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Dark Ambiance theme for Ubuntu 12.10

Ever since I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 I've somehow managed to keep my Desktop look nice and clean with Dark context menu and nautilus sidebar.

Flask support for SublimeText

This is my first blog post of the year. I like to confess that I'd actually lost interest in this blog for all this time because of my college and work commitments. However, I've decided to start blogging again and publish at least one post per month.

Mic not working in Ubuntu 12.04-- Solved

Ever since I upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 I 'd been experiencing problems with my mic, for some reason ALSA did not recognize my internal/external mic. So I went on looking for a fix on google and found a temporary solution which was installing pulse-audio controller and tweaking the input sound settings. But I had to fiddle with pulse-audio controller every time I had to use my mic. Since this wasn't a real fix I continued searching, but all I could find was bug reports filled with launchpad and a few askubuntu answers which were of no use.

Inner Shadow effect using Gimp

I've been using Gimp for quite some time now, and it may not be as powerfull as photoshop but currently it's the best possible alternative to Photoshop you could find. Gimp is Open-source photo editing tool and is versatile in nature as it supports python scripting which allows users to add additional functionality to it.

I Ubuntu, do you ?

"I Ubuntu, do you ?" this is my Ubuntu slogan.

Dark ambiance theme for Ubuntu 12.04

My upgrade from 11.10 to 12.04 went smooth without any issues. But after a reboot I found the new UI uncomfortable to use, it felt as if it had lost its magic touch.

Radiotray-- Lightweight online radio app for Ubuntu

Radiotray is a lightweight radio app thats runs on system tray, it streams online radio from a number of genres from different stations.

Portable apps for Linux-- Ubuntu

If the windows users can be proud of Portableapps.com for providing softwares that can be carried anywhere, now Linux users should also be proud that Portablelinuxapps.org has been launched to users.

Radio recorder for Linux-Ubuntu

There are quite a few ways one could record online streaming radio on ubuntu, however the most easy and efficient way to do this would be by just using these two simple applications, Streamripper and Streamtuner.

Ubuntu on mobile

Michael Hall has shared on his blog, the new designs he created for Ubuntu Phone.

Ubuntu 11.10 (Oneiric Ocelot) Keyboard Shortcuts for Unity

Keyboard Shortcuts

Get Your USB Drives To Work With VirtualBox-- (Ubuntu Unity)

After an upgrade to Oneric it is noticeable that the user management application is kinda downgraded-- something that really pissed me off !

Batch install TTF fonts on Ubuntu

For the people who are not aware about batch installation of TTF fonts on Ubuntu.

Network icon disabled in ubuntu 11.10/12.04 -- Solved

Today I successfully upgraded my system from Ubuntu 11.04 to 11.10. All went well and I was feeling happy about the Lightgdm interface and the improved window management system. Then I noticed my network manager applet icon which was in offline or disconnected mode, to my surprise I was able to go online without any issues.

FLASH-AID: removes conflicting plugins and installs proper flash plugin for Linux

Earlier today I had a chance to install Ubuntu on my friends Laptop(Intel system architecture). All was fine until I landed on a youtube page for checking if the flash was installed right, and that's when I noticed some glitches in the video stream with very poor sound quality.