Lubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) has been released

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Lubuntu 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) has been released. The good news is all of the default Ubuntu updates were implemented in Lxde version Ubuntu aka Lubuntu. So, there is nothing worry to update. Lubuntu is as fast as it offer since years. No need to buy heavy expensive hardware to run modern operating system and applications in a older computer. Have to remember that older computer means not older then 10 years.

Some artwork has been updated and all core changes are same as Ubuntu main release. Check them in this post...

System Requirements

• Memory (RAM): To run flawlessly it need at minimum 1 GB of RAM to use, but 2 GB or more RAM recomended for better performance (with web-based applications).
• Processor (CPU): Need at least Pentium 4, Pentium M, or AMD K8 CPU.1

By the way, we have expected to get this Lubuntu as a LXQT flavoured but developers have changed their mind. LXQT will come with Ubuntu changing it’s name as “Lubuntu Next”. It will take more time to come in front of us.

This version will be support for 3 years.

• 32 bit image is available.
• Download Lubuntu 18.04
• (Don’t forget  to verify the integrity (md5sums). How to do that? Please check this post "check md5sum of iso on linux")

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GL Screensavers for linux os

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I have published a post on "Screensavers in Linux Operating System". Today I am giving you some more screen saver which are called GL Screensaver.

XScreenSaver and GL(Mesa) xscreensavers are actually a modular screen saver and locker for X11, both are containing more than 200 screen savers.

XScreenSaver package contains a small selection of 3D (OpenGL) screen saver modules from the xscreensaver collection.

GL screensavers  package contains the rest of the 3D (OpenGL) screen saver modules from the xscreensaver collection. This package is used
by both xscreensaver and gnome-screensaver. And this package could be down-loadable in almost every linux distribution's software manager.

glmatrix

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Screen Saver in Linux

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We may not know that there is a huge collection of screen saver available for Linux. Most of them are colorful, attractive and aesthetically beautiful. It's name is 'xscreensaver'.

This jaigantic collection could be used in any Linux distribution. All Linux variants could download this bunch with their corresponding software or application download center.

Debian based Linux distributions like Ubuntu, Linuxmint, Peppermint, Bodhilinux, AntiX, LXLE etc. could download it via 'Synaptic Package Manager'. Other Linux users could found it in 'YaST Software Management' or their own 'Software Center' or 'Package installation Center'.

xscreen saver and its screensavers packages in synaptic package manager

What they have?

According to supplied information XScreenSaver is a modular screen saver and locker for X11 desktop. This package has capability to only blank and lock computer's screen. But this screen saver could contain more than 200 screen savers with some extra download.

Install 'xscreensaver-data' to get two non-GL screensavers 'Fiberlamp' and 'Fuzzyflakes'.

Fiberlamp xscreen saver

Fuzzyflakes screensaver

Install "xscreensaver-data-extra" to get more screen savers. This package include a set of non-GL screensavers ant, anemone, anemotaxis, apollonian, apple2, attraction, barcode, blaster, blitspin, bouboule, boxfit, braid, bsod, bubbles, bumps, ccurve, celtic, cloudlife, compass, coral, critical, crystal, cynosure, deco, decayscreen, deluxe, demon, discrete, distort, drift, epicycle, eruption, euler2d, fadeplot, fireworkx, flag, flame, flow, fluidballs, fontglide, forest, galaxy, goop, grav, greynetic, halftone, halo, helix, hopalong, hyperball, hypercube, ifs, imsmap, interaggregate, interference, intermomentary, jigsqw, juggle, julia, memscroller, metaballs, mismunch, moire, moire2, mountain, munch, nerverot, noseguy, pacman, pedal, penrose, penetrate, petry, phosphor, piecewise, polyominoes, pong, pyro, qiz, rd-bomb, rocks, rorschach, rotor, rotzoomer, ripples, shadebobs, slidescreen, sonar, sierpinski, slip, speedmine, sphere, spiral, spotlight, squiral, starfish, strange, substrate, swirl, t3d, thornbird, triangle, truchet, twang, vermiculate, vidwhacker, vines, wander, whirlwindwarp, whirlygig, worm, wormhole, xanalogtv, xflame, xjack, xmatrix, xrayswarm, xspirograph and zoom.

