How to Install Chromium on Ubuntu Linux

I think everyone should know by now that Google Chrome is a web browser developed by Google. What I heard about it is that its faster, safer and more stable. From what I experienced in using it, I found only a little difference between Chrome and Mozilla. I think it all depends on how good your internet connection is. But that's just my opinion.

Anywayz, instead of Chrome, there's an open source project called Chromium which codebase is the basis for Google's Chrome. So, if you're a Linux user (better be a newbie), and interested to try Chromium, you can follow these steps to install it :


- For Ubuntu PPA (Personal Package Archive) :

(To read more about PPA, you can look it up here)

- Run this command on terminal :

 sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Copy and paste these lines into the sources.list :

For Jaunty users (Ubuntu 9.04) :

        deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
        deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main


Save the file and exit.

- Add the GPGkey using this command :

sudo apt-key adv --recv-keys --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xfbef0d696de1c72ba5a835fe5a9bf3bb4e5e17b5

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For karmic users (Ubuntu 9.10) :

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/chromium-daily/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

Use this following command :


sudo add-apt-key ppa:chromium-daily/ppa


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Now update your source list using this command :

sudo apt-get update

and the install the chromium using this command :

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser


When the installation finish, you can run chromium through Applications --> Internet --> Chromium




Cheers! :)

VLC Media Player as an Alternative Media Player for Linux

As you probably know, there's already a built in media player in Ubuntu called Movie Player. The one that will give you pop ups whenever you're trying to play a different type of Video file. It will search for the suitable plug ins and blablabla. I know it's not really nice. All we want is something that provides everything we need without interruptions whenever we want to play some different type of video file formats.

We should be thankful to the open source software community for VideoLan Client (VLC) Media Player. It started as a student project in at the École Centrale Paris, with the goal of developing a general-purpose media player that could handle audio, video and streamed content.

VLC can play most kinds of common audio and video such as MP3, OGG, WMA, AVI, WMV, MPEG, FLV, 3GP and etc. The new formats are always added to the list. So it's pretty up to date. Think of it like a Media Player Classic in Windows.

You can download VLC (and it is very recommended by me) from terminal by typing : sudo apt-get install vlc

For the Karmic Koala users, you might have some problems using VLC there (just like my friend). But don't worry, there are ways to fix the problems you have.

You can see the solutions in this link :

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/fix-for-vlc-doesnt-play-video-after-ubuntu-9-10-karmic-upgrade.html


Cheers! :)

Torrent Downloader for Ubuntu Linux

Well, I think there are some different applications available on Linux to download torrent files. But which one's best? I think I found one application that suits my needs for this kinda stuff.

Just for sharing, I've tried using Tucan, but i think it's not 'that' good for me. The one that i think is best for me is VUZE or Azureus.

There are two ways where you can install Vuze to your Linux.

1. Use : sudo apt-get install vuze on your terminal. It will install the application directly to your PC, including the necessary packages (Java Open JDK and etc) and after that done, you can run the application from the Applications --> Internet --> Vuze. Its the easiest way, but the thing is, you'd get the pretty old version of Vuze.

2. For the newest version, you have to download the Vuze package from www.vuze.com and then extract the downloaded file into a folder that you wish to be your Vuze folder. Change to the Vuze directory where the files were extracted.
Start vuze by typing this on the terminal : ./azureus .
Normally, it will downloaded the needed java packages to your PC before it runs. But in case it doesn't go like that, you can install java manually from your terminal by using this command :

sudo apt-get install sun-java6-bin sun-java6-jre sun-java6-jdk

After that, you will be able to run vuze anytime from terminal (by changing into the directory and using ./azureus command.

I suppose, you can try both of ways to see which one you'd like the best.

Cheers! :)

How to Convert PDF files to JPG on Linux Ubuntu

As usual, I was wondering about how to convert PDF files to JPG because i needed to do so. And i found a way to do it, of course, the credit always goes to uncle Google and the website I was reading of course. So, I just thought I could post it here.

