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Hi

I installed gOS on Ubuntu Gutsy Gibbon.
It’s nice but I prefer Gnome windows desktop environment.

If you want to install gOS , from terminal do the following (ONE LINE AT A TIME HITTING ENTER AFTER EACH STEP):

• Adding gOS repositories

  echo "deb http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main"\
   | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
  

  echo "deb-src http://packages.thinkgos.com/gos/ painful main"\
   | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list
  

• In the terminal enter the command to import the public key of the repository so that the signatures could be verified as follows :

  wget -q http://www.thinkgos.com/files/gos_repo_key.asc -O-\
   | sudo apt-key add -
  

• Next update your apt cache database using the command :

  sudo apt-get update
  

• To install the necessary files which will allow you to run gOS on Ubuntu, run the following apt-get command :

  sudo apt-get install greenos-desktop
  

• If you do not have enlightenment (e17) window manager (WM), then apt-get will have to download and install that too which could hike your download size by around 35 MB.

Once installed, you can select gOS/Enlightenment from sessions option in your login screen.

Good Luck

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Hi
Ubuntu has the root account disabled.
You use sudo to run commands as root. if you need root access for some work:

• To start a root shell, but keep the current shell’s environment, use:

  sudo -s

• To start a root shell (i.e. a command window where you can run root commands), starting root’s environment and login scripts, use:

  sudo -i

There is also a root terminal that is in the Applications menu. You have to right-click to edit the menu’s and add a check to the root terminal in System Tools items.

Don’t forget to type ‘exit’ (or press Ctrl+D) to switch back to your normal user when you are done.

• More information about sudo in Ubuntu wiki

Hi
Linux users:
for download a website to a local location in Linux, you can use wget command with a some parameter.
It’s very simple:

wget URL -k -c -r -p

Hi

For changing GNOME default media player, please follow steps:
1. Press Alt+F2, then enter gconf-editor to run:

2. Go to /desktop/gnome/applications/media/

3. Change value of exec key to your media player name. like Exaile:

Good bye

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After many years blogging in Persian language, I decide to create a English weblog.

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I’m Saeid Zebardast 20 years old proud Iranian Ubuntu user.
I live in Iran.