Man Page Editor is a simple graphical tool for writing the manpage. The developer of Xfce Theme Manager wrote this GTK app and here’s why:
“I write a number of my own programs, and have always had a bit of a problem writing the manpage, I have used the excellent ‘ManEdit’ but development on this has been stalled for a number of years.
So I finally decided to write my own and this is the result. This is only the first draft and there is LOTS to be done, so bugs and suggestions are welcome, please click on the ‘About’ button in the program for my email address.”
Want to use Google Calendar in Ubuntu? Well, here I’ll show you how to install an indicator which provides Google Calendar integration on Ubuntu and Linux Mint desktop.
The calendar indicator is an open-source applet allows to add, edit and delete Google Calendar events as well as to create new calendars.
Once you installed this indicator, you can login your Google Account and set the automatic synchronization time in its Preferences window.
After that, you can click ‘Show Calendar’ in the indicator menu to dispay your calendar.
Install Google Calendar Indicator
The developer has added the packages to his PPA repository. So far, it supports Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal, Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, and Linux Mint 13, 14, 15.
To add the ppa, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal and then run below commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
After that, update the package lists and install Google Calendar:
PAC is a free alternative to SecureCRT and Putty. It provides a GUI to configure connections: users, passwords, EXPECT regular expressions, macros, etc.
PAC Manager works on Debian/Ubuntu, and RPM based linux platforms. All you need to do is download and install the installer package and fix denpendencies.
Features:
Unique linux app to implement SecureCRT’s functionality (more or less!)
Remote and local macros
Remotely send commands with EXPECT regexp
Cluster connections!! Connections on same cluster share keystrokes!!
Scripting support! (vía Perl code)
Serial/tty connection via cu/tip/remote-tty connections!!
Pre/post connections local executions
TABS OR WINDOWS for connections!!
Proxy support
KeePass integration!
Wake On LAN capabilities
Possibility to split terminals in the same TAB!
Quick acces to configured connections via tray menu icon
Best linux GUI for ssh, telnet, sftp, rdesktop, vnc, cu, remote-tty, ftp, etc
DEB, RPM & .TAR.GZ packages available!!
More to come (ASA I find time!)
FREE (GNU GPLv3)
To get started, download the .deb package from SourceForge.
Then press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. When it opens, run blow commands to install the package:
sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/pac-*all.deb
Fix dependency problem if any:
sudo apt-get -f install
Install the indicator support for Unity Desktop:
sudo apt-get install libgtk2-appindicator-perl
When everything is done, open PAC Manager from the Unity Dash.
Want to display weather on Ubuntu Desktop? Well, the best choice should be Typhoon since Stormcloud is not available in Ubuntu 13.04 due to dependency problem.
Typhoon is a free and open-source weather application, which displays a HTC-like weather widget on your Ubuntu desktop. It uses Yahoo! weather service
Typhoon is a fork of discontinued Stormcloud 1.1 with some changes. It excludes the multiple locations feature because no one can live in more than one places in a specific time except electrons! It also removes ‘chameleonic background’ as it would make the app resource hungry.
Install Typhoon in Ubuntu:
To install this weather app for Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, 12.04 Precise, 12.10 Quantal and Linux Mint users. Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to add the Typhoon ppa:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:apandada1/typhoon
Then update package lists and install it via:
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install typhoon
Once installed, open it from Unity Dash and enjoy!
LinSSID is a graphical and functional wifi scanner for Ubuntu Linux, which is similar to iwscanner and Inssider. It can be easily installed in Ubuntu and Linux Mint via PPA repository.
LinSSID is written from scratch entirely in C++ using Linux wireless tools and Qt4. It displays the information available from iwlist tool in graphical format. LinSSID displays a table of all of the local wireless networks that your device can receive, and information about them. It also displays charts of the signal strength of each network by channel number and over time. LinSSID will work with more than one wireless device attached to a system, but only one at a time (selectable).
LinSSID requires root privilege to run the iwlist tool. So you’ll be prompt to input the user password when start the program from Unity Dash.
Install LinSSID wifi scanner for Ubuntu & Linux Mint users
Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below command to add the LinSSID ppa. So far, the ppa supports for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, 12.10 Quantal, 12.04 Precise and Linux Mint 13, 14, 15.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:wseverin/ppa
After that, you can use your favorite application manager to install the wireless scanner. Or just run below commands:
sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install linssid
Once installed, you’re able to open it from Unity Dash Home. Enjoy!
This simple tutorial is going to introduce you an Ubuntu radio automation software Airtime. It is a free and open source radio management application for remote broadcast automation, and program exchange between radio stations.
