Wouldn’t it be great to open up Nautlius (equivalent to Windows-Explorer in Ubuntu) and be able to open up your terminal in that specific folder by simply right clicking and choosing an Open in Terminal option? Unfortunately this option isn’t set by default. Luckily there are two ways to install this option.
Today, we are going to teach you how to use VirtualBox to install Ubuntu using Windows. (This could easily be done on Linux, or a Mac too.) This is a great option for those of you who want to get a programming environment and those who want to avoid dual-booting your computer since it involves a great risk if done wrong. Virtualizing an OS is an easy task and it only takes a few steps. It should take a new user about five minutes to get going. So let’s get started.
Workspaces allows you to organize your GNOME Desktop in Ubuntu by creating virtual desktops from which you can place your applications. In my case, I like having two files I’m currently working on my first workspace, my browser in the second, and so on. That way, I only have to switch through the spaces instead of having to bring up the windows individually.
This in turn increases productivity since Workspaces allows you to focus on things that you need to get done, instead of sifting through your applications on simply one screen.
To set up a Workspace you can simply right click on a panel and choose Add to panel and select Workspace Switcher. This by default should add four Workspaces to wherever you clicked on your panel. To change this, simply right click your Workspace Switcher, and choose Preferences
So now that you have them you can switch to them by clicking on them, or preferably by pressing CTRL + ALT + RIGHT, or instead of RIGHT: LEFT, UP, or DOWN would be fine depending on how you set up your rows and columns and where you currently are.
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I’ve been using vim (or better yet, gvim) for the better part of my undergraduate programming career and for quite some time I struggled on figuring out how to set the default color scheme for gvim under Ubuntu. Well, now that I figured it out, I wanted to share it with you.
Then after opening the file, add the following lines of code to the file if they don’t exist yet.
Slate (left) and Evening(right)
But why Slate you must ask? Its the one mentioned on all the other tutorials. Yes, I know, but it simply rocks. Just check it out and you’ll understand. If not you can choose from any of these other themes.
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openSuSe is another Linux distribution worth looking at. It’s listed as the second Major Distribution at Distro Watch so it must be raising more eyebrows than you think. With an easy to use installation that requires little to no previous experience and a better visually appealing boot loading screen by defaut, OpenSuSe is something you should try out. I currently use it on my laptop to do some OpenGL programming, and to be honest, it’s great.
openSuSe at a light glance seems more driven towards eye candy with the more visually appealing boot loader, login screen, start menu, and ease of adding visual effects. It also has excellent management tool that lets you install software from large repositories, in other words; no need to hunt software down. You can also use YaST Control Center which lets you control Hardware, Network Devices, Network Services, Security, User, and as well control more type of options.
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Hello to everyone! As Diego mentioned in an earlier post, I (Andy) will start posting on Talk Binary and after a small crash course on how to post, here is my very first post for everyone to enjoy. This is a quick and easy video tutorial on how to setup Yellow Dog Linux on your Play Station 3. This tutorial assumes you have experience installing a Linux operating system. I do not go over the install process but simply teach you how to get there. Enjoy, and feel free to post comments or ask questions in our forums.
1. Yellow Dog Linux Image: Terra Soft Download Section
2. A blank DVD to Burn the image.
3. Some Sort of External Media to Back-up Game Saves, Music, Pics, and Vids.
4. A High Definition TV
If you are new to Linux and it’s terminal, you might be wondering how to move around? I’ll show you how with some basic terminal commands.
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