Ubuntu Buzz !: February 2018 : Unofficial Ubuntu Blog

Ade Malsasa Akbar Monday, February 26, 2018 at 16:19

List of elementary OS PPA Links

While we want to follow elementary OS latest updates, we may find it's difficult to find its official Launchpad PPA addresses. For example, if you want to try 5.0 "Juno" but you cannot get latest ISO image, then installing software in development version from PPA on Loki is the only way. If you are a review writer (like me) you need those PPAs, but believe me it's hard to find them on elementary OS website. So, I think it will be good to have a list of elementary OS PPAs in one article with instruction to install each. As a bonus, these PPAs of elementary OS are also installable for Ubuntu or Mint i.e. to install Pantheon Desktop on Ubuntu.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Sunday, February 25, 2018 at 23:25

Kubuntu 17.10 Guide for Newbie Part 8

Know how to configure your Kubuntu system. This includes changing login password, interface language (to Arabic, Japanese, Korean, etc.), date/time, and desktop themes. These all done in KDE System Settings alone, the control panel of Kubuntu. This eighth part made short so you can exercise them easily on Kubuntu and later find the others by yourself. Enjoy!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Saturday, February 24, 2018 at 21:23

Kubuntu 17.10 Guide for Newbie Part 7

Know how to connect your smartphone to Kubuntu computer. You can access your phone's memory, transfer files between them using either USB cable or wifi, remote controlling Kubuntu using your phone's touchscreen, and share internet connection from phone to Kubuntu. This seventh article explains you how useful is KDE Connect on Kubuntu to do most the jobs with phone. Enjoy!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Friday, February 23, 2018 at 21:34

How To Install GDevelop Game Engine on Ubuntu

GDevelop is an easy-to-use game making free software for desktop and smartphone. GDevelop allows everyone to make game without programming. It's similar to RPG Maker on Windows, but far more completed with features. With GDevelop, you can make video games for GNU/Linux and Windows desktop, for web browsers (with HTML5 technology), as well as for Android and iOS smartphones. This article shows how to install GDevelop on Ubuntu.

Ade Malsasa Akbar at 16:10

How To Install Godot Game Engine on Ubuntu

Godot Engine is a software to make video games (2D and 3D) that is completely free and available for GNU/Linux. Also, Godot is cross-platform, so game you made on GNU/Linux will be runnable on Windows and macOS as well, and vice versa. Godot is a very good replacement to either 3D Gamestudio or 3D Gamemaker on Windows to make 3D games, while it's also capable to replace RPG Maker to make 2D games. This article shows how to download and install Godot Engine on Ubuntu.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Tuesday, February 20, 2018 at 14:30

Kubuntu 17.10 Guide for Newbie Part 6

Know how to operate your terminal. In Kubuntu, it's called Konsole. It's a way to control your computer by typing commands for doing certain jobs. Unfortunately, you cannot avoid using terminal completely, but on the other hand, you will find it truly useful if you know how to use it. This sixth part of the series want to make you know how to use terminal by listing common, mostly used commands in Kubuntu. Enjoy!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Monday, February 19, 2018 at 21:03

Kubuntu 17.10 Guide for Newbie Part 5

This fifth part of Kubuntu Artful Guide explains common uses of applications on Kubuntu. You see here daily activities like how to read PDF, extract ZIP archive, play audio and video, download huge files, scheduling your calendar, and setup you email at desktop. This part made short so you can quickly do it and on Kubuntu (and teach it to your friends, too). Enjoy!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Friday, February 16, 2018 at 20:16

Automount Partitions Easily on Kubuntu

By default, Kubuntu needs you to manually open ("mount") your partitions. In other words, Kubuntu doesn't automount partitions by default. If you like automount (like on MS Windows), you can setup it easily by going to System Settings > Hardware > Removable Storages > Removable Devices > give check the "Enable automatic mounting" > give checks the partitions you want to be automounted under the column "Automount on Login" > OK.

Example: see picture below, all partitions (checked as blue boxes) will be mounted at startup.

How to automount partitions

This article is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Thursday, February 15, 2018 at 13:52

Kubuntu 17.10 Guide for Newbie Part 4

Master the file manager of Kubuntu. Like everyone using Windows masters Explorer, then in using Kubuntu, you should master Dolphin. This 4th article explains the Kubuntu file manager to enable you find your files & folders, opening files, sorting and grouping by type, and finally accessing partitions and drives you have.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Sunday, February 11, 2018 at 11:22

Comparison of Software in Ubuntu and Windows

This is a list of software for Ubuntu user switching from MS Windows. This list compares free software in Ubuntu with nonfree software in Windows for everyone. This list translates what people commonly use in Windows to Ubuntu, for example, you install LibreOffice in Ubuntu to replace MS Office in Windows. All programs for Ubuntu here are available in Ubuntu repository and can be installed easily. Although this list is designed for Ubuntu, anyone can use this for another GNU/Linux distros such as Trisquel and Kubuntu.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Friday, February 9, 2018 at 16:23

A Short Guide to Persepolis Download Manager

Persepolis is a very good replacement to Internet Download Manager (IDM) for GNU/Linux. Persepolis Download manager (PDM) is free software, with high-speed downloading, with nice user interface similar to IDM, and integration to web browser. Persepolis supports scheduling and bulk downloading as well. This guide is a short tutorial covering how to install Persepolis, downloading files and videos with it, and finally bulk downloading, basically things everyone needs the most out of a download manager. So, give it a try and be happy!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Wednesday, February 7, 2018 at 22:15

Kubuntu 17.10 Guide for Newbie Part 3

Know how to install applications on Kubuntu. This Part 3 of Kubuntu Guide the Series introduces you 2 things: (1) what applications available for you (2) how to install applications you need using Kubuntu Discover as well as upgrading any application using Kubuntu Muon. This article also introduces you Kubuntu programs that are replacements for MS Windows programs (see table below). The purpose of this article is so that you quickly able to get what you need. Finally, enjoy your happy life with Kubuntu!

Ade Malsasa Akbar Sunday, February 4, 2018 at 20:39

Show Icons in Menu on LibreOffice

LibreOffice hides icons in menu by default. To show them, go to menu Tools > Options > View > see the section Icons in menu > change it to "Show" > restart LibreOffice. To hide them back, just change it to "Hide" again.

This article is licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Ade Malsasa Akbar at 15:19

A Simple Guide to KOrganizer

This simple KOrganizer guide explains how to make one month planning that everyone can practice. The goal of this guide is to make everyone able to use KOrganizer to manage schedules. The most awesome of KOrganizer is the coloring of schedules by category and everyone can make it easily. KOrganizer is available by default in Kubuntu (or can be installed by user in another distro).

Ade Malsasa Akbar Saturday, February 3, 2018 at 15:04

Make Chart Easily on Blogger.com with LibreOffice Calc

Blogger.com (Blogspot) does not have chart editor. But you can insert chart to your post by using LibreOffice Calc to make chart as PNG image. You can make bar chart and pie chart, in 2D and 3D with Calc. With Calc, this is very easy, and this article shows the steps to do it.

Ade Malsasa Akbar Thursday, February 1, 2018 at 22:21

Easily Create Table on Blogger.com with LibreOffice Writer

Are you a Blogspot (Google Blogger.com) writer? If you want to create table in your Blogger.com posts, you just need to copy and paste table from LibreOffice Writer, as simple as that. This article explains the steps to do it with pictures and examples. Try this!