How to put 3D effects on window in Ubuntu

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How to install OpenShot 1.4.3 in Ubuntu

Install OpenShot 1.4.3 in Ubuntu

Popular Linux video editor, OpenShot, has just been updated to version 1.4.3 and this brief tutorial is going to show you how to install or upgrade to it in Ubuntu 12.04 (Precise Pangolin).

This release brings many changes as well as new features including, a new dark theme, 3D animations and effects, and others.

For a more detailed changelog, please click here.

To get started, press Ctrl – Alt – T on your keyboard to open the terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to add its PPA.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:openshot.developers/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install openshot frei0r-plugins

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Add Open As Administrator to the Context Menu in Ubuntu

Add Open As Administrator to the Context Menu in Ubuntu :

When this feature is enabled, you should be able to right-click any file or folder in nautilus and open it as an administrator or root. This will come in handy especially for new users who want to edit or modify files or folders owned by the root user or administrator.

To get started, press Ctrl – Alt – T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to download it.

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  wget http://www.liberiangeek.net/blog/tools/libnautilus-gksu.so

  
  

Next, copy the file to the folder shown below

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  sudo cp libnautilus-gksu.so /usr/lib/nautilus/extensions-3.0/

  
  

Restart your computer and enjoy!

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How to install GRUB customizer in ubuntu 13.04

Grub Customizer is a graphical interface to configure the GRUB2/BURG settings and menu entries

Features:

• move, remove or rename menuentries (they stey updatable by update-grub)


• edit the contents of menuentries or create new ones (internally it edits the 40_custom)


• support for GRUB2 and BURG


• reinstallation of the bootloader to MBR


• settings like default operating system, kernel params, background image and text colors etc.


• changing the installed operating system by running on a live cd

Install GRUB customizer in ubuntu 13.04

Open the terminal and run the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install grub-customizer

Mixxx – The most advanced free DJ software For ubuntu

 

free DJ software For ubuntu

Mixxx is a free DJ software For ubuntu that allows for the playback and mixing of digital music (MP3, Ogg Vorbis, FLAC and Wave).The basic requirements for Mixxx are a desktop computer or laptop with a reasonable amount of storage space on the hard drive for your music, at least 1 audio card for outputting the sound and a way of controlling the software either by mouse, keyboard or hardware DJ Controller.

Mixxx will run on the Linux, Mac OS X and Windows operating systems

Mixxx Features

• Cross-platform (Windows XP/Vista/7/8, Mac OS X, Linux)


• Free and open source (GPL v2)


• Parallel or split scratchable waveform displays


• Waveform summaries


• Spinning vinyl widgets


• MP3, OGG, WAVE, M4A / AAC, and FLAC playback


• Extra playback formats through plugins


• Fast, database-powered library


• Shoutcast and Icecast broadcasting


• Microphone Support


• Automatic crossfading with Auto DJ


• Crates and playlists


• Reads iTunes, Traktor, and Rhythmbox libraries


• Pitch-independent time stretch (key lock)


• Vinyl emulation


• Quantized loops, hot cues, and beatloops


• Synchronization and auto-beatmatching


• 4 Sampler Decks


• Wave and Ogg recording with optional MP3 support.


• BPM detection and estimation


• Bulk BPM analysis


• Multichannel soundcard support (playback and capture)


• Headphone cueing with multiple soundcard support


• Adjustable EQ shelves


• Crossfader curve control


• Skinnable interface with 5 pixel-perfect skins bundled


• Advanced MIDI scripting engine


• Multiple simultaneous MIDI controllers


• Adjustable pitch range


• Ramping pitchbend controls


• Multi-core CPU support


• 24-bit/96000 Hz playback and capture


• Crystal clear audio


• Hardware video acceleration

Install Mixxx in ubuntu 13.04/12.10/12.04

Open the terminal and run the following commands

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mixxx/mixxx
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mixxx libportaudio2

How to install Zim Text Editor in Ubuntu / Linux Mint

Zim has been updated recently to version 0.58 bringing more bug fixes, especially for the bug that prevented the application to start after crashing. This new release allows users to export LaTeX equations and interwiki links are now working fine.

