APTonCD is a tool with a graphical interface which allows you to create one or more CDs or DVDs (you choose the type of media) with all of the packages you've downloaded via APT-GET or APTITUDE, creating a removable repository that you can use on other computers.
APTonCD will also allow you to automatically create media with all of your .deb packages located in one especific repository, so that you can install them into your computers without the need for an internet conection.

With APTonCD you be able to...

Backup

Backup all downloaded packages (via apt-get, aptitude and synaptic) to restore later.

Transport

Take with you all your favorite packages, in a removable repository where you can install then all on anytime, anytime.

Download

Get an entire repository, or a specifc section. Simply point-and-click, and in few time you'll have an CD(s) or DVD(s) with entire main, restricted, universe, multiverse, contrib, etc.

Share

Share your packages with your friends without Internet conection. Also, send a meta-package for him to install the same set of packages that you have.

APTonCD is available on Ubuntu repository. So just install the aptoncd package.

$ sudo apt-get install aptoncd

Or via Add/Remove...

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If you want to run Nautilus as root {Although I will not recommend it because you can by mistake can do irreversible damage to your OS} but sometimes I need to use Nautilus in root mode to do some of my works.

Well normally I would just go to the terminal and I will type sudo nautilus or gksu nautilus in order to start Nautilus in root mode but I can also do this in GUI mode.

In order to add a link to Nautilus {with root permission} all you have to do is go to System -> Preferences -> Main Menu

Select System Tools from the list of Menus

Click on the New Item Button from the right hand side of the window

The Create Launcher window will open.
Fill in the boxes as it is shown in the image and close the Window.

Now close the Menu Editor as well.

And you're done.

Now whenever you want to start Nautilus in root mode just go to Applications -> System Tools and click on Root Nautilus

Enter the password and Nautilus with root permission will open.

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Fonts can be downloaded from many websites for free like for e.g: 1001freefonts.com or dafont.com

So before writing this article I have downloaded 3 fonts from this 2 websites which are
The King & Queen Font
Bleeding Cowboys Font
Embossed Black Font

To install this fonts I first extracted all the .ttf files in one folder and then from the terminal I used this command

sudo cp *.ttf /usr/local/share/fonts/

and then this command

sudo fc-cache -f -v

Then all the above three fonts were available to me in OpenOffice.org Word Processor
The method I used to install the fonts makes the fonts available for all the users on my Computer including me but their is another method also which would make the font available to only those user who have install it.

Here is the method

Use this command in the Terminal

mkdir ~/.fonts {This command will create the folder in your Home directory}

The use this command form the folder where you have extracted the fonts

cp *.ttf ~/.fonts

Now we need to tell the system about the new fonts and in order to do that use this command

fc-cache -f -v ~/.fonts


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The only reason I am creating this post is because the first question that pops in any new user mind is how do I get started with Ubuntu since I don't know anything about how to install Ubuntu on PC's.

Ubuntu Installation is very easy but still I thought that I can help new users by providing them with the youtube video which I have found on youtube in which there is a complete video on Ubuntu 8.04 installation which was created by a youtube user.




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I have noticed that when it comes to Gedit people just use it the way it is available and do not think of customising it so that using Gedit will be a little different experience.

If you are bored with the big shine white surface where you have to write in small black words then you can change it with some simple steps .

In Gedit Go to Edit --> Preferences.
In the Preferences dialogue click on the Font & Colours Tab.
Then choose a scheme to suit you.
Well I have chosen the Oblivion Color Scheme and this is how it looks.

Try it and I am sure you will love it and it is also cool on your eyes.




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If you are looking for some cool themes for Ubuntu then gnome-themes-extras pakage can provide you with good themes for your Ubuntu OS.

Just type in the terminal box
sudo apt-get install gnome-themes-extras

After installation I found that I got 2 new Themes in my Ubuntu 8.04 and their names are Darklooks and Unity. I specially liked the Darklooks theme and I think I will use it for some time. This theme looks very cool on my Desktop.


This is a Screenshot of an upper left section of Firefox which I have taken after using Darklooks and it really looks cool to me.

Few new icon themes also gets added like Foxtrot, Dropline Neu!, Gion and GNOME-Alternative.

Install it and have Fun!

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The first thing new users realised after installing Ubuntu is that they cannot play most of the songs and videos and this is because Ubuntu by default do not include this pakages (codecs etc) due to legal reasons (copyright, license, patent, etc).

Here is where we need Medibuntu

Medibuntu is a packaging project dedicated to distributing software that cannot be included in Ubuntu for various reasons, related to geographical variations in legislation regarding intellectual property, security and other issues:

• patentability of software, algorithms, formats and other abstract creation
• legal restrictions on freedom of speech or communication
• restrictions on the use of certain types of technical solution, such as cryptography
• legal restrictions on imports of software technology, requiring for example specific permissions
• etc.
  

Medibuntu has free and non-free components.

Disclaimer: Patent and copyright laws operate differently depending on which country you are in. Please obtain legal advice if you are unsure whether a particular patent or restriction applies to a media format you wish to use in your country.

See Ubuntu's Free Software Philosophy and the FreeFormats page for a more comprehensive discussion of these issues.

Adding the Repositories

Add Medibuntu to your sources.list, as well as its GPG key to your keyring. Make sure to use the correct sources.list that corresponds to your current distribution.

Go to the Terminal and type the below commands based on your version of Ubuntu OS.

Ubuntu 6.06 "Dapper Drake":

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/dapper.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Ubuntu 6.10 "Edgy Eft":

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/edgy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Ubuntu 7.04 "Feisty Fawn":

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/feisty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Ubuntu 7.10 "Gutsy Gibbon":

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/gutsy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Ubuntu 8.04 "Hardy Heron":

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list

Then, add the GPG Key:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

And you are done.

If you are confused on what is repositories then you should gain more
knowledge on this by Clicking Here.

Now you can install pakages like

libdvdcss2
w32codecs
w64codecs
ppc-codecs

And many more pakages from Synaptic Pakage Manager.

Have Fun!

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