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How to Disable Mouse-over Tooltips in Ubuntu 13.04 / 13.10

Last updated: September 12, 2013

This simple tutorial will show you how to disable the mouse-over tooltip messages in Ubuntu 13.04 Raring and Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy using CCSM.

tooltip

It’s easy to do it using the CompizConfig Settings Manager by setting totally transparent tooltips. So that you can see them. NOTE: This method won’t work for the tooltips for Unity Launcher.

To get started, install CCSM in Ubuntu Software Center. You don’t have to do something special, just search for and install CompizConfig Settings Manager. Then you can open it from Unity Dash.

Open CCSM, click on ‘Opacity, Brightness and Saturation’ to go to its configuration page. Then enable this plugin, click new to add a rule, type in Tooltip and set the value to 0 and finally close it.

disable tooltips ubuntu

That’s it. To restore, just remove the rule in the plugin’s configuration page. Enjoy!

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How to Install HP Linux Printer Driver in Ubuntu 13.04/13.10

Last updated: September 12, 2013

Have a HP printer connected with your Ubuntu machine? Well, here’s how to install HP Linux Printer Driver in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy, Ubuntu 13.04 Raring, Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

HP Linux Printer Driver (HPLIP) is an HP developed solution for printing, scanning, and faxing with HP inkjet and laser based printers in Linux.

The HPLIP project provides printing support for over 2,080 printer models–including; Deskjet, Officejet, Photosmart, PSC (Print, Scan, Copy), Business Inkjet, LaserJet, Edgeline MFP, and LaserJet MFP.

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The latest HPLIP 3.13.9 added Support for the Following New Printers:

  • HP Designjet Z5400 44-in PostScript ePrinter
  • HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 1018 Printer
  • HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 1518 All-in-One Printer
  • HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 2540 All-in-One Printer Series
  • HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 2545 All-in-One Printer
  • HP Deskjet Ink Advantage 2546 All-in-One Printer
  • HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 4515 e-All-in-One Printer
  • HP DeskJet Ink Advantage 4518 e-All-in-One Printer
  • HP Envy 4504 e-All-in-One
  • HP LaserJet Pro MFP M435nw
  • HP Officejet 4630 e-All-in-One
  • HP Officejet 4632 e-All-in-One Printer
  • HP Officejet 4635 e-All-in-One Printer
  • HP OfficeJet Pro 8600 Premium e-AiO N911n
  • HP Photosmart 5521 e-All-in-One Printer

Download & Install HP Linux Printer Driver

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below command to download hplip 3.13.9:

cd ~/Downloads && wget http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/hplip/hplip-3.13.9.run

Or you can check out the latest version on this page.

Once downloaded, execute command to start the installation:

sh ~/Downloads/hplip*.run

Answer the questions and wait for the installing process. It’ll properly install & configure the driver for your printer. When done, you can open the HP device manager from the panel indicator. Enjoy!

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How to Install xVideoServiceThief 2.5 in Ubuntu 12.04 / 13.10

Last updated: April 4, 2019

This tutorial shows how to install the latest xVideoServiceThief 2.5 in Ubuntu 12.04 (fix dependencies), Ubuntu 13.10, Linux Mint, Elementary OS Luna.

xVideoServiceThief Ubuntu

As you may know, xVideoServiceThief is the tool for downloading video clips from Google Video, Youtube, etc.(currently supports 93 websites and increasing) and allows to convert each video in most popular formats: AVI, MPEG1, MPEG2, WMV, MP4, 3GP, MP3 file formats.

You can easily install this tool in Ubuntu based systems using the GetDeb repository. But the latest version (so far, it is 2.5) is only available for Ubuntu 13.04 Raring because it depends on the qt5 based libraries. So here’s how to install it in Ubuntu 12.04 Precise and its derivatives. Also works in Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal.

Install Qt 5 modules in Ubuntu 12.04

The Ubuntu SDK Team PPA contains Qt 5 based libraries for Ubuntu 12.04 and Ubuntu 12.10. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands to add the PPA:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa

Then update system package lists:

sudo apt-get update

The command in next step will automatically install the required packages from this PPA. After that, you can disable / remove this ppa from Software & Updates or Software Sources -> Other Software tab.

