Install VLC media player for Ubuntu

Graphical Way

Open Synaptic application

Click on System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager.

In Settings -> Repositories, make sure you have an universe repository activated.

Search for vlc and install it, as well as vlc-plugin-pulse. You may also want to install mozilla-plugin-vlc.

If you are interested in streaming or transcoding, you should additionnally install libavcodec-extra-52 from a multiverse repository.

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Recover Lost Passwords in Ubuntu 12.04 using recovery mode

 

Let’s face it, some of us do forget our passwords. Unlike Windows, resetting your forgotten password in Ubuntu 12.04 isn’t too difficult. All you have to do is login to the recovery mode at your boot prompt and reset it.

 

To get started, power on your Ubuntu computer while holding down the Shift Key on your keyboard. At the boot menu (GRUB) select (Recovery Mode)

 

 

How to enable "Open terminal" option into right click menu in ubuntu

 

To enable the feature in Ubuntu 12.04, press Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard to open Terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to install the required package.

 

sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal

 

Next, run the command below to reset Nautilus.

 

nautilus -q

 

Finally, right-click on any folder to open it in Terminal.

 

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Installing Fonts in Windows Vista and 7

In Windows Vista or Windows 7, click Start –> and type Run or Press Winows key + r , then select the Run program from the list above.

Then enter the following command and press enter

 

%windir%\fonts

 

For windows XP use the command and press enter

 

%windir$\fonts

 

Method 1

 

Right-click on any blank area and select Install New Fonts. Locate the font and install.

 

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How to enable "Open Command Window" option into right click menu in windows 7

When these features are enabled, you should be able to open any folder using command prompt.

Method 1

 

This feature is already enabled in Windows 7. All you have to do to activate it is simply holding down the Shift Key on your keyboard and right-clicking the folder you wish to open in the command console.

 

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Create USB Bootable Linux

First you need to Download Universal USB Installer - Click Here

Requirements needed to create a Bootable USB with UUI

Ensure that your USB drive is fat16/fat32 formatted, otherwise Syslinux will fail and your drive will NOT Boot.

USB Flash Drive Creation Prerequisites

Universal-USB-Installer-1.8.9.6.exe

Windows XP/Vista/7 or WINE to create the USB (Win 98/2K WILL NOT Work!)

Fat32 Formatted Flash Drive

PC with a BIOS that can boot from USB

Your Favorite Linux ISO

Feel free to inform me of unlisted Live Linux distributions, and or version revisions for listed distributions, and I will do my best to update the UUI tool to support them.

Backup & Restore your Whole Ubuntu Computer using Remastersys

If you want to completely backup your whole Ubuntu computer, including system files and personal data, then you probably want to first look at Remastersys.

This open-source application can create a snapshot of your computer and make an ISO image of it, then use the image to restore unto a different machine or the same system.

 

There are some limitations with respect to how much data can be created into an ISO image. Reading from the creator, it seems that there’s a 4GB size limit of what can be backed up and created into an ISO image of your computer. So, if you have a lot of media files and other data that you can safely move somewhere else before backing up, that to. Or use the exclude option with the program to exclude backing up of some unnecessary directories. For your average Ubuntu machine there’s no need to worry, you should be able to back it up easily.

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Step 1

 

Press Ctrl + Alt + T on your keyboard to open terminal. When it opens, run the commands below to install Remastersys repository key.

 

wget -q -O - http://www.remastersys.com/ubuntu/remastersys.gpg.key |sudo  apt-key add -

 

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Fix Ubuntu 11.04 Won't Boot After Restart

After installing Ubuntu 11.04 in a Core 2 Duo Lenovo laptop with Intel Mobile 4 Series Chipset. If the Ubuntu 10.10 worked in flawlessly. But that was not the case when installed the latest Ubuntu. Though installation went smooth, Ubuntu 11.04 just won't boot after restart and instead a blank screen appears with a blinking cursor. This problem can be fixed by doing the following steps.

Step 1

Switch on your laptop and choose 'recovery mode' from GRUB(usually the second option). From the recovery mode prompt, choose 'failsafeX' option.

Choosing failsafeX mode will run your OS in safe graphics mode and you will be able to access classic GNOME desktop now.

 

Step 2

Open Terminal and do the following then(give password when prompted).

sudo gedit /etc/default/grub

Text Editor window will open up. 

 

How to change permission to a folder and all of its subfolders in Linux Ubuntu Terminal

 

CHMOD uses several options and the -R option changes permission to folder and its subfolders.

 

chmod <permissionsettings> <dirname>

 

To change permission we normally use chmod command and it change permission to the current file or directory only.

 

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To change permission to a folder and all of its subfolders use -R option.

 

chmod -R <permissionsettings> <dirname>