Finally, at April 23rd 2015, Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet officially released. Actually, no big changes except systemd is officially implemented in Ubuntu 15.04. We get some new updated applications, a new official web browser by Ubuntu, small Unity improvements, and some others. You will get download links, some reviews, and what to do after install in this article. Enjoy!
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| Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet Login Screen |
Pinta is an cross-platform image editor inspired by Paint.NET in Windows. It is lighter than GIMP, but more than Shotwell or Gwenview. Pinta is licensed under MIT license. Pinta is a software by Pinta Project (Cameron White and friends). This article will guide you how to install and use Pinta in Ubuntu. I will show you the basic usage only to crop and annotate image. I write this article based on my experiences in writing Linux tutorials.
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| Pinta In Action |
Ubuntu has a default CD burning program called Brasero. But for my DVD productions, I changed Brasero for K3B. I found that K3B is faster and more reliable. K3B is same with Brasero, a CD burning program. Now I want to show you how to install K3B and how to burn an ISO image to DVD with K3B. I use external DVD writer to do it.
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| K3B In Action |
Unetbootin is a burning tool for ISO to create bootable USB drive. It is open source and licensed under GNU GPL version 2. Unetbootin is a software by Geza Kovacs. Unetbootin official site is on Sourceforge, Launchpad Translations, and it has Github page (if you want to contribute). This article will show you how to install and use Unetbootin on Ubuntu.
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| Unetbootin Main Window |
Do you want to decrease your screen brightness? Have tried all the ways but failed? Use RedshiftGUI to dim your screen. I always recommend RedshiftGUI to Indonesian Linux users as a "final combo" when installing graphics driver or upgrading Linux kernel brings nothing to their screen brightness. I will show you the steps to install, dim screen, and set RedshiftGUI to Ubuntu startup.
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| ReshiftGUI |
Do you want CPU-Z in Linux? Then see I-Nex now. I-Nex is system utility tool for Linux. It shows you all your hardware plus you operating system and kernel detailed information. I-Nex is created for Linux with Gambas 3 platform. It is licensed in GNU LGPL version 3. I-Nex is a software by Michal Glowienka. If you want to contribute, visit I-Nex on https://github.com/eloaders/I-Nex. If you want to translate I-Nex, visit https://translations.launchpad.net/i-nex.
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| I-Nex Features |
Now you can read PDF directly inside Google Chrome or Chromium. It is just same with Firefox built-in PDF reader. To get it, you need to install a Chrome extension named PDF Viewer. This extension created by Rob Wu and friends. This extension is available in Chrome Web Store. The development page of PDF Viewer is on Github (if you want to contribute). This extension is compatible both in Chromium or Google Chrome.
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| View PDF in Chromium Browser |
Google actually will track every your click in the search result page. Google redirects all links. So you never get the real URL when doing Copy Link Location. So how to remove that Google behavior in Chrome/Chromium and Firefox? How to protect yourself from this Google indirection? You just need the right add-ons.
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| Freedom To Copy A Link |
Telegram is a new chatting protocol similar to WhatsApp. Telegram is open source software licensed in GNU GPL version 3. The main great feature of Telegram that WhatsApp doesn't have is Linux desktop client. This tutorial will guide you step by step how to install it in Ubuntu.
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| Telegram Desktop for Ubuntu |
Installing and removing a PPA in Ubuntu is easy with GUI. If you usually install and remove a PPA via Terminal, then actually you can do it easier with Synaptic Package Manager. That is why we recommend Synaptic to you before. This article will show you how to do PPA installation in Ubuntu with Synaptic including the explanations.
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| Synaptic Managing PPA |
There are common applications to install when you finished Ubuntu installation. Also, there are some common configurations you should do. I will give you a list of what applications and configurations with short explanations why you need them. I write this article based on my experiences in Indonesia Linux forums especially what people asks the most. This list is not a mandatory but people will need it for further Ubuntu usage. I write this article for beginners especially those who come from Windows.
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| Prepare Your System |
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| Merging or Splitting |
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| Virtaal in Action |
Did you use Microsoft Powerpoint before? If you are a teacher, then you probably often create interactive educational media with it. Now you are using Linux. So how to use the tools available in your Linux to create similar thing? You can start with LibreOffice Impress to create interactive presentation. Including buttons and actions. I will show you the basic creation of such presentation. It is still simple but you can improve it to be more complex.
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| LibreOffice Impress Simple Quiz |
Many people ask for Camtasia Studio replacement in Linux. Actually there are many solutions in Linux such as RecordMyDesktop, Vokoscreen, Istanbul, Kazam, ffmpeg, even VLC. But among the available softwares, I choose SimpleScreenRecorder. It is because (according to my experience) I get the best compromise between quality and perfomance. I ever tried many of them but my system crashes many time because of the resource requirement. Here is my simple explanation on how to use SimpleScreenRecorder and Keymon to create video tutorial (screencast, screen record). I assumed you have installed both of them.
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| Simple Screencasting Studio in Ubuntu Linux |
If you somehow find your Linux system crashes, do not kill (pressing power button) the computer directly. Such hard kill may broke your hard disk drive or corrupt your data. When you are facing system hang or crash or freeze, you can use Linux special shortcut keys to restart or shutdown safely. It is actually something called Linux Magic SysRq Keys[1]. Do not use these shortcut keys unless you need it urgently. And you can use these shortcut keys on another Linux distro.
Do you create data backup from your PC into many CD/DVD? Do you want to search and find in what CD is your data? Do you want to make a catalogue of your whole system? CDCat (Hyper CD Catalogue) is a solution for those purposes. It will be your Google for your data backups. I was used CDCat as a replacement for Windows Cathy program for 5 years and satisfied with it. To use CDCat, you should scan your data storage first then you can search. CDCat official website is http://cdcat.sourceforge.net/web/uk/index.html.
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| CDCat in Action |
My LibreOffice Writer 3.5.7 crashes every I click menu Tools > Bibliography Database. So I can not open it. After searching, I find that default LibreOffice in Ubuntu 12.04 (which I am currently using) was missing LibreOffice Base. Bibliography Database needs LibreOffice Base so it crashes on my Ubuntu. Do you experience same crashes in your Ubuntu? Then just install Libreoffice Base. Below you can choose installing whether by using Terminal or GUI.
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| Bibliography Database Works |
Currently I am resuming my old curiosity about page layout design. I used Scribus 5 years ago. At that time, I feel it was difficult to create even just a page layout in Scribus. Now I know, that difficulty was caused of lack in page layout knowledge. At 2015, Scribus reached 1.4.5 version (stable). Scribus has more resources now compared to 5 years ago. Especially its Wiki[1] plus Flossmanuals[2]. I created some layout designs at few days ago. I learnt a few things I was missing 5 years ago. Below you will see some tips from me to design a layout with Scribus to avoid difficulties (time consumption etc.). Remember that it is just basic and somehow subjective (according only to my experience).
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| Scribus in Action |
