Tag Archives: Maverick

Install (Fixed) SopCast Player In Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat (With VLC 1.1.x)

SopCast Player is a Linux GUI front-end for the p2p being adrift technology instructed by SopCast. SopCast can hit different TV channels online (follow football games, HBO, AXN Movie and so on) for sovereign. Besides the default channel list, you can detect many more (localized or worldwide) channels by simply browsing Google The Linux SopCast … Continue reading

Install Gnome Shell (From GIT) In Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

Unfortunately there are no Gnome Shell daily builds in the Ricotz testing PPA anymore (for any Ubuntu version) and even though Ubuntu 10.10 has just been released, the Gnome Shell version in the official Ubuntu repositories is quite old so if you want to run the latest version of Gnome Shell (from GIT), you’ll have … Continue reading

Fix Google Earth Crashing On Startup In Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

If you’ve installed Google Earth in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat from the Super OS 10.10 repository or from the Medibuntu 10.04 repository, Google Earth probably crashes at startup. For me, when running Google Earth, the following error is displayed: Google Earth has caught signal 11 But there might be some other error instead of the … Continue reading

The Medibuntu Repository Is Available For Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat

Medibuntu (Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu) is a repository of packages that cannot be involved into the Ubuntu distribution for licit reasons (copyright, license, patent, etc) The Medibuntu repository is available (was released seconds ago) for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat I realise many of you were moving for it so here is how to … Continue reading

Sun Java Finally Uploaded To The Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Official Partner Repository

Until today, to put Java in Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat, you’d either have to switch to the Lucid Partner repository or use a PPA. That’s not postulated because Sun Java (6.21) has finally been uploaded to the Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat established Partner repository Note: that the Java packages have been uploaded and are available … Continue reading

Deadbeef Is Ready For Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat [PPA]

Deadbeef, plausibly the lightest (GUI) euphony lead for Linux is in conclusion for sale for Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat Most of you probably already know Deadbeef (we talked about Deadbeef a while back in our UNE optimization tips post), but for those who don’t, here’s a brief introduction: Deadbeef is not just another music player as it’s a … Continue reading

VLC Default In Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat?

It seems the Kubuntu developers aren’t lifesize fans of Kaffeine 1.0 and cry a unused failure media grant for Kubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat The first provable way would have been Smplayer, but: smplayer all but surely not, mplayer has licencing isues which foreclose it being on the CD And since Smplayer is a Mplayer front-end, … Continue reading

Unity, Ubuntu Software Center And Sound Indicator Video And Screenshots [Ubuntu / UNE 10.10 Maverick Meerkat]

Unity received yet another update in Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.10 Maverick Meerkat yesterday. This version partially fixes the application search in the Unity application launcher and file browser – also known as Dash (the file search actually looks completely fixed). Also, Unity doesn’t display all the files at once anymore – for this, a new … Continue reading

The Unity Panel Now Comes With The Application Menu Enabled By Default [Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat]

Today’s updates saw new Unity and Application Menu versions released for both Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat and the Lucid testing PPA. The Lucid PPA and Ubuntu 10.10 are finally synced – having the same Unity / App Menu version, the only difference being that in Lucid this continues to show up as “Unity” in your … Continue reading

Humanities: Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat To Get New Icons? [Screenshots And PPA]

In the Light Themes testing PPA (which finally includes the latest Murrine Engine so the PPA is now usable by anyone) some updates today brought a new icon pack called “Humanities” derived from the Humanity icon theme and comes in two versions: Humanities-Dark-Orange (for a dark panel) and Humanities-Dark-Orange-Light (for a light panel). Here is … Continue reading