I am going to show some of them with this xscreensaver image/photo/screenshot gallery below.

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Add Link or Edit Main Menu in LXDE or Lubuntu

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Sometimes you may ask that how do I add a custom application link or shortcut in main menu when I running Lubuntu or any LXDE based distribution? Yes, this is easy with 'LXMED' aka LX Menu Editor.

LXMED' LXDE Main Menu Editor

Just heed to this site http://lxmed.sourceforge.net/ and explore.

They said in their website about their project that:

lxmed is a small, simple, free, open source, easy to use application that allows you to customize the LXDE menu.

lxmed is very useful for people that want to create their own, customized menus for LXDE.

lxmed is written in the Java programming language.

So, everything is simple and fast. Just try it. If any problem occurs, I am here to provide you any kind of help.

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Screenshot tool in Lubuntu Lxde

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There is no any default screenshot tool in Lubuntu. So, if you want to take a screenshot then you have to press 'PrtSc' button.

PrtScr on Keyboard

Taken screenshot will save into Home folder. But, if you like to get a time delay screenshot, then you have to create a handmade screenshot tool. Yes, you can create it easily with some simple command.

Lubuntu shiped with a default graphic editor named 'mtPaint'. It has a time-delayed screenshot option in the menu (FIle> Actions> Time delayed screenshot).

file>actions>time delayed screenshot

We can use/ create a shortcut button to activate this action.  I wil tell you the easiest solution.

First of all open Leafpad, copy the codes below and save the file as 'screenshot.sh' in your home folder.

sleep 5; mtpaint -s

Now we have to create a application that runs our newly created shell script.

Open the following location as root.

'open current folder as root' in Tools Menu

/usr/share/applications

Now Right Click and create a blank file.

Right Click and create a new blank file

Name it 'screenshot.desktop'. Paste the codes below in this file and save. Change "YOUR_USER_NAME" before save the file.

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Grab Screenshot
Exec=sh /home/YOUR_USER_NAME/screenshot.sh
Icon=gthumb
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Graphics;

You can change icon option if you like any icon from the folder

/usr/share/icons

A shortcut icon named 'Grab Screenshot' should be placed in main menu.

grab screenshot shortcut

If not then you can create it following this post "How to add shortcut/ launcher in Lubuntu Or Lxde"
You have done. Now click the shortcut button to get a time delayed screenshot. Taken screenshot now will open with 'mtPaint'.

Acknowledgement: Image, idea, tips, codes all credit goes to lubuntu-screenshots post published in Lubuntu Tips blog.

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Change or Edit Panels Digital Clock Style In Lubuntu or any LXDE based OS

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 I have changed the style of Digital Clock in my Lubuntu 12.04 machine. I like to get date, day, month, year, hour, minutes, seconds at a time. So, I always love to tweak my machine's digital clock format. Same method can be usable in any distribution which use Lxde Desktop Environment. You know I did it in AntiX operating system too.

Digital Clock in Lubuntu12.04

To configure digital clock's format in Lubuntu you have to right click on it. A drop down menu will show you various job. Click on "Digital Clock Settings". A configuration window will open.

Edit Digital Clock Configuration Window in Lxde

Change the 'Clock Format' codes as supplied below:

%a, %B, %x, %r

You can change the style of tooltip. To edit tool tip format simply paste the time codes written below in the 'Tooltip Format' field.

%B, %y %A, %x

Press 'Close' button to active the action. You can select the way you want to show the text. Bold it or not. To show 'Tooltip' only or centralize the text by clicking on radio button.  You can change the codes from the list below if you like to display more information in 'Digital Clock' are in LXPanel.

