Linux Mint 12 (Lisa) released. It is based on the recently released Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot)  and is powered by Linux kernel 3.0, X.Org 7.6 and GNOME 3.2, yes Gnome 3.2. It offers a set of extensions to gnome 3.2 for making the look native to gnome 2. The extensions set MGSE includes the Mint menu, bottom panel with applications minimized and desktop indicator, native system tray etc.. This make [...]

The coming Ubuntu 12.04 is a LTS version and is supported for 5 years. Crystal clear unity desktop with no bugs is the aim. That is why it is precise pangolin. With the completion of the Ubuntu Developers Summit, the clear course for development of Precise Pangolin is now established. Here are the list of changes and new features added to the upcoming ubuntu 12.04 Ubuntu 12.04 release schedule says [...]

   Opensuse 12.1 has been released! This release bring awesome improvements include the latest GNOME 3.2 desktop as well as the newest from KDE, Xfce and LXDE; your own Cloud made easy with mirall; Snapper-shots of your file system. openSUSE 12.1 comes with the new GNOME Shell 3.2. We presented you with a taste of GNOME Shell on openSUSE 11.4; since then, many bugs have been squashed and numerous small [...]

If you format and do a clean install of new version of your distro, Ubuntu, Fedora, OpenSuSE or any other, you must back up your home directory first, in which case you’ll have anything you had in Tomboy available to restore. There is no ~/.tomboy directory in latest linux distros. Turns out they’re now in /home/YourUserName/.local/share/tomboy So after your upgrade, just shut down Tomboy and restore all the .note files [...]

The latest and the biggest Google phone, Samsung Galaxy Nexus, is slated to be released on the 17th of November, this year. Google has already planned to launch the source code of Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS) on the very same day. The release of the source code should be a reason to rejoice for all the existing Android users and device manufacturers since the secret sauce shall enable [...]

The Document Foundation has announced LibreOffice 3.4.4, an improved version of the free office suite. LibreOffice comes pre-installed on Ubuntu and many other Linux-based distributions.   This version comes with some bug fixes including * Recalculation of matrix formula dimension correctly. * Toggling grammar checkbox deletes sentence * Random crash while dropping texture * Handing in slideshow. (fdo#32861) [Thorsten Behrens] * Crash on closing document with footnotes. You can read [...]

Tweaking gnome 3.2 gnome-shell is essential for everyday computing. Need Desktop Icons, Need all buttons, install themes, change wallpapers frequently etc. are essential needs. For new users the overlay mode of gnome shell, dash is little bit confusing first time. Also need the Alt+Tab, Weather extension, System Monitor, Calendar integration, Places menu, Applicaitons menu are must needed extensions for gnome shell. There is a fantastic developer called fpmurphy developed lot [...]

Fedora 16 codenamed Verne released. This time the greatest update is the new Gnome 3.2, the evolution of the new gnome platform to next level and KDE Plasma Workspaces 4.7. The new kernel 3.1 added, latest Libreoffice and Firefox are usual updates. On Gnome 3.2 you will get sushi, a default preview applicaiton for nautilus, gnome documents, gnome contacts etc.. Grub2 is now used by default and HAL has been [...]

Fedora Utils is a “post installation” script for Fedora.  By Using this you can install applications that are not available in the main Fedora repositories and tweak various settings of your fedora installation. This require a good internet connection and good download speed. Fedora Utils features: Add current user to sudoers Enable autologin for current user Set yum to keep cache Install yum tidy-cache plugin Add repositories – RPMFusion, Google, [...]

To create responsive web documents javascript plays a key role. By using various libraries the user experience can be improved.   Tangle is a javascript library to create responsive documents. It is used for building interactive documents where users can easily change parameters and see the document updated live. For example a sentance When you eat 33 cookies, you consume 1650 calories. If you can dynamically change the cookies number [...]

  Slider.js is a slideshow engine built with jQuery and uses CSS3 and HTML canvas for the transitions. Elements can have a text with links and users can browse it with a pagination or using the prev-next links. Basic features of Slider.js Each slide displays the image, but can also have a text caption and a link. Slides navigation (pages, next, previous) Load images before starting the slider. Load the [...]

  For magazine websites Latest news or flashing news is a must. The scrolling text will get a fast attention of a user. Another advantage of news tickers is it consumes very less space. The marquee tag is almost depricated so Use a Jquery plugin is a better option. jQuery News Ticker is a very nice plugin. It is inspired from the BBC news ticker, that simplifies creating them. It [...]

There is always a chance for getting a menu. The whole desktop system is based on Menu than dash. It is the default methode to find and launch progrmmes since computer GUI. Now a days everybody is switching to dash and overlay system like gnome shell dash, ubuntu dash etc… But there is still lot of significance for a programme menu In ubuntu 11.10 we will not get an application [...]