Use the following instructions:
Go to System-Administration-Software Sources, Third-Party Software tab, Add:
deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu karmic-getdeb appsAdd the repository GPG key, open a terminal window and type:
wget -O- http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
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first install wine in ubuntu 9.10
sudo apt-get install wine
and now download Photoshop CS4 Portable from Here.
Unrar it where ever you want to run, and run direct without install.
gdiplus.dll and copy it to system32 folder as root (in terminal : sudo nautilus) and go to home/yourusername/.wine/dosdevices/c:/windows/system32
Download fix for Type tool from here
and copy it to system32 this one too!
then from Application-Wine-Configure Wine go Applications and add the exe file of photoshop, then select it go to Libraries and select gdiplus.dll, when you select it press Add and Ok.
now ! .. execute Photoshop.exe from folder and HAVE FAN!!
Ctrl+Alt+Backspace (i.e. the shortcut which was used to restart the X server) has to be enabled in a different way with respect to previous releases of Ubuntu.
This is due to the fact that “DontZap” is no longer an option in the X server and has become an option in XKB instead.
Using GNOME
* Get to the System->Preferences->Keyboard menu.
* Select the “Layouts” tab and click on the “Layout Options” button.
* Then select “Key sequence to kill the X server” and enable “Control + Alt + Backspace”.
Using KDE
* Launch “systemsettings”
* Select “Regional & Language”.
* Select “Keyboard Layout”.
* Click on “Enable keyboard layouts” (in the Layout tab).
* Select the “Advanced” tab. Then select “Key sequence to kill the X server” and enable “Control + Alt + Backspace”.
Using the command line
You can type the following command to enable Zapping immediately.
setxkbmap -option terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp
If you’re happy with the new behaviour you can add that command to your ~/.xinitrc in order to make the change permanent.
Using HAL
You can add the following line in /usr/share/hal/fdi/policy/10osvendor/10-x11-input.fdi (inside the <match key=”info.capabilities” contains=”input.keys”> section):
<merge key="input.xkb.options" type="string">terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp</merge>
In Ubuntu, the Archive Manager (or file-roller) has make it easy for anyone to compress and zip up a file or folder, but if you have a large file, say 20Gb, and you want to back it up to the CD/DVD, you will find that no amount of compression can you reduce the file size to fit into 1 CD/DVD. In such case, it is a better solution to compress and split the large file into several smaller files and store them separately. This also applies if you want to share a large file on a file-sharing site. Splitting the compressed file into several smaller files will make it easier for others to download.
Let’s say that the large file is a movie file found in /home/username/films/large-file.avi and you want to compress, split and store the smaller files at the folder /home/username/films/split-flies/, this is what you type in the terminal:
cd films/split-files (change the filepath to where you want to keep the split files)
tar -cvj /home/username/films/large-files.avi | split -b 640m -d – “large-files.tar.bz.”
You will now see several files appearing at the split-files folder, each with file size of 640MB and with filenames large-files.tar.bz.00, large-files.tar.bz.01, large-files.tar.bz.02, etc.
To recover and extract the split files, type
cat large-files.tar.bz.* > large-files.tar.bz tar -xvj large-file.tar.bz
and you can get the original file back.
Most often when you download a huge file from a P2P network, it is compressed in the .daa format. When you click on it, you will find that there is no application in Ubuntu that can handle it.
If you are wondering, DAA (Direct-Access-Archive) is actually a proprietary file format created by PowerISO to compress, password protect and to split a huge file to multiple volumes. To decompress a .daa file, you have to use the PowerISO application.
Download PowerISO for Linux
Extract the tar file
cd /usr/bin sudo tar -xf [path-to-poweriso-tar-file]
To extract .daa file
poweriso extract /input-file.daa / -od /extracted-file-path
Done + Have Fan 
Ubuntu does not support .rmvb files by default. Even though you may have installed the Gstreamer codec plugin and VLC (an audio player that supposedly able to play any media format), there is still no way that you can get the .rmvb file to play. There may be many tutorials out there that tell you to configure mplayer to play .rmvb file, but the easiest and fastest way to tackle this is simply install the Real Player for Linux.
- first :
Download the deb package click here
- 2 :
Double click the downloaded deb file to install the Real Player 11 for Linux.
- 3 :
Once the installation is done, you should be able to play .rmvb or .rm files.
Right click on the .rmvb file and select “Open with Real Player 11”
Have Fan
The actuall repositories of karmic koala contain all softwares you need for your ubuntu, from media players to graphics tools to games …and more, the installation now is getting more easy with the ubuntu software center where with a simple click you can find hondred of softwares and click to install, but if we look how many softwares we will have to add repositories and then add keys before to install, or the ones that we will have to download from official website of the software ? So many examples exist, like opera , google earth, w32codecs, skype , realplayer and more .
To make life easy, you need just to add Medibuntu repositories, so what is Medibuntu ?
Medibuntu is a packaging project dedicated to distributing software that cannot be included in Ubuntu for various reasons, related to geographical variations in legislation regarding intellectual property, security and other issues:
Now after you adding Medibuntu repositories you will be able to install many software(Google earth, Opera , Sun Java ,Acrobat Reader…) that are not included in the ubuntu software center and you will stop wasting time looking for for the right package and from where to download the package … because you will be able to install the package by simple typing :
sudo apt-get install <package name >.
Now let`s see how to ad Medibuntu repositories :
1- Add the Medibuntu repository.
echo deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ karmic free non-free | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
2- Add the verification key
wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add – && sudo apt-get update
Now you will be able to install softwares by simple using this command :
sudo apt-get install <package name >
Here is a theme package of windows 7 for the people that like to change the look of their ubuntu looks like Windows7, for me is not usefull because i like how looks ubuntu .
