Guake terminal

by | Oct 29, 2012 | Linux

What is Guake termianl ?

Guake is a top-down terminal for Gnome (in the style of Yakuake for KDE, Tilda or the terminal used in Quake).



Guake is a drop-down terminal for GNOME Desktop Environment. Like similar terminals, it is invoked with a single keystroke, and hidden by pressing the same keystroke again. Its design was inspired from consoles in computer games such as Quake which slide down from the top of the screen when a key is pressed, and slide back up when the key is pressed again. Guake follows the same line of Yakuake and Tilda, but it’s an attempt to meld the best of them into a single GTK-based application. Guake has been written from scratch.
Running Guake is faster than launching a new terminal with a keyboard shortcut because the program is already loaded into memory, and so can be useful to people who frequently find themselves opening and closing terminals for odd tasks.
How to install Guake ?
open up your terminal type following terminal commands 
Fedora 




  yum install guake








Debian/Ubuntu/LinuxMint









    sudo apt-get install guake









Gentoo 












  emerge -av guake


















Screenshots 
















Press F12 key to Drop down terminal 




Press F11 key to maximize terminal to full screen 








Guake terminal Properties (Keyboard Shortcuts)








Geek Tool VS Live Wallpaper !


 by  | Oct 27, 2012 | Mac


















                                                        Geektool Mac apps Store link




                                                             Geektool project site link




                                                                  Price : Freeware 


           What is GeekTool ? 


GeekTool is an application for Mac OS 10.6+. It lets you display various kinds of information on your desktop via 3 default plug-ins:




    

  1. “File plugin” to monitor MacOS X activity with /var/log/system.log, or any file that you want to follow
    2. 

  2. “Shell mode” to launch custom scripts or commands like “df” to check space left on filesystems or “uptime” to monitor load on your machine
    3. 

  3. “image mode” helps you monitor bandwith usage, CPU load, memory availability on your server with tools like MRTG orRRD. 
    4. 



Geek tools is really cool but a user must know some basic things about his Mac ! but for get better result “Geeky sleek Desktops ” you need more things like terminal commands , apple scripting etc , users must be technical people with good understanding of Unix and shell commands , this is not something for general Mac users, unless you are ready to spend some time googling and trying to get what you want ! 








Requirement 





Mac os x 10.6 or later , 64 bit Processor









Some screenshots of Geektool Applied desktops 🙂







Name:Son of Man



Purpose:to display iTunes tracks, calendar, weather, cpu uptime, etc etc….










Name: Htc Clock 


Tutorial : Click for link


Purpose :to display weather, Date , time !











Name: itunes Meter 


Tutorial : Click for link               


Porpose : to display Current track in iTunes , calendar and day time etc







Name: Landscape Puzzle


Tutorial :click for link


Purpose :To display Analog Clock , iTunes track , Day time , calendar















Live wallpaper















price : $1.99 USD


What is Live wallpaper ?





live wallpaper is a beautiful wallpaper application with live clock & weather forecast. it provides a variety of themes which has different layouts and unique styles. some themes also have beautiful animations. 





Currently. App have 22 themes and developer are adding themes continuously (All themes are free). Each theme has the unique layout , clock , text , and weather forecast.





The application provides a variety for preferences . the main customization of each live wallpaper contains up to 4 parts 







    

  1. Wallpaper. Use default wallpaper of each theme or select your own wallpaper. some theme have animating wallpapers.
    2. 

  2. Clock . choose time format . you can hide or show it 
    3. 

  3. custom text , change your text . also you can hide or show it .
    4. 

  4. Weather forecast. Choose your location. The weather data shows up to 5 days depends on each theme. also, you can hide or show it . i use weather forecast from NOAA (USA only) and yr.no
    5. 



Also support many features such as


-Multiple monitors. you can choose to display different themes for each display 


-Edit mode.you can change the position of time , Clock or Text to any position


-when switch between spaces , wallpaper will appear instantly 





Some screenshots of Live wallpaper  app












how to select themes in live wallpaper













An eg for animated desktop theme





i will add My own desktop  videos 





😀 




 

























i hope you guys understand what is the difference between both applications, both have advantages and disadvantages , for pro users geektool  & Live wallpaper both works fine , but for newbies i recommend Live wallpaper !  Thank you for reading my article 
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How to customize your ubuntu (12.04 ,12.10 ), Mint 13 in cinnamon interface looks like Mac os x


 by  | Oct 24, 2012 | Linux, Mac, OS










This is a tutorial about how to customize your ubuntu , Mint looks like Mac os x 


for ubuntu users you need to install cinnamon


after that follow below instructions 


for that visit my earlier url about how to install cinnamon interface in ubuntu 


here is the link   click here to know how-to-install-cinnamon desktop

for Mint users follow below instructions 


install cairo-dock

open up your terminal type



 sudo apt-get install cairo-dock










after installing cairo-dock change your panel position from bottom to top 





for that right click on cinnamon panel > settings > all settings >panel > panel layout > Flipped (panel at the top )








then restart your cinnamon interface for that press alt key + F2 key then type   






r




then press Enter 










after this process you can notice that your panel appear at top of your desktop 








now open your cairo-dock app from menu which we have installed before *(open Glx-dock (Cairo-dock with openGl))


now its time to configure your Cairo-dock
cario-dock is the main attraction ! so we have to customize it looks like Mac’s Dock
for that





right click on cario-dock and cairo-dock configure then themes and apply Macosx theme




then
click on behavior tab , visiblility of the main dock > reserve space for the dock ! do exactly shown in screenshot

then icons animations and effect unmark all effect as shown in screenshot




after applying dock

now you need to apply a new cinnamon theme for that go to this url and download this zip file to your desktop


