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Jupiter is available for Ubuntu 13.04 from JoliCloud PPA Repository

Last updated: July 26, 2013

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:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jolicloud-team/ppa

Then update package lists and install:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install jupiter

To install Jupiter support package for Eee PCs:

sudo apt-get install jupiter-support-eee

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Install JoliCloud Desktop on Ubuntu 12.04 / 13.04 via PPA

Last updated: July 25, 2013

The JoliCloud Desktop Environment finally is available for Ubuntu 12.04 Precise, 13.04 Raring and 12.10 Quantal. Here’s how to install it via ppa repository.

As you may know, JoliCloud Desktop Environment puts a HTML5 launcher with shortcuts to popular websites and services front and center, such as Facebook, Twitter, Gmail, Wikidedia, Angry birds, and more.

Install JoliCloud Desktop

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

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jolicloud-team/ppa

After that, update the package lists to make it avaiable and finally install the session. To do so, run below command:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install jolicloud-desktop-environment

Once installed, log out current session. Click on the gear icon and choose Jolicloud for Ubuntu login.

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Install Jdownloader on Ubuntu 13.10 using PPA Repository

Last updated: July 9, 2013

In this tutorial I’ll show you how to install Jdownloader on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, 13.04 Raring, 12.04 Precise and Linux Mint using the ppa repository.

Downloader is open source, platform independent download manager written completely in Java. It allows the automatic downloading of files and split files from one-click hosting sites such as RapidShare – not only for users with a premium account but also for users who don’t pay. It offers downloading in multiple parallel streams, captcha recognition, automatic file extraction and much more. Additionally, many “link encryption” sites are supported – so you just paste the “encrypted” links and JDownloader does the rest. JDownloader can import CCF, RSDF and DLC files.

There’s a ppa repository contains the installer for Ubuntu and Linux Mint users. Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal, then follow the below steps:

1.) Copy and paste this command into terminal, then run to add the repository to your system:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jd-team/jdownloader

2.) If you installed Synaptic Package Manager, open it and click Reload button. Search for and install the jdownloader package.

If not, run following 2 commands instead:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install jdownloader-installer jdownloader

Enjoy!

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Install Dolphin Emulator on Ubuntu using PPA Repository

Last updated: July 9, 2013

This tutorial will show you how install Dolphin Emulator on Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, 12.10, 12.04 and Linux Mint using the ppa repository.

Dolphin is a free and open-source GameCube, Wii Triforce game emulator for Windows, Mac OS, and Linux.

To get started, press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal, follow the below steps:

1.) Copy and paste this command and run to add the ppa repository to your system:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glennric/dolphin-emu

2.) If you installed Synaptic Package Manager, open it and then click Reload button. Search for and install the dolphin-enu package:

If not, run 2 commands instead:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install dolphin-emu