This Package contains:
GDM theme*
Icons Theme*
GTK Theme
Wallpapers
Sounds
Gnomenu theme*
Panel Backgrounds*
Cursor theme
DockBar
For sound will not be installed , you will have to copy them to /usr/share/sounds ,this will replace the sounds of ubuntu.
I was not using Conky at Ubuntu Jaunty until now, because i am too lazy to even edit pre defined conky configs : ).Today i found a couple of simple and cool conky configs so i want write a blog post at the same time i am installing and editing my conky.
Yep we are going to use the conky config at the screenshot you see(it is not taken from my desktop, i am installing it same time i am writing this blog post ).Also i will give the ultimate conky source which is located at the ubuntuforums.You can find different configs with screenshots, you can solve your issues at that thread also.
Let’s add the repository first :
For Ubuntu Jaunty :
$sudo wget -q http://www.kaivalagi.com/ubuntu/ppa/m-buck-conky-jaunty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/m-buck-conky-jaunty.list
For Ubuntu Intrepid :
$sudo wget -q http://www.kaivalagi.com/ubuntu/ppa/m-buck-conky-intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/m-buck-conky-intrepid.list
For Ubuntu Hardy :
$sudo wget -q http://www.kaivalagi.com/ubuntu/ppa/m-buck-conky-hardy.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/m-buck-conky-hardy.list
Add the repository public key :
$wget -q http://www.kaivalagi.com/ubuntu/ppa/m-buck-conky-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -
Now update your repository list and install packages we need :
$sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install conky
Download this config file to your home directory :
$cd && wget -c http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/83257/.conkyrc
Create “scripts” directory under your home directory and download the scripts (extract, copy there) under scripts directory :
PS : Before entering that damn long commands,you should know that i did not zip those files, sorry for the long commands : ) I am just configuring/installing it same time i am blogging
$cd && mkdir scripts && cd scripts && wget -c http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/83257/conkyscripts.zip && unzip conkyscripts.zip && rm conkyscripts.zip && mv conkyscripts/*.* ~/scripts/ && rm -rf conkyscripts
Now download the fonts and move them to ~/.fonts directory :
$cd && wget -c http://dl.getdropbox.com/u/83257/conkyfonts.zip && unzip conkyfonts.zip && cp ~/conkyfonts/*.* ~/.fonts/ && rm -rf ~/conkyfonts && rm conkyfonts.zip
Now open your .conkyrc file (you will re-open it a lot ) :
$gedit ~/.conkyrc
And look for this line :
${execpi 300 python ~/scripts/gmail_parser.py yourgmailusername yourgmailpassword 3}
Change yourgmailusername and yourgmailpassword with your Gmail username and password.(be sure nobody is using your computer with your username because the password and the username is not encrypted as you can see!Be warned, it is not secure to write your username and password to a plain file.However you can remove that line, so you can disable the gmail feature at the config.)
If you want to use the Gmail feature, you also need to install this package :
$sudo apt-get install python-feedparser
Let’s continue…If you want to use HDD temperature and Cpu temperature feature, you also are going to install hddtemp and lm-sensors packages :
$sudo apt-get install hddtemp lm-sensors
When installing hddtemp, a couple of questions will be asked.Start the daemon at boot, and hit enter when it asks for IP and Port.Also configure your lm-sensors with $sudo sensors-detect command.(If you do not understand anything at configuration screen, just enter YES to everything.)
Now for weather part, you have to follow this link and enter your zip code OR your city.You will be forwarded to an URL like (This is for Ankara, Turkey and i am not living there.I just entered a random city from Turkey )
http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/TUXX0003.html
Copy the location ID (in this example : TUXX0003 ) end edit pogodynka.sh :
gedit ~/scripts/pogodynka.sh
Search for kod=USID0025 at that file and replace the ID with yours.(I do not know who wrote this script either it’s language.Do not blame me, at screenshot it looks simple and cool )
Before saving the file.If you want to use Celsius instead of Farenheit :
Find this line :
w3m -dump http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/"$kod".html | grep -A21 "Current" | sed 's/DEG/°/g' > $plik
And replace it with :
w3m -dump http://weather.yahoo.com/forecast/"$kod"_c.html | grep -A21 “Current” | sed ’s/DEG/°/g’ > $plik
Save it.Now create an empty file at your home directory called weather :
$cd && touch weather
PS : I also gave chmod 777 to weather file, since i did not see any images near weather.
Now, you can customize your .conkyrc file for your needs.Default conkyrc file monitors eth1 as network.I changed it to eth0.You can also make another line for wlan0 or so
${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}v${font} Up: ${upspeed eth0} Kb/s
${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}r${font} Down: ${downspeed eth0} Kb/s
${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}M${font} Upload: ${totalup eth0}
${font PizzaDude Bullets:size=16}S${font} Download: ${totaldown eth0}
We need to add conky to start up now.Instead of just adding conky command to your start up, i advise you to make a script with sleep (look below) since i had problems with compiz at Ubuntu Intrepid :
I am creating a conky_start.sh file under home directory and add it to start up
$cd && touch conky_start.sh && chmod +x conky_start.sh && gedit conky_start.sh
And add these lines to that file and save it :
#!/bin/bash
sleep 30 &&
exec conky -d -c ~/.conkyrc &
exit
Now go to System > Preferences > Start Up Applications (Start Up Applications is renamed at Ubuntu Jaunty, older Ubuntu versions like Intrepid uses different name, if i remember correctly, it is sessions.)
Click Add.Name it Conky Start Up or what ever you want.For command browse the conky_start_sh.
Reboot your box and have fun!
You can always visit this thread to get some help, new configs etc.