Okay, it's pretty easy to convert PDF files to JPG. How? Follow these few steps :

1. Open your terminal, and type : sudo apt-get install imagemagick

2. After the installation finished, you have change your directory to the one on where the pdf/jpg files are. (use sudo su and cd to that directory)

3. Now to convert the files, type:

* convert name-of-file.jpg name-of-file.pdf (for JPG to PDF)

* convert name-of-file.pdf name-of-file.jpg (for PDF to JPG)

Easy, right?

"Problem With Audio Playback" On Skype Linux?

I had this problem since the first time i downloaded Skype 2.0 on my Linux Ubuntu 9.04. It always said "Problem with audio playback" whenever I tried to make a call. I tried the sudo apt-get install pulseaudio, but no luck. So, as usual, uncle Google had to help me with it and I found a solution for it.

Use these commands below on your terminal :

* killall pulseaudio
* sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio
* sudo apt-get install esound
* sudo rm /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio



For those who are very new to Linux (just like me), you better not include the "*" symbol. After you're done with the commands, you can reboot your system and see how it goes.

If you'd like to try with another version of skype (the newest version, which is the beta version), you can go and try it. I tried it once before I re-installed my ubuntu. And it worked good. But after re-installation, it didn't work or it can not be installed to be more specific. It says there was an error. So, now I've figured out the problem, at least thats what I think. When you installed skype for the very first time using terminal, it will give you the old-non beta-version of skype. and it will have that problem above and you gotta follow those steps. But if you installed the newest AKA beta version by downloading the .deb package on here, it will work out perfectly without having to install eaudio or typing any of those commands above on your terminal.

Therefore, now I suggest you to download and use the beta version cuz its much more easier and somewhat looks better.

About Stress

Stress, it is one thing that has been my problem for these past few days. Why? Because I probably become more paranoid about school and stuff. Now I'm afraid of being in class. I'm afraid of being around the smart kids in class. I feel intimidated by them while they do nothing to me at all. Everything is always about school in my head. The stupid questions start to pop out continuously.
"What if i got the lowest grade in class? What if they would call me a dumbass and go away from me because of that? What if i cant survive in this class?"

I think too much. I even think too much about my future. I'm afraid if I wouldn't be what the people around me expect me to be when I finally finish with school.

I know my problem, my only problem. Its my negativity. I'm a very negative person about myself. I never feel confident about being me. I always think I'm gonna fail whenever I want to do something. And the result is : I did fail, often.

So, I was wandering through some websites and I found a definition of the word stress.

Stress is an emotionally disruptive or upsetting condition of mind which occurs in response to adverse external influences. Stress raises the level of adrenaline (a hormone & a neurotransmitter) and corticosterone (a 21 carbon steroid hormone) in the body, which leads to increase in the heart rate, respiration, and blood pressure and puts more physical stress on bodily organs. When some thing pleasant or unpleasant happens around you, which puts you in a state of strain or pressure, it is called stress.

The best way to reduce stress : rest.

One of the important steps to tackle the stress (for me, especially) is to organize your environment, and budget your time. Set a time table and work according to that schedule. You can't have more than twenty four hours in a day. Your competitors (i.e smart asses in class) too have just that many hours. Then how they are in a more advantageous position? (i dont know how to answer this)

Think positively. Whether unnecessary thinking and stressful living, has solved any problems? Then, why worry over a matter over which you should not worry at all?

Your habits have lot to do with your stress. Never postpone for tomorrow, what you can do and complete today. Tomorrow never comes. Today it will be too late. Do it just now.

oh, the source for the information I got is from this web :

www.aboutstressmanagement.com

I hope those tips are useful for me and those who are under stressful circumstances too.

What's the "I'm feeling lucky Button" on Google homepage?

It's the button that we use to see on the google homepage. The button that's right next to the "google search" button. But what is exactly the use of that button? I think not all of the googlers really know about it. Am i right?

Well, I was reading an article and there was this one little amusing fact about this button.

Google loses around $110 million in annual revenue for this button. why?

Because this button will automatically take you to the first search result. And for that reason, there'd be no ads showing up when you use this button cuz it prevents the ads from showing up. For example :

When you type "download firefox", you will be directed to the page that will give you the download link.

Then why are they still providing the button if they lose so much money cuz of it?

maybe they already make a lot of money, and losing $110 million doesn't really make a difference to them. At least that's what i think. hehe...

Cheers!