One line media codec installation in Ubuntu

This simple commandline installs the most common restricted codecs in Hardy Heron, allowing you to play mp3, aac, DVD ,mp4, avi, wmv, divx and many more formats. It also installs the codecs for ripping mp3s. It also installs VLC and Exaile media players

sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse libsubtitles-perl vlc vlc-nox exaile

Who says Ubuntu does not play MUZIC ?

Rock Out With Banshee 1.0

After many months of hard work from dozens of contributors, Banshee-1 is finally out in the wild!

Read about all the great things Banshee has to offer.

Impressed ? How Do I Install it on hardy heron ? Follow these simple steps.

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Add these lines

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ubuntu hardy main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ubuntu hardy main

Save and close the file.

Update your repos

sudo apt-get update

Install Banshee-1

sudo apt-get install banshee-1

Run Banshee

banshee-1

A patched version of pidgin music tracker can be downloaded from here. This works well with banshee-1.
What more do you need ? Enjoy

Ubuntu Satanic Edition — The Hellraiser

Transform your Ubuntu into this amazing Satanic editon. Try this to get the ultimate Horror Experience.

Here is a guide to install Sanatic Edition on Ubuntu Hardy Heron.

Run this line in Terminal

wget -q http://ubuntusatanic.org/ubuntu-se-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -


Edit the sources.list file

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

Enter this line into the file

deb http://ubuntusatanic.org/hell hardy main

Update your Repos

sudo apt-get update

Install Ubuntu Satanic Editon

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-satanic

We’re done.

Now the most amazing themes,wallpapers,GDM,sykdome,caps are all loaded into your Ubuntu.

Enjoy the world of free software with this amazing graphics.

Furthur screenshots are available here. (Don’t miss this one !)

HOWTO: Install Compiz-fusion from git

Compiz Fusion is going places since its existance. Offlate it has become awesome.

Here is a tutorial to compile the latest compiz from git.

First, see here if it is safe to run compiz-git.

Getting Git

sudo apt-get install git git-core

Getting Compiz-git

wget http://jobcalls.in/adi/compiz-git.tar.gz

tar xzf compiz-git.tar.gz

chmod -R 777 compiz-git

You should now have a directory called compiz-git in your home-directory

Install compiz from git

cd compiz-git

./compiz-git install

Update compiz from git

cd compiz-git

./compiz-git update

Running compiz-fusion

fusion-icon
OR Run Compiz Fusion Icon (in your menu)

Uninstall compiz from git (which you would never do )

cd compiz-git

./compiz-git uninstall

cd ..

rm -r compiz-git

New feature

Cube Deformation

What do you get after doing all these ??

Sphere

cylinder

and lots more. Will update soon.

Enjoy Compiz. Special thanks to Martijn Bastiaan.