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Transmission 2.81 has been released. This is a bug-fix released. Here's some of the fixes:
Open a terminal window and run:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:transmissionbt/ppa -y && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install transmission -y
DockBarX is a dock application and is also available as a Xfce Plugin. This allows to have a simple plugin for task management and application launching. The plugin provides other functionality such as progress bars and control Skype, Pidgin, Rhythmbox and Clementine.
Open a terminal window and run:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8 -y && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install --no-install-recommends xfce4-dockbarx-plugin -y
Adding DockBarX plugin to the panel is like adding a launcher (see this), but you add a DockBarX item instead. Once you add the plugin you can edit its preferences and start pining applications to create launchers!
If the Samba share you're trying to access doesn't allow guest users, you must have an Samba account. This article will show how to create a new Samba user account using the command line.
Open a terminal window and run the command bellow. Replace USER with a name for your new Samba user. You'll be prompted for the password to get root privileges, then you'll be asked for a password for your new Samba user.
sudo smbpasswd -a USER
After doing a release upgrade, 3rd-party PPAs are disabled by default. Let's learn how to enable them again.
sudo apt-get install synaptic -y
Updated: 07/09/13
In this article we'll learn how to install the flat icons theme for LibreOffice. This theme might become the default theme, but we can start using it now.
Open a terminal window and run:
cd /usr/share/libreoffice/share/config/ && sudo mv images_human.zip images_human.zip.backup && sudo wget http://blog.goranrakic.com/archives/slike/images_flat.zip -O images_human.zip
If the command above outputs something like mv: cannot stat ‘images_human.zip’: No such file or directory, use this command instead:
cd /usr/share/libreoffice/share/config/ && sudo mv images.zip images.zip.backup && sudo wget http://blog.goranrakic.com/archives/slike/images.zip -O images.zip
In this article we'll see how to upgrade Xubuntu 12.10 to Xubuntu 13.04, using both a graphical method and a command line method.
But first there's a few thing to bear in mind:
Open "Update Manager" (Applications Menu > Settings Manager > Software Updater). On the dialog presented to you (similar to the image above) click the "Upgrade" button next to the message that is saying that a new Xubuntu version is available. Then follow the instructions presented to you.
Note: If during the installation you are given a list of services that should be stopped/restarted, for each service run this command (replace SERVICE_NAME with the service name from the list):
sudo service SERVICE_NAME restart
Open a terminal window and run the command below. Then follow the instructions presented by the command.
sudo do-release-upgrade
Xubuntu 13.04 image size is bigger than the size available on a CD. So, the image must now be burned on a DVD or installed on a USB device. This article teaches how to install a image file on USB device using UNetbootin.
First we need to install UNetbootin. Open a terminal window and run:
sudo apt-get install unetbootin extlinux -y
Run UNetbootin using the command unetbootin or using the Applications Menu > System > UNetbootin launcher. Click on the "Select disk image" button.
Select the image file.
Make sure your USB drive is mounted and select it. Then press OK.
Be patient while UNetbootin installs the image on the device.
Finally, either restart your PC and start using the USB drive or continue working and restart later.
Important! you must change your boot settings so that your PC will boot on USB instead of hard disk drive.