How To Add A Program To The Ubuntu Startup
This article will teach you how you can add a program to th startup of Ubuntu so it automatically starts when you login to Ubuntu.
This can be helpful if you do the same things whenever you login to Ubuntu. For example a web geek can set a web browser to be started automatically after login.
An office employee can set office to be started automatically. Here is a tutorial on adding a program on Ubuntu startup.
Step 1: Open the Dash Home from the launcher. To do this press the Windows (or Linux) key on your keyboard and click the first icon.
Step 2: In the search type Startup. Click Startup Applications in the result.
Step 3: Click on Add.
Now choose a name for the application and give the absolute path (full path) to its executable file.
In the same way if you want to delete a program from startup simply deselect the applications.
Lubuntu: A Lightweight version of Ubuntu, More Lighter Than Xubuntu
Latest versions of Ubuntu are quite heavy and can’t run smoothly on old or slow PC’s. For this you need to find an alternative operating system.
Ubuntu already has a lighter version called Xubuntu but I personally didn’t find it so useful for older PC’s, like Pentium 3.
So if you want a really light version of Ubuntu that is even lighter than Xubuntu then you should go with Lubuntu.
Lubuntu uses half of the ram as Xubuntu. Xubuntu is based on XFCE desktop environment and Lubuntu is based on LXDE desktop environment.
Phoronix.com benchmarked that LXDE is lighter than XFCE, Gnome & KDE. This makes Lubuntu more efficient on older PC’s.
Lubuntu is a modification of Ubuntu operating system. Its minimum requirement is Pentium 2 with 128 MB of RAM. Only 
Here are few screenshots of Lubuntu:
Visit Lubuntu site here.
Conclusion:
If you have a PC which can’t run Ubuntu properly than give a try to Xubuntu. If Xubuntu fails than you should give a try to Lubuntu, this will surely give you a better experience.
RAW Image Editors For Linux Ubuntu
If you are Linux user and one of those who just love to use SLR cameras to shoot in RAW then here I got some tools for you.
RAW is an image format in which the image is not compressed which gives you many advantages while editing them.
These uncompressed images can be up to three times greater in size than a HD JPEG image, which means quite huge size.
Here are four RAW Image editors.
1. RAW Therapee
RAW Therapee is also available on Windows and Mac OS X. You can use it in Linux OS to manipulate your RAW Therapee.
Developers are making RAW Therapee full of features that can give you more control over your RAW Images.
2. UFRaw
It’s a GTK+ based editor to manipulate your RAW images on Linux OS (or Ubuntu). It can also be used as a plugin for GIMP so you can get it while your typical image editing drill.
It uses Dave Coffin’s raw conversion utility to read most of the RAW images. Using Little CMS it can control basic color management to apply color profile.
Installing it from Ubuntu command line:
sudo apt-get install ufraw
3. Rawstudio
With Rawstudio you can convert RAW images to JPEG, TIFF and PNG formats. It gives you a good control over the RAW images.
Supports a lot of file types. An elegant user interface welcomes you when you open it. Lots of sliders are available to see how they effect the image.
It’s a nice tool for raw images but it is not designed for typical image editing. So keep gimp with you.
From Ubuntu terminal installation:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rawstudio/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install rawstudio
4. Photivo
Photivo can handle almost all the RAW formats and BMP Images quite easily. Interface is quite confusing for beginners.
If you enjoy playing with GIMP then the advantage this software can give you is that you will also be able send the very same image to GIMP for some touch-ups.
Photivo uses the most advanced image manipulation algorithms. This software is made for professionals and not for the new ones.
Install it from Ubuntu terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dhor/myway
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install photivo
I hope you liked the collection. Only four image editors are not enough, if you know about any other powerful RAW image editor for Linux then please do share it with us.
Batch / Bulk Image Resize In Ubuntu Linux
Image resizing is one of the important things if you have to deal with the images a lot of times in a day. Especially when you are blogging you need to edit / resize images a lot. I also have to resize images to use in my blog. This article is going to explain a way to resize lots of images (bulk / batch image resize) in a matter of seconds. This method is only for Ubuntu / Linux users because I’m going to tell you about a Linux app.
Step 1: Download imagemagick from Ubuntu Software Center or run this command in the terminal:
sudo apt-get install imagemagick
Step 2: Now move all the image that you want to resize in bulk (batch image resize) to a single directory.
Step 3: Open terminal and change to that directory:
cd <directory>
Step 4: Run this command to change the size of the image to a specific percentage:
mogrify -resize 90% -format jpg *
and this command to change the size of the image by giving width and height:
mogrify -resize 1024x800 -format jpg *
-format jpg * tells that output will be in jpg format. In this way you can bulk / batch resize images in Ubuntu Linux.
FatRat: Best Download Manager For Ubuntu Linux
When it comes to downloading huge files then a download manager is a must have app. Ubuntu has many download managers that can be used to download files from the internet, pause them on the way and resume whenever you want. Today I’m going to write about FatRat – one of the best download managers for Ubuntu.