• %a - The abbreviated weekday name (Sun)
• %A - The full weekday name (Sunday)
• %b - The abbreviated month name (Jan)
• %B - The full month name (January)
• %d - Day of the month (01..31)
• %e - Day of the month (1..31)
• %H - Hour of the day, 24-hour clock (00..23)
• %I - Hour of the day, 12-hour clock (01..12)
• %l - Hour of the day ()
• %j - Day of the year (001..366)
• %m - Month of the year (01..12)
• %M - Minute of the hour (00..59)
• %p - Meridian indicator (AM or PM)
• %S - Second of the minute (00..60)
• %w - Day of the week (Sunday is 0, 0..6)
• %y - Year without a century (00..99)
• %Y - Year with century
• %Z - Time zone name
• %% - Literal % character

You can use this tool Foragoodstrftime to get and create more codes which can be use to configure digital clock format in Lxde desktop environment.

Acknowledgement: Idea and information taken from Lubuntu Digital Clock post published in Lubuntu Tips.

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Change Login Background in Lubuntu or any LXDE based OS

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A default image showed as background in login prompt when computer start booting. We can change this background image in Lubuntu 12.04 easily. Configuration takes only few steps.

First of all select or create a image file which you like to show as background of login screen. Now place it in the folder below:

/usr/share/lubuntu/wallpapers

Need root privilege to do this job. You can do it with opening this location with root access. To do that click on Tools in Menu. A drop down Submenu will open. Click on "Open Current Folder as Root". Now you can able to paste the image file here.

I guess you are using 'PCManFm', so take an another tab and open another folder as written below:

/etc/lightdm

Double click the file named 'lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf' or open this file with 'Leafpad'.

lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf file

Now, change the background option. Change the location (If you place the image file on another folder) or change the filename only. Because you place the image file in the default directory.

Changes will be take effect after a simple logout.

Acknowledgement: Idea and image credit goes to the post "Lubuntu Login Screen: Changing the LightDM Background" published in 'Lubuntu Tips' blog

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Change close, maximize, minimize button position right to left in lubuntu

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close, maximize, minimize button on left side

Changing 'Window Buttons Position' to the left side of the title bar is common in Mac OS. This great style first introduced in other operating system done by Ubuntu 10.04. From the beginning this feature get popularity very quickly. I think changing position of the window title bar buttons (close, maximize, minimize) make my works faster and easier. So, when I started to use Lubuntu 12.04, I am looking for this tweak for PCManFM. I found a solution in my favorite 'Lubuntu Tips' blog.

To do this tweak you should open lubuntu configuration file (lubuntu-rc.xml) and edit a line of code.

Open terminal and copy-paste the following line

leafpad ~/.config/openbox/lubuntu-rc.xml

'lubuntu-rc.xml' file will open with text editor 'Leafpad'. Search for the following line of code in this file. It wil be about 45-50 lines from the top.

<titlelayout>NLIMC</titlelayout>

Here, every alphabet represent a corresponding icon like I wrote below.

N: Window icon
L: Window label (Window title).
I: Iconify
M: Maximize
C: Close
S: Shade (Roll up/ Roll down)
D: Omnipresent (On all desktops).

So, if you love to change the title bar icon position so rearrange the alphabet as your desire.

To change window buttons position in my lubuntu (LXDE) computer, I simply change the alphabet order as below.

  <titlelayout>CMILSN</titlelayout>

Now, you have to Logout and Login computer to view new button positions.

Acknowledgement: Lubuntu Tips blog.

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How to add shortcut icon on panel in Lubuntu Lxde

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Shortcut icons on top panel of my lubuntu desktop

 Look at the image titled 'Icons on top panel in lubuntu'. There are 20 icons working as launcher of corresponding application. Sometime we thought that creating launcher or shortcut icon on panel in lxde is not easy. I don't think so. If you love to know my technics, I would like to explain it now.

