Connecting to a server across the internet is much more secure using SSH. There is a way that you can mount a folder on a remove server using the SSHFS service (based on the SSH File Transfer Protocol). Open terminal and follow these steps: 1. Install sshfs sudo apt-get install sshfs 2. Add yourself to […]

1. To install Alsa sound (alsa-base, alsa-utils, alsa-tools and libasound2) enter this command: sudo apt-get install alsa alsa-tools 2. Add yourself to the group audio: sudo adduser yourusername audio 3. Reboot to take effect sudo init 6 4. Alsamixer is sometimes muted by default, so you might need to unmute it. Run alsamixer: alsamixer Use […]

FFmpeg is a versatile tool to encode and convert a multitude of video and audio formats. x264 encodes high-quality video superior to other popular encoders. Ubuntu 9.10 (Karmic Koala) ships with a version of ffmpeg without libfaac and x264 support because of licensing issues. This means you will need to compile ffmpeg yourself. This guide […]

youtube-dl is a small command-line program to download videos from YouTube.com. It requires the Python interpreter, version 2.x (x being at least 4), and it's not platform specific. It should work in your Unix box, in Windows or in Mac OS X. Install & using 1. install youtube-dl sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install […]

Easiest way to convert over 100 image formats to PDF is using ImageMagick. To install type in terminal: sudo apt-get install imagemagick Convert image to pdf: convert source.png target.pdf Merge all images in folder to one PDF file: convert *.jpg target.pdf For more info enter convert -man

If you want to convert .nrg file to .iso file you can use nrg2iso tool to create this. nrg2iso is a program that extracts ISO9660 data from Nero “.nrg” CD-ROM image files. Install nrg2iso in Ubuntu sudo apt-get install nrg2iso

Gmount-iso is a small tool written using PyGTK and Glade. It allows you to easily mount your cd images. This is a frontend to the mount -o loop -t iso9660 foo.iso /mountpoint command. To install open terminal and type the following command sudo apt-get install gmountiso The application is available from Applications > System Tools […]

Ailurus is an application which aims at making Linux easier to use. Features: Help users study some Linux skills Install/remove some applications which are not provided in the official repository Enable/disable some third party repositories Display information about BIOS, motherboard, CPU and battery Show/Hide Computer, Home folder, Trash icon and Network icon on desktop Configure […]