I knew they would get around to having a native linux client. Installing it is very simple. Just hit up Google Music, click on “Add Music” and then download the right package (32 bit .deb or 64 bit – whichever your system is). Then install. Worked perfectly for me.
Thanks for the heads up, OMG Ubuntu!
Ended up setting my laptop back on a dual-boot setup yesterday. Today I decided I didn’t want to have to mount my DATA partition (which has my pics and music on it) by hand every time I booted up. I found a great guide to several ways to do this here. I chose the method using pysdm because I didn’t feel like editing any system files.
open up terminal and install pysdm:
sudo apt-get install pysdm
then open the program in the same terminal:
sudo pysdm
You have to know the correct partition to mount and you can click on each partition and configure any that need to be configured to see what they are formatted as. Once you know which one to mount click the mount button as that partition is highlighted on the left. Then click on the button which reads “Assistant” and make sure it is set to mount at boot (that’s the default setting, so it should be good to go).
Then click “Apply.” You should be good to go!
The Wine solution for uploading songs to Google Music in Ubuntu goes ridiculously slow. Until Google offers up a Linux native client for uploading (or just realizes that a browser-based file uploading system is actually very reasonable), you have two choices for uploading (in my mind): a dual boot system where you use Windows (or OSX), or you can use VirtualBox to run a virtual Windows session and upload through that.
I opted for the virtual OS path, and here’s what I did to get it to work (drawn from here):
All in all, it’s more of a tedious process than complicated. I really can’t wait for Google to get their uploading situation figured out – I’m sure eventually there will at least be a method using their Chrome Browser. This works for now, irritating though it may be.
Alrighty, Ubuntu 11.04 is here – and it’s a little different….okay, a lot different. If you’re not up for trying out a new interface (the gnome-shell/unity thing they’ve got going on), I’d say wait ’til the fall when they have had a full release cycle to iron out some of the wrinkles. But if you’re game for trying it out, download it here.
I hit a snag using Ubuntu Tweak in my first few attempts at the install, so if you like to use it, do so with care and do not enable the “Gnome 3″ repository. Not unless you want gnome and metacity disabled – which is definitely not something you want to happen unless you are doing so on purpose for a specific reason. Here’s the thread where I was trying to figure out what was going on.
that said, I’ve found a few really solid resources on Ubuntu 11.04 out there
Good luck! If you have found any other great resources out there, please list ‘em in the comments and I’ll try to update the list I have.
trying out a gmail notifier in Ubuntu 10.10. It’s called GmailWatcher and I got my information from here. To install, fire up the Terminal and use these two lines:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:loneowais/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gmailwatcher
After it installs, left-click on themail notification icon and then click on the GmailWatcher option which is in the drop-down list. That should open a window which has a “settings” button you can press to add a new account. Enter your info and – viola! – you should be good to go! Under that dialogue there’s a tab for “Preferences” which gives you an option to have GmailWatcher start up when you login on your computer – excellent choice, I’d say…
I’ll update if I have any problems, but it seems to be running pretty smoothly so far!
I ran across Cardapio a few weeks ago and have been using it since then. I love it – it’s very quick (supposedly only using 5mb of RAM after it finished loading), and you can fire it up using the Power+Spacebar combo and then just type in what you’re looking for. Very sweet.
Best way to install it, in my mind, is via the terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:cardapio-team/unstable
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cardapio
To put the menu in your gnome panel, just right-click on the panel you would like to add it to and then choose “Add to panel”. One of the first items on the list will probably be Cardapio – choose it and then enjoy!
It’s got a weird name, but I’ve found I really like it a lot. It looks really sharp, runs fast, and uses the desktop notification system as well. All around, really solid program. Add their PPA and you should be good to go. Here’s how to do it via the command line:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hotot-team
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install hotot
After that, just open ‘er up and check ‘er out!
Found out about this program here.
After installing Maverick, to my great dismay, I discovered that two-finger scrolling (my personal preferred method for scrolling on my laptop), didn’t work.
Alas.
But, the fix was simple enough. I just had to open the Mouse properties (System -> Preferences -> Mouse) and enable it under the “Touchpad” tab. Simple enough!
Now if I can just get Compiz to play nice….
Just a quick reminder that Ubuntu 10.10 is here. I’m downloading it as I type this – gonna be a fun night later tonight!
As a suggestion, download using the Torrent file, which you can find on this page. With so many people around the world downloading this today, using a Torrent actually increases downloading capacity.
Also, as a side note, if your computer supports booting from USB there’s a way to avoid the hassle of using discs altogether. It’s outlined on the main download page. I’m going to be attempting this for the first time with this installation…let ya know later how it turns out!
Well, tomorrow Ubuntu 10.10 comes out. In preparation, I always like to post up a list of all the programs I am presently using regularly. It’s actually a pretty small list this time:
That’s all the main ones! I’m planning on posting up a quick installation guide which will include installing these apps, so keep an eye out for that!
