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How to Install Vim 7.4 in Ubuntu 12.10, 13.04, 12.04

Last updated: August 19, 2013

Vim 7.4 has been released. Since 7.3 more than a thousand improvements have been made. Also a lot of bugs has been fixed. This simple tutorial will show you how to install or upgrade Vim 7.4 in Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04 via PPA.

Vim 7.4

NOTE: The PPA contains the unofficial builds of fresh Vim development versions. Use it at your own risk!

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:nmi/vim-snapshots

Then update and install Vim:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install vim

Once installed, you can do “:help version7.4” while using vim editor to check all changes.

To remove / downgrade Vim, run below commands:

sudo apt-get install ppa-purge; sudo ppa-purge ppa:nmi/vim-snapshots
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Install / Upgrade FileZilla 3.7 in Ubuntu 13.04, 12.04, 12.10

Last updated: August 19, 2013

Upgrade FileZilla in UbuntuFileZilla has reached 3.7.x. This tutorial shows you how to install or upgrade in Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 12.10 via PPA.

FileZilla 3.7 brings a lot of bug fixes and improvements. Here are some of them:

  • Show total transfer speed as tooltip over the transfer indicators
  • List supported protocols in tooltip of host field in quickconnect bar
  • Use TLS instead of the deprecated term SSL
  • Reworded text when saving of passwords is disabled, do not refer to kiosk mode
  • Improved usability of Update page in settings dialog
  • Improve SFTP performance
  • When navigating to the parent directory, highlight the former child
  • When editing files, use high priority for the transfers
  • Add label to size conditions in filter conditions dialog indicating that the unit is bytes
  • Ignore drag&drop operations where source and target are identical and clarify the wording in some drop error cases
  • Trim whitespace from the entered port numbers
  • Slightly darker color of inactive tabs
  • Ignore .. item in the file list context menus if multiple items are selected
  • Display TLS version and key exchange algorithm in certificate and encryption details dialog for FTP over TLS connections.

    • Install / Upgrade FileZilla 3.7.x

    Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands one by one to install it from PPA. So far, it supports Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives.

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yofel/ppa

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install filezilla

    Being a PPA also contains updated versions of other programs that you may not want, my advice is to remove the PPA after the installation of Filezilla 3.7.x:

    sudo add-apt-repository-r ppa: yofel/ppa

    That’s it. Enjoy!

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    Install Double Commander in Ubuntu, Linux Mint, Elementary OS

    Last updated: August 19, 2013

    Double Commander logoAs you may know, Double Commander is an open-source two panel file manager. Here I’ll show you how to install it in Ubuntu and its derivatives, such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

    Double Commander is a cross platform open source file manager with two panels side by side. It is inspired by Total Commander and features some new ideas.

    Here are some key features of Double Commander:

  • Unicode support
  • All operations working in background
  • Multi-rename tool
  • Tabbed interface
  • Custom columns
  • Internal text editor (F4) with syntax hightlighting
  • Built in file viewer (F3) to view files of in hex, binary or text format
  • Archives are handled like subdirectories. You can easily copy files to and from archives. Supported archive types: ZIP, TAR GZ, TGZ, LZMA and also BZ2, RPM, CPIO, DEB, RAR.
  • Extended search function with full text search in any files
  • Configurable button bar to start external programs or internal menu commands
  • Total Commander WCX, WDX and WLX plug-ins support
  • File operations logging
  • And more…

    • Install Double Commander:

    The Double Commander PPA provides the latest packages for Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives. It also contains a little old versions for Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 11.04.

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

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:alexx2000/doublecmd

    install double commander in ubuntu

    Then update and install the file manager:

    sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install doublecmd-qt

    double commander in ubuntu

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    VMM: Graphical Tool to Change Swappiness in Ubuntu

    Last updated: August 18, 2013

    Want to configure swappiness in Ubuntu? Well, there’s a simple graphical tool to change swappiness to improve Ubuntu performance.

