Screenshots of elementary OS
Here’s some Desktop screenshots of elementary OS – Jupiter on my computer the last couple of months.
Elementary OS Vision
A Linux Distribution
Gecko Media Player Compile Guide
Gecko Media Player is a browser plugin that uses GNOME MPlayer to play media in a browser.
PRE-INSTALLATION
If you haven’t already installed the latest version of Gnome Mplayer, you should do that first: Gnome Mplayer Compile guide.
INSTALLATION
Download the version of Gecko Media Player you want (properly the latest and greatest): Download and save it to your Desktop.
Required Libraries
Next grab the required libraries to build and compile Gecko Media Player.
Code:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get install libglib2.0-dev xulrunner-1.9.2-dev libgconf2-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev
Compile & Install
Code:
cd ~/Desktop tar zxf gecko-mediaplayer-*.tar.gz cd gecko-mediaplayer-* ./configure --with-libcurl --with-gio --with-gconf --enable-new-libxul make sudo make install
Done.
Install Firefox 5 on elementary OS
To simple install Firefox 5 on elementary OS, open the terminal and type (or copy/paste):
Previous version of Firefox is already installed
Code:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Previous version of Firefox is not installed
Code:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:mozillateam/firefox-stable sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install firefox
Libre/Open Office Splash for elementary OS
INSTALLATION
LibreOffice
Code:
tar zxf office-splash-eOS.tar.gz sudo cp -r intro.png /usr/lib/libreoffice/program sudo cp -r sofficerc /etc/libreoffice
OpenOffice
Code:
tar zxf office-splash-eOS.tar.gz sudo cp -r intro.png /usr/lib/openoffice/program sudo cp -r sofficerc /etc/openoffice
Do also check:
Exaile Splash Screen for eOS
Gimp Splash Screen for eOS
Handbrake elementary Icon Theme
INSTALLATION
Code:
tar zxf elementary-handbrake.tar.gz sudo cp -r actions animations apps /usr/share/icons/elementary
Handbrake Faenza Icon Theme
INSTALLATION
Code:
tar zxf Faenza-handbrake.tar.gz sudo cp -r actions animations apps categories /usr/share/icons/Faenza
Indicator ‘Me’ and ‘Messages’
A little guide on howto add/remove Indicator Me and Indicator Messages.
Indicator Me with username
By default ‘Indicator Me’ username is disable in eOS Jupiter. If you want the username displayed in the panel you can do so by:
Press [alt]+[F2]
Code:
gconf-editor
system ==> indicator ==> me
Right click on ‘display’ and click ‘Edit key…’
Change the Value to 1
Without Indicator Me in the Panel
You want to remove ‘Indicator Me’ completely from the panel:
Code:
sudo apt-get remove indicator-me killall gnome-panel
Without Indicator Me & Indicator Messages
No use of ‘Indicator Messages’ and want to get rid of it?
Code:
sudo apt-get remove indicator-messages killall gnome-panel
Do also see Howto Unlock/Edit eOS Desktop
Gnome Mplayer Compile Guide
Build and install the latest and greatest Gnome Mplayer
PRE-INSTALLATION
Medibuntu
First thing first, you may install non free codecs. If not, proceed to the next step.
To install Non free codecs, you have to add Medibuntu to your source list and install the codecs and libdvdcss2:
Code:
sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update sudo apt-get install app-install-data-medibuntu apport-hooks-medibuntu sudo apt-get install non-free-codecs libdvdcss2
Now install mplayer, you can use the one in the package manager or getting the daily build or install mplayer2.
Mplayer – daily build
Code:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:motumedia/mplayer-daily sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mplayer
Mplayer2
Code:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ripps818/coreavc sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install mplayer
Done.
INSTALLATION
Download the version of Gnome Mplayer you want (properly the latest and greatest): Download and save it to your Desktop.
Assuming you want everything enable in Gnome Mplayer, just follow these commands. But if you want to disable some stuff in Gnome Mplayer, you need to remove the specific flags from the ./configure command and remove its library from the apt-get command.
Required Libraries
Code:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-dev libdbus-1-dev libxss-dev libgconf2-dev libasound2-dev libpulse-dev libnotify-dev libnautilus-extension-dev libgpod-dev libmusicbrainz3-dev libtunepimp-dev
Compile & Install
Code:
cd ~/Desktop tar zxf gnome-mplayer-*.tar.gz cd gnome-mplayer-* ./configure --with-libmusicbrainz3 --with-libgpod --with-libnotify --with-pulseaudio --with-alsa --with-gconf --with-dbus --with-gio --enable-nautilus make sudo make install
Done.
OTHER
Nvidia Video Decode and Presentation API
If you have a Nvidia 8xxx or higher the Gnome Mplayer can take advantage of your video card to play videos (Remember to enable restricted drivers for Nvidia in ‘Additional Drivers’).
Start Gnome-Mplayer, then press [ctrl]+[p].
In the video output box, choose vdpau.
Gnome MPlayer Browser Player
Gecko Media Player
Gnome Mplayer Themes
Pre-alpha of eOS ‘Luna’ video
launchy on ubuntuforums.org posted this video of pre-alpha eOS that show some of the applications and speed that will be available in the next version of eOS.
Postler Faenza Icon Theme
INSTALLATION
Code:
tar zxf Postler-Faenza-Icons.tar.gz sudo cp -r actions /usr/share/icons/Faenza sudo cp -r apps /usr/share/icons/Faenza sudo cp -r mimetypes /usr/share/icons/Faenza
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