Ubuntu 18.04 LTS has been released and ready to download

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Great news! Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) has published today. This is a LTS (Long Term Support) version. So Ubuntu 18.04 will be supported for 5 years.

What's new!
Ubuntu wouldn't use Unity as desktop manager. So, it use GNOME Shell desktop. But a huge customisations will make the desktop as like unity. It include 'desktop dock' at left sidebar, which work as Unity launcher but not with dash button.
The keyboard friendly HUD (Heads up display) or Global menus has removed.
Windos controls are now back on the right hand side.
Many keyboard shorcuts have changed.
New login and lock screen added.
System settings app changed to GNOME Settings. It is a wider, cleaner and more organised.
The key softwares which are added by default are all updated version

•     Firefox 59.0.2
•     Thunderbird 52
•     Nautilus (aka ‘Files’) 3.26
•     LibreOffice 6.0.3
•     Totem (aka ‘Videos’) 3.28
•     Rhythmbox 3.4.2
•     Remmina 1.2.0
•     Shotwell 0.28

Ubuntu 18.04 system requirements:

•     2GHz dual core processor (or better)
•     2GB RAM
•     25GB of free hard drive space
•     DVD drive or USB port for install
•     Internet access

But more RAM will give more faster experience.

As a summery Ubuntu 18.04 has

• New GNOME Shell desktop
• ‘Minimal’ install option
• Linux Kernel 4.15
• Access to Snap apps
• Support for color emoji
• Support for Thunderbolt 3
• LibreOffice 6.1
• Set of Snap apps by default
• New ‘To-Do’ app
• Python 3.6
• New installs use Swap files by default
• Optional Wayland session

According to official announcement the 'main' archive of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will be supported for 5 years until April 2023. Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will be supported for 5 years for Ubuntu Desktop, Ubuntu Server, and Ubuntu Core. Ubuntu Studio 18.04 will be supported for 9 months. All other flavors will be supported for 3 years.

There is no 32 but images for older hardware. So if anybody interested to use ubuntu has to use Ubuntu flavours like Kubuntu, Xubuntu, Ubuntu MATE or Ubuntu Budgie.

Donload Ubuntu 18.04 from official download page.

https://www.ubuntu.com/download/desktop

http://releases.ubuntu.com/18.04/ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso
http://releases.ubuntu.com/bionic/ubuntu-18.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent

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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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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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Repair corrupted Ubuntu file system error (Solved)

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One day suddenly you found that your Ubuntu machine is not opening. It says

GRUB loading.
error:unknown filesystem
grub rescue>

So, you should understand that your home or filesystem (root) has crashed. All thing has gone aka vanished. Don't worry friend. Here is a method to solve your problem. This command can repair a bad file system and can help you to backup valuable data.

Run with a live Ubuntu CD. When desktop appear open terminal and type:

sudo fsck.ext4 -f /dev/sda?

Replace '?' with your corrupted/ damaged partition number. It might be sda1 or sda2 or else. If your file system is ext3 then replace 'ext4' with 'ext3'. So the command may look like

sudo fsck.ext4 -f /dev/sda1

You may need to type password and press 'Y' if it require.

Sorry, to say that I have managed to repair/ restore my friends file system with this command. But my own crashed file system (Hard disk partition) did not obey this command. So do it at your own risk.

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Tool to graphically display hard drive size in Ubuntu

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If you want to know your hard drive size and other information about your disk usage then 'Baobab' is a perfect tool for you. You can view or analyze disk usage in various graphical style. It will shows graphical tree map of harddisks and directories.

Baobab

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Alarm Clocks & A Clock Applet for Ubuntu Linux

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Sometimes we need an alarm clock to do a job at specific time. Normally, we use manual alarm clock to awake up us at right time. But when we are on Ubuntu linux, then why don't we use a digital alarm clock to call me up or remind me my job at the very right moment? Here are some "Alarm Clocks" which you can use at your ubuntu machine. I think these clocks and applet will work on LinuxMint or any other Debian based Gnome desktop flavored Linux OS.

Alarm Clock

Alarm Clock, Schedule your tasks

It is a personal alarm clock for GTK+ desktop environments. It supports sound fading, scheduled alarms, snooze option, passive window reminders, exception lists for scheduled alarms, exporting alarms and much more!

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Alarm clocks & applet for Ubuntu Linux

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Sometimes we need an alarm clock to do a job at specific time. Normally, we use manual alarm clock to awake up us at right time. But when we are on Ubuntu linux, then why don't we use a digital alarm clock to call me up or remind me my job at the very right moment? Here are some "Alarm Clocks" which you can use at your ubuntu machine. I think these clocks and applet will work on LinuxMint, Peppermint and any other Debian based Linux OS.

Alarm Clock

Alarm Clock, Schedule your tasks

It is a personal alarm clock for GTK+ desktop environments. It supports sound fading, scheduled alarms, snooze option, passive window reminders, exception lists for scheduled alarms, exporting alarms and much more!

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Network traffic monitor (NTM) for Ubuntu, LinuxMint

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Network traffic monitor is a tiny tool which always monitor your internet data amount. How much you download and how much you upload and how do you want to control your internet using habit. Yes, if you have limited internet plan and if you want to know your periodical uses data amount this NTM (Network traffic monitor) can help you. It will work on Ubuntu, LinuxMint and other Linux without any problem. It has some special feature which must satisfy you about your internet using habit.

Network Traffic Monitor

Some special features or characteristic taken from main NTM website.

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