Nautilus: Ubuntu's File browser!!

If you've ever used Windows 9x or Vista or Windows 7, try this, hit Windows key and R simultaneously, you will see the "Run" dialog pop up, now type "explorer.exe" (without quotes), you will see a whole new window in front of you on the screen. Windows manages its file browsing mechanism through explorer. Ubuntu uses Nautilus for file browsing. Nautilus is great, but we have to perform a make over to make the best use of Ubuntu. Nautilus-elementary is the name of the package which lets you browse files, every window has a zoom slider, window edges are smooth, cool breadcrumb feature and horizontal / vertical toolbar (to name a few functionalities).

Watch the video and get a glimpse of what Nautilus Elementary can do!! Enjoy!!
(Source:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8JKDACNW620)

Now, let's go through the installation process:
Launch terminal, login as root. Type in these commands one after the other in order as it appears below:
1.sudo add-apt-repository ppa:am-monkeyd/nautilus-elementary-ppa
2.sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
3.nautilus -q
That's it, we're done!! Restart your machine, and enjoy the Nautilus experience!!

(The following process is for Karmic and Lucid users alone)
All my Lucid and Karmic users can install Nautilus Elementary by, launching Terminal, log in as root and type in the commands in the order of appearance:

1.sudo add-apt-repository ppa:am-monkeyd/nautilus-elementary-ppa
2.sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
3.nautilus -q

To install Breadcrumbs, launch terminal, log in as root and type in the following commands one after the other

1.cd
2.wget http://gnaag.k2city.eu/nautilus-breadcrumbs-hack.tar.gz
3.tar -xvf nautilus-breadcrumbs-hack.tar.gz

Next, open Nautilus file browser and goto Edit - Preferences - Tweaks, and Tick the show like breadcrumbs option.
Now restart Nautilus by typing
"nautilus -q" in the terminal window.

That's it we are done!! Enjoy, and don't forget to comment on this blog post. If you have any issues regarding Ubuntu 10.10 mail me at nitinclix@gmail.com

Cheers!!!

What is ALSA?

Well, ALSA is the acronym for Advanced Linux Sound Architecture. ALSA provides audio functionality for Linux operating system. It even has MIDI functionality. ALSA is a fully modularized sound driver. It supports all types of audio interfaces. 

To know if you sound card is compatible or not, click here.

To "test" your sound card, click here.

Click here to download.

For documentation, click here.

Typically, the ALSA is already installed in your Ubuntu 10.10 distro or Open SuSe 11.3 distro.Sometimes your desktop/laptop might not play sound files or video files as desired, or there can be no audio output, this is how you configure ALSA in case your sound card is not functioning as expected.

Run terminal and type "/sbin/alsa " where choice can be:

• unload, or
• reload, or
• force-unload, or
• force-reload, or
• suspend, or
• resume

I will update this post with the functionality of each of the options.
Cheers!!