And finally this last screenshot is of my simple ubuntu desktop with BMW wallpaper.

If you are impressed with the cool and simple look,fonts and screen savers of ubuntu and you have windows XP installed on your system and don’t wanna install ubuntu.So there is a really cool ubuntu customization pack available for you whick will almost completely change the look of windows XP into ubuntu.This pack contains the visual styles for Ubuntu, Cursors, Boot Screen, LogonUI, Screensaver, custom sounds and much more utilities for Ubuntu feel on your windows XP.

Download  Ubuntu Customization Pack For Windows XP

http://uploadbox.com/files/bvHPhpOSQ5
OR
http://uploading.com/files/6UZSH1SC/Ubuntu%20Ultimate%20Customization.rar.html

After a very short time intervals new versions are being introduced by ubuntu.A new version of ubuntu has been released and available for download on 17 january softpedia has written a great review with lots of screenshots.

There are some good changes done in this new version of ubuntu.Open office has been updated to 3.Firefox has also been updated another cool new feature of ext4 filesystem support has been introduced in ubuntu hopefully this will decrease the time of booting.The wallpaper and the theme are unchanged, the GNOME desktop environment has been updated to version 2.25.4 (latest development release), as well as most of its components. Among the applications that were updated in this third alpha of Ubuntu 9.04, we can notice: Pidgin 2.5.3, Brasero 0.9.0, Transmission 1.42, Ekiga 3.0.1, F-Spot 0.5.0.3 and… OpenOffice.org 3.0.1 RC1.

This new version of ubuntu is named Jaunty Jackalope and available in both 32 and 64  bit version for download.

Screenshots of ubuntu (Jaunty Jackalope) Alpha 3

Download : Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty Jackalope) Alpha 3

Most of the beginers who install ubuntu linux wants to install MSN messenger as MSN messenger is a well know Messaging client.I have already posted about synaptic package manager in Ubuntu.Synaptic package manager gives us the ease to install apps in just one click.Also check out my post How to install VLC media player in Ubuntu Linux.

Although Microsoft hasn’t introduced MSN Messenger for Ubuntu or for any other distro of LInux but there is a Clone aMSN Available for MSN messenger for all linux distros.aMSN is a free open source MSN Messenger clone, with features such as:

* Offline Messaging
* Voice Clips
* Display pictures
* Custom emoticons
* Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported)
* Webcam support
* Sign in to more than one account at once
* Full-speed File transfers
* Group support
* Normal, and animated emoticons with sounds
* Chat logs
* Timestamping
* Event alarms
* Conferencing support
* Tabbed chat windows

To Install aMSN in Ubuntu

Go to  > System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manger.

It will ask for password enter the password you have set while installing ubuntu.This is the password with administrative Privileges.

Now as the Synaptic Package Manger is opened click on search button.

Enter aMSN in the search box and click on search button.

In the search result you can see aMSN in the list right click on it and select mark for installation and click Apply.

Ubuntu will download some files from internet and then installation will be done in some seconds or minutes depending on your internet connection.

When every thing is done close the Synaptic Package Manger.Now aMSN will be available in applications > Internet > aMSN

Now you just need to click on Make Data CD or Make audio CD which will take you to another screen.On the other screen you will have no files added as you are starting with blank CD so the easiest thing to do is to click the File menu at the top of the screen and open a new Nautilus window, and then drag files or directories from it into the CD/DVD Creator Folder.

When you have done adding all the file you wanna burn to CD the next step will be start burning.When you are ready to burn the CD, click the Write button and the CD-burning process will begin. A simple status bar will appear so you can keep track of your disc’s progres.Following is the window showing that the files are being written to the CD by Nautilu.

There is a utility available in ubuntu called Unrar.After installing unrar we can easily extract from rar archives by just issuing a command.

To Install Unrar Follow the steps mentioned below.

1) Go to > System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manger.

2) When opened click on Search and enter Unrar in search box and click on search button.

3) Now you will have a package in listing named Unrar right click on it and select mark for installation

4) Now click the apply button and in some seconds Unrar will be installed.

Now as Unrar has been installed succesfully next step is to extract the files.

1) Just go to the terminal Application > Accesories > Terminal.

2) Go to the location where you have place rar files by using CD command.

3) Now issue the following command
unrar x filename.rar
Replace filename with the name of file you wanna extract.

4) As the extraction completes you will have all the extracted files on the same location.

You are Done!

Ubuntu is becoming on of the most popular open source linux distribution nowadays.The main reason is that ubuntu is more user friendly as compare to any other linux distro.I used redhat linux also before somedays but now i am using ubuntu which is far more easy than redhat and i m sure i am  gonna stick with ubuntu.
One of the most good thing is ubuntu is the ease of software installation you can install softwares by just adding a repository and then issuing the command.But there is another cool utility available in ubuntu called synaptic package manager.Not all the softwares can be installed via synaptic package manager but the well known software are available to install.

In this post i am gonna share how to install VLC media player using synaptic package manager.
As all of us know VLC is a well know media player and allow us to play most of the media files in ubuntu

To install VLC media player follow the steps given below.

1) Go to > System > Administration > Synaptic Package manager.

2) When synaptic package manager is opened click on search.

3) Write VLC in the search box and click on search button.

4) Now you will have a listing of some softwares now scroll down your mouse and then you will have a listing named VLC.

5) Right click on VLC And select Mark for installation.

6) Now Click on Apply Button.

7) Now the software will be downloaded and installed in your PC.

Have fun with VLC media player.

If you have recently install ubuntu linux then you must be wondering on how to play mp3 or any other multimedia files.I have mentioned mp3 here because it is the most popular format arround the world.By default ubuntu doesn’t have the required plugins installed to play multimedia files but we don’t need to worry as ubuntu gives us the abililty to install plugins or any other software by issuing just a command.

To play mp3 and other multimedia files you need to install all the plugins required for playing different multimedia files.

Repository List

Many of the multimedia packages you need to install do not reside in the default Ubuntu repository. To get these packages, you will need to add the universe and multiverse repositories to Ubuntu.

Install General-Purpose Libraries and Tools
There are a number of basic libraries and multimedia tools you need to install to get the best support for your multimedia files. These include libraries for MP3 and Ogg Vorbis playback, as well as media players and other tools. If you use Synaptic, select totem-xine from the GNOME Desktop Environment (universe) category, vorbis-tools from the Multimedia category, sox from the Multimedia (universe) category, faad and lame from the Multimedia (multiverse) category, imagemagick from the Graphics category, and finally ffmpeg and mjpegtools from the Graphics (universe) category. Or, if you use apt-get, type:

$ sudo apt-get install totem-xine vorbis-tools sox faad lame \\
imagemagick ffmpeg mjpegtools

Install Gstreamer Libraries
Gstreamer is a new plug-in-based approach to multimedia playback. GNOME uses Gstreamer for much of its own multimedia playback, and, while it is still under heavy development, you will still want to install a number of Gstreamer libraries for GNOME. If you use Synaptic as your package management tool, select the gstreamer0.8-plugins-multiverse package from the Libraries (multiverse) category; gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg, gstreamer0.8-mad, and gstreamer0.8-plugins from the Libraries (universe) category; and gstreamer0.8-lame from the Multimedia (multiverse) category, and apply your changes. Alternatively, if you use apt-get, type:

$ sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.8-plugins-multiverse \\
gstreamer0.8-ffmpeg gstreamer0.8-mad gstreamer0.8-plugins \\
gstreamer0.8-lame