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!

Share/Save/Bookmark this Post

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!

Share/Save/Bookmark this Post

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

Enjoy!

Share/Save/Bookmark this Post

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!

Share/Save/Bookmark this Post

Bootchart is a tool for performance analysis and visualization of the Linux boot process. Resource utilization and process information are collected during the boot process and are later rendered in a PNG, SVG or EPS encoded chart.

Bootchart provides a shell script to be run by the kernel in the init phase. The script will run in background and collect process information, CPU statistics and disk usage statistics from the /proc file system. The performance data are stored in memory and are written to disk once the boot process completes.

To install Bootchart fire up your terminal and run this command

sudo apt-get install bootchart

The bootchart result is saved as an image after every boot process of your system and the image are saved in /var/log/bootchart/

Go into that folder after rebooting your PC to see how was your system's booting performance. How many seconds it took to boot?

Mine take around 30 seconds to boot.

This app will help you to keep an eye on your Ubuntu's performances every now and then.

Enjoy!

Share/Save/Bookmark this Post

Sometimes we need to open a Terminal in a hurry at a particular location and the easier way to do is to add a "Open in Terminal" option in the right-click menu.

For doing that we have to run this command in the terminal.

sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal

Now whenever we right-click on or in the folder or on the desktop we will get the option "Open in Terminal" in the menu and we can open the terminal.

Restart Gnome for the changes to take effect.

Share/Save/Bookmark this Post

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...

Share/Save/Bookmark this Post

Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for everyone.

It provided many usefull desktop and system options that the default desktop environment isn’t provided.

At present, It is only designed for Ubuntu GNOME Desktop, and often follows the newest Ubuntu distribution.

LICENSE

Ubuntu Tweak is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foun
dation. More information can see at the the package’s LICENSE.

Features of Ubuntu Tweak

• View of Basic System Information(Distribution, Kernel, CPU, Memory, etc.)
• GNOME Session Control
• Auto Start Program Control
• Show/Hide and Change Splash screen
• Show/Hide desktop icons or Mounted Volumes
• Show/Hide/Rename Computer, Home, Trash icon or Network icon
• Tweak Metacity Window Manager’s Style and Behavior
• Compiz Fusion settings, Screen Edge Settings, Window Effects Settings, Menu Effect Settins
• GNOME Panel Settings
• Nautilus Settings
• Advanced Power Management Settings
• System Security Settings

Its a great Software which I think every Ubuntu user should intall it.



If you want to install this great peice of software then follow this link http://ubuntu-tweak.com/downloads and follow the instructions on that page.

Share/Save/Bookmark this Post