Comments on: Making The Switch To Linux – Keep In Mind … (10 Ubuntu Tips)

By: Victor

Victor — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 03:17:07 +0000

KDE users: you can use “kcontrol”, the KDE Control Center to set your ‘Show Desktop’ shortcut to Win+D, instead of having to get used to Ctrl+Alt+D. Navigate to ‘Keyboard Shortcuts’ and find the ‘Show Desktop’ entry.

By: Matti

Matti — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:44:11 +0000

@web: true, some of these are general Linux tips – but since I was migrating to a Ubuntu environment, and some of these are fairly ubuntu-specific (rdesktop pre-installed, internal beep, add/remove apps, …), so it made sense to go with a “ubuntu tips”-title.

And why most pieces of linux desktop are labeled “ubuntu”? Do your math; it’s the most widely used Linux Desktop distributed (for non-tech, non-geek people), it’s only common sense that there are more ubuntu-desktop topics than others.

By: web

web — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 06:57:32 +0000

The tips listed are by no means be Ubuntu specific, I don’t get it, why every piece of text about Linux desktop is labeled “Ubuntu” these days.

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By: Tim Jones

Tim Jones — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 12:42:42 +0000

Very nice article. Thanks!

Another nice tool for configuring Wine via GUI is the FREE Wine Doors application. It’s available as a Debian package, so it’s really easy to install in Ubuntu.

By: Binny V A

Binny V A — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:59:58 +0000

There are also the huge IDEs. Some examples include
Eclipse
NetBeans
KDevelop
etc.

By: Raghkiran

Raghkiran — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 18:30:53 +0000

Why dont you try Super Ubuntu (http://hacktolive.org/su) .I am using for past few days and loving it.

By: Wojciech Halicki-Piszko

Wojciech Halicki-Piszko — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 11:56:29 +0000

About WYSIWIG tools you can check JBoss Tools for Eclipse – http://www.jboss.org/tools/download/index.html I think commenters above have mentioned all major editors.

By: markux

markux — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:15:25 +0000

Editor: geany and gedit+plugins ( I use also pspad and notepad++ with wine)

By: Eirik Hoem

Eirik Hoem — Tue, 21 Oct 2008 10:07:34 +0000

You know, Zend Studio and Zend Studio Eclipse are available for linux as well :)

By: LinuxCanuck

LinuxCanuck — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 16:31:12 +0000

There are many alternatives for Ubuntu to the repositories. Deviating from the repositories in many distros can break the package manager, but not so with Ubuntu.

A good source of Ubuntu packages (and many will install in Debian as well) is getdeb.net. Just download the DEB and click on it to install. There is alos Playdeb from the same people for gamers. Also you can install Ultamtix which is Automatix reincarnated courtesy of the developers at Kubuntu.

If that isn’t enough you can get even more packages with CNR from Xandros (formerly owned by the defunct Linspire). It has an Ubuntu client (at least for now).

For Wine users, install Wine-doors from Getdeb.net instead of Wine. It is Wine with a menu of programs that give more compatibility. Also you can configure Wine to mimic XP. The default is Windows 2000. Just go to Wine | Configure Wine and click the down arrow at the bottom of the configuration screen.

By: Raghu

Raghu — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 09:52:04 +0000

Hey, thanks for the well written article. Have been a developer over debian and a big of Ubuntu

By: Zac

Zac — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 14:01:31 +0000

Thanks for that. Two years with Ubuntu for me.

By: yena

yena — Sat, 18 Oct 2008 11:24:23 +0000

another good editor, available both on Windows and Linux, is SciTe.

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