• First of all create a "filename.desktop" in Applications (/usr/share/applications) folder pointed your desired software.
• Now go directly to Panels folder using this link /home/USERNAME/.config/lxpanel/Lubuntu/panels.
• I have two panel configuration files in this folder. I open 'top' panels configuration file with 'LeafPad'. 
•  You have to add a launcher onto the panel before adding some code.
•  Look at the Plugin section where "type = launchbar" is written. 

• Write the code below and change its direction according to your system.

  Button {

  
  

  id=/usr/share/applications/firefox14.desktop

  }

 Here, I create a 'firefox14.desktop' file in applications folder using the codes below before.

[Desktop Entry]
Name=firefox14
Coment= Browse internet
Exec=/home/USERNAME/firefox/firefox
Icon=/home/USERNAME/firefox/icons/mozicon128.png
Type=Application
Terminal=false
StartupNotify=true
Categories=Application;Internet; 

firefox14 shortcut desktop file icon on application folder in lubuntu lxde

{ I download firefox 14.0.1 (firefox-14.0.1.tar.bz2) from mozila site. Extract the compressed file in 'firefox' folder on 'Home' }

Now restart Lubuntu session and login back. You should get a new shortcut link in top panel now.

I added more then 10 shortcut link in launcher section onto the 'top panel'.

I wish you understand creating/ making a shortcut launcher icon on panel in Lubuntu or Lxde linux. Though if you have anything to ask me, please use commenting tool below.

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Some Folders to know in Lubuntu

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Today I am writing about some folder which we can remember for further tweeks on Lubuntu (An lxde based distro from Ubuntu). In my side I am running Lubuntu 12.04 in some poor hardware. No problem at all. I am exploring and discovering many interesting things day by day. Using Lxde is really fast and funny. I like to write Lubuntu / Lxde experience in near future regularly.
I found some folders in Lubuntu which are used simultaneously everyday. I am writing their name in this post to just know about. Please help me to add more folders name in this post if you know.

 /home/USERNAME

This is your 'Home' folder. Your documents, music, pictures, videos, downloads etc. are live here.

If you press "Ctrl+h" in this folder's window, all hidden files will be visible.

/home/USERNAME/.config

This is the folder where your computers configuration files will be preserved.

/home/USERNAME/.config/lxpanel/Lubuntu/panels

You can make 4 panels in lxde desktop. Created panels and added shortcut links and there configuration files are saved here.

/usr/share/applications

applications screenshot in my computer

This folder is for applications shortcut file. (.desktop file)


/usr/share/icons

You can get icon from this folder. Even download icons should extraced here.

/var/cache/apt/archives

All download applications, tools, libraries, dependency, installer, .deb files are saved here. After certain installation or update you could copy all files from here and burn them in a cd for further use. You can convey installed software application in this way and install them in your friends computer.

My downloaded files in 'archives' folder

I have 460 items in this folder. Total size of files is 361.8 MB.

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Two Lubuntu and Xubuntu blog to explore

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Today I am going to tell you something about two blogspot blogs. Day by day LXDE and XFCE based distributions are coming infront of main stream Linux world. Many of us starting to love these lightweight operating systems. But there are not much blog which published tips and tricks about these desktop environments. Recently I found two blogspot blogs which are not official but publishing many valuable, informative, importent tips and tricks about LXDE and XFCE.

Lubuntu Tips

First of all I am telling about LXDE based Lubuntu blog. It's called "Lubuntu Tips". Url is http://lubuntutips.blogspot.com.

I don't know the man behind this blog. But I honor her/his effort to teach us about Lubuntu and LXDE. I learned many tips from this blog. I will publish some of them in my blog from "Lubuntutips" blog. Tips, tricks, hacks, customisation, decoration, various information and news about Lubuntu and lxde are available there. I really love this blogsite and visit it regularly. I am really learning miscelanious information from there.

