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How to Install Gnome Classic in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy

Last updated: October 21, 2013

gnome classic This quick tip is going to show you how to install the Classic Gnome Desktop Environment in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy Salamander.

It’s quite easy to do it, just install the Gnome fallback session package and then you get the Gnome Classic in Login menu at next time.

To install the package, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands in terminal:

sudo apt-get install gnome-session-fallback

Or you can search for and install gnome-session-fallback in Ubuntu Software Center.

After that, log out and select the Classic session to log back.

gnome classic session

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Install Adobe’s Brackets Editor in Ubuntu and Derivatives

Last updated: March 21, 2019

As you may know, Brackets is an open-source editor for web design and development built on top of web technologies such as HTML, CSS and JavaScript. The project was created and is maintained by Adobe, and is released under an MIT License.

brackets in ubuntu

What makes Brackets different from other web code editors?

  • Tools shouldn’t get in your way. Instead of cluttering up your coding environment with lots of panels and icons, the Quick Edit UI in Brackets puts context-specific code and tools inline.
  • Brackets is in sync with your browser. With Live Development, Brackets works directly with your browser to push code edits instantly and jump back and forth between your real source code and the browser view.
  • Do it yourself. Because Brackets is open source, and built with HTML, CSS and JavaScript, you can help build the best code editor for the web.

    • Try out Brackets:

    The official download page provides the DEB packages for Debian / Ubuntu and their derivatives, such as Linux Mint, Elementary OS, and so forth.

    Just download and double click the DEB to bring up Ubuntu Software Center and install it. Or run below commands instead once downloaded:

    sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/brackets-sprint-*.deb; sudo apt-get -f install

    Once installed, you can find it in Unity Dash.

    brackets in ubuntu unity

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    Use Silverlight in Firefox, Chrome in Ubuntu via Pipelight plugin

    Last updated: March 21, 2019

    Microsoft Silverlight in UbuntuPipelight is a special browser plugin allows to run your favorite Silverlight application directly inside your Linux browser. The project combines the effort by Erich E. Hoover with a new browser plugin that embeds Silverlight directly in any Linux browser supporting the Netscape Plugin API.

    Pipelight consists out of two parts: A Linux library which is loaded into the browser and a Windows program started in Wine. The Windows program, called pluginloader.exe, simply simulates a browser and loads the Silverlight DLLs. When you open a page with a Silverlight application the library will send all commands from the browser through a pipe to the Windows process and act like a bridge between your browser and Silverlight. The used pipes do not have any big impact on the speed of the rendered video since all the video and audio data is not send through the pipe. Only the initialization parameters and (sometimes) the network traffic is send through them. As a user you will not notice anything from that “magic” and you can simply use Silverlight the same way as on Windows, like you can see on the following screenshot:

    silverlight chrome ubuntu

    Install Pipelight on Ubuntu

    Warning: Before you continue the installation you should note that:

  • It is strongly recommended to close your browser before installing! Some browsers try immediately to load the plugin which might fail or crash the browser when the installation is not complete!
  • Silverlight might contain (like all other browser plugins) security issues – You may want to enable click-to-play for this plugin to prevent an undesired start of Silverlight.
  • Pipelight needs to start Wine to execute the pluginloader. This may slow down the start of your browser.

    • The Pipelight PPA is available for Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives. You can easily install it by running below commands in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) one by one:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pipelight/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pipelight

    You may need to accept a license agreement for a set of fonts during the installation. After it’s done just start your browser, type about:plugins in the addressbar and hit enter – if the installation went well you should now see Silverlight in your plugin list and everything is ready to run! Pipelight will install Silverlight on the first start of your browser, this may freeze the interface for several minutes (and you may just see a blank page without any progress). There might appear some dialog asking if Mono or Gecko should be installed during the Silverlight installation – you can safely choose no, as this is not necessary to get Pipelight running. After this step, the overall performance of your browser shouldn’t be affected any more.

    More at Pipelight Homepage

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    Install RabbitVCS in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.04, 12.10, Linux Mint via PPA

    Last updated: August 21, 2013

    rabbitVCS As you may know, RabbitVCS is a graphical front-end for version control systems available on Linux. It integrates into file managers to provide file context menu access to version control repositories.

    The project was originally called NautilusSvn, but due to the desire to support file managers in addition to Nautilus and more version control systems, it was renamed to RabbitVCS (Version Control System). The interface was inspired by TortoiseSVN, recognisable by the file manager shell integration, which is available on Nautilus and Thunar in the case of RabbitVCS. It can also integrate into Gedit or run independently on the command line.