    Change Swappiness in Ubuntu

    Swappiness controls how often the swap file is used. A swappiness setting of 0 means that the disk will be avoided unless absolutely necessary (run out of memory), while a swappiness setting of 100 means that programs will be swapped to disk almost instantly.

    The default value of swappiness is 60, which means the swap file will be used fairly often if the memory usage is around half of RAM.

    If you have a large memory of RAM, you can reduce the swappiness to improve Ubuntu performance. For example, turn the vaule down to 10 or 15. The swap file will then only be used when the RAM usage is around 80 or 90 percent.

    The command to check the value of swappiness is:

    cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness

    You can change it by editing /etc/sysctl.conf and changing the line vm.swappiness = 60

    To install Virtual Memory Modifier (VMM), the GUI tool

    For Ubuntu 13.04 and its derivatives, download and double-click to install the Deb:

    vmm_0.0.5.0-1ubuntu1_all.deb

    For Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, and their derivatives. Run below commands one by one to install vmm from PPA:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao 

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install vmm
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    How to Install My Weather Indicator in Ubuntu 13.10

    Last updated: August 18, 2013

    My Weather Indicator is a simple applet that displays weather information on panel and widget on desktop. Here’s how to install in Ubuntu 13.10, Elementary OS, Linux Mint 16 via PPA.

    my weather indicator ubuntu

    The supported weather services are Open Weather Map, wunderground.com, YAHOO!, world weather online. My Weather Indicator supports two locations and displays temperature, pressure, visibility, wind velocity, rain gauge, snow gauge, and local time. It also displays a widget on your desktop.

    Install My Weather Indicator:

    You can install My Weather Indicator in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 10.04 and their derivatives.

    Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. When it opens, run below command to add the ppa:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao

    add my weather indicator ppa

    Then update and install the indicator:

    sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install my-weather-indicator
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    How to Install Touchpad Indicator in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy

    Last updated: August 18, 2013

    Touchpad Indicator Ubuntu 13.10The touchpad indicator applet, which shows the status of the touchpad, and to enable and disable the touchpad, now is available in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy. Here I’ll show you how to install it in Ubuntu, Linux Mint, and Elementary OS using the developer’s PPA repository.

    So far, the PPA provides the latest packages for Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 12.10 and the derivatives. Also there are old versions for Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 11.04, Ubuntu 11.10 and derivatives.

    Tutotiral Objectives

    • Install Touchpad Indicator in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy
    • Enjoy!

    To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to add the Touchpad Indicator PPA:

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao

    add touchpad indicator ppa

    Then you can install the indicator via below commands:

    sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install touchpad-indicator

    install-touchpad-indicator

    Once installed, search for and open it from Unity Dash.

    touchpad indicator in ubuntu unity

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    How to Remove Nvidia Logo From Ubuntu Startup Screen

    Last updated: August 18, 2013

    Ubuntu boot Nvidia logoAfter properly installed Nvidia drives in Ubuntu, you may get the Nvidia Logo while booting up your machine. If you find it’s annoying to have this screen, this tutorial will show you how to easily disable it by two ways.

    One command to disable Nvidia logo

    The easiest way to do this is running below command in terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T):

    sudo nvidia-xconfig --no-logo

    After that, you won’t see the logo in bootup any longer.

    The other way is to manually edit the Nvidia config file. Edit the /etc/X11/xorg.conf by running below command:

    sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

    add Option “NoLogo” to Section “Device”, make it look like this:

    Section “Device”
    Identifier “Device0”
    Driver “nvidia”
    Option “NoLogo”
    VendorName “NVIDIA Corporation”
    BoardName “GeForce 9600 GT”
    EndSection

    After that, save the file and reboot.

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    How to Install SMPlayer in Ubuntu, Linux Mint via PPA

    Last updated: August 18, 2013

    SMPlayer Ubuntu SMPlayer 0.8.6 has been released with Youtube Playback fixed. With this tutorial, you can always install the latest SMPlayer in Ubuntu & Linux Mint via SMPlayere PPA.

