Author Archives: M. Zinoune

Openshot1.4.1 has been released!

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in opensource, Software

Openshot1.4.1 has been released!, the new release comes with many new features and bug fix. Openshot1.4.1 comes with a New 3D animation (wireframe text), New Titles (gold) ,New Effects (fish eye), New Animation Presets and more.

Howto- Install Ubuntu One and menu indicator on LinuxMint |PPA

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Linux distributions, Linux Mint, Linux tutorials

Ubuntu One is a Cloud Service that allows you to sync files across multiple computers via Internet, it is a good alternative to DropBox. Ubuntu One have suite of cloud services including storage, sync, sharing and streaming , you will … Continue reading

Newrez- A great nautilus script to change screen resolution to one higher than your display's physical dimensions

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Linux distributions, Linux tutorials, opensource, Software

Newrez is a great nautilus script that help you change screen resolution easily, this is not all, the great feature is that it lets you specify a resolution higher than your display’s physical dimensions! This means that a notebook with … Continue reading

HUD- The new smart Menu for ubuntu |Mark Shuttleworth Announcement

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in News, Ubuntu

 Announced today by Mark Shuttleworth the arrival of Head-Up Display, or HUD, a smart Menu that will replace global menus in Unity.

saidar – A curses-based tool for viewing system statistics

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in opensource, Software

Saidar is a nice command line tool that allow you to view system statistics  through libstatgrab. Statistics include CPU, processes, load, memory, swap, network I/O, disk I/O, and file system information.

Cinnamon1.2 comes with new configuration tool, 5 new applets and more

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Linux distributions, Linux Mint, News, Software

Cinnamon1.2 has been released, the new release comes with many new features and improvements. Cinnamon1.2 comes with an Improved Main Menu, new desktop effects (Fade & Scale), for customization,added a new configuration tool called “Cinnamon Settings” (See screenshot1),

Install Libreoffice 3.4.5 in Ubuntu and LinuxMint via PPA

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in opensource, Software, Ubuntu

For Ubuntu 11.10 Onereic Ocelot and LinuxMint 12 Lisa users: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade For other Linux distro: Download LibreOffice 3.4.5

Rhythmbox 2.95 has been released!

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in opensource, Software

Rhythmbox 2.95 has been released, this release is considered as final transition of Rhythmbox to GTK +3, the new release also is compatible with Gnome3.

How to make your username not visible on Ubuntu Panel

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in Ubuntu

If you want to make your username not visible on Ubuntu panel, this is a quick tip to remove it.

11 useful commands for Linux/Unix administrators

Written by M. Zinoune on . Posted in linux command, Unix Tutorials

Command line is more powerful because you can do  lot with them,  you can tell your computer exactly what you want and get the appropriate answer, while GUI application can only tell your computer what the GUI programmer has defined.  Recently, … Continue reading