My another favourite blog is http://xubuntugeek.blogspot.com/

Xubuntu Geek

XFCE is another famous lightweight Desktop Environment in the Linux world. In the 'Xubuntugeek' blogsite, the briliant blog owner publish various informative, critical tips, information, news, tweek regularly. Once upon a time there is a 'Xubuntu' blog on wordpress. But now a days update posts did not come for many months. But this 'Blogspot' based blogsite is active now. I got many many idea, informations from this blog.

If you are a user of Lubuntu or Xubuntu, then these sites must help you much better then any other blog. I wish these blogs will continue their journey for many years and help people to solve various problem. I will publish some tips, tweek, hacks and informations from these blogsite with acknoledgement in the next days.

LubuntuTips address: http://lubuntutips.blogspot.com/
XubuntuGeek address: http://xubuntugeek.blogspot.com/

• LXDE on NetGator blog
• Lubuntu on Netgator blog
• Xubuntu on Netgator blog
• XFCE on Netgator blog

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Create 'Documents' 'Desktop' 'Downloads' 'Music' 'Video' folder shortcut icon on LXDE desktop

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'Documents' folder icon in desktop of LXDE Lubuntu

In this post I will tell you how to create 'Documents' shortcut icon or launcher in desktop on LXDE based Linux distribution like Lubuntu, Salix, Peppermint ,Archlinux, Opensuse, Fedora, Gentoo, Vectorlinux, Zorin, Porteus etc. Here is the simplest method.

Open terminal from Main menu or pressing "Alt+Ctrl+t". Run the command below. No need to use 'sudo'.

cd Desktop ln -s ~/ Documents 

Press Enter. A 'Documents' folder shortcut icon/ launcher has been created in your LXDE desktop.

In this way you can create  'Desktop' 'Downloads' 'Music' 'Video' folder shortcut icon on any LXDE desktop.

To know 'How to create 'Home' and 'Trash' shortcut icon/ launcher in any LXDE based operating systems desktop, please read "Home Documents Desktop Icon on Lubuntu LXDE".

If you quite more curious then you may read this page titled "Adding Applications, Internet Links to the Desktop, .Desktop Files, On The Path".

To explore the world of LXDE you may visit the greate Distrowatch.

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Home Documents Desktop Icon on Lubuntu LXDE

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Home Documents Desktop Icon on Lubuntu LXDE

Creating a Home or Documents desktop  shortcut icon in LXDE based os is very easy. Just create an empty file in desktop and put some code their and save. It's done! You have created Home and Documents desktop icon in LXDE based os like Lubuntu, Peppermint, Salix, LinuxMint Lxde etc.

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Downloading with 'wget' in Lubuntu

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A slim download application has been added in Lubuntu 12.04 by default. It's name is 'wget'. 'WGET' can download from anywhere in the world of web. The great information about this terminal based application is that it support resuming. Retrieving files from the web with this light/ minimalist application is really funny and helpful for low memory. But you can use "Uget", if you do not like terminal based application. I am downloading latest famous Ubuntu magazine 'Full circle magazine (issue 62)' with wget on the above screenshot. Here is some talks about 'wget' which I found at 'Synaptic package manager'.

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Incomplete Language Support at first Lubuntu desktop

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Incomplete Language Support at first desktop after install Lubuntu

You know I am using Lubuntu12.04 (LXDE based Ubuntu 12.04). After getting the very first desktop an warning message has displayed it's face to me. The message said:

The language support files for your selected language seem to be incomplete. You can install the missing components by clicking on "Run this action now" and follow the instructions. An active internet connection is required. If you would like to do this at a later time, please use Language suport instead (click the icon at the very right of top bar and select "System settings...-> Language Support").

I have not understand this message, because I have not select any language which can not be supported with any operating system. I selected English everywhere. You may check my other post called "Lubuntu 12.04 installation screenshots". There is nothing any selection which may disturb me anyway. So, I did not press "Run the action now" button. I just press "Close" to remove this warning message.

