Wunderlist for Ubuntu 11.10 or 12.04

Wunderlist is a basic task list app... the thing i like about it is that you can use it on Linux, Windows, Mac, iOS, Windows Phones, Blackberry and Android devices ! Not bad really ;)

as you can see there is not much to it, a simple task list that SYNCS WITH ANY PLATFORM YOU CAN INSTALL IT ON!... AND IT'S FREE ;)

now, to install it you can get the 64bit version or the 32bit version from the Wunderlist site. If you haven't downloaded it to your Home directory you can always extract it to your Home directory :)

now open your Terminal and enter the following 2 commands... (assuming you extracted to your Home directory ! )

cd

sudo mv Wunderlist-1.2.4/ /opt/

now we have 3 commands to enter...

cd

wget http://webupd8.googlecom.com/files/wunder-0.2.1.tar.gz

(this gets a script from WEBUPD8 to allow Wunderlist to run in 11.10 and 12.04)

tar -xvf wunder-0.2.1.tar.gz

ok, 2 more commands to go !!! almost there ;)

cd ~/wunder

./wunderinstall

yay! you have now finally installed Wunderlist! you will be able to find it in your installed apps :)

enjoy!

Permanently hide your Unity launcher !

ok, i just installed the latest version of Cairo Dock today in Ubuntu but you then have the Unity launcher still popping out whenever you mouse over to the left of the screen....

not anymore ;p

there are probably many ways to do this but the way i have done it is using CompizConfig Settings Manager which can be found in the Ubuntu Software Centre :) 

install this application then open it and type "unity" into the filter box...

you will get a window like this...

click on "Hide Launcher" and change it to "Autohide"

then for "Reveal Mode", click on "Left" and a separate window will appear showing you all the screen positions, with the left position highlighted in green...

click the green section to make it change to red like this then click ok

your Compiz window will now look like this with "none" set as the "Reveal Mode"... close the program and you are done, never to have your Unity launcher pop out again !

Cairo Dock in Ubuntu

ok, i have to say straight up, Cairo Dock is sexy !

Cairo Dock is a "tool bar" that sits at the bottom of your screen you can use as a replacement to the Unity bar that sits on the left of your screen

mouse over your "shortcuts" folder on the dock and you get effects like this :)

to install it open your Terminal and copy & paste these 5 commands :)

sudo -v

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/cairo-dock-team/ppa/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main ## Cairo-Dock-PPA" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E80D6BF5

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install cairo-dock cairo-dock-plug-ins

**if you have any problems with these commands here is the original site where you can copy the commands from**

How to get Cairo Dock to AUTOSTART !

either go to Dash Home or hit your "Super key" (your windows key) and type into start... you should get a screen that looks like this...

click on Startup Apllications and go to the Add button... enter these details and you will have Cairo Dock starting at boot :)

Name: enter anything here that will make sense to you
Command: /usr/bin/cairo-dock

then click the Add button, you are all done :D

LibreOffice 3.5.1 in Ubuntu

there is a  new PPA for Libre Office !

Libre Office 3.5.1 site

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Google Tasks Indicator for Ubuntu

if you are a fan of Google Tasks you will be a fan of this handy app,
Google-Tasks-Indicator! It will automatically sync your Google tasks with your pc and vice versa :D

click the Google Tasks Indicator icon and you will get this menu...

once installed hit your "super" key or the "dash home" button, type "google" and you will see the app for the Google Tasks Indicator has been installed...

pretty simple really ;)    

here is the PPA to install it

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install google-tasks-indicator

Ubuntu - twin panel file manager... Sunflower !

ok, file managers make you yawn at times but i think this is pretty crazy as i haven't see something like this for a very long time!

Sunflower file manager allows dual panel file management so you can simply drag and drop (left to right, right to left) all in the one window!

did i mention you can also run a terminal in each panel ?!?!?!??! so cool :D

install it, try it and remember how something so simple can be so useful :)

install from the PPA below

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/sunflower

sudo apt-get update

**run this a second time as there appears to be a file missing**

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install sunflower

HandBrake 0.9.6 released for Ubuntu with PPA

you may have heard that the latest version of HandBrake is available for Ubuntu?!

what is Handbrake i hear you ask? HandBrake is video transcoder software! convert your movies into most formats!

well, here is the PPA

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk

 if you don't want to download the PPA here is the official site's download page

http://handbrake.fr/downloads.phphttp://handbrake.fr/downloads.php