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Wallpapers are same on each workspace in ubuntu default,here is a way to make wallpapers different on each workspace,but you must have installed CompizConfig Settings Manager ,and you will lose any shortcut on desktop,so install Avast window Navigator for better results. Now go to System –> Preferences –> CompizConfig Settings Manager ( Advanced Desktop Settings ) tick Wallpaper on(if not go to Desktop Cube, click to go to Appearance –> background images ),and click on it to go to its configuration page,click New and add the wallpapers you want Open a terminal window and type code: gconf-editor in the next window,go to apps –> nautilus –> preferences and deselect show_desktop on the right of the window then close it Done. Following is my wallpapers:

Installing Google Earth in Ubuntu Maverick is very easy.I’m running Ubuntu Maverick 64 bit,so I need install the dependance package: ia32-libs and l ib32nss-mdns . Open up a terminal window from Applications -> Accessories menu and run: sudo apt-get install ia32-libs lib32nss-mdns Now let’s start installing: First install googleearth-package from the default repository using this command: sudo apt-get install googleearth-package Then run the command: make-googleearth-package --force it will take a few minutes and finally generate a deb package. Install the deb by the command ( change the package name to yours ): sudo dpkg -i googleearth_5.2.1.1588+0.5.7-1_amd64.deb Finally,launch Google Earth from Applications – > Internet menu.

Ubuntu Jaunty has VLC media player installed by default,but not the latest version.You can check it by navigate to Help->About in the VLC player window.VLC 1.0 has gotten several cool new features.Here I’ll tell how to install it on ubuntu 9.04 1.Run this command in terminal to open sources.list file. sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list 2.Add the two lines to the end of the file,then save and close the file. deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu jaunty maindeb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ ubuntu jaunty main 3.Get the key by following command sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com  7613768D 4.Install and upgrade VLC media player sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install vlc sudo apt-get upgrade vlc You can skip the third command if VLC running well after sudo apt-get install vlc. Click here to decorate your VLC with VLC skins.

After reinstalling Windows in the computer dual boot with both Windows and Ubuntu Linux,you need restore grub because mbr has been rewritten.This tutorial shows how to restore grub 2 . Update: Today I ghost my XP system,but after restore grub,I cannot boot into XP by clicking the old windows option in grub menu.So you’d better to run this command to renew the grub2 boot list after trying following method: sudo update-grub 1).Using grub4dos First download grub4dos from here . 1. For XP user ,copy the file “grldr”(without quotes) from grub4dos package to C:\ .Edit boot.ini (hidden file in C:\) and add this line to the file: c:\grldr="grub4dos" For Vista/win7 user ,copy the file “grldr”,”grldr.mbr” to C:\ .Create boot.ini file in the root directory of C:,copy and paste following into this file. [boot loader] timeout=0 default=c:\grldr.mbr [operating systems] C:\grldr.mbr="Grub4Dos" 2. Now,create menu.lst in root directory of C:,its content: timeou...

This tutorial will tell you how to install Real Player and enable firefox plugin,remove imposed audio icons optionally in ubuntu. First,download Real Player by execute following command in a terminal window: wget http://www.real.com/realcom/R?href=http://forms.real.com /real/player/download.html?f=unix/RealPlayer11GOLD.bin then, in terminal go to the directory where you download the file,make the .bin file executable by command: chmod a+x RealPlayer11GOLD.bin execute command: sudo ./RealPlayer11GOLD.bin press any key when prompted,after installed you can open Real Player at Applications–>Sound&&Video–>Real Player11 For enable mozilla firefox plugin,type following command: cp /opt/real/RealPlayer/mozilla/nphelix.so ~/.mozilla/plugins /nphelix.so && cp /opt/real/RealPlayer/mozilla/ nphelix.xpt ~/.mozilla/plugins/nphelix.xpt And remove imposed audio icons by: sudo /opt/real/RealPlayer/postinst/install_icon_resource.sh uninstall Update: Another  easy w...