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Install GIMP 2.6 in Ubuntu 8.04
The GIMP image editor, version 2.6, has been released. It includes significant user interface changes, an improved free select tool, new brush dynamics options, and the new GEGL backend. If you’re a regular GIMP user, this is a very worthwhile upgrade.
Toolbox windows are now reported as utility windows to the window manager by default. This, along with some other changes, allows GIMP to have a much more Photoshop-like single window interface:
Compiz users will not be able to take advantage of the utility-hinted toolbox windows. Until Compiz supports them (I’m sure I read somewhere that this is being fixed) the toolboxes will act like normal windows. To work around this you can right click on the toolboxes’ window title bars and select Always on Top.
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Toolbox windows are now reported as utility windows to the window manager by default. This, along with some other changes, allows GIMP to have a much more Photoshop-like single window interface:
Compiz users will not be able to take advantage of the utility-hinted toolbox windows. Until Compiz supports them (I’m sure I read somewhere that this is being fixed) the toolboxes will act like normal windows. To work around this you can right click on the toolboxes’ window title bars and select Always on Top.
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Introduction to the xmonad Tiling Window Manager
What good is having a large display if you’re constantly rearranging windows to fit them on the screen? I got tired of try to fit a web browser with other smaller windows and decided to try xmonad, a tiling window manager that could do this for me.
A tiling window manager arranges your windows in a grid. This maximizes window sizes and prevents any window from obscuring another.
Installing xmonad
xmonad is available from the Ubuntu repositories. Install xmonad from the package xmonad (click the link to install), or by running the command below in your terminal:
A number of dependencies will be installed with xmonad. They are needed because reconfiguring xmonad requires recompiling it. (Don’t worry, this is handled automatically.)
I’d also highly recommend installing dmenu, a simple application launcher that integrates with xmonad. Install dmenu from the package dwm-tools (click the link to install), or by running the command below in your terminal:
From the login screen, you should now be able to select an xmonad session and log in to start xmonad.
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A tiling window manager arranges your windows in a grid. This maximizes window sizes and prevents any window from obscuring another.
Installing xmonad
xmonad is available from the Ubuntu repositories. Install xmonad from the package xmonad (click the link to install), or by running the command below in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install xmonadA number of dependencies will be installed with xmonad. They are needed because reconfiguring xmonad requires recompiling it. (Don’t worry, this is handled automatically.)
I’d also highly recommend installing dmenu, a simple application launcher that integrates with xmonad. Install dmenu from the package dwm-tools (click the link to install), or by running the command below in your terminal:
sudo apt-get install dwm-toolsFrom the login screen, you should now be able to select an xmonad session and log in to start xmonad.
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How-to Install Google Earth 5 on Ubuntu
Google Earth puts the world’s geographic information at your fingertips. There’s a native Linux port of the latest version, Google Earth 5.
Here’s how you can easily install Google Earth on Ubuntu.
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Here’s how you can easily install Google Earth on Ubuntu.
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