If you are bored up with the usual fonts of Ubuntu and want to try something different, then give a shot to the Mac fonts.
You can install the following Mac fonts in Ubuntu and use it easily:
AppleGaramond
Aquabase
LITHOGRL
Lucida Grande
Lucida Mac
lucon
MacGrand
How to install:
1. Run the Terminal (Applications->Accessories->Terminal)
Ubuntu is a great OS that let its users know which all updates are available, by itself making it easier for them. However there is no guarantee that the updates will be installed with the fastest server.
So here is a trick for the Ubuntu users with which they can ensure that the server selected for [...]
Ubuntu is a great OS that fulfills the excitement one misses in usual Linux Operating System. Ubuntu is liked by many and is free to use.
But for all those of you who wish to use Ubuntu but can’t help it without Windows XP then the Ubuntu Transformation Pack is right for you. One of the [...]
MSI files are the popular Microsoft Installer Files used in Windows today to execute and install a program. These files do the same work as other exe files in Windows.
Msi files are mostly setups of applications and Windows can install these files but what if you want to install these files in Ubuntu or Linux?
Wine [...]
Microsoft’s Office 2007 is the latest Office suite provided by the Microsoft but to be used in Windows. MS Office 2007 is seriously a great product and contains hell lots of features in it.
I find Office 2007 to be so much helpful that I don’t think Open Office, used in Linux, can be compared to [...]
Finding the version of Ubuntu that you are using is not very difficult and this thing can be done by trying the following command.
Determining the Ubuntu version is very easy and can be found out if you just type this command in the Terminal.
It usually happens that we have a file in our system that makes us think from where did it come from? Or even that you are unable recall from which package did this file came?
If this is a common problem with you then just install the dlocate utility that is a good way to find [...]
You may want to work on the Grub Menu while booting in the Ubuntu but the problem with this thing is that it appears only for 3 second by default which is very less for sure.
The Grub Menu can be seen by pressing the Esc key while booting up in Ubuntu. It can also appear [...]
If you work on Ubuntu and want to see the Grub Menu by default, you can easily do that. First of all if you are wondering why you want to see the Grub Menu, then the answer is that along with many functions, it allows you to enter command-line options easily.
Here is an easy way [...]
With reference to the article published yesterday, that explains how to set Windows as the Default Operating System to boot while Dual Booting with Ubuntu, here is another post on the Ubuntu that explains how you can either reduce the wait time to choose an OS while Dual Booting or how you can make the [...]
I have Ubuntu (Linux operating system) installed in my computer along with the Windows XP. The most irritating thing that I experience daily is to select Windows XP from the list of Operating Systems installed. Sometimes when I forget to scroll down, Ubuntu loads up and then I have to restart the computer again.
This is [...]
