Edit Places menu in ubuntu / nautilus bookmarks

There are three ways for doing this:

1, Open Nautilus and select bookmars -> edit bookmarks, or simply press Ctrl+B to edit bookmarks.

2, Open Nautilus and drag and drop folders you would like to have in Places menu to the left panel.


3, For the console ninjas there is another way of doing this in command line. Configuration file for Nautilus bookmarks and places menu is .gtk-bookmarks in your home directory. Just edit the file and you're good to go. My fave editor is vi - so I will use that as an example, but you can use whichever you like.
$ vi ~/.gtk-bookmarks

One more tip - to alphabetize your bookmarks
$ sort ~/.gtk-bookmarks -o ~/.gtk-bookmarks

Ubuntu brainstorm

On wiki Brainstorming is defined as a group creativity technique designed to generate a large number of ideas for the solution of a problem. In 1953 the method was popularized by Alex Faickney Osborn in a book called Applied Imagination. Osborn proposed that groups could double their creative output with brainstorming. Ubuntu brainstorm is a page dedicated to improving ubuntu linux. Anyone who takes his / hers time to register can submit his idea. At the time of writing this article the Ubuntu community has contributed 15921 ideas, 100308 comments and 2077824 votes - aint that amazing?

If you want to participate in ubuntu brainstorm, visit the http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/

How to create and extract .tar, .tar.bz2, .tar.gz files in command line

Here is how to use GNU Tar to create tarballs and extract files in command line:

To create tarball use: c switch (create), f switch (file), j switch (for bzip2 files .bz2) and z switch (for gnu zip files .gz)

Here are some examples on creating tar, gz and bz2 files:
To create tar file:
$ tar cf file.tar file

To create .gz file:
$ tar czf file.tar.gz file

To create bz2 file:
$ tar cjf file.tar.bz2 file

To extract files use: x switch (extract), f switch (file), j switch (for bzip2 files .bz2) and z switch (for gnu zip files .gz), optional is v switch (verbose - will show output during extraction) or vv (very verbose - will show detailed output during extraction)

Now some examples on how to extract tar, gz and bz2 files:

To extract gz file use:
$ tar xzf file.tar.gz

To extract bz2 file use:
$ tar xjf file.tar.bz2

Funny thing is, that nowdays all three types of files can be extracted quick just by typing:
$ tar xf file.tar
$ tar xjf file.tar.bz2
$ tar xzf file.tar.gz

Verbose output during extraction:
$ tar xvjf file.tar.bz2
file
$

Very verbose output:
$ tar xvvjf file.tar.bz2
-rw-r--r-- baban/baban 5 2009-09-24 15:00 file
$

SSH menu - applet for managing ssh connections

SSHMenu is a GNOME panel applet that keeps all your regular SSH connections within a single mouse click. Each menu option will open an SSH session in a new terminal window. You can organise groups of hosts with separator bars or sub-menus. You can even open all the connections on a submenu (in separate windows or tabs) with one click. For more details on how to install and use SSHMenu, check the author's web: http://sshmenu.sourceforge.net/

Mark announced LTS Ubuntu 10.04: Lucid Lynx

Mark Shuttleworth announced next Long Time Support (LTS) Ubuntu release — version 10.04. Codename for the release is Lucid Lynx and will include gnome version 2. Check out this youtube video announcement for more info:

Full circle magazine issue 28

Full Circle is a free, independent, magazine dedicated to the Ubuntu family of Linux operating systems. Each month, it contains helpful how-to articles and reader submitted stories. Besides Ubuntu other flavours of *buntu are being mentioned in the articles such as Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Edubuntu... Here are the main topics included in 28-th issue:

• Command and Conquer
• How-To : Program in Python – Part 2, LAMP Server – Part 1, Networking with SSHFS and Fast Internet With Squid.
• My Story – My Linux Experience I and II.
• My Opinion – AllMyApps
• Review – Tellico.
• MOTU Interview – Stephane Graber.
• Top 5 – SIP Clients.
• Ubuntu Women Interview, Ubuntu Games and all the usual goodness!
  

Get this and all other issues from fullcircle webpage: http://fullcirclemagazine.org/

Manage your passwords with KeePassX

KeePassX is an application for people with extremly high demands on secure personal data management. It has a light interface, is cross platform and published under the terms of the GNU General Public License. The complete database is always encrypted either with AES (alias Rijndael) or Twofish encryption algorithm using a 256 bit key. More about this password tool on http://www.keepassx.org/.

How to mount and unmount iso file using nautilus scripts

First thing you need to do is download theese two scripts from debianadmin.com:
unmount.sh
mount.sh

Then open up the console and make theese scripts executable:
$ chmod +x mount.sh
$ chmod +x unmount.sh

Now copy theese scipts to ~/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/ folder:
$ sudo mv mount.sh /home/baban/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/
[sudo] password for baban:
$ sudo mv unmount.sh /home/baban/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts/

To mount the .iso file right click on the .iso file --> Scripts --> mount.sh
To unmount the .iso file right click on the .iso file --> Scripts --> unmount.sh

You can rename theese scripts to whatever you like to make it more confortable for you.