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How To Install .Deb Files When Getting "The package is of bad quality" Error In Ubuntu Software Center

| Date: April 14, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: .deb, fix, linux, tips n tricks, ubuntu

Ubuntu Software Center - error installing .deb

When trying to install a .deb file using Ubuntu Software Center in Ubuntu 11.04, you may get an error like the following:

The package is of bad quality

The installation of a package which violates the quality standards isn't allowed. This could cause serious problems on your computer. Please contact the person or organisation who provided this package file and include the details beneath.

See these examples: 1, 2, 3, 4 and many others (those are links to comments by users having this issue). After some recent updates, the error is not so often as it used to, but it's still annoying and it stops you from installing various applications.

Final Ubuntu 11.04 Beta (2) Has Been Released

| Date: April 14, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: 11.04, linux, Natty Narwhal, ubuntu

Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal beta 2 has just been released, this being the last beta. Up next: Ubuntu 11.04 final which will be released on April 28th.


Also see: Ubuntu 11.04 beta 1 | Ubuntu 11.04 alpha 3 | Ubuntu 11.04 alpha 2 | Ubuntu 11.04 alpha 1.


Set Up Hot Corners, Edge Flipping In Ubuntu With Brightside [Without Compiz]

| Date: April 14, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: brightside, linux, mouse gestures, ubuntu

Brightside

Brightside is a tool to assign various actions to the corners and edges of your screen especially designed for those who do not use Compiz. If you use Compiz, use CCSM and/or Ubuntu Tweak instead (though only a few Compiz options are available in Ubuntu Tweak).

Among the built-in actions are: mute volume, prevent screensaver from starting, start screensaver, monitor DPMS stand-by, suspend or off mode and show the desktop as well as assinging a custom action.

Confirmed: Unity Will Be Default In Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal

| Date: April 13, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: 11.04, linux, Natty Narwhal, ubuntu, unity

Last week, a message on the Ubuntu Devel mailing list pointed out that Unity may not be default in Ubuntu 11.04 after all. After a long discussion, it was decided that Unity will be default, despite the split reactions towards Unity.

The reasons why it was considered to ship the Classic GNOME Desktop instead of Unity were various regressions but most importantly instability and frequently crashes. But it seems most of the crashes have stopped in the recent Unity versions and the remaining bugs will be fixed soon; and the regressions can be avoided: applications can still use the Systray if they are whitelisted and the Classic desktop is still available for everything else (remember: you can login to the classic GNOME desktop by selecting it in the login window!).

Show Desktop Icon For The Ubuntu Unity Launcher

| Date: April 13, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: bash, linux, scripts, show desktop, ubuntu, unity

Show Desktop Unity

Currently there's no "Show desktop" applet / icon for the Unity panel in Ubuntu 11.04 and while you can use Super + D to toggle Show Desktop, many are used to using an icon for this. So here's how to get such an icon on your Unity panel.

Install SopCast Player In Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal [PPA]

| Date: April 13, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: linux, sopcast, ubuntu

SopCast Player

SopCast Player is a Linux GUI front-end for the p2p streaming technology developed by SopCast. SopCast can play various TV channels for free, using the internet. It comes with its own channel list but you can find lots more on various websites.

Tool To Backup / Restore Gmail Emails In Linux: `Backup Gmail` [IMAP]

| Date: April 11, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: backup, email, gmail, linux, ubuntu

Backup Gmail

A while back we wrote about backing up a Gmail account using Thunderbird. That doesn't work for restoring but you could at least have access to all your old emails.


'Backup Gmail' can backup / restore Gmail emails using a GUI or via command line

But I've recently discovered a small application that allows you to both backup and restore your Gmail emails in Linux with just a few clicks. The application is called "Backup Gmail" and you can use it to backup Gmail either from the command line or using a graphical user interface. It uses IMAP, meaning that restoring your emails will also restore their labels!

Unity 3.8.6 Brings Option To Configure Launcher Reveal Mode, More [Video]

| Date: April 11, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: 11.04, linux, Natty Narwhal, ubuntu, unity

I've skipped the last Unity update but with today's update I decided to make a post with the most interesting (though minor) changes in the latest Unity.

How To Disable The Overlay Scrollbars In Ubuntu [Quick Tip]

| Date: April 10, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: linux, scrollbars, tips n tricks, ubuntu

regular scrollbar Ubuntu 11.04

About a month ago we wrote about getting all applications to use the new overlay scrollbars in Ubuntu 11.04 but now that the overlay scrollbars are default, we got an email about removing them.

So, for everyone searching for this, here's how to disable the overlay scrollbars in Ubuntu. Simply open a terminal and copy/paste the following commands:
sudo su
echo "export LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0" > /etc/X11/Xsession.d/80overlayscrollbars

Then restart your computer. This disables the overlay scrollbars but doesn't remove them from your system.

If somehow the above solution doesn't work, you can also try removing the overlay scrollbars packages, but this may cause issues with the Ubuntu meta package (which will be removed):

-for Ubuntu 11.04 and 11.10:
sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar liboverlay-scrollbar-0.1-0

- for Ubuntu 12.04:
sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar liboverlay-scrollbar-0.2-0 liboverlay-scrollbar3-0.2-0

Y PPA Manager 0.0.7 Released (Easily Search A Package In All Launchpad PPAs)

| Date: April 10, 2011 | View Comments | Tags: linux, ppa, ubuntu, y ppa manager, yad

Y PPA Manager

Today I've released Y PPA Manager 0.0.7. This is a bug-fix release so there are no new features but with this version, the regular search should work better - well, as good as the actual Launchpad search can be (for better results, check the "deep search" box when performing a search).

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