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Installing firefox 3.5

hemanth.hm — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 19:04:00 +0000

Paste the below commnads one after the other , or paste it in a file with

#! /bin/bash as the starting line { save it as ff and chmod 777} and say ./ff

Download from : mozilla

sudo tar -jxvf firefox-3.5.tar.bz2 -C /opt

sudo mv /opt/firefox/plugins /opt/firefox/plugins.bak

sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/plugins /opt/firefox/plugins

sudo rm /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/libtotem_mozilla.*

sudo dpkg-divert –divert /usr/bin/firefox.ubuntu –rename /usr/bin/firefox

sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox

sudo chown -R root:root /opt/firefox

firefox&

Thats it

Or just use the hack by Kevin Purdy to install FireFox :

wget -O - http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.5/linux-i686/en-US/firefox-3.5.tar.bz2 | tar xj -C ~

More info :

downloadstats Worldwide Real-Time Firefox Downloads .

Sneak Peek: What’s On Tap for Firefox in 2010 Firefox 3.6

MooviDa Media Center

hemanth.hm — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:59:00 +0000

Search your favorite artists, songs, movies, TV shows or your own pictures.
Play your Photos and see your music , sound wired is it ? Just wanted once such thing which will blow your mind an all in one package and it’s called “moovida”

Howto install “Moovida”:

Supported architectures are: i386, amd64, lpia

Updated packages are build in the PPA with every new release.

First make sure any previous version of elisa is uninstalled (known conflicts between Elisa and Moovida):

sudo aptitude purge '~nelisa'

Add the following line in System > Administration > Software Sources > Third-Party Software:

On Hardy Heron (8.04):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu hardy main

On Intrepid Ibex (8.10):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

On Jaunty Jackalope (9.04):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Add the PPA’s public key to be certain you get the right packages and get rid of the warning messages when running apt-get update:

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 26C2E075 && \gpg --export --armor 26C2E075 | sudo apt-key add - && \sudo apt-get update

Then run

sudo aptitude install moovida

Extra plugins :plugins

More screenshots :screenshots

MooviDa Media Center

hemanth.hm — Tue, 30 Jun 2009 05:59:00 +0000

Updated packages are build in the PPA with every new release.

First make sure any previous version of elisa is uninstalled (known conflicts between Elisa and Moovida):

sudo aptitude purge '~nelisa'

Add the following line in System > Administration > Software Sources > Third-Party Software:

On Hardy Heron (8.04):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu hardy main

On Intrepid Ibex (8.10):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

On Jaunty Jackalope (9.04):

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/moovida-packagers/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Add the PPA’s public key to be certain you get the right packages and get rid of the warning messages when running apt-get update:

gpg --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv 26C2E075 && \gpg --export --armor 26C2E075 | sudo apt-key add - && \sudo apt-get update

Then run

sudo aptitude install moovida

Extra plugins :plugins

More screenshots :screenshots

Criket score from terminal

hemanth.hm — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:44:00 +0000

For all cricket fans and PC freaks out there , this is delight script both cli and gui scripts are there in the source.

For cli : Just place the “crick” file in /bin with chmod +x and run crick command from anywhere in terminal to see the score card.

For GUI : Extract the file “crick-info-gui.tar.gz” from the source and cat README.

To download :source {click}

Right click Format Media | USB | SDC | HDD and more

hemanth.hm — Sat, 27 Jun 2009 08:04:00 +0000

Use this to format any media , including your HDD , pen drives , usb portables , memory cards and so on.Please note : Be careful while selecting the /dev/sd* in the list menu.
Tired this as there was a need to right click format on Ubuntu : Download here

Right click Find subtitles

hemanth.hm — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:50:00 +0000

Right click on video and say find subtitles that’s it !!

Introduction

This wiki pages shows you the steps to add periscope support into Nautilus by simply doing a right-click “Download subtitles” on a video file.

Details

Install python support in nautilus by installing python-nautilus and python-notify that shows notification on the bottom-right of your screen:

For Ubuntu:

sudo aptitude install python-nautilus python-notify

Install periscope : python-periscope

Copy the periscope-nautilus.py script into the ~/.nautilus/python-extensions

cd ~/.nautilus/python-extensionswget http://periscope.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/bin/periscope-nautilus.py

If you want to change the default languages, run periscope once, a file named “config” will be created under ~/.config/periscope. Update this file to reflect your prefered languages. They can be separated by comas, so:

lang = en orlang = en,fr

Restart nautilus otherwise it does not take into account the newly added scripts by typing in a terminal nautilus -q

Open nautilus and go to a location where you have video files. Right-click on a video and wait for the notification to see if a match was found.

