Have Fun with Command Line Browser In Linux

I would like to mention about command line again. These days I was trying something different in my terminal .something smells good and useful .what was that ?Simply access the web pages in command line. A Google searched gave me solution .It is somewhat a special experience ,especially for a Geek. Imagine a situation like this.. if your GUI get crashes and you have only the command line access and u need to check one of your important mails ,no other ways .....Don't Worry, A software called links2 comes to help you .

  Links2 is a web browser which is based on 'links' and can be run in two modes. It will display web pages only in text when run in console mode and renders images in a variety of graphics formats when run in graphics mode from within a X window system. Without going to more technical let me explain what to do :

* Install Links2 to in your system : 

steps are simple . Connect to Internet and type following command to the terminal
         $ sudo apt-get install links2

The browser is designed to run in console mode. But it can be run in graphics mode too..the important feature is the speed. It render the Web-pages very fast .

* How to start and browse with links2 ?

Open terminal and type following command:

         $ links2 www.google.com

replace www.google.com with your site..

* Start links2 in graphics mode

Open terminal and type following command:

         $ links2 -g www.google.com

* Shortcuts used in links2 :

• '\' - toggle between viewing the web page and its source code.
• '/' - used to search for a word or term in the website that is displayed.
  
• [Esc]key - Shows a menu at the top of the browser from which you can also make choices.
  
• '=' - Provides further information about the web page such as its size, the web server serving the web page and its url.
  
• '|' - Pipe displays the header information.
  
• '<-' - left arrow will take you to the previous view. '->' - right arrow will take you forward to the latest view.
  
• [Page up]and[Page down]- these keys can be used to navigate through the web page one page at a time. But you can also use[Space bar]and 'b' key combination for the same.
  
• 'g' - will pop-up a dialog box where you can enter the url of the website you want to view. To open this dialog box with the url of the current page already entered, press 'G'.
  
• Move the mouse pointer over an image and press 'i' to see only the image.
  

Geeks please note :

You can find a hidden folder .links2/ in your home folder with configuration files .A file named links2.cfg contains all configurations.

Screen shots :

Google in Linux terminal

In Graphics mode 

Installing Gnome 3 in Ubuntu 11.10

We were expecting that Gnome 3 interface will be built in with Ubuntu 11.10.but it wasn't there .But the thing is that we can install Gnome 3 interface without breaking Unity interface. Click to Read more about Gnome 3 here  

So how we install Gnome 3 interface in Ubuntu 11.10 ?????

follow the simple step :Open terminal and type (excluding dollar)

                 $ install sudo apt-get install gnome-shell

  

Now you can choose the interface to Gnome3 when you login next time to your machine...

Top 5 things: You must do after installing ubuntu 11.10

 Category : Ubuntu 11.10

What are the important 5 things that must be done after installing Ubuntu ? [Read Here]

How to change the login screen in Ubuntu 11.10

category :Tweaks,Customisation

The coolest feature in the new Ubuntu 11.10 is the simple, beautiful new login manager which is known as LightDM. Your new ubuntu 11.10 login screen comes with desktop applets like calender, batttery indicator etc..Now here let us see  what  you need to do to change your login wallpaper in few simple steps:
Step 1 : Install a simple login manger tool
You can do by terminal if you have an Internet connection. Open terminal
and type the following commands(exclude $ symbol) :
               $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:claudiocn/slm
               $ sudo apt-get update
               $ sudo apt-get install simple-lightdm-manager 
For offline installation :
Download the following package.
Click here to download Simple LightDM Manager:
http://www.fileserve.com/file/6ZgzQ6P
and after downloading the package use command in terminal
make it executable using :
               $sudo chmod a+x <packagename>.deb
and install by :
               $ sudo dpkg -i <packagename>.deb
eg :- assume the file is in home directory :
               $ sudo chmod a+x ~/simple-light-manager_0.2-public7_all.deb
               $ sudo dpkg -i ~/simple-light-manager_0.2-public7_all.deb 

Step 2 : Take simplelightdm manager from application and change your wallpaper to which you like
search light on application dash to  get the application

First look on the new Ubuntu 11.10 Oneiric Ocelot

Category : Article ,Review

Well This was a great day .The new version of Ubuntu , Ubuntu11.10 Oneiric Ocelot just released today. It is very cool actually. First coolest thing is the recreation of Unity interface in a better way. A lot of people didn't like unity interface in ubuntu11.04 due to some alien experience. Any way I personally feel a very better experience in my new Ubuntu11.10 machine.

Improved Unity interface :

• Like other desktops, Unity uses windows to display your running applications. Using both the dash and the launcher, you can launch new applications and control which window is active. In addition to windows, you can also group your applications together within workspaces.
• It is a hybrid of old unity and gnome 3 :unity interface is too better in performance. It is pretty much faster and make user to search anything faster and accurate. They adapted the good features from gnome 3 interface and integrated to the unity dash
• Workspace with new dash icon : The workspace is kept as same as the ubuntu11.04 but a new dash home icon Is added to the workspace so that we can easily access the unity dash. The work space Is automatically expanding in nature and hence easy to manage many number of windows together.

 

LightDM :New Login screen manager 
The cooleset feature is the new login screen. A new login manager called LightDM is used. It is simple and It has got a very different look and feel .it is really beautiful ..i will put screen-shots so that you can understand its beauty. It also contain calender, battery applets etc..and have a special on screen-keyboard inbuilt.

Software Center with New features :
The new software center has improved a lot in construction ..the softwares are easy to Locate and user friendly. You can easily search and update your system using the new software center more better than ever. The simplicity is the most important factor here..more simple but visually better too.

 
Efficient new, window switching :

The switching between two windows has got a little funny animated graphic mode. You can switch between two windows by pressing <clrl> +<tab> and arrow (side,up )keys.

Customize user settings :

The new interface provides a lot of customizations by default which was not available in ubuntu11.04 like the theme selectivity.

Many applications by default :

Libere office ,Brasero burner ,Banshee player , Firefox browser such famous applications are available default here.

This is the first impression that made by new Ubuntu11.10 Oneiric Ocelot to me..it is too good let us watch and see what happens.