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I found a great article from UbuntuGeek on how to turn Microsoft Windows 7 desktop to Ubuntu, with proper theme hack. The result is amazing!
You can read the rest of the article here: How To Make Windows 7 look like Ubuntu
Windows users should be familiar with the “Windows Key” present on most QWERTY keyboards. This key supposedly brings up the “Start Menu” on Microsoft Windows operating system, but it is useless when in Ubuntu, as it does nothing when pressed. Here’s how to make the “Windows Key” to function similarly in Ubuntu as in Windows operating system.
Firstly, go to the Gnome desktop and click on the “System menu”. Then go to “Preferences” and select “Keyboard Shortcuts”. Then look for “Show Panel Menu” under “Action” column and click the shortcut column. Press the “Windows Key”. Close the dialog and you’re done. Here’s the screenshot of the dialog for your reference.
Extra Added Touch?
For an extra added touch, you can replace the “Windows” logo on the “Windows Key” with the Ubuntu ones. System76 offers free Ubuntu logo stickers to be used on the “Windows Logo” key, and the good news is you can order it for free! (the bad news is, it only available to few selected countries only)
Happy hacking!
A nice twitter client for those who are working in CLI environment.
Get twitter-cmdline.
A Windows alternative is also available at : Twitter Windows Command Line Client.
Alternatively you can try a cURL hack to post your update to twitter from command line.
btw my twitter id is ‘mypapit’. Happy twittering.
This guide might be a little different from the others because I write this for the Windows users. Here’s how to convert Microsoft OpenXML docx files to odf OpenDocument files (and vice versa) in Windows using only commandline :
odfconverter /I filename.pptxodfconverter /BATCH-DOCX /I c:\newfiles\
replace /BATCH-DOCX with /BATCH-PPTX, /BATCH-XLSX, /BATCH-ODF, /BATCH-ODP if necessary.
Odfconverter also supports converting Open Document files (ODF, ODP, ODT) to OpenXML files (PPTX,DOCX,XLSX) making it a handy tool to use.
Why odfconverter?
Odfconverter is a (relatively) small and compact standalone tool for converting Office 2007 files to their OpenDocument counterpart. The convenient batch mode conversion makes it attractive tool to use when converting multiple files between the two formats.
The only downside with this converter is that it does not convert mathematical formula pretty well compared to other features.
Though Wubi is only officially supported on Ubuntu Hardy Heron onwards (8.04), there is a trick exist which enables you to install Ubuntu 7.10 on Windows using a discontinued binary released by Wubi Installer project.
Read more at : Unofficial-Unsupported Tricks: Installing Ubuntu 7.10 Using Wubi though i couldnt find any reason to install 7.10, it is nice to know it could be done.