    Install RabbitVCS via PPA:

    The RabbitVCS PPA supports Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 10.04 and their derivatives, such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

    Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens run commands to add the PPA:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rabbitvcs/ppa

    Then update system package lists via:

    sudo apt-get update

    Install the packages:

    sudo apt-get install rabbitvcs-nautilus3 rabbitvcs-thunar rabbitvcs-gedit rabbitvcs-cli

    That’s it. Enjoy!

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    How to Install / Upgrade Kernel 3.10.9 in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.04, 12.10

    Last updated: August 21, 2013

    The latest Linux Kernel 3.10.9 has been released. All users of the 3.10 kernel series are urged to upgrade as soon as possible. Here’s how to install / upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, 12.04 Precise and 12.10 Quantal.

    Linux Kernel 3.10.9 Ubuntu

    Linux kernel 3.10.8 has a problem on networking, so the Kernel 3.10.9 was announced few hours later with a fix. See the official announcement.

    Install / Upgrade Kernel 3.10.9

    The mainline kernel PPA has updated Debs packages for Debian / Ubuntu based users. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. Then download and install the Debs.

    for 32-bit system:

    wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.9-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.9-031009-generic_3.10.9-031009.201308201935_i386.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.9-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.9-031009_3.10.9-031009.201308201935_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.9-saucy/linux-image-3.10.9-031009-generic_3.10.9-031009.201308201935_i386.deb

    for 64-bit system:

    wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.9-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.9-031009-generic_3.10.9-031009.201308201935_amd64.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.9-saucy/linux-headers-3.10.9-031009_3.10.9-031009.201308201935_all.deb

wget http://kernel.ubuntu.com/~kernel-ppa/mainline/v3.10.9-saucy/linux-image-3.10.9-031009-generic_3.10.9-031009.201308201935_amd64.deb

    After that, both 32-bit and 64-bit run below command to install the kernel

    sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-3.10.9-*.deb linux-image-3.10.9*.deb

    Finally apply changes to grub boot loader:

    sudo update-grub

    You can remove the downloaded packages after the kernel is properly installed.

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    How to Install Dropbox Plugin for Thunar in Ubuntu XFCE Desktop

    Last updated: April 20, 2024

    This simple tutorial shows you how to integrate Dropbox into Thunar file manager by installing a plugin if you’re using XFCE Desktop in Ubuntu.

    There’s a PPA repository for (X)Ubuntu 13.04, (X)Ubuntu 12.04, (X)Ubuntu 12.10 and Linux Mint Xfce. So it easy to get the dropbox work with the Thunar.

    Thunar Dropbox plugin

    Objectives:

    • Install Dropbox integration with Thunar via PPA
    • Enjoy!

    UPDATE 2024: For all current Ubuntu releases, run the dropbox plugin is available in system repository. Just launch “terminal” and run command sudo apt install thunar-dropbox-plugin to install, or see this tutorial instead for step by step guide.

    To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to add the PPA:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rebuntu16/other-stuff

    After that, you can install the Dropbox plugin for Thunar:

    sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install thunar-dropbox-plugin

    Once installed, restart the file manager to get it work. Enjoy!

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    Install Nvidia OpenGL 4.4 Driver 325.05.03 in Ubuntu, Linux Mint

    Last updated: August 20, 2013

    Nvidia DriverNvidia has announced driver 325.05.03 for Linux provides beta support for OpenGL 4.4 and GLSL 4.40 on capable hardware. You will need any one of the following Fermi or Kepler based GPUs to get access to all the OpenGL 4.4 and GLSL 4.40 functionality:

  • Quadro Series:K600, K5000, K4000, K2000D, K2000, 6000, 600, 5000, 410, 4000, 400, 2000D, 2000
  • GeForce 700 Series:GTX TITAN, GTX 780, GTX 770, GTX 760
  • GeForce 600 Series:GTX 690, GTX 680, GTX 670, GTX 660 Ti, GTX 660, GTX 650 Ti BOOST, GTX 650 Ti, GTX 650, GT 645, GT 640, GT 630, GT 620, GT 610, 605
  • GeForce 500 Series:GTX 590, GTX 580, GTX 570, GTX 560 Ti, GTX 560 SE, GTX 560, GTX 555, GTX 550 Ti, GT 545, GT 530, GT 520, 510
  • GeForce 400 Series:GTX 480, GTX 470, GTX 465, GTX 460 v2, GTX 460 SE v2, GTX 460 SE, GTX 460, GTS 450, GT 440, GT 430, GT 420, 405

    • Check out the official announcement for a complete list of fixes and improvements.

    It’s easy to install this driver in Ubuntu and its derivatives, such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS. Just close the graphical session and run the installer in command line. To do so, follow the below steps:

    1.) Download the Driver 325.05.03 by the links below. You may check your system type (32-bit or 64-bit) by System Settings -> Details.

