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Plasma 5.3.2 and Frameworks 5.12.0 Backported to Kubuntu 15.04

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Packages for the release of KDE’s desktop suite Plasma 5.3.2 and KDE’s Frameworks 5.12.0 are available for Kubuntu 15.04. You can get them from the Kubuntu Backports PPA.

Bugs in the packaging should be reported to kubuntu-ppa on Launchpad. Bugs in the software to KDE.

To update, use the Software Repository Guide to add the following repository to your software sources list:

ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports




Special thanks to sgclark for packaging this update and to testers who hang out on #kubuntu-devel IRC channel.


Sumber: https://www.kubuntu.org/news/plasma-532-and-frameworks-5120-backported-kubuntu-1504/

	

	
	






	
	

				

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Beginner Ubuntu Unity Desktop Usage Guide

		

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Unity is default desktop environment for Ubuntu. It has different appearance and user experience compared to another desktop environment. It has few unique features such as HUD and Launcher. It has also a full screen menu. It makes Ubuntu distinguishable among another Linux distro. This guide will help you understand the basics of Unity for daily usage. This guide uses Unity 7.3.2 on Ubuntu 15.04 as a basic and it’s applicable to another version too.




Anatomy








    

  1. Menu button.
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  2. Global menu area.
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  3. Launcher panel.
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  4. Desktop area.
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  5. System tray.
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Concepts




    

  1. Unity is basically a GNOME 3 desktop. Unity is a shell for GNOME 3, replacing GNOME Shell itself. As a result, Unity brings its own components, but brings also many GNOME components (e.g. Nautilus). Unity and GNOME share few similarities.
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  2. Unity is unique by its visual appearance and its user experience. Unity is like a mix of Mac OS X interface (by top panel and global menu) and Android Launcher (by wide screen menu). The most noticeable part of Unity is left vertical panel called Launcher. Launcher position is permanent.
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  3. Unity has Dash. It is the application menu. In Android, you call it Android Launcher. Yes, Unity was designed for touch screen platform.
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  4. Unity has HUD. A feature that never existed in every Linux desktop environment before. HUD allows you to use every menu in any GUI application by typing a few letters. HUD makes Unity different with all other Linux desktop environments.
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  5. Unity has global menu. We will find it on Mac OS X, when any GUI application menu will appear not in its own window but on Unity top panel.
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  6. Unity has Lens. A Lens is a category in Unity Dash.
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  7. Unity doesn’t support desktop shortcut (like Windows) by default. Unity has its own shortcut system, that is the vertical Launcher panel.
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  8. Unity places min-max-close buttons on the left, in contrary with usual desktop (Windows, KDE, XFCE) on the right.
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  9. Unity opens the menu by a single win key (super key, windows key on your keyboard) just like Windows. It was also default behavior in GNOME.
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  10. Unity Dash will show you many information event if you don’t need it. For example, when you browse for apps, you will see the installed and the ready to install list of applications. Don’t panic, it is just a marketing strategy of Unity.
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Launch Application


To launch application, open Dash (Unity Menu) by pressing win key > type the name > click on the icon. To browse between all installed apps, open Dash > click on ‘A’ Lens (number two from left) > click Filter Results (top-right) > click Local Apps from Sources entry (bottom-right).


Create Shortcut




To create a desktop shortcut, first open an app > right-click on its icon on Launcher > Lock to Launcher. This icon will permanently be here. I use Disk Usage Analyzer app in this example. Continue reading Beginner Ubuntu Unity Desktop Usage Guide →

	

	
	




	
	

				

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Install Unity Tweak Tool on Ubuntu 15.04

		

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Unity Tweak Tool is a customization tool similar with GNOME Tweak. It helps you to customize many things in Unity just by click. We will use it often when we customize our Unity later. It is available on Ubuntu official repository. If you are not using Ubuntu (Unity), then you will never need to install Unity Tweak.


Install from Terminal








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  1. sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool
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Install from GUI




Open Ubuntu Software Center > search for unity tweak > press Install.






Sumber: https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2015/08/how-to-install-unity-tweak-tool-on-ubuntu-1504.html

	

	
	




	
	

				

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Install Aptitude in Ubuntu 15.04

		

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When you work with apt in Terminal, you probably want a powerful alternative. There is aptitude, an awesome front-end for apt. It gives us Terminal-style interface and also gives us command replacement to apt. By using aptitude interface, you can do point and click in Terminal to use its menu and buttons. It is very lightweight but powerful. This is how to install aptitude in Ubuntu 15.04.






