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As promised by the Firefox developers are on steroids developing Firefox at super speed. Firefox 6.0 Nightly is now available following the release of Firefox 5.0 aurora which was released a week ago. There not much to say in this release. You can also check their daily builds @  http://nightly.mozilla.org/ Download Mozilla Firefox 6.0 Nightly for Linux Firefox 5.0 Nightly 1 Linux i386 Firefox 5.0 Nightly 1 Linux amd64 Test it Out! Extract the firefox-6.0b1.tar.bz2 Open the folder in the terminal (or) Press F7 in the folder to open embedded terminal Type  ./firefox to test Firefox

Some people ask 'how can i use program such us Internet Download Manager (IDM) in Linux ?'. Yes !!!, to get a file or download in internet is an absolute activity now days, by download manager/accelerator having download is more easy and fast, Here the 5 Recommended Linux Download Manager/Accelerator Program widely use in linux. Multiget   MultiGet is an easy-to-use GUI file downloader for Windows/Linux/BSDs/MacOs.  It's programmed in C++ and has a GUI based on wxWidgets. It supports HTTP/FTP protocols which covers the requirements of most users. It supports multi-task with multi-thread on multi- server . It supports resuming downloads if the Web server supports it, and if you like, you can reconfig the thread number without stopping the current task. It's also support SOCKS 4,4a,5 proxy, ftp proxy, http proxy. ( http://multiget.sourceforge.net/ ). Folow this link to download Multiget.                                            Axel In the previous version

GIMP (short for GNU Image Manipulation Software) is a free raster graphics editor software. From retouching to free hand drawing, GIMP can accomplish almost any essential image editing task complete with filters and plugins, serving to be viable replacement for Photoshop in Ubuntu. Here is our guide for Gimp installation in Ubuntu 11.04 Natty. The current stable version is 2.6.11 and the beta version 2.7.2 is also available for those who want to get their hands dirty. Installation To install GIMP in Ubuntu 11.04, open Terminal and execute the following: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install gimp gimp-data gimp-plugin-registry gimp-data-extras In case you get this error gimp-2.7: error while loading shared libraries: libgegl-0.1.so.0: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory Open Terminal and execute : sudo apt-get install libgegl-0.0-0

1 Desktop Start the Update Manager ( System > Administration > Update Manager ): (JavaScript must be enabled in your browser to view the large image as an image overlay.) In the Update Manager , click on the Settings... button (in the lower left corner): (JavaScript must be enabled in your browser to view the large image as an image overlay.) The Updates tab in the Software Sources window should open. Select Normal releases in the Show new distribution releases: drop-down menu and click on Close : (JavaScript must be enabled in your browser to view the large image as an image overlay.) Back in the Update Manager , click on the Check button to check for new updates and distribution releases: (JavaScript must be enabled in your browser to view the large image as an image overlay.) The Update Manager should show that a new distribution release ( 10.10 ) is available. Click on the Upgrade button to start the distribution upgrade: (JavaScript must be enab

This method doesn’t require a internet connection. What you need is only a Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal CD. In case if you don’t have the CD you can very well create a bootable USB drive using the built-in Ubuntu Startup Disk Creator or using Unetbootin.   Now boot into the Live CD or pen drive. Choose upgrade Ubuntu 10.10 to Ubuntu 11.04. Enter your username and password (what you have for Ubuntu 10.10) when prompted. That’s it.

Download the mint-sunrise plymouth splash screen from this link http://linuxmint-art.org/content/show.php/mint-sunrise+plymouth+splash+screen?content=141215 INSTALLATION: -Copy mint-sunrise folder to /lib/plymouth/themes -copy/paste the file 'splash' into /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d (Optional, for better buffer) - Type to terminal: sudo update-alternatives --install /lib/plymouth/themes/default.plymouth default.plymouth /lib/plymouth/themes/mint-sunrise/mint-sunrise.plymouth 200 sudo update-alternatives --config default.plymouth - Choose the number to \'ubuntu-sunrise\' in the options that pop up sudo update-initramfs -u

BURG is a program based-on Grub 2,BURG uses new menu list,screen layout and shortcut keys that all easily customized.Following is tested in Ubuntu Karmic. Update: Burg has released a first version front-end GUI called Burg-Manager. Read more 1.Install BURG Edit source.list file(Open terminal from Applications/Accessories/Terminal): sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list   add following into the file and save it. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/bean123ch/burg/ubuntu karmic main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/bean123ch/burg/ubuntu karmic main Add GPG key: gpg --keyserver subkeys.pgp.net --recv 55708F1EE06803C5 gpg --export --armor 55708F1EE06803C5 | sudo apt-key add -   update and install: sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install grub-pc   Then,write the new startup code into MBR: sudo grub-install "(hd0)"   2 .Download themes: wget http://grub4dos.sourceforge.net/themes.tar.bz2   Extract it to /boot/grub/themes: sudo tar -xjf themes.tar.bz2 -C /boot/grub/themes