Download & Install xVideoServiceThief 2.5

First download the Debs from the below links. You may check OS type 32-bit or 64-bit by System Settings -> Details.

Download xVideoServiceThief 2.5 32-bit | 64-bit

Then run below commands in terminal to install it as well as the dependencies:

sudo dpkg -i xvst_2.5-1~getdeb2_*.deb; sudo apt-get -f install

That’s it. Enjoy!

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Block Access to Unwanted Websites in Ubuntu 13.10/13.04/Linux Mint

Last updated: September 10, 2013

Want to block access to certain websites from your machine running Ubuntu or Linux Mint? It’s easy to do it by editing the host file.

With the hosts file, you can tell Ubuntu to redirect the specific websites to 127.0.0.1. So that the web browser returns below error:

block specific websites in ubuntu

To do so, edit the /etc/hosts with your favorite editor. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below command to edit the hosts via gedit:

sudo gedit /etc/hosts

Add below lines to the end of the file. Exclude the “http://” and change the domain names.

# block access to certain sites
127.0.0.1 www.websites1.com
127.0.0.1 www.websites2.com
127.0.0.1 websites3.com
127.0.0.1 morewebsites.com

block-specific-sites-via-hosts

Save the file and re-launch your web browser. Done.

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How to Easily Create Desktop Slideshow in Ubuntu via Pictoric

Last updated: September 10, 2013

Pictoric is a simple utility for Ubuntu Unity to create a desktop slideshow out of the directory of your choice that contains either .jpg/.jpeg or .png files for a given time interval that you choose. Your desktop slideshow will then be initiated and saved to be ready to go for subsequent logins.

pictoric desktop slideshow ubuntu

Just simple and efficient! To install it in Ubuntu, download and double-click to install the DEB via pop-up Ubuntu Software Center.

Download Pictoric in Launchpad

You can also install this app from the PPA. Press Ctrl+Alt+T to open terminal, then run below commands one by one:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:glacier-apps/pictoric
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pictoric

Once installed, you can open it from Unity Dash or in System Settings window.

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Install HexChat via PPA in Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy

Last updated: September 10, 2013

hexchat logoHexChat is an IRC client based on XChat, but unlike XChat it’s completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems. HexChat was originally called XChat-WDK which in turn was a successor of freakschat.

Features:

  • Easy to use and customizable interface
  • Cross-platform on Windows and Unix-like OSes
  • Highly scriptable with Python and Perl
  • Translated in multiple languages
  • Fully open source and actively developed
  • Multi-network with auto-connect, join, and identify
  • Spellcheck, Proxies, SASL, DCC support and more

Here’s how to install HexChat via PPA in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open temrinal. When it opens, run below commands to add the ppa:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/hexchat-stable

Then update system package lists and install the IRC Client:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install hexchat

Once installed, open hexchat from unity dash home.

HexChat Ubuntu

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How to Install and Use Numix Icon Theme in Ubuntu 13.10 / 13.04

Last updated: September 9, 2013

This brief tutorial shows you how to install & use Numix Ubuntu Touch style icons on Ubuntu 13.10 Saucy and Ubuntu 13.04 Raring.

numix utouch style icon

Numix is a modern flat theme with a combination of light and dark elements. It supports Gnome, Unity, XFCE and Openbox.

To install this icons, press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run commands to add the ppa:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:numix/ppa

Then update and install:

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install numix-icon-theme numix-icon-theme-utouch

Or you can download the Debs from the PPA packages page if you don’t want to add the ppa.

Once installed this theme, use the theme via unity tweak tool or gnome tweal tool. To set the theme in Xfce, run the following commands in Terminal:

xfconf-query -c xsettings -p /Net/ThemeName -s "Numix"
xfconf-query -c xfwm4 -p /general/theme -s "Numix"

Numix icons in Ubuntu unity

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How to Watch Live Streams on Ubuntu via Your Favorite Video Player

Last updated: September 8, 2013

youtube ustream livestreamWant to watch live streams on Ubuntu via your favorite video player? Well, here’s how to do it using Livestreamer which supports most of the big streaming services such as Dailymotion, Livestream, Twitch/Justin.tv, YouTube Live, UStream.