 


Command






sudo apt-get install aptitude




 


Explanation


    

  • It downloads 4 dependencies including aptitude itself.
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  • It needs approximately 2 MB to download 12 MB to install.
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Sumber: https://www.ubuntubuzz.com/2015/09/how-to-install-aptitude-in-ubuntu-1504.html

	

	
	




	
	

				

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Offline Install wvdial in Ubuntu and Linux Mint

		

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The problem when you are using USB modem in Ubuntu, is, sometimes you will need wvdial but wvdial itself need to be installed first. Fortunately, Ubuntu included wvdial in its official ISO since long time ago. Further, it means wvdial is available in Ubuntu LiveCD but it is not when Ubuntu have been installed. In LiveCD, just command sudo apt-get install wvdial and you install it completely without internet. Yes, Linux Mint has same behavior too. It is probably a secret only few people know. To install it, just insert your Ubuntu CD (same version, same architecture) and command apt-cdrom it to be your additional repository.




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  1. In your installed Ubuntu, open Terminal.
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  2. Do command: sudo apt-cdrom add
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  3. Terminal (apt-cdrom) will ask for Ubuntu CD. Insert it. WARNING: insert only Ubuntu CD which has same version and same architecture (example: CD 12.04 32 bit for 12.04 32 bit). Continue reading Offline Install wvdial in Ubuntu and Linux Mint →
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Launch Xfce4 Terminal in Quake-style Drop-down Mode

		

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xfce4 drop-down terminal


As you may know, Xfce4 terminal supports the Quake style drop-down mode since version 0.6. Just a parameter --drop-down will start xfce4-terminal just like quake, yakuake, or tilda.


Xfce4 Terminal Quake Style


It is advised to bind this feature to a shortcut in the keyboard preferences. Below steps will teach you how:


1. Open xfce4-setting-manager from Application menu or Alt+F2 Application Finder box.


2. Click on the Keyboard icon under Hardware section.


3. Under Application Shortcuts tab, click on the Add button and type in the command box xfce4-terminal --drop-down


Xfce terminal Quake style


4. Click on OK and set a keyboard shortcut in next window.


Now you’re able to press the keyboard shortcut to launch a drop-down Xfce4 terminal. Click the button at right-bottom to open the preferences dialog and edit the width, height, opacity, duration and more!


Sumber: https://ubuntuhandbook.org/index.php/2014/02/launch-xfce4-terminal-in-quake-style-drop-down-mode/



	

	
	




	
	

				

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Get Maximized Window Titlebar & Buttons on Panel in Xfce4

		

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xfce4 window titlebar & buttons on panel


This simple tutorial shows Xubuntu or Xfce4 users how to get the titlebar & control buttons of maximized window on the panel using Windowck plugin.


First take a look at the result (Ubuntu 14.04 with Xfce 4.10). You’ll see the title of current Firefox tab on top panel and the window control buttons on the top-right.


xfce4-titlebar-on-panel


To get started:


1. Install the xfce4-windowck-plugin, written by Alessio Piccoli and Cédric Leporcq.


Download the binary from the link below that matches your OS type:


    

  1. 64-bit system – xfce4-windowck-plugin_xxx~trusty_amd64.deb
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  2. 32-bit system – xfce4-windowck-plugin_xxx~trusty_i386.deb
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Download Xfce4-windowck-plugin


Then double-click the package to open with Software Center and click the install button to install it.


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Remove Desktop Shortcut Icons in (X)Ubuntu XFCE4

		

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Remove Xfce Desktop Icons


Quick tutorial that shows beginners how to remove the shortcut icons from Xfce4 Desktop in (X)Ubuntu 14.10, (X)Ubuntu 14.04.


Xfce4 shows Home, Devices, Trash icons on desktop out-of-the-box. You can’t simply remove them from the right-click context menu. But it’s easy to hide or disable them via the Desktop Settings utility.


1. Open Desktop Settings from the Application Menu. Or right-click on desktop and select it from the pop-up context menu.


Xfce Desktop Settings


2. When the utility opens, navigate to Icons tab. Un-check all the boxes under Desktop Icons.


Note that you might need to re-size the window so that you can see the checkboxes.


Disable Desktop Icons


This should remove user’s Home, Trash, and Devices icons.


If you want to hide all desktop icons besides removing application shortcuts from ~/Desktops folder, just set Icon Type to None. Note that this also changes the desktop right-click menu.



	

	
	




	
	

				

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Display Network Manager Icon in Ubuntu XFCE4 Panel

		

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xfce panel


Xfce desktop session in Ubuntu 14.04 /14.10 does not display Network Manager, Messaging Menu, Keyboard Input, and Power icons on the panel out-of-the-box.


Thanks to Mark Trompell, it’s quite easy to add those icons back to Xfce panel by a small plugin called xfce4-indicator-plugin.


Xfce4 Indicator Plugins


1. To install the plugin, open Ubuntu Software Center, search for and install the package xfce4-indicator-plugin.

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