Here is a screenshot of its ratings in Ubuntu Software Center:
Here is a first look to FatRat once you have opened it:
To add a link which is to be downloaded then you need to click the green plus button at the top right corner. Once you click the button a new window will open:
Here paste the link which is to be downloaded and set the download speed (if you want to set, zero means maximum). Set the destination and press OK. If you don’t want to be in the hassle of copying the link and then pasting it here then you can integrate FatRat into you web browser, click here to do this.
Once you have integrate it with your favorite web browser then you can easily download it by right-clicking on the link that is to be downloaded and then clicking “Download with FatRat”.
Currently I’m using FatRat as my download manager and it is running smoothly.
Tomboy: Best Note Taking App For Ubuntu Linux
Note taking is a quite handy feature for a regular computer user, especially for those who spend a lot of time on the web. One click saving of important points makes it easy to remember things when you next time log in to your computer. There are many note taking apps for Ubuntu but I’ve found this app much more useful then any other app.
You must be thinking that there are many note taking extensions for most of the popular web browsers like Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Safari. As a web user you can also use those extensions but I personally didn’t find those extensions reliable. Some of them fails when you are out of Internet connection. But if you are comfortable with those apps then you should go with them.
To Install Tomboy Notes open Ubuntu Software Center and type “Tomboy” in the search bar. From the list click on Tomboy Notes “Details” or directly click the Install button.
Once you have installed it you can see its icon in the panel. As you can see in the following image.
Clicking on it will drop down a menu with the options of creating a new note, searching already written notes, latest notes used (I’ve blurred them out in the below image), etc.
Clicking the Search All Notes opens all the notes you have written so far with a search bar over the top.
Just search with any word you think you have written in that particular note.
Clicking on “Create a new note” will open the below window. The blue one is the note title and below written text in black is the note description. Tomboy will save as you type. If you click on the close button of the window then it does not mean that you have not saved the note. To delete a note you have to click the “No Symbol” (that red one).
Lets take a look at the preferences window:
Here you can enable a number of options. Highlight WikiWords means that if a phrase or a word is written in the note and there is another note that have the word or the phrase as a title then that word (phrase) will become link to that note. You can also change the font from here.
In the hotkeys section you can set the hot keys for various functions.
Synchronization feature lets you sync you notes with Ubuntu’s Ubuntu One cloud feature.
Add-ins lets you add more features to your Tomboy notes. If you feel that these add-ins are not sufficient then you can click on the link “Get More Add-Ins” to get more add-ins. I’ve installed any add-in because I didn’t feel any deficiency in the basic functions.
Get Gnome Desktop Back In Ubuntu Natty
Ubuntu Natty Narwhal (Ubuntu 11.04) comes with the Unity desktop which is quite awesome but most of Ubuntu users are not comfortable with the Unity desktop. For those who don’t have much interest in Unity and want to fall back to Gnome desktop in Ubuntu Natty Narwhal (Ubuntu 11.04) should follow these simple steps to achieve this:
Step 1: Logout.
Step 2: When you get the login screen then click on the profile with which you want to login.
Step 3: It will ask you for the password. Now look below at the end of the screen. Here click on the “Ubuntu” and click “Ubuntu classic”.
Step 4: Enter password and login.
Enjoy the Gnome desktop
How to See Ubuntu Version
This article will teach you how you can see your current Ubuntu version. When we log in to Ubuntu or when we start Ubuntu we can’t see current Ubuntu version anywhere. Here is a short and may be the easiest way to find out the current Ubuntu version of you are running.
Step 1: Open the terminal
Step 2: run this command:
cat /etc/issue
I get this as output:
Ubuntu 11.04 \n \l
Installing LAMP on Ubuntu with Only One Command
In this tutorial you will learn how to install LAMP on Ubuntu 10.10 with only one command. When I thought of Installing LAMP on my Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat I first opened the Ubuntu Software Center and searched there for LAMP but I didn’t get anything related to LAMP. Then I thought now its gonna be tough. But thank God I found a superb piece of information at Tech Tickle.
Installation is quite easy. All you need to do is to type this command on the terminal and it will start downloading and installing the LAMP.
sudo apt-get install lamp-server^
Note that you need to insert the caret (^) at the end of the command. This can be achieved with ‘shift + 6‘.
Then you will asked for the root password of MySQL. Make sure you remember the password. In the future you may need it for configuration.
After the installation has finished you need to reboot your Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat to complete LAMP installation. Your server is installed at
/var/www/
After reboot open your browser and write in the address bar:
http://localhost/
If it displays this then it means you are successfully installed the LAMP server on your Ubuntu.
Otherwise there is something wrong and you need to have an adventure
A problem I faced after the installation of the LAMP server. I was not able to paste my WordPress folder into it. It was saying that I don’t have enough permissions. So you need to change its permissions. It can be done with chmod command.