Livestreamer is a Command Line Interface that pipes video streams from various services into a video player, such as VLC, Mplayer. The main purpose of Livestreamer is to allow the user to avoid buggy and CPU heavy flash plugins but still be able to enjoy various streamed content.

There is also an API available for developers who want access to the video stream data.

It’s very easy to use this tool. Let’s say you want to watch the stream located on http://twitch.tv/day9tv, just run below command in terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T to open it).

livestreamer twitch.tv/day9tv

[cli][info] Found matching plugin justintv for URL twitch.tv/day9tv
Found streams: 240p, 360p, 480p, 720p (best), mobile_high, mobile_low (worst)

It will find out what streams are available and print them out for you to choose from. Simply give livestreamer the stream as the second argument and playback will start in your video player of choice.

In this case the best stream is a reference to the stream that is considered to be of highest quality, e.g 720p. The –player argument will specify the video player (It will open VLC as the default player if not specified).

livestreamer twitch.tv/day9tv best --player mplayer

live streams ubuntu

Install Livestreamer in Ubuntu, Linux Mint

Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens run below commands to install pip installer:

sudo apt-get install python-pip

Then install Livestreamer via pip:

sudo pip install livestreamer

This will work on all current supported Ubuntu releases, include Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04, Ubuntu 10.04 and their derivatives such as Linux Mint and Elementary OS.

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FrostWire 5.6.4 Released, Ubuntu Installation Instructions Included

Last updated: September 8, 2013

As you may know, FrostWire is a free and high quality BitTorrent client. The latest version 5.6.4 fixed a few bugs and updated translations.

FrostWire Bittorrent client

  • Fixes issues parsing some cloud urls.
  • Fixes issues with soundcloud meta search.
  • Spanish translation updated.
  • French translation updated. Thanks @jeromemorignot.
  • Portuguese translation updated. Thanks @tati110.
  • Brazilian Portuguese translation updated. Thanks @tati110.
  • Arabic translation updated. Thanks @nisrmasr.
  • Turkish translation updated. Thanks @Serrae.

Interested? Here’s how to install or upgrade in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.10, Ubuntu 12.04 and their derivatives.

Before getting started, you need to install OpenJDK from Ubuntu Software Center or install Oracle Java via ppa

1.) You can always download the latest Debs for Ubuntu based system from the official download link:

Download FrostWire for Ubuntu

Then double click to install the Deb via pop-up Ubuntu Software Center.

2.) The other way to install FrostWire is using the GetDeb repository. Press Ctrl+Alt+T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run below commands one by one:

wget http://archive.getdeb.net/install_deb/getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb

sudo dpkg -i getdeb-repository_0.1-1~getdeb1_all.deb

sudo apt-get update; sudo apt-get install frostwire
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Install Aegisub Subtitle Editor 3.0.4 in Ubuntu via Official Deb

Last updated: September 6, 2013

As you may know, Aegisub is a free, cross-platform open source tool for creating and modifying subtitles. Aegisub makes it quick and easy to time subtitles to audio, and features many powerful tools for styling them, including a built-in real-time video preview.

Aegisub-logo

Aegisub is available in Ubuntu Software Center since Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal, but it’s old. At the moment, the latest version is 3.0.4 and it’s available for downloading at the below links:

aegisub_3.0.4-1_i386.deb

aegisub_3.0.4-1_amd64.deb

Or you can check out all Debs from the official ftp download page.

Once downloaded, you can install it in Ubuntu 13.10, Ubuntu 13.04, Ubuntu 12.04 and their deviratives such as Linux Mint and Elementary by running below commands in terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T):

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

Or you can directly double-click to install the Deb if there’s no dependency problem.

aegisub subtitle editor

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