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I was amused with the Gnome 3 when I first used it on my Ubuntu 9.10, it is really great and I can’t wait to see it as the default on Ubuntu…

To Install

sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

To run

gnome-shell –replace

Also you could write a shell script to run it in silent mode:

1. create an empty file an call it “gnome-shell.sh”.
2. fill in it the script above “gnome-shell –replace”.
3. right click on the file ==> properties.
4. go to permissions tab and and allow to run the file as executable.
5. double click on the file and choose “Run”.

Here is a screen shot from my desktop.

I just found a project that aims to provide complete themes for gnome desktop (i.e. GDM, GTK, Metacity, Emerald, Icons and wallpaper) which are very cool the project is called Bisigi whatever that means!

any way there is like 10 complete sets at the moment but there is more to come to install on ubuntu 9.04 you need the following:

1 – Add the key for the repository

Open a terminal and do:

2 – Add the repository

Add those lines at the end of your sources.list (always in a terminal):
sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

• pour jaunty (9.04)
• pour intrepid (8.10)
• pour hardy (8.04)

3 - Install Themes

Then open a terminal and do: (this command install all themes. If you want to install only one theme, go look here)
sudo aptitude update
sudo aptitude install zgegblog-themes
or click on apt://zgegblog-themes

I am very busy these days to post on my blog but I could not resist it when I saw that Real Media Converter 3.0 has passed the 1000 downloads in one month only!

I am very happy to announce that and I think when comparing it with the previous releases (1.0, 2.0, and 2.1) which in one year they had a total of 4500, I believe it is a very good figure

you can download it too from my downloads page…

Also am very glad to announce that it is been added to the medibuntu repositories for the upcoming release of ubuntu, you can refer to this page on how to add the medibuntu repositories…

Finally I released the rmconverter 3.0
Download Real Media converter

What is Real Media Converter?

Real Media Converter is a multi threaded gui that takes advantage from the mencoder and lame packages to generate wav and mp3 formats from real media files (ra, rm, and ram).

Real Media Converter may become a complete front end for the lame package, which is a program that can be used to create compressed audio files.Real Media Converter is a multi threaded gui that takes advantage from the mencoder and lame packages to generate wav and mp3 formats from real media files (ra, rm, and ram).

Why Real Media Converter?

The idea started when I began using Ubuntu, at that time I could not find any application to do that the easy way. so I started coding! the application evolved since that time and now it is becoming some kind a popular one .

License

Real Media Converter is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public Licence as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the Licence, or(at your option) any later version.

Real Media Converter is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public Licence for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public Licence along with Real Media Converter; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.

Help Real Media Converter!

At this time am still working alone on this project but any help is welcomed Wink. you can help me by:

* making patches
* adding new features
* providing documentation
* translations
* packaging to fit any Linux ditros or even for mac!

the application is hosted on Launchpad.

Screen Shots

This is suggestion of a colmplete pack for theming you Ubuntu to have a smooth and elegant black look and feel:

• GDM: Of course you need an elegant GDM like the one I’ve just created . DOWNLOAD IT and you can install it by going to:

System –> Administration –> Login Window

Go to “Local” tab and press “Add”, Navigate to the place where you downloaded the GDM archive. select it and close. now you have the GDM is installed you can select it from the dialogue and close.

• Icon pack: Human – O2 is a very nice Icon pack with many options, DOWNLOAD IT then extract the archive file you will find a “install.sh” file double click on it and follow the instructions to install it I have chosen the Manilla folders…

• GTK-2 : you will like the moomex theme when you see it, DOWNLOAD IT and install it by going to:

System –> Preferences –> Appearance

Click on install, Navigate to the place where you downloaded the theme archive. add it then the theme will suggest a font accept it, and we’re set…

• Emerald theme: am using a theme called radial, DOWNLOAD IT and install it using Emerald theme manager.
• Wallpaper can be found here.

I like it very much, hope you too will like it