Airtime has been intended to provide a solution for a wide range of broadcast projects, from community to public and commercial stations. The scalability of Airtime allows implementation in a number of scenarios, ranging from an unmanned broadcast unit accessed remotely through the Internet, to a local network of machines accessing a central Airtime storage system. Airtime supports the playout of lossy compressed audio files in both MP3 and AAC formats and the open, royalty-free equivalent Ogg Vorbis. It also supports playout of lossless FLAC and WAV format audio files.
Airtime has been intended to provide a solution for a wide range of broadcast projects, from community to public and commercial stations. The scalability of Airtime allows implementation in a number of scenarios, ranging from an unmanned broadcast unit accessed remotely through the Internet, to a local network of machines accessing a central Airtime storage system. Airtime supports the playout of lossy compressed audio files in both MP3 and AAC formats and the open, royalty-free equivalent Ogg Vorbis. It also supports playout of lossless FLAC and WAV format audio files.
Install Airtime on Ubuntu Desktop:
Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to download airtime-easy-setup:
In this tutorial I’ll introduce you a new project, FSGamer, which can improve full screen gaming in Ubuntu Linux (still in alpha).
FSGamer runs games in their own X server, which can improve the speed, reduce annoying interruptions, and make switching between fullscreen games and your desktop easy and reliable.
To install this tool, click to download the deb and then follow below steps:
1.) First, install from the deb package, assuming it is in Downloads:
NitroShare is a network file-sharing application that makes sending a file to another machine on the local network as easy as dragging-and-dropping.
NitroShare is designed to be hassle-free in every aspect. Just install the application on any machine running Ubuntu or Windows and you’re all set. Each machine should discover all of the other machines on the local network. The application integrates with the operating system, using application indicators on Ubuntu and the system tray on Windows.
Install NitroShare:
NitroShare PPA contains the latest packages for Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, 13.04 Raring, 12.10 Quantal, 12.04 Precise.
To add the ppa, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands:
For Ubuntu 14.04 and higher, download “nitroshare_0.2_amd64.deb” for 32-bit OS or “nitroshare_0.2_i386.deb” for 64-bit OS from Launchpad.net and install it via Software Center.
Once installed, open it from Unity Dash home.
For the first time launching this application, you’ll need to follow on the setup wizard. When you’re done, you’ll see the panel indicator and the icons on bottom-right corner of your desktop.
Use indicator menu or drag and drop file onto the desktop icon to start transfering. Target machine will receive a confirm dialog.
There are quiet a few bittorrent programs for Ubuntu Linux. Lince is one which aims to be lightweight and efficient.
Lince is a light and full featured Bittorrent client coded in C++. The graphic interface has been designed to resemble the old Azureus, simple but powerful. Giving the user all the information in an easy and intuitive way. Another strong point of Lince is its capacity to allow the user to configure it according to his/her wishes.
Lince also has efficiency as top goal. It meets user requirements using as few resources as necessary. Give it a try you will be surprised by its speed and low memory consumption!
Here is non exhaustive list of features that you will find in Lince:
A nice User Interface inspired by the old Azureus.
UPnP / NAT-PMP port forwarding support.
Encryption support (compatible with Vuze / Azureus).
Advanced user, tracker and file management.
Advanced torrent queue management.
Bandwidth scheduler.
DHT (trackerless) support.
uTorrent Peer eXchange support (PeX).
Support for Magnet links.
Internationalization support(translators needed).
Unicode support.
Connection though a proxy.
Search engine included.
IP Filtering similar to the one in eMule.
Install Lince via PPA:
The GetDeb repository contains latest Lince (1.3) for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, 12.10 Quantal, 12.04 Precise and Linux Mint 13 Maya, 14 Nadia, 15 Olivia users.
For Ubuntu users, download and install below deb to add the getdeb repository:
Download getdeb
For Linux Mint users, enable the repository from Start menu -> Software Sources -> Additional Repositories
After that, install the client via your package manager. Or run below command in terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T to open it):
As you may know, Jupiter is a powerful and lightweight power and hardware control applet. It has been retired and last supported release is up to Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal. However, Jupiter is available for Ubuntu 13.04 from JoliCloud Desktop Environment PPA.
The webupd8team add the packages to the ppa and it’ll be used as a background program for JoliCloud session. I’ve installed it on my laptop and it’s working well.
Install Jupiter on Ubuntu 13.04:
Note that don’t install it on a product machine. Use it as your own risk!
Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below command to add the PPA repository:
