How to install firefox 10 in Ubuntu via ppa

Firefox 10 ppa

Mozilla has launched the latest version of firefox yesterday. The new version comes with several improvement.  Firefox 10 adds support for the fullscreen API. This can be used for not only video, but games, or even other HTML based apps, such as presentation slides as well. Another exiciting features is CSS 3D transforms, a major CSS3 [...]

Webilder: Download image from flickr webshot and use it as wallpaper

downloading photo

Webilder is the stunning application that will deliver wonderful wallpaper to your Linux from Flickr, webshots and your local folders. The image can be automatically obtain when user specify certain keyword tag like(cars, bike). Webilder automatically download the wallpaper based on the tag and display as wallpaper on your desktop. Furthermore the application automatically change [...]

How to reset your forgotten password in Ubuntu

recovery mode in Ubuntu

Password can be reset in the Ubuntu very easily using the recovery mode. I have seen many people who are rebooting or reinstalling the entire system after they forgot their Ubuntu password. You don’t have to reinstall your entire system just because you forgot your password. There are various ways to reset the password. I [...]

How to create your own startup files in Linux

opening startup file using nano

Startup file is something that is started whenever the operating system starts. For example: For a login,  /bin/login file is used and the password is read and matched by reading the /etc/passwd file. These both files are also the startup files. See, there are bunch of startup files in Linux and each files have their [...]

Echo command: printing arguments, using as calculator

echo command

If you are familiar to programming, you pretty much already know what does echo do. It normally print the arguments on the screen in the new line. Echo command works fine in both Korn and Bourne shell. In Korn shell, one more feature is provided that is print command. It’s like same as the echo [...]

Skype tab NG supports TAB in skype for Linux

skype-tab linux

Skype TAB NG(next generation) helps you to add awesome tabs for skype in Linux. This tools will seperate the skype in two section Left section contains all the skype contant list as well as other skype function whereas right has side display the conversation information of the current involvement user. More than one converstaion will [...]