Bug:Freezing gnome-shell after some work hours

A bug on Gnome shell,
when Gnome shell is used for some time, about an hour or more, i t hangs,
the mouse does not hangs.

So its the problem with gnome-shell.

Bug reported on redhat bugzill is availiable at bugzilla.redhat.com.

So for those guys this is really an annoying thing, there is a temporary solution  .

Go to tty1 by pressing

Ctrl + Alt + F1

Now login using user name and password, (Number pad doesn't work here)

On successful login

pkill gnome-shell

Now go back to GUi by

Ctrl + Alt + F7

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Code Name Is "Precise Pangolin"

read more at http://www.markshuttleworth.com/archives/784

Ubuntu 11.10

It seems like Ubuntu dropped Gnome shell and replaced it with Unity. Oneiric Ocelot will be shipped with Unity as default. But they say it will be much more improved.
Also heard a rumor that Fedora 16 will be shipped with unity.
Oneiric Ocelot will be powered using Linux Kernel 3.0 final
Other changes are improved application switcher, smoother compiz grid plugin and software center also got some improvements.
Screen Shots

Best GTK 3 Themes Ever | Ubuntu n Fedora Themes

Download all in a single pack

Click on the Image caption to Download each

These are some of gtk3 themes I reviewed
To apply these themes Refer here 

Drakfire Caffe GTK3

Hope gtk3

Elegant Brit gtk3

Aldabra

Atolm-gtk3

Gnome 3 Theme | Mayur

Try this simple theme created by me.


Download

To apply


Go to the terminal write "sudo nautilus "

Unzip the downloaded file, and everything in the theme folder to copy "/usr/share/gnome-shell/theme"

Press the "ALT" key and "F2" to write the dialogue, the letter "r" and press Enter ....


Plans for greater Unity app integration in Ubuntu 11.10

Ubuntu 11.04 brought with it a shiny new Launcher with shiny new capabilities, such as the ability to display progress bars, count badges and quicklists on application Launcher icons.
Although Ubuntu 11.04 didn’t see the default application take advantage of these features to any great degree plans are afoot to provide Oneiric’s default apps with Unity integration from the get-go.

Default applications

• Gwibber already has Quicklist support in Unity but will benefit from an unread tweet/message count in Ubuntu 11.10.
  
• Update-Manager will receive an update count, progress bar and quicklists containing items such as ‘check for updates’, etc.
  
• Banshee won’t gain player controls in its’ quicklist but ‘media sources’ – as currently found in the Banshee sidebar – will be entered. A progress bar for music and podcast download will also be looked into.
  
• Dynamic quicklists – as seen in AWN and Docky – have been suggested for use with Nautilus, with its quicklist containing user shortcuts and favourites. Progress bars to relay something transfer/copy status are also being mooted.
  Other integration changes planned include control items in Transmission’s Quicklist and progress bars for Brasero – and the Ubuntu Software Centre.

Simple quicklists are also proposed for Gedit, the Terminal, new default backup ‘Deja Dup’ and movie player Totem.

Ubuntu adopts LightDM, login screens to get more exciting..

‘LightDM‘ will replace the standard ‘GDM’ login experience for Ubuntu 11.10, based on a decision taken today at the Ubuntu Developer Summit.

Why?
With Ubuntu 11.10 requiring a slick, ‘consumer orientated’ login experience that better matches the rest of Ubuntu, the decision to switch to ‘LightDM’ proved the ideal solution.
LightDM is promoted as fast, small, well documented, is easily themable and has ‘great accessibility’. A 3D-based interface will greet those with capable hardware, with a 2D version being used fallback where not supported.
Login screens are something that often get overlooked on a machine because at most we spend a few seconds every day staring at them. But they are important not only because of the security they offer, but because of the loading time they can add to a system boot.
Canonical has decided it is going to change the login manager it uses for Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) from the Gnome Display Manager (GDM) to the Light Display Manager (LightDM). This is a significant change for two reasons. The first is one of size, and as the name implies LightDM is much more lightweight than GDM. While GDM consists of around 50,000 lines of code, LightDM only has 5,000 for effectively doing the same job. LightDM is meant to be very fast meaning it could have a positive impact on boot times.

Burg Bootloader for natty.

Do you think it a booted Os, or a splash of a booting Os?

Can u believe that its a boot loader.

How to install Burg boot loader in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal?

Open up your favorite terminal gnome-terminal or xterm or konsole.

Add ppa to the software source list.


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:n-muench/burg
sudo apt-get update



Installation


sudo apt -get install burg burg-common burg-emu burg-pc burg-themes burg-themes-common




Use the following commands if the burg is not appeared after rebooting.(Installation of burg to MBR, usually it will be done automatically after burg install).


Remember to substitute ‘hd0′ with the drive on which your MBR is installed. This usually, but not typically, located on your primary HDD.


sudo burg-install hd0
sudo update-burg






Burg ships with a selection of (admittedly pretty) themes by default. To switch/change between theme is simple:

• Reboot
• Press ‘T’ on your keyboard when at the BURG screen
• Using your arrow keys select a theme from the list that appears
• Hit enter for it to be applied

How to install custom BURG themes?

Amarok | Rediscover music!

For the newbies the default player in ubuntu is banashee.

But I recommend you to try Amarok.

It can be easily installed from ubuntu software center or Synaptic 

or 

the geeky way


sudo apt-get install amarok



Also install the following codecs, the codecs ubuntu recommends is having some problem in my system, these are recommended by the amarok developers.

• libxine1-ffmpeg
• gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly

sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly

 

Also try clementine and exaile two mediaplayers inspired by amarok

ibus malayalam ubuntu 10.10

To create my previous post, i tried to use ibus to type in malayalam, but in ibus, malayalam was misssing. i found a solution, it may work for you also.


To get malayalam support in ibus , run the following command

sudo apt-get install ibus ibus-m17n m17n-db m17n-contrib ibus-gtk


not only for malayalam but several other like Hindi,urdu....