Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx)
Synchronisation:
example: rsync -r 192.168.1.11:/home/peter/Foto/ /home/peter/Afbeeldingen
Interesting Firefox add-ons
Xmarks (to synchronise your bookmarks)
1-click YouTube Video Download: https://addons.mozilla.org/nl/firefox/addon/13990/
Nice theme: Equinox/Faenza
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-equinox equinox-theme equinox-ubuntu-theme faenza-icon-theme
Select Equinox Variance glass (or Equinox Radiant or Equinox Variance).
(The others are too dark, or, with Equinox Evolution you don't see the selected mail in Evolution.)
Open source multi-platform file managers
muCommander: http://www.mucommander.com
uses Java, Apache Ant. Will be installed in /usr/share/mucommander.
Double commander: http://doublecmd.sourceforge.net
uses FreePascal, Lazarus (Delphi libraries for FreePascal)
Software to install by the Ubuntu Software Center
Flowcharting: Dia
//File manager: Gnome Commander (Uitgetest: emelFM2, Krusader, BSC) (Tux Commander is ok, but doesn't show usb-drives)
Telnet client: Putty
Dos simulator: DosBox
VirtualBox
http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads
Installeer in een terminal venster de public key met:
wget -q http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Voer System-Administration-Software Source uit.
Voeg in het tabblad Other Sofware de regel
deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian lucid non-free
toe.
Update packages with:
sudo apt-get update
Install VirtualBox in a terminal window with:
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-3.2
Update to a newer version with the same command. (Or try sudo apt-get install virualbox, this shows whether there is a new release.)
Or install dkms with:
sudo apt-get install dkms
Resize VirtualBox disk partition: http://www.my-guides.net/en/content/view/122/26/
Clone a virtual disk: VBoxManage clonehd "DiskToClone.vdi" "ClonedDisk.vdi"
Copy a disk: VBoxManage internalcommands setvdiuuid "CopiedDisk.vdi"
Cloud - Ubuntu One
Integrate in Ubuntu
If you don't have an account already: create one on one.ubuntu.com
In Ubuntu: go to Toepassingen - Internet - Ubuntu One. Connect to your account.
Sync with Evolution (via CouchDB)
If synchronisation doesn't work, restart the desktopcouch:
http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Specifications/desktopcouch/Documentation/Troubleshooting
Mind that that dbus-send command should be executed using sudo.
Other software
Ubuntu Tweak
QCAD: http://www.ribbonsoft.com/qcad_downloads.html
DVD to avi: GUI: Avidemux (GTK+) via Ubuntu Software Centre / Command line: MEncoder / dvd::rip
http://news.softpedia.com/news/Convert-DVD-Video-to-AVI-with-Avidemux-54002.shtml
Fedora 11
If you're installing in VirtualBox, after installation, install the VirtualBox Guest Additions:
http://digitizor.com/2009/05/26/how-to-install-virtualbox-guest-additions-for-a-linux-guest/