Category: Ubuntu/Debian

We may have been familiar with the usual apt-get operations for installing, updating and removing application packages on your Debian-base Linux operating system (Ubuntu is one of it).

But do you know that you can trigger it to show a hidden easter egg?

try typing “apt-get moo” and see it for yourself :)

[tags]apt-get,debian,deb,ubuntu,knoppix[/tags]

I found out about this application from GnomeFiles. Not particularly useful, but entertaining. The basic operation of the program is to convert plain text into leetspeak writing system.

Future releases may provide functionality to reverse leetspeak text back to plaintext for greater readability.

1337 generator requires GTK+ 2.x and can be downloaded from http://leet-generator.sourceforge.net/

[tags]gtk+,1337,leet,ubuntu,linux[/tags]

Tired of spending hours in front of a dull and boring desktop? Then I suggest that you spice up your workspace by installing Hot-Babe.

Hot-Babe is a unique application which displays CPU utilization using images of a hot babe on your desktop, which is a nice addition to your desktop. Ubuntu Linux users can get Hot-babe application from GetDeb.net click and run software portal, however please read the disclaimer below before installing hot-babe.

Disclaimer, Hot-Babe is NSFW !!
For starters, Hot babe is literally a ‘hot’ application. This may not suitable for your daily use if you’re easily offended by the way it displays CPU utilization status.

When the CPU is idle, Hot-Babe will display a fully dresed girl. As the system activity increases girl begins to undress bit by bit (to reflect the system getting hotter) until she become completely naked when your system reaches 100% CPU utilization. Hence the name, hot-babe!

So if you’re still interested to install and use Hot-babe, please make sure that you’re using it responsibly and make sure that there’s no children around especially when the computer is extremely busy!

[tags]hot babe, applications, system, linux, ubuntu, system monitoring, open source, nsfw[/tags]

If you’re using Ubuntu then you must have been familiar with how you can easily install GNU/Linux software from one of its software repositories.
However there are times that the application that you are looking for isn’t available on repositories for various reasons or is outdated for quite some time.
Enter GetDeb, an unofficial software portal that provides additional software packages for Ubuntu Linux distributions. GetDeb compliments Ubuntu repositories by listing various software that is not available in official repo (main,multivers,universe).
What makes GetDeb different ?
For starters, you do not need to put GetDeb servers in your apt-get sources list. All you need to do is surf GetDeb website using the default Mozilla Firefox browser, and it will list software available for your current Ubuntu release.
Installing software from GetDeb is as easy as clicking your mouse button, after that the usual firefox dialog will appear and all you need to do is click ok to install the selected software package using GDebi.
GetDeb requires that you enable Ubuntu Extra Repositories as describe in Ubuntu Wiki.
Although it is not a new approach, GetDeb does provide choice for Ubuntu users to choose which software to install in their pc by merely using a web browser.

debian, ubuntu, click and run, dapper drake, edgy eft, deb, repositories, apt-get

Ever experience application freeze in Linux? You can easily spot them because their windows are not responding and it has blank content. Non-Responding application also eats up your memory and your precious CPU cycle. Some even prevent you from running other critical applications.

But how are you going to close a non-responding application? Clicking the close button surely won’t help because the application does not response to your mouseclicks. For some people, the solution is to quit Xwindows (GNOME) session and start it again, but that would consume too much time by re-initialising the Windows Manager back.

One thing that you can do that actually can help you eliminate non-responding application is by using the ‘xkill’ application. To use it, (either in GNOME or KDE) you need to press Alt-F2, and type xkill to run the app. Your mouse will turn into something that resemble skull bone. Click on the non-responding Windows, and the windows will be forced closed.

There you go, a not so subtle solution to non-responding windows in Linux.

[tags]linux,ubuntu,debian,xwindows,gnome,xkill,desktop[/tags]