ll be able to use Android on the phone and Ubuntu as your desktop, both running simultaneously on the same device.

Ubuntu for Android drops in cleanly alongside the rest of Android, so it is easy to integrate into current production roadmaps. The hardware requirements are straightforward and, with a broad range of ARM and x86 hardware supported, it can realistically be added to phones already in development.

Of course, your phone needs the docking capability and hardware support for HDMI and USB. But that’s standard for high-end models in the current generation of devices in development.

Can Ubuntu work with Android on high-end phones and tablets? still a big question for me...



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Play games on linux terminal

hey,i got an easy approach for you guys...its kind of exciting for Linux lovers too..so check this out...:)
All you need to do is to install the required package and you get a ton of ways to “make use of” your time! Ubuntu users can get it via “sudo apt-get install ” or via the Synaptic package manager. Other users might want to check out their distribution’s package manager.

BSDgames

BSDgames consists of a quite a handful of programs. There are some pretty interesting games included in the package. Board games like backgammon, gomoku and Monopoly, some card games, some quizzes and puzzles like hangman and boggle.

Formatting and Interconversion – create banners, convert your messages to Morse code or convert text to and from rot13
Some screensavers – like rain and worms, which seem more like primitive animation.
Calculators to decrypt Caesar cyphers, calculate the phase of moon and generate prime numbers.

Other random stuff including score charts and game tutorials.

A lot of the games might not be as intuitive to the iPhone generation as you would think, so if you would like help on any of the games just type “man 6 <name of the game>”

nInvaders

Based on the classic space invaders game, nInvaders provides an ncurses based interface where you control the ship and set out to destroy the invaders before they reach you.

greed

Get greedy and eat as much of the screen as you can possibly eat. You can not cross over any spaces created by eating previous numbers so you might have to think a little and you might not actually want to get down right greedy.

robotfindskitten

Look for the kitten among the myriad of random characters and distinguish between the kittens and non kitten items.
There are some other terminal based games like bastet, ski, myman and overkill that you might want to check out.
For some other cool command line tricks check out the list of sites where you can learn cool tricks and also check out 5 applications to make your terminal better
Do you know of some other cool programs to do some fun stuff on the terminal? Any other games you like to play in Linux terminal? Share them with us in the comments and don’t forget to mention which one you liked the most!

How to convert Ubuntu into Mac OS X

Hello friends,

If you love the Mac interface and you want to get this look onto your ubuntu operating system then here is a simple package that will install the Mac theme ,apps and resources onto your Ubuntu OS.And if you are a  Mac fan and you dont like to leave your Linux OS at the same time,then you can get the look of a Mac OS X using a resource package called Macbuntu.Macbuntu is a awesome package to try out and check out the cool look of Mac OS Xin your Ubuntu for free.

Macbuntu is not a simple theme that changes only icons and stuff,rather this installs all the app resources ,widgets and icons for the Mac interface completely onto your linux system without letting you paying like a Mac OS X and that too for free.So head over to sourceforge and
download Macbuntu  and enjoy the look and feel of a Mac OS X on your linux system.Macbuntu installs a number of applications from Mac OS that include Global Menu, Docky, Ubuntu-Tweak, Cheese, and even the Mac like Login screen.Follow these steps to install macbuntu in your ubuntu system.You can set a lot of options during the installation of the package like logo in the menu bar,window previewer and hot corner.

Installing Macbuntu:here are some simple and detailed steps


Step1) Firstly, grab a copy from the project’s page at SourceForge. download it and right-click the file and press Extract Here.In extracted folder you’ll find a file named “Install.sh”.It’s the installation script. Now double-click it and choose Run in Terminal. 

Step 2) A terminal window should pop up now which looks pretty much like this:


Step 3) Nothing interesting  so just press y and hit enter. Afterwards, the installation will begin with a few questions you need to answer.


Choose whatever answer you want or just hit enter without any letter to choose the default choice. During installation, you may need to download some packages from the internet so please choose yes when asked. Now installation is done, you will be offered to download Mac OS X themes for FireFox, Thunderbird, and Chrome.
If you want to, you can choose yes and browser window will open showing you where to download them. The theme links are provided in the end of this article. Your Ubuntu should have started to look a bit like Mac by now. Last thing to do is restarting. You will be asked to restart, so please choose yes
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Step 4)After restarting you’ll see that your Ubuntu box looks almost identical to Mac OSX. The boot screen has changed, login screen, desktop, panels, icons, bottom dock, and even the mouse cursor has been changed. Have fun with your new Mac OSX. You can always use a different them without uninstalling Macbuntu. Just right-click on your desktop, click change desktop back ground from the context menu, a window will pop up, choose the themes tab and change the theme.

Uninstalling Macbuntu

If you don’t like Macbuntu or you feel like you don’t want it anymore you can revert your Ubuntu to default state. In the archive you downloaded and extracted there is the file “uninstall.sh” double-click it and choose run in terminal. Continue with the instructions within the terminal window to complete the uninstallation.

Ubuntu 11.10 HOT NEWS and BUGS

Oneiric Ocelot is the code name for Ubuntu 11.10, scheduled for release on 13 October 2011.
Lion and Windows 8 may be stealing their share (and then some) of the spotlight, but that's not to say that other operating systems are just sitting on their laurels. Ubuntu, perhaps the most popular flavor of Linux for the consumer world, is about to release their newest version.

Bugs in Oneiric

It should come as no surprise that the releases of Oneiric Ocelot will contain bugs. Your comments, bug reports, patches and suggestions will help fix bugs and improve future releases. Please report bugs per the instructions on ReportingBugs.

If you want to help out with bugs, the Ubuntu Bug Squad is always looking for help.

Go Go Linux..... 

How To Share a Folder With the Virtual Machine

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But today i got a trick and it is on ubuntu 10.10

trick is here...

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Today I will teach you how to install the GNOME 3 desktop environment on the Ubuntu 10.04 operating system.GNOME 3 comes after five years of hard work.It brings totally redesigned user interface, a lot of hot new features, improved applications, new translations and updated documentation.