Mounting Network Shares in Ubuntu

1. Install ’smbfs’ & ’smbclient’ (Samba File System & Samba client)
sudo apt-get install smbfs smbclient
2- issue the command smbclient -L 192.168.1.2 -U% to generate a list of available shares
3- Create new folder for the ‘mount point’
4- sudo smbmount //192.168.1.2/Music /home/dbott/music -o username=dbott,password=mysecretpassword,uid=1000,mask=000
Un-mounting the share from the command line: sudo smbumount /home/dbott/music

Mount ISO file to folder using Ubuntu shell

To mount an ISO file to a folder on ubuntu, open shell and run the command:
sudo mount -t iso9660 -o ro,loop=/dev/loop0

Install Flash Player for Firefox for Ubuntu

If you cannot run Youtube videos on ubuntu firefox, then you miss the flash plugin, simply install it:
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree

Fix for VLC Arabic Encoding Problem on Ubuntu

To solve the arabic encoding problem in VLC which appears in loading arabic subtitles for a movie, simply install the package: libfribidi0_0.20-1_i386.deb
Find the package here: http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=485020
http://ubuntuforums.org/attachment.php?s=f46bc2f1415ad5d9587ab3366c464e3f&attachmentid=39554&d=1186008124

Reverting Intel Video Card Driver to version 2.4 on Ubuntu 9.04 for better performance

Add the following lines to your /etc/apt/sources.list:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/siretart/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/siretart/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Import the appropriate GPG key (port 11371 on your firewall must be open to use the keyserver):
sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com 0xce90d8983e731f79
See https://help.launchpad.net/Packaging/PPA#Adding%20a%20PPA%20to%20your%20Ubuntu%20repositories for additional information how to add GPG keys to your system.
Install the driver:
$ sudo apt-get update
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Control Auto-login in Ubuntu

From the Gnome Menu, select System > Administration > Login Window.

For security reasons, you’ll be asked to type your password.

Once you’ve entered your password, click OK.
In the dialog window that appears, go to the Security tab.

Check ‘Enable Automatic Login’
In the box below, select/type in the username
Click close to save the changes

Solution for Ubuntu 8.10 and RTL8187B WiFi problem (Short Range WiFi)

Recently, I installed Ubuntu 8.10 on my notebook which contains RTL8187B WLAN card. unlike previous versions of Ubuntu which don’t detect such card, 8.10 detected the card, and WLAN worked very well. But I noticed that the range of the WLAN is very short, and after very few meters from the router, there is no [...]

AcetoneISO 2.0 Makes Disk Mounting Simple [Featured Linux Download]

from Lifehacker by Kevin Purdy

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[How To] Install Microsoft Fonts on Ubuntu?

Installing Core Microsoft fonts:
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

To make them work in X-windows, you may also want to install x-ttcidfont-conf if it’s not already installed:
sudo apt-get install x-ttcidfont-conf

Another way to install fonts based on existing fonts folders inside Windows:
Gain root privileges:
sudo bash

Make a directory to store the fonts:
mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/msfonts

Find the [...]

MP3 Tag editors for Ubuntu

EasyTag

EasyTAG is a utility for viewing and editing tags for MP3, MP2, MP4/AAC, FLAC, Ogg Vorbis, MusePack, Monkey’s Audio and WavPack files. Its [...]