                                                 http://cl.ly/2X2R3D2F053e


then  extract it to desktop then open this ( /usr/share/themes )location using root (right click the folder and open via root ) and drag extracted cinnamon theme folder to  this location     /usr/share/themes




its time to edit Menuicon

apple menu has an apple icon

to do that

right click on menu in panel > Menu settings or right click on the panel settings  >  all settings then  Menu








erase Menu text

download Apple Menu icon from this url    click here to dowload Apple icon 


then

show the path of newly downloaded Apple icon (save it in /home/your_desktop_profile/Pictures)

 then
press alt key + F2 keyhen press r Hit Enter key   ,  this is to refresh cinnamon interface ! then
click on all settings in cinnamon settings > themes > select newly added tout theme

do its once more Alt key + F2 then press r Hit Enter key

install Ubuntu-tweak tool

then download icon theme called snow sabre from this link Click to download snow sabre icons 


then install it using ubuntu tweak tool






at last you need to move your windows buttons to left side  for that 
open cinnamon settings and windows 








now rearrange buttons to left close , minimize , Maximize ! 

then if you want to customize your cairo dock shortcut applet to looks like 
lauchpad applet ! follow this instructions 
download this icon to picture folder in your home folder 





click right click shortcut applet on cairo-dock > shortcuts > edit > icons tab and 
 rename shortcut to ( Launchpad ) then click on open button on image filename
select launchpad icon that you have download earlier ! done  




   



now its time  to decorate your desktop with Mac os x Lion or Mountain Lion HD Wallpapers

here my collection


                                           Mac os x HD wallpaper  Here


                                            

                      Some Selected Wallpapers ! click here 


                     Here is my Mac looking desktop 








Work spaces just like Mac os x Lion and Mountain Lion ! 🙂 








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How to switch (Customize ,Modify ) your Mac Dock to 2D & 3D


 by  | Oct 5, 2012 | Linux, Mac


This Trick will works in Mac OS X (Snowleopard , Lion , Mountain Lion )




Open up your launchpad from Dock , Utilities folder , select terminal app !
























now copy and  paste this command lines to your terminal (* some works needs to be in CAPS thats why i  prefer copy paste )


























 defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean YES 




                                                         Then press enter key 







Then 










                                           copy and paste this command line to terminal and press enter key 






                                                                       




                                                                                        killall Dock












    your 2D Dock is Ready 😀








To Switch 2D Dock to 3D you just need to enter same command lines in terminal and replace YES to NO





defaults write com.apple.dock no-glass -boolean NO












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How to install cinnamon Desktop Interface in ubuntu !


 by  | Oct 2, 2012 | Linux, OS
Hi guys today i am going to show you how to install Cinnamon in Ubuntu Linux OS !


About cinnamon 
  
The Linux Mint development team was initially unsure about the future of the distribution after the release of GNOME 3. Its new interface, GNOME Shell, did not fit the design goals the team had in mind for Linux Mint, but there were initially no available alternatives. Linux Mint 11 “Katya” was released in May 2011 with the final release of GNOME 2, but it was clear that a better solution was needed, as GNOME Panel was no longer being developed. Therefore, the team set out to improve GNOME Shell so that it would fit Linux Mint’s goals, and the result was the “Mint GNOME Shell Extensions” (MGSE). In the meantime, the MATE desktop environment was forked from GNOME 2. The Mint team decided to incorporate MATE into Linux Mint 12 “Lisa” alongside MGSE, to give users a choice whether to use the traditional GNOME 2 desktop or the GNOME 3-based MGSE. 
Unfortunately, MGSE fell short of expectations. Since GNOME Shell was going in a different direction than the Mint developers had in mind, it was clear that MGSE was not viable in the long run. In response to this problem, GNOME Shell was forked to create the Cinnamon project, allowing the Linux Mint developers better control over the development process and to implement their own vision of the GNOME interface for use in future releases of Linux Mint. The project was publicly announced on 2 January 2012 on the Linux Mint blog.! 
Features 


    

  1. Desktop effects, including animations and transition effects;
    2. 

  2. A movable panel equipped with a main menu, launchers, a window list and the system tray;
    3. 

  3. Various extensions;
    4. 

  4. Applets that appear on the panel
    5. 

  5. Overview with functions similar to that in GNOME Shell; and
    6. 

  6. Settings editor for easy customization. It can customize:

      

    • The panel
      • 

    • The calendar
      • 

    • Themes
      • 

    • Desktop effects
      • 

    • Applets
      • 

    • Extensions
      • 

    

    

     a screen shot of cinnamon desktop interface !
    

    7. 



All you needed is 3 commands lines
internet
latest version of Ubuntu  
terminal


So lets begin


 open up your terminal in Dash Home in Ubuntu 




then paste this terminal command in terminal


 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable


hit Enter


it will ask you for your administrator password


enter it * “you cant see password for some security reasons “




then


paste this command in terminal


       sudo apt-get update


this will update your repository






then to install cinnamon type this commands to terminal



  


   sudo apt-get install cinnamon 


hit enter


enter password


hit enter


press y to confirm


hit enter












now restart you pc






after restart when you login in to your user account


select user session to cinnamon












Here it is !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 🙂



 




















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