If you have no idea about Zim, it's a graphical (WYSIWYG) text editor written in Python and GTK+ developed by Jaap Karssenberg who wants to bring the concept of a wiki to your Linux desktop. Zim is also considered a personal journal or to-do list.

It can also serve as a distraction-free writing tool that, for example, helps users write novels, short stories, or complex LaTeX equations for Math projects using the 'Equation Editor' plugin.

Zim allows simple formatting or markup for typed text (italics, numbered list, checkbox list, bullet lists, headings, etc.), insert/attach images, link to other wiki pages.

Zim Installation

Open the terminal and install it with the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jaap.karssenberg/zim
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install zim

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How to Free up Unused Memory in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

 



Check Memory Usage in Real-Time

• You can check your current memory usage using this command:

                       watch -n 1 free -m

• This command will also display in real-time your system memory usage:

                           watch -n 1 cat /proc/meminfo

Free Up Unused Memory

   Command 1

• You can free up unused memory under Ubuntu/Linux Mint using this command:

                                       sudo sysctl -w vm.drop_caches=3

NOTE: this action won't make your system faster nor it will affect its stability and performance, it will just clean up memory used by the Linux Kernel on caches.

Command 2
Here is another command that can help you free up memory either used or cached (page cache, inodes, and dentries):

sudo sync && echo 3 | sudo tee /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches

 

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Install Indicator Reminder for Ubuntu/Linux Mint

indicator reminder for ubuntu :

Indicator Reminder is an indicator app specially designed for Ubuntu to set schedule reminders. It is build using the development tool Quickly and written in Python using GTK+. Indicator Reminder is licensed under the GNU General Public License version 3. These reminders can be configured to play a sound, show a notification, and/or run a command. Want to wake up in the morning? Schedule a reminder every day with music to wake you up.
Indicator Reminder has a powerful date/time selection feature that allows you to express recurring dates/times in plain English. For example: "every day", "every Monday , "every other", "every weekday", "every 30 minutes", and more!. They can also be set to repeat minutely or hourly.

To install indicater reminder in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bhdouglass/indicator-remindor


• sudo apt-get update


• sudo apt-get install indicator-remindor

or install Reminder-qt via this command:

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bhdouglass/indicator-remindor


• sudo apt-get update


• sudo apt-get install remindor-qt

 

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Install Smplayer 0.8.4 in ubuntu 13.04

SMPlayer is a free media player for Windows and Linux with built-in codecs that can play virtually all video and audio formats. It doesn't need any external codecs. Just install SMPlayer and you'll be able to play all formats without the hassle to find and install codec packs.

One of the most interesting features of SMPlayer: it remembers the settings of all files you play. So you start to watch a movie but you have to leave... don't worry, when you open that movie again it will be resumed at the same point you left it, and with the same settings: audio track, subtitles, volume...

SMPlayer is a graphical user interface (GUI) for the award-winning MPlayer, which is capable of playing almost all known video and audio formats. But apart from providing access for the most common and useful options of MPlayer, SMPlayer adds other interesting features like the possibility to play Youtube videos or download subtitles.

List of Features:

• Complete preferences dialog, where you can change the key shortcuts, colors and fonts of the subtitles, and many more.


• Filters. Many video and audio filters are available: deinterlace, postprocessing, denoise... and even a karaoke filter (voice removal).


• Seeking by mouse wheel. You can use your mouse wheel to go forward or backward in the video. The mouse buttons can also be customized.


• Video equalizer, allows you to adjust the brightness, contrast, hue, saturation and gamma of the video image.


• Multiple speed playback. You can play at 2X, 4X... and even in slow motion.


• Audio and subtitles delay adjustment. Allows you to sync audio and subtitles.


• Advanced options, such as selecting a demuxer or video & audio codecs.


• Possibility to search and download subtitles from opensubtitles.org.


• It can play Youtube videos. A Youtube browser is included, which allows to easily download Youtube videos too.