    Download for Linux 32-bit

    Download for Linux 64-bit

    2.) You have to switch to command console by pressing Ctrl+Alt+F1, login via your username and password. Then stop the graphical session. For the default Ubuntu Unity, run the below command:

    sudo stop lightdm

    For Linux Mint, run this instead:

    sudo service mdm stop

    3.) Give executable permission to the downloaded file:

    chmod a+x ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-325.05.03.run

    4.) Now run the installer and follow the on screen prompts to start installing Nvidia Driver:

    sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-325.05.03.run

    When done, restart your machine via:

    sudo reboot

    (Optional) To remove this driver, re-run the step 2), and then run:

    sudo ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-325.05.03.run --uninstall
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    Install Hulu Desktop App in Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS

    Last updated: August 20, 2013

    This simple and brief tutorial shows you how to install Hulu Desktop client in Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

    hulu desktop in ubuntu

    It’s easy to install Hulu Desktop App in Debian / Ubuntu based systems, because the official website provides the DEB package for downloading.

    Before gettings started, you may check your system type (32-bit or 64-bit) by System Settings -> Details.

    Press Ctrl+ALt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run command to download Hulu Desktop client:

  • 64-bit Systems 
    wget http://download.hulu.com/huludesktop_amd64.deb
  • 32-bit systems: 
    wget http://download.hulu.com/huludesktop_i386.deb

    • Now, install the deb package:

    sudo dpkg -i huludesktop_*.deb

    hulu desktop in uninty

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    How to Install Nvidia legacy driver 304.108 in Ubuntu, Linux Mint

    Last updated: August 20, 2013

    Nvidia DriverHave an old graphics card that is no longer supported in the regular NVIDIA Unified Graphics Driver? Well, here’s how to install the Legacy Driver which supports the old Nvidia GPUs.

    The Nvidia Legacy Drives support the old GPUs that are no longer supported in the regular NVIDIA Unified UNIX Graphics Driver. It will be updated periodically to add support for new versions of Linux system components (e.g., new Linux kernels, new versions of the X server, etc).

    The Linux 304.* legacy driver series is the last to support the NV4x and G7x GPUs and motherboard chipsets based on them. Support for new Linux kernels and X servers, as well as fixes for critical bugs, will be included in 304.* legacy releases through the end of 2017. See the full list of supported GPUs.

    Install / Upgrade NVIDIA 304.108

    So far, the latest is 304.108 and it’s available for downloading at the official links below:

    NVIDIA Legacy Driver 304.108 for 32-bit Linux

    NVIDIA Legacy Driver 304.108 for 64-bit Linux

    You may check you system type (32-bit or 64-bit) by System Settings -> Details.

    To install it in Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and Linux Mint, you have to press Ctrl+Alt+F1 to switch to command console. Login with your username and password. When you’re in, follow below steps:

    Command Console

    1.) Stop graphical session. For the default Unity Desktop, run below command to stop it.

    sudo stop lightdm

    2.) Give executable permission for your downloaded package.

    chmod a+x ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-304.108.run

    3.) Run the installer and follow the on screen prompts to start installing Nvidia Driver:

    sudo sh ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-304.108.run

    4.) Restart your computer via below command:

    sudo reboot

    If for some reason the new drivers do not work properly, run below commands in Ctrl+Alt+F1 command console to remove Nvidia Driver:

    sudo stop lightdm

sudo ~/Downloads/NVIDIA-Linux-*-304.108.run --uninstall

sudo restart
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    BeatBox has gone, use Noise Music Player instead

    Last updated: August 19, 2013

    beatbox and noise logoTry to install BeatBox music player in Ubuntu? Well, I’m here to tell you Beatbox has gone! The developer announced that he won’t take much attention on it due to lack of time. If you prefer this music player, you may go to noise.

    “I’m sorry to say that BeatBox will not be seeing much attention from me at this point due to lack of time.

    I’ve added elementary to the BeatBox team, which means they can merge, pull, push, whatever they want to the project. I’ve recommended that they merge parts of BeatBox. Its core and plugin API could be very useful to them, but whether or not that merge happens is up to them.” — Scott Ringwelski

    BeatBox was the default music player for Elementary OS, and now it is Noise. Though there is not much of differences between Beatbox and Noise, both only differs by: Music view, Search bar, and the name of course

    Install Noise in Ubuntu and Linux Mint

    Due to the dependency problem, BeatBox is not working now. So here’s how to install Noise music player in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and Linux Mint 13, 15, 16.

    Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to add the Elementary daily build PPA:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/daily

    Then you can update and install Noise:

    sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install noise
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