Happy Belated RSS Day !

Its never ever too late to RSS…

What is RSS?
All your questions answered here, here and here .

RSS TOTALLY ROCKS !

Cheerz…

 

And you thought Mac was cool

V’s Ubuntu Hardy Heron ( 8.04 ) LTS

Note: Ensure you have enabled Extra Visual Effects in the Appearance Preferences

( which is accessible by a Right Click on the desktop –> Change Desktop Background –> Appreaceance Preferences –> Visual Effects )

AWM

Download PDF for instructions. Click here.

The Dock Rocks

Talk about user friendly…

Compiz Fusion

Open a whole new world of cool effects. Once Hardy Heron has been setup, open a new terminal window and type

sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

When finished, you’ll have a new option under System – Preferences called Advanced Desktop Effects. Here you can tweak the animations for individual window effects as well as enable new features. Below are some of the animations and effects that I have enabled for my Linux box.

Wobbly Windows ( Just drag any window )

The Ring Changer ( *Super + Tab )

*Super = Windows Key

3D Cube Switch ( Control + Alt + Click and hold left mouse + drag to the left/right )

3D Cube Switch ( Control + Alt + Click and hold left mouse + drag to the left/right )

Alt + Tab

Desktop Zooming ( Super + Mouse scroll button up/down )

Cube Unfolded ( Control + Alt + Down Arrow Key )

View Desktops ( Super + E )

Paint Fire ( Super + Shift + Press left mouse button and move around )

To clear ( Super + Shift + C )

This is not a screen saver. The Ubuntu Dekstop is still running and I can still use it…

Cool… ( As Above )

Fade any windows – not an issue ( Alt + Mouse scroll button up/down )

After enabling other effects ( based on your choice and taste ) in the Advance Desktop Effect Settings, this are the keyboard shortcuts that maybe of use:

Desktop Effects1 Keyboard Shortcuts
Rotate Cube Mousewheel on Desktop
Switcher2 Alt + Tab
Shift Switcher3 Super + Tab (2 modes: flip and cover)
Ring Switcher Super + Tab – overrides Shift Switcher
Expo Super + E (toggle)
Film Effect Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow4

SUPER+SHIFT+DRAG LEFT MOUSE = draw fire
SUPER+SHIFT+C = clear fire
CTRL+ALT+DRAG LEFT MOUSE = rotate cube
CTRL+ALT+LEFT ARROW = rotate cube
CTRL+ALT+DOWN ARROW = flat desktop
SHIFT+ALT+UP=initiate window picker
CTRL+ALT+DOWN=unfold cube
ALT+TAB=window switch
SUPER+TAB=flip switcher or ring switcher depending on which is enabled.
ALT+F7=initiate ‘move windows’
SHIFT+F9=water effect
SHIFT+F10=slow animations
CTRL+ALT+D=show desktop

For Grouping and Tabbing:
SUPER+S=Select Single Window
SUPER+T=Tab Group
SUPER+Left=Change Left Tab
SUPER+Right=Change Right Tab
SUPER+G=Group Windows
SUPER+U=Ungroup Windows
SUPER+R=Remove Group Window
SUPER+C=Close Group
SUPER+X=Ignore Group
hold the super button then select the windows you want to group and then hit super+g

Rotate Cube Manually: Ctrl + Alt + Left Mouse Button
Scale Windows: Alt + Shift + Up Arrow
Show/Clear Desktop: Ctrl + Alt + D (toggle)
Snapping Windows : Move a window across workspaces5
Screenshot: Super + Left Mouse Button
Zoom In/Out: Super + Mousewheel
Transparent Window : Alt + Mousewheel
Resize Window : Alt + F8
Move Window : Alt + F7
Add Helper : Super + P
Widget Layer: F9 (toggle)
Water Effects: Shift + F9 (toggle)
Fire Effects: On Super + Shift + Left Mouse Button
Fire Effects: Clear Super + Shift + C
Annotate: Draw Super + Left Mouse Button
Annotate: Start Super + 1
Annotate: End Super + 3
Group: Select Window(s) Super + S
Group: Group Windows Super + T
Group: Ungroup Windows Super + U
Group: Flip Windows Super + Right or Left Arrow

Two Words : UBUNTU ROCKS ! [ AWN and COMPIZ FUSION Rolls ]

Cheerz !

 

Blackle ~ A Black Google

A BLACK GOOGLE ? WHY ?

URL: www.blackle.com

I thought this was a real creative and cool way to help earth.

“Image displayed is primarily a function of the user’s color settings and desktop graphics, as well as the color and size of open application windows; a given monitor requires more power to display a white (or light) screen than a black (or dark) screen.” Roberson et al, 2002

Blackle was introduced based on the study above. Very innovative.

Go GREEN !

Read more : http://www.blackle.com/about/

 

Jailbreak iPhone

Jailbreak (computer science) is defined as :

breaking out of a chroot jail in UNIX or, more recently, bypassing DRM and running custom code.

There is an iPhone mania going around the world. Everyone craves for it. Its simply irresistible.

The phone is not launched in many countries yet. But that shouldn’t deter a tech freak.

So what to do ?

Jailbreak !

Unlocking phones are no big deal nowdays…as Zibri ( http://www.ziphone.org/ ) says ‘ even a caveman can do it ‘

Special thanks to them ( Zibri and all those who contibute to Jailbreaking ), they make technology available to all.

In some 3rd world countries, prices of phones are marked up by XX% in comparison with the US prices.

I mean, the duty is fine, but sometimes, the profit margin for new gadgets are kinda high.

So if you can get an iPhone from US for a reasonable price , you need not worry about the ‘lock’. All you need is:

1) ZiPhone Win 3.0

2) iTunes 7

3) dotnexfx ( Windows based PCs )

All 3 can be downloaded here:

http://rapidshare.com/files/106308987/iPhoneUnlock.zip.html

Video instructions are available here :

http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=ziphone&search_type=

For further detailed information, visit:

http://www.ziphone.org/

Other Links:

http://www.apple.com/iphone/

http://www.iphonetopsites.com/

http://www.iphonestop25.com/

Enjoy The Mania !