    Changes in latest SMPlayer 0.8.6:

  • SMPlayer can now update its internal Youtube code so it’s not necessary to update smplayer everytime Youtube makes a change.
  • A section “Updates” has been added to the preferences dialog, where it’s possible to configure or disable the update checker.
  • SMPlayer could still fail to find some subtitles from opensubtitles.org. Hopefully this is fixed.
  • (Windows) The autoload of subtitles with non latin1 filenames has been fixed.
  • The Windows installer gives the possibility to delete most of the configuration files of smplayer. This can be useful if the configuration files have been corrupted or smplayer has been misconfigured. Linux users can use the command “smplayer -delete-config”.
  • Several other bugfixes. See the Changelog for details.

    • Install SMPlayer via PPA:

    So far, the PPA supports Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, and Linux Mint 13, 14, 15, 16.

    Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. When it opens, run commands to add SMPlayer PPA.

    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer

    add SMPlayer PPA

    Then update and install the media player:

    sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install smplayer

    Install SMPlayer Ubuntu

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    Install Latest XnView 0.61 in Ubuntu and Linux Mint

    Last updated: September 1, 2013

    XnView UbuntuXnView MP has reached version 0.61. Since the default is version 0.51 in Ubuntu Software Center, the latest XnView brings a lot of bug fixes and improvements. With this tutorial, you can always get the latest version of XnView in Ubuntu and Linux Mint.

    Changes since XnView MP 0.51:

  • Batch convert: Watermark, stretch image
  • remember item selection in information panel
  • 8bf 64bits plugin can be used with XnViewMP 64bits version
  • XMP-photoshop:Location not more written
  • JPEG arithmetic decoding support
  • Change timestamp can create EXIF date
  • Show always selection information
  • JPEG2000 Export
  • Print in view mode
  • Clean DB can remove files with categories
  • Database has been improved, PLEASE make an backup of it before to install this version
  • Linux, better way to delete files/folders
  • Fix XMP/IPTC import problem

    • Download & Install XnView MP:

    First you may check OS type 32-bit or 64-bit by System Settings -> Details.

    Then press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal:

    For 32-bit system, download and install XnView via below 2 commands:

    wget http://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-linux.deb

sudo dpkg -i XnViewMP-linux.deb; sudo apt-get -f install

    For 64-bit system, run blow commands instead:

    wget http://download.xnview.com/XnViewMP-linux-x64.deb

sudo dpkg -i XnViewMP-linux-x64.deb; sudo apt-get -f install
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    How to Install WebcamStudio in Ubuntu, Linux Mint via PPA

    Last updated: April 4, 2019

    WebcamStudio is a virtual webcam software that can be used with Skype or a flash website like UStream, to create a professional looking broadcast, including banners, animations, transit animations and icons, etc.

    This tool is not meant as a video editor but as a live video mixer giving you the possibilities to change the look of the broadcast on the fly.

    Some of the features include:

  • Switch webcams on a single click
  • Show an IRC channel in your video broadcast
  • Broadcast your desktop for creation of nice HOWTO’s
  • Be creative and put animations and banners
  • Display what song is currently played by Rhythmbox
  • Co-host a remote friend, show his webcam inside your output (PicInPic)
  • Connect to WeatherBug and display your current weather
  • Apply some fancy effects on each source
  • Have a green wall, then why not use the ChromaKey effect to do the same as the weather man on the news network
  • Use all kinds of devices as webcamera like a MiniDV, your iPhone, etc.

    • Install WebcamStudio from GetDeb:

    The getdeb repository provides the latest version for Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and a little old version of Ubuntu 10.04, Ubuntu 11.10, Ubuntu 12.10, and Linux Mint.

    For Ubuntu users, download and double-click the below package to add the GetDeb repository:

    download getdeb package

    For Linux Mint users, enable the repository from Start menu -> Software Sources -> Additional Repositories

    enable getdeb repository

    After that, install the WebcamStudio via your package manager. Or run below command in terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T to open it):

    sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install webcamstudio
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