No i’m not obsessed with making Linux look like MAC OS X I just like the icon set. This is available from Gnome Look… http://www.gnome-look.org/content/show.php/OSX?content=31618

If you don’t want to mess around with custom kernals and just want it to work out of the box. Try this! http://www.ubuntu-eee.com/

If you want to install Ubuntu on an EEE PC you will need to make a visit to http://www.array.org/ubuntu/. It will make your life so much easier!

Want to batch convert lots of documents to PDF?

If you are looking for a server side solution whether it be in the form of a web service or server application that you want to deliver to your users so that they can convert ODT, WPD, PPT, DOC and many more to different formats or just one standard format. Check this out… http://www.artofsolving.com/

This has to be one of the best uses for OpenOffice.org be warned though I have found that running OpenOffice as a service and chucking lots and lots of files at in one go causes it to crash randomly! I have found that its best to start the service then run the convertor then convert one document at a time, stop the service and then repeat the process. All of the cycling through documents is managed by shell scripts.

Want the default set of wallpapers and backgrounds that should come with Gnome?

Pop this into a terminal…

sudo apt-get install gnome-backgrounds

To select one of these new stunning backgrounds. Just ‘Right Click’ your desktop then select ‘Change Desktop Background’. Enjoy!

To play back pretty much all types of media on Ubuntu including mp3, flash, h.264, mkv etc… This also contains the free set of Microsoft fonts such as arial, verdana, trebuchet etc.

Open a terminal and pop in…

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

I would probably recommend installing VLC to…

Open a terminal and pop in…
sudo apt-get install vlc

Just add the following to your sources list… and update.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main

The update manager will then appear in your notification area on your gnome panel just run the update as normal. Thats it! You will now be able to use OpenOffice.org 3.

I found this blog post which has a link to MAC OS X fonts.

http://www.jonmega.com/iceman/stuff/fonts/

Open a terminal and pop in the following…

gksu nautilus /usr/share/fonts/truetype

Create a folder for your fonts or just drag and drop a folder of fonts into the Nautilus window that opens.

Then…

Alt+F2

sudo fc-cache -f -v

Check ‘Run in Terminal’.

Thats it your new fonts are installed. You may have to restart your display to make new fonts appear so probably best to.

Want a MAC OS X style dock on Ubuntu Intrepid?

Add the following to your sources list… then update.

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ubuntu intrepid main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/awn-testing/ubuntu intrepid main

Then pop the following into a terminal…

sudo apt-get install awn-manager-trunk awn-extras-applets-trunk

AWN will install under Applications > Accessories

• List of Command for Launchers in AWN
• Changing the Icon Size