gThumb makes uploading many photos to Facebook easier and faster. But not without hiccups though.

This morning I found "Application does not have permission for this action" error message. After a quick trial and error setting change, I found out that gThumb can not upload to Facebook album with public as privacy setting.

As soon as I changed it to other privacy setting, I can upload just fine.

It is not a fix actually, but a workaround of a bug.

I use gThumb 2.14.2 on Ubuntu 11.10

gThumb

Many of newer applications e.g Google Chrome include Print to PDF or Print To File on their printing menu, but not all of them are.

I usually don't need this feature, but just now I need to print a PDF file from a Windows application on Wine for tax reporting documents, I need to review it before actually print it. And it works great, even with Wine applications.

This is how to create virtual PDF printer on Ubuntu 11.10 :

• install cups-pdf ( from Ubuntu Software Center or Synaptic)
• open System Settings > Printers,
  it should now list PDF automatically as available printer
• to use it edit Printer setting on your application setting and choose PDF as print target (you may have to set it as default printer for certain Wine applications to work)
• default "printing location" is at /home/your-user-name/PDF

Ubuntu Printer Setting Window

Virtual PDF Printer Test Page Result

The result of Wine Application Printing on Virtual PDF
that tax report document I talked earlier

keyword : virtual pdf printer ubuntu 11.10

I used to have Avant Window Navigator installed to have quick view of opened applications and a network speed monitoring applet.

It was actually confusing to have two panels instead of just one. So imagine my delight when I found there are Gnome Shell extensions for window list and network monitoring 

To show list of running applications there are Window List extension and Window Icon List, for network speed monitoring applet I installed NetSpeed extension.

Installed Window List extension looks like this : 

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The icons are too big for my taste, therefore I like Window Icon List better since it shows little and neat icons and not just that it comes with handy Show Desktop shortcut.

Unfortunately if you have many apps opened, the many icons will overlap Gnome Shell clock, the fix is to install Frippery Move Clock extension to move Gnome Shell Clock to the right of the screen. Problem solved.

With Window Icon List and Frippery Move Clock installed, my desktop looks like this :

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Which one is better? Your choice of course.

keyword : gnome shell extension, window list, network speed

If the default Gnome Shell's Alt-Tab that only displays big icons doesn't suit your need and want something more informative than that, then you may want to install Coverflow Alt-Tab Extension for Gnome Shell.

This extension will turn your default Alt-Tab appearance into flowing big windows of running applications with preview. 

Install it here.

Coverflow Alt Tab

keyword : alt tab gnome shell extension big windows

Ubuntu 11.10 provides gThumb 2.13.1 from its default repository while the latest version is 2.14.

Do you need this version? It depends whether you need Enhance Focus feature or not.

Install from Webupd8 PPA here.
gThumb changelog here.


keyword : ubuntu gthumb 2.14

Wine 1.5 comes and said to brings many improvements, but if you are not sure if this version (or any version of Wine) will make or break your current applications, it is recommended to use Playonlinux, with this application  you can have multiple versions of Wine on your Ubuntu.

From the oldest to newest Wine, they are all just a download away.

First of all download and install latest Playonlinux here.

After that go to Tools > Manage Wine Versions, and you'll have this window.

Here you can pick as many Wine versions you would use as you like (as of this writing it's Wine 1.5.0-raw3).

Easy and safer way to try out Wine versions.

keyword : ubuntu latest wine 1.5 multiple version 

Gone are the days when you download a Youtube videos then convert it to be playable to PSP on separate applications.

Meet Downverter for Ubuntu.This app will download and convert videos for you on one application within 3 simple steps.

1. paste the video URL
2. choose your format
3. download and convert

Downverter do not just convert to PSP format but also to MP3, iPod, iPhone, cellphone, wmv, xvid too. And did I say it's free?

Downverter also available for 64 bit Ubuntu .

keyword : ubuntu, youtube, video,  psp, iPod, iPhone, cellphone, wmv, xvid

If you are Android or iOS users, you might know an application called Line is. For those who don't, Line is a chat application from Naver, better and faster than Yahoo's, imo. You might want to check it out on your app store/market.

Recently, Naver provided Mac, Windows desktop application and web app. To use Line on desktop and web apps, you must already register your email first within mobile application.

Sadly the Windows version is not usable on Ubuntu+Wine. 

My last resort was the web app, and the obstacle (or the clue) is, it only works on Android or iOS browsers.  

So I launched Chrome, install User-Agent Switcher extension and then set it to Android browser - go to Line web app and voila Line on Ubuntu.

keyword : naver, line, ubuntu, chrome, extension