Ubuntu the easy OS

This site suits less advanced users, new beginners and experts. It uses the Graphical interface as much as possible and images to explain.

Other recommended sites, The Official Ubuntu help pages or the UBUNTU MANUAL.

Why Ubuntu?

Ubuntu is getting more and more famous and the reasons for choosing it is usually: Innovation, Social support, price, speed, simplicity, boot time, moral, driver support, OBQ(out of the box qualities) the easy interface and interests for freedom etc…

Good luck :)

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Im a new user:

What is an OS —->

What version of Ubuntu do i choose—->

Native Spotify in Ubuntu (premium only)

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To install Spotify native Linux client paste the following line into the terminal(ctrl+alt+t or Applications->Accessories-> Terminal) and confirm with your password.

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com/ stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.sources.list' && gpg --keyserver wwwkeys.de.pgp.net --recv-keys 4E9CFF4E && gpg --export 4E9CFF4E |sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update && apt-get install spotify-client-qt spotify-client-gnome-support

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Add application launcer:

System->Preferences-> Main Menu

Navigate where you want to add the launcher. In sound& Video is the most logical.

Click new item

name it Spotify and add “/usr/bin/spotify” (without the quotes) to the command. -> click ok. and in the menu it is.

The reason its premium only is the “poor” flash support in Linux. I could see that is valid for Mac, but Linux has excellent support for flash and even has a lot of different other software supporting flash. They are implementing a non-flash solution so it might be for the better anyways(since flash.. uh ..you know what i mean).

Why so little posts lately

First i have been doing my bachelor, second I have been addicted to “Assault cube” and third i have started making some slick software for Linux which is a surprise for you guys. And it’s the usual starting to have to do the university stuff syndrome.

So now you know im not quit, i might have taken it up a notch, but it’s just not enough time right now. I might consider not to post 12 posts on one day and and spread them more out in feature. Because many times i tend to be extremely productive.

Stay well

OSGUI Tech show

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OSGUI tech show(osgui) is run by a Tim which is a tech interested guy located in Australia. OSGUI Tech show is a very good channel. It’s mostly Ubuntu directed on the Linux side, but it has a pretty wide variety.  One think i really like about This show is the on scene video. Example there was a open source arrangement in Melbourne related to the open source freedom day, that was covered. And it’s good to to get to know a bit about these events because there is none near me and going to Australia is out of the question.

OSGUI covers Linux reviews, software reviews, tech reviews, some talks, howtos(not only software but also a bit hardware) and some random stuff.

Youtube  – http://www.youtube.com/user/OSGUIShow

Website – http://www.osgui.com/

Open source freedom day Melbourne - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWpgPJCpO2w

Review of Youtube channel: Thisweekinlinux

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This week in linux (thisweekinlinux) is a well established channel on youtube that is run by a guy called Jodan. There is usually a weekly news update plus some reviews and how-tos. The videos from this guy appears very well planned and professional. His news are about linux in general and very much of it is Ubuntu relevant. On the how-to’s side he currently has a very good section on kdenlive video editing that is very well executed and explained.

This channel is especially useful as entertainment, as a news source and also has high educational value.

Youtube – http://www.youtube.com/user/thisweekinlinux

Website – http://www.thisweekinlinux.com

Liferea a RSS feed reader

A RSS feed is a collection of summary files that websites can publish from their site. A RSS feed normally contains a small description of a post, but can also contain the entire text and images. Using a RSS feed reader can be quite similar to using twitter where you ad feeders(a link to a directory that contains feeds) to your list. Then you can update your feed reader which in this case is Liferea to see all the latest posts from different sites.

To install Liferea open the software center and type Liferea. Click install and wait for the install to finish. You can find Liferea in Applications -> Internet -> Liferea. When you open Liferea you can see that it already contains some sample feeds. Most these feeds are feeds about Linux or Ubuntu. To remove feeds you don’t want, use the folder navigation as a normal file manager. Right click and select delete.

Mostly Liferea will find the feeds itself. You just have to copy the link. To find feeds that are not auto detected you have to look around on the website you want to have the feed from. Some feeds are easy to guess. Example wordpress feeds which is url/feed which makes this blogs feed http://ubuntuper.wordpress.com/feed and another worpress blog will be http://<THE USER>.wordpress.com/feed. Normally on public sites the feed is linked in the bottom of the page, then it usually says RSS, one example of a site that does this (at the time i wrote this) is OMGUbuntu. When you have found your feed and want to add it to Liferea all you need to do is copy the link. Go in Liferea and click new subscription-> paste the feed link and click ok.

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Tip: as booklover206 said in the comments below: “you can also have services like google reader feed into your liferea.”

Kdenlive 0.7.8

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Kdenlive 0.7.8 The newest version of kdenlive. New features and bug fixes. Next release will most likely be a bug fix release(probably related to the all the new features). To read more about the new changes read the official post.

To install open a terminal and paste the line below(terminal= ‘ctrl+alt+t’ OR Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal):

sudo apt-get install python-software-properties && sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sunab/kdenlive-release && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install kdenlive

If prompted (y/n) type y and hit the enter key.