Thread: Ubuntu Tips & Tricks

As you all know that we need terminal to update and to install any application but if you are not comfortable with this terminal idea and commands then there is another way to install appliactions on ubuntu and to update too...
To Update ubuntu you can go to
System>>Administration>>Update Manager

and to install any application we have 2 ways apart from terminal
1. Click on Main Menu and under that go to add/ remove application
2. Click on System>>Administration>>Synaptic Package Manager

but i like Terminal only and trust me if you are using linux then try using Terminal only

additional tip
try these commands
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Thanks for the thread... It will be real helpful for newbies like me.... I'm updating ubuntu now...

Originally Posted by itsmemad

Thanks for the thread... It will be real helpful for newbies like me.... I'm updating ubuntu now...

anytime if you face any problems you can post anytime

Hey guys...

Father of Linux Linus Torvald has started blogging this month only... I'm following it from today... Thought you should not miss the bus too... We'll get useful tricks & information from the man who started it all himself... Here goes the link...

Linus' blog

Originally Posted by smoothvibes

As you all know that we need terminal to update and to install any application but if you are not comfortable with this terminal idea and commands then there is another way to install appliactions on ubuntu and to update too...
To Update ubuntu you can go to
System>>Administration>>Update Manager

and to install any application we have 2 ways apart from terminal
1. Click on Main Menu and under that go to add/ remove application
2. Click on System>>Administration>>Synaptic Package Manager

but i like Terminal only and trust me if you are using linux then try using Terminal only

additional tip
try these commands
Date
cal

Also
vi filename.extension will open a file

Example :

vi smoothvibes.txt
vi roundjoker.c
vi juniormember.java

etc

Smoothvibes i had seen in the other post of your's that you have added many softwares for Ubuntu to make it look good,If you could Mention those softwares
It would be great!!!
One more thing Please tell me how to change the background of the 3d CUBE environment...

@above

which 3d environment are u using..beryl or compiz or compiz fusion??the back ground image of ur cube is known as skydome..

Wot is 3D cube guys... I installed compiz fusion yesterday... now what should I do next to reap its benefits?

u installed ccsm??..wat graphix is urs?

Sorry I installed this... Desktop Effects - compiz setup tool for KDE...
My laptop has no dedicated graphics card... its inbuilt on intel's 965 motherboard... intel's X3000 I guess...

you can install compiz on your ubuntu and after that you just need to config that on your system, i am writing another article for the same compiz here and will be posted in an hour or so

ohh..kk..even 965's graphix is good...i'm not that good with KDE..i'm a gnome freak..

just type ccsm in the terminal...

I also wannabe a gnome freak...

I get this msg...

The program 'ccsm' is currently not installed. You can install it by typing:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager
bash: ccsm: command not found

I'm installing that now...

do it then..install ubuntu..i think ur using kubuntu

gnome is much more user friendly..

to install ccsm..do what your terminal says.. apt-get..
then type ccsm in the terminal..u'l get a control window

Now...Its done..
I typed ccsm... I get a new compizconfig setting manager window with all options..

Would u like to give me any tip... before I start to play around with them?.

sud I uninstall the kde version?

Originally Posted by mahehellraiser

do it then..install ubuntu..i think ur using kubuntu

gnome is much more user friendly..

to install ccsm..do what your terminal says.. apt-get..
then type ccsm in the terminal..u'l get a control window

no..no... I'm using ubuntu only... but by mistake I installed kde version yesterday...:32:

little knowledge hurts sometime..

then better install ubun only..u'l feel uncomfortable ..

no tips actually..u can play around with it..

@mahell i have installed compiz for desktop effects,now please tell me how to change the background using skydome thing

I meant wot should I do about the "compiz kde version" which I installed yesterday.... Should I uninstall it? cuz now ccsm is installed...

no ccsm is just a settings manager..

compiz config settings manager..

Originally Posted by gurusam

@mahell i have installed compiz for desktop effects,now please tell me how to change the background using skydome thing

I'm in windows...i'm not sure with the path

just type ccsm in ur terminal goto the settings manager...desktop cube option
there skydome..

i would have posted the whole tutorials...

smoothvibes told he'l post it..so i'm not.

Originally Posted by mahehellraiser

no ccsm is just a settings manager..

compiz config settings manager..

I've added a rep point at this post... in recognition of ur time u spent helping me out here... thanx mate...

chk out this link for themes,wallpapers,icon themes,gdm's etc etc..well almost all visual aspects

Eyecandy for your GNOME-Desktop - GNOME-Look.org

You can also start that ccsm by application->systemtools->compiz
Then you get a blue box with an arrow inside on the top status bar,right click on it and select settings manager.

I installed compiz fusion following instruction given in the website. After installing my title bar vanished. I couldn't view the title bar. No close button, minimize button, maximize button. So I removed it.

edit: forgot to say I installed it on Ubuntu 7.10

Originally Posted by vishnus89

I installed compiz fusion following instruction given in the website. After installing my title bar vanished. I couldn't view the title bar. No close button, minimize button, maximize button. So I removed it.

Thats cuz an option of reflection must be enabled there... In my case when I enabled the "Reflection" in settings... All of them vanished... and they came back once I disabled it...

Originally Posted by itsmemad

Thats cuz an option of reflection must be enabled there... In my case when I enabled the "Reflection" in settings... All of them vanished... and they came back once I disabled it...

Where can I find that option ?