Grisbi is a personnal accounting application running under GNU/Linux and Windows, released under the GPL licence.

Grisbi can manage multiple accounts, currencies and users. It manages third party, expenditure and receipt categories, as well as budgetary lines, financial years, and other informations that makes it quite adapted for associations
To install Grisbi in Ubuntu just type "sudo apt-get install grisbi" in the Terminal

Enjoy!

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PySDM is a Storage Device Manager that allows full customization of hard disk mountpoints without manually access to fstab. It also allows the creation of udev rules for dynamic configuration of storage devices.

To install pysdm just type this command in the terminal

sudo apt-get install pysdm

After the installation procedure type "sudo pysdm" in the terminal then enter your password and the GUI window will open.


Select your desire partition and click on Assistant then make sure that this option is marked.


Then close the program and restart the PC and check wether the partitions are now Automounted or not.

Enjoy!

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Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share with others.

Installation of Google Earth is very easy on Ubuntu.

Download the GoogleEarthLinux.bin file from this link http://earth.google.com/download-earth.html

Then right-click on that file and select "Open with other Application" option.
Then use the option "Use a custom command" and type "sh" in it. {See the Screenshot below}


A GUI window will open which will guide you through the installation process.

A Shortcut is placed on your Desktop to start Google Earth and you can also start Google Earth from Applications->Internet->Google Earth {If the link to Google Earth is not available in the Internet menu then just reload the gnome-panel with "killall gnome-panel" command in the Terminal.}

Enjoy!

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For those who don't know about morse code should read it about it from Wikipedia. Army, Pilot and Airtraffic Controllers are basically familiar with the morse code but even a normal person can learn it. It is kinda foreign english language and can maybe come in handy in remote situation for sending distress signal.

You can learn Morse Code from various websites like this one http://www.learnmorsecode.com/

It is a good language to learn it as a hobby and the best part is it is used only in English so even the Chinese or the Russions or the Arabs will talk to you in English if they are talking in Morse Code.

To install morse code in the terminal go to http://morseall.org/ and download the .deb file for Ubuntu and Debian and install it.
After installing Morseall you can start the morseall program by typing morseall in the terminal

Morseall allows people with limited mobility to use a computer.
Morseall is free software, distrubuted under a licese that guarantees future availability.

• Morseall allows you to tap Morse Code on the mouse buttons.
• You only need one button to use Morseall - but it is faster with two.
  The left button is for dots. Hold it longer for dashes.
  The right button is for dashes.
  Click the middle button to repeat keys.
• You can use Morseall at any pace. Fast or slow.
• Morseall lets you control the mouse with a special mouse mode!

Features of Morseall

1. Anyone who can press a switch can use Morseall!
2. You can go faster if you can control two or three buttons
3. An Iambic Keyer is available for ultra-fast coding
4. Audio feedback is given for each dot and dash
5. Characters can be read aloud as they are typed for verification
6. It works with a standard mouse! No custom hardware needed.
7. On-line help is always visible for looking up codes
8. Takes over the mouse so disabled users can maintain control.
9. Code Timing is adjustable from within the program (seven dots=faster)
10. A Configuration file allows you to set defaults (/etc/morseall.conf)
11. A Reset feature helps users recover if the terminal gets stuck
12. Visual feedback on your morse code timing as you key it
13. Morseall is Free Software, Licensed under the GNU GPL

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In one of my previous posts I have written about "nautilus-open-terminal" which let you open terminal wherever you want but there are many other Nautilus addons which can make our life a little bit easy. They are Nautilus-Image-Converter, Nautilus-Wallpaper and Nautilus-Actions.

Nautilus-Image-Converter : This package adds a "Resize Images..." menu item to the context menu of all images. This opens a dialog where you set the desired image size and file name. A click on "Resize" finally resizes the image(s) using ImageMagick's convert tool.

To install it just issue this command in the terminal "sudo apt-get install nautilus-image-converter"

Nautilus-Wallpaper : This is my favourite addon. nautilus-wallpaper is a Nautilus extension that adds the ability to set your desktop wallpaper from the context menu. Just right-click on your selected image and select "Set as Wallpaper" from the menu.

To install it just issue this command in the terminal "sudo apt-get install nautilus-wallpaper"

Nautilus-Actions : Nautilus-actions is an extensions for nautilus which allow to add arbitrary program to launch through the nautilus popup menu of selected files.

It allows you to define custom action or commands for certain types of files or files with names matching your description. Each time you right-click on one or several selected files in nautilus, nautilus-actions will look at its configured actions to see if a program has been setup for this selection. If it is the case, it will add an item in the menu that allow you to execute the program on the selected files.

To install it just issue this command in the terminal "sudo apt-get install nautilus-actions"

Enjoy!

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