• Translations: currently SMPlayer is translated into more than 30 languages, including Spanish, German, French, Italian, Russian, Chinese, Japanese....


• Possibility to change the style and icon set of the interface.


• Free and opensource. SMPlayer is under the GPL license.

Fixes in this Release:

• New option to select the fps for external subtitles.


• YouTube is fixed again.


• Now smplayer checks for updates automatically and notifies the user if a new version is found.


• Support for encoding ISO-8859-16 for subtitles.


• New translations: Thai and Hebrew.


• The video equalizer dialog has been rewritten.


• Some bugfixes.

Supported Input Formats

- (S)VCD (Super Video CD)
- CDRwin's .bin image file
- DVD, including encrypted DVD
- MPEG-1/2 (ES/PS/PES/VOB)
- AVI file format
- ASF/WMV/WMA format
- QT/MOV/MP4 format
- RealAudio/RealVideo format
- Ogg/OGM files
- Matroska
- NUT
- NSV (Nullsoft Streaming Video)
- VIVO format
- FLI format
- NuppelVideo format
- yuv4mpeg format
- FILM (.cpk) format
- RoQ format
- PVA format
- streaming via HTTP/FTP, RTP/RTSP, MMS/MMST, MPST, SDP
- TV grabbing

Supported Video (only the most important are listed)

- MPEG-1 (VCD) and MPEG-2 (SVCD/DVD/DVB) video
- MPEG-4 ASP in all variants including DivX ;-), OpenDivX (DivX4), DivX 5 (Pro), Xvid
- MPEG-4 AVC aka H.264
- Windows Media Video 7/8 (WMV1/2)
- Windows Media Video 9 (WMV3) (using x86 DLL)
- RealVideo 1.0, 2.0 (G2)
- RealVideo 3.0 (RP8), 4.0 (RP9) (using Real libraries)
- Sorenson v1/v3 (SVQ1/SVQ3), Cinepak, RPZA and other QuickTime codecs
- DV video
- 3ivx
- Intel Indeo3 (3.1, 3.2)
- Intel Indeo 4.1 and 5.0 (using x86 DLL or XAnim codecs)
- VIVO 1.0, 2.0, I263 and other H.263(+) variants (using x86 DLL)
- MJPEG, AVID, VCR2, ASV2 and other hardware formats
- FLI/FLC
- HuffYUV
- various old simple RLE-like formats

Supported audio codecs (only the most important are listed)

- MPEG layer 1, 2, and 3 (MP3) audio
- AC3/A52, E-AC3, DTS (Dolby Digital) audio (software or SP/DIF)
- AAC (MPEG-4 audio)
- WMA (DivX Audio) v1, v2
- WMA 9 (WMAv3), Voxware audio, ACELP.net etc (using x86 DLLs)
- RealAudio: COOK, SIPRO, ATRAC3 (using Real libraries)
- RealAudio: DNET and older codecs
- QuickTime: Qclp, Q-Design QDMC/QDM2, MACE 3/6 (using QT libraries), ALAC
- Ogg Vorbis audio
- VIVO audio (g723, Vivo Siren) (using x86 DLL)
- alaw/ulaw, (ms)gsm, pcm, *adpcm and other simple old audio formats

To install SMPlayer in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer


• sudo apt-get update


• sudo apt-get install smplayer smtube smplayer-themes

 

Click Here to Donwload Smplayers

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Install Shotwell Photo Manager in Ubuntu

Shotwell is a digital photo organizer that runs on Linux. Shotwell is an efficient photo organizer designed specifically for the GNOME desktop. It can edit, sort, import, and organize the image collection of the users in fast and secure manner.

What's new in this Release:

• Raw and enhanced image - It’s smarter at keeping paired images together now.


• Better reporting and options to save the details, if something fails.


• Shotwell using new Facebook Graph API‘d


• New types of circular, checkboardular, nifty new wipes.


• Along with all this come many bugs fixed, UI nits squashed and glitches – now fixed.

Shotwell offical Site : http://www.yorba.org

To install shotwell in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

• sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa


• sudo apt-get update


• sudo apt-get install shotwell