Quickly Upload Images And Videos To ImageShack From Ubuntu

ImageShack Uploader is a simple desktop tool for Ubuntu / Linux Mint which makes it easy to upload multiple images and videos to the popular image sharing site ImageShack. To install it, open Terminal and type : sudo apt-get install imageshack-uploader After installation is complete, it will show up in the Applications > Other section of menu (or simply search for it from the Unity dashboard). Using...

Take Screenshots And Create Screencasts Using Kazam In Ubuntu

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Kazam is a simple screen shot and screen capture tool for Ubuntu / Linux Mint. To install it : Open Terminal and give the following command : sudo apt-get install kazam Once installed, it will show up under the “Sound and Video” menu. Using it is fairly simple, either choose “Screencast” or “Screenshot” mode. Each of these options will have the choice of selecting...

How To Restore Ubuntu After Reinstalling Windows

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In a dual boot system with Windows and Ubuntu , it may happen that once Windows is reinstalled, the Ubuntu loader (Grub) which gives a choice to select between Ubuntu and Windows at startup will no longer be available and the system will directly boot to Windows. This is because Windows boot loader will replace Grub and so existing Ubuntu install will no longer be accessible. To restore Ubuntu, grub...

How To Install Tixati In Ubuntu / Linux Mint

The popular peer-peer file sharing program Tixati is available for Linux as well as Windows. An earlier post described how to use Tixati in Windows. To install it in Ubuntu / Linux Mint : Go to the Tixati download page for Linux and choose the appropriate .deb package (whether 32-bit or 62-bit) and start the download. Once downloaded, open Terminal and browse to the directory where this package is...

Set Custom Size For Launcher Icons In Ubuntu 13.10

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The default large launcher icons shown on Ubuntu 13.10 desktop can be changed to any size as needed. Here is how : Right click on desktop and choose “Change Desktop Background”. Then, from the “Look” tab, set the slider size for “Launcher icon size” to any size as desired.   They will now be of new custom size. This can be useful when there are a lot of pinned...

Install Restricted Extras In Ubuntu 13.10

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Restricted extras in Ubuntu is a group of software packages which by default are not installed due to their proprietary nature. They can however be installed after Ubuntu is up and running and doing this is very easy. To do this in Ubuntu 13.10 : Open Terminal and use the following command : sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras Let the installation continue, enter ‘y’ when asked...