Now , right click on any movie and click find subtitles for this movie , and thats it you are done , you will have a srt file next to your movie .

imdb-thumbnailer

hemanth.hm — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 06:16:00 +0000

For allthose movie freaks , who dive into imdb before they hit the torrent , here is something you can give a try , its called as imdb-tumbnailer.

About imdb-thumbnailer A video thumbnailer that sets film covers as thumbnails. A video thumbnailer that sets film covers as thumbnails.

This is a video thumbnailer that searches imdb for covers based on the file names. This is a video thumbnailer that searches imdb for covers based on the file names.
It works for movies in the specified paths (recursively). It works for movies in the specified paths (recursively).
For the rest of the cases or if no cover is found the default thumbnailer is used. For the rest of the cases or if no cover is found the default thumbnailer is used.

Requirements Requirements
This application requires GTK+ version 2.10.x. Other dependencies include: This application requires GTK + version 2.10.x. Other dependencies include:
imagemagick imagemagick

Download

Download Deb	Size Size
imdb-thumbnailer-0.7.4.deb	5 KB

Download Source	Size Size
imdb-thumbnailer-0.7.4.tar.bz2	4.9 KB

If you choose to install is from the source , here is what you must know :

You can access the rest of the instructions with the following command:

Code:

imdb-thumbnailer --help imdb-thumbnailer - help

Set the thumbnailer Set the thumbnailer
For nautilus:

Code:

imdb-thumbnailer --set-nautilus imdb-thumbnailer - set-nautilus

For thunar:

Code:

imdb-thumbnailer --set-thunar imdb-thumbnailer - set-Thun

Preferences

Code:

gedit ~/.imdb-thumbnailer/config gedit ~ / .imdb-thumbnailer/config

Add there the paths to your films like this:

Code:

films_path[1]=/home/user/Films films_path [1] = / home / user / Films  films_path[2]=/home/user/trailers films_path [2] = / home / user / trailers

Don’t forget to set a different number for every path. Do not forget to set a different number for every path.

Options Options
Set a custom cover:

Code:

imdb-thumbnailer --set video1 cover1 video2 cover2 etc... imdb-thumbnailer - set video1 cover1 video2 cover2 etc ...

If your movies already have thumbnails you can remove them with:

Code:

imdb-thumbnailer --remove video1 video2 etc... imdb-thumbnailer - remove video1 video2 etc ...

Update thumbnails: Update thumbnails:

Force the filebrowser to rebuild the thumbnails for the specified videos by changing their modification time 1 second: Filebrowser the Force to rebuild the thumbnails for the specified videos by changing their modification time 1 second:

Code:

imdb-thumbnailer --update video1 video2 etc... imdb-thumbnailer - update video1 video2 etc. ...

Uninstall

Code:

sudo rm /usr/bin/imdb-thumbnailer sudo rm / usr / bin / imdb-thumbnailer

Streamtuner – a GUI audio stream directory browser

hemanth.hm — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:29:00 +0000

streamtuner is a stream directory browser. Through the use of a plugin system, it offers an intuitive GTK+ 2.0 interface to Internet radio directories such as SHOUTcast and Live365.

       With streamtuner you can:
       – Browse the SHOUTcast Yellow Pages
       – Browse the Live365 directory
       – Browse the Xiph.org (aka icecast.org, aka Oddsock) directory
       – Browse the basic.ch DJ mixes
       - Manage your local music collection, with full support for ID3 and
       Vorbis metadata editing
       – Listen to streams, browse their web page, or record them using pro‐
       grams such as Streamripper
       – Implement new directory handlers as tiny Python scripts or as dynami‐
       cally loadable modules written in C
       – Retain your favourite streams by bookmarking them
       – Manually add streams to your collection

Do get it : streamtuner{click}
If not do , sudo apt-get install streamtuner

Streamtuner – a GUI audio stream directory browser

hemanth.hm — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:29:00 +0000

streamtuner is a stream directory browser. Through the use of a plugin system, it offers an intuitive GTK+ 2.0 interface to Internet radio directories such as SHOUTcast and Live365.

Do get it : streamtuner{click}
If not do , sudo apt-get install streamtuner

MTR – a network diagnostic tool

hemanth.hm — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 14:21:00 +0000

Just came across a tool called “mtr” , it expands to “My trace Route”

DESCRIPTION

mtr combines the functionality of the traceroute and ping programs in single network diagnostic tool.

As mtr starts, it investigates the network connection between the host mtr runs on and HOSTNAME. by sending packets with purposly low TTLs.

It continues to send packets with low TTL, noting the response time of the intervening routers. This allows mtr to print the response percentage and response times of the internet route to HOSTNAME. A sudden increase in packetloss or response time is often an indication of a bad(or simply overloaded) link.

To install : mtr {click}

After installing just , type in “mtr” in terminal to run and see the o/p for your local host.