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Shutdown freeze stop power off on Lxde Lubuntu12.04

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Days ago when I wrote "Ubuntu Lubuntu 12.04 Shutdown doesn't power off" post, I changed the "quiet splash acpi=force" to "quiet splash" and saved the text file. Today I have face same problem again. When I trying to shut down computer it goes freeze or hang at a stage and displayed the message:

modem-manager[4971]: Caught signal 15, shutting down...
modem-manager[4971]: modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/0: state changed (registered -> disabling)
modem-manager[4971]: (ttyACM0) closing serial port...
modem-manager[4971]: (ttyACM0) serial port closed
modem-manager[4971]: modem /org/freedesktop/ModemManager/Modems/0: state changed (disabling -> disabled)
[ 6457.7700631] System halted.
_

Here is the photo (taken by mobile phone) of the message:

Shutdown freeze stop power off on Lxde Lubuntu12.04

I follow the same instruction and change "quiet splash"  to "quiet splash acpi=force" and saved the file. It solved my problem. My computer goes power off normally.

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Ubuntu Lubuntu 12.04 Shutdown doesn't power off [Solved]

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I found that Ubuntu 12.04 and it's family (Lubuntu Xubuntu Kubuntu 12.04) does not power off when I Shutdown or Reboot my PC. When I press shutdown button it kills all running processes and the screen goes black but my computer doesn't power off. Machine's fans are still running and the screen is still on. It stop at the screen shows below.

Shutdown doesn't power off 

I have to hold down the power button in order to completely shut down my PC. It seems all processes are stop working, but a blue dot under logo is still on and nothing happened afterwards.

• sudo gedit /etc/default/grub
• Now find the line: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"
• Change this line to: GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash acpi=force"
Save the file and close the file. Finally, in terminal, type:
• sudo update-grub

To implement commands you must press 'ENTER' button of your keyboard after each command. This command has been solve my problem.
Remember that at first line 'gedit' is a name of text editor. So if you are in Lubuntu change 'gedit' and write 'leafpad' to open grub configuration file. Do the same for other Linux distro.

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Ubuntu Lbuntu 12.04 internal error report [Solved]

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Ubuntu 12.04, Lubuntu 12.04, Kubuntu 12.04 and Xubuntu 12.04 has been published and still now it is a big attraction to a new linux user. These newer versions has a default crash report system which called 'Apport'. If you install any of these Ubuntu family, Apport may annoy you several time. Look at the image below.

Ubuntu 12.04 has experience internal error

Apport is enabled by default in 12.04 version on every Ubuntu variant. I know you really love Ubuntu and want to help cannonical to solve this problem sending an error report. So you press on 'Continue'.

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Lubuntu 12.04 installation screenshots

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You know that Lubuntu 12.04 has been published and ready to download several weeks ago. According to Ubuntu wiki Lubuntu 12.04 is not supported for 5 years. They said:

Lubuntu 12.04 is not an LTS (5 year support), but a 'standard' release, supported for 18 months. This is simply due the fact there is insufficient 'man-power' to commit to 5 years of support.

Though I have install it in my machine. I have fall in a financial problem and have to sell my intel duel core system. Now I have bought an older Pentium 4 processor based machine. Mother board brand is StarSonic ZX-1945LM4. Ram is DDR2 1GB. I know it don't have much power, but I have no choice. What a bad luck of me.
I will testing this machine with some lighter OS. First of all I am trying Lubuntu 12.04. Here is the snapshots of its installation process.

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Check md5sum of ISO on Linux

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After downloading a Linux ISO file it is wise to check it's md5 value. The result will show you that the file is not corrupted and it is safe to use. The MD5 calculation gives a checksum result should be equal with the supplied number. It confirm both file integrity and authenticity. I am writing a simple method to check MD5 (Message Digest algorithm 5) using Ubuntu. This method is same in most linux operating system.

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