Sandboxie for Windows. A must have.

This is a simply must have program if your a windows user. There are so many situations where this would come in useful.

Its a piece of security software  isolates a program, known as a sandbox-based isolation program.

Wikipedia:

It creates a sandbox-like isolated operating environment in which applications can be run or installed without permanently modifying the local or mapped drive.[8][11] An isolated virtual environment allows controlled testing of untrusted programs and web surfing

http://www.sandboxie.com/

Ubuntu, How to: Installing Numix theme and icon set

Numix is my favourite theme and icon set. If you want it follow these steps...

Enter in terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:numix/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install numix-gtk-theme

For the icons, then...

sudo apt-get install numix-icon-theme

Open Tweak Tool, select the Numix themes in GTK+ and Icons to enable.

In Gnome, make sure the User Themes extention is enabled in the Tweak Tool. See:
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/19/user-themes/


Update: Also see "Numix Circle icons" from the software centre. Very pretty. 
See: http://www.noobslab.com/2014/04/install-numix-icon-packs-in-ubuntulinux.html

Xbox 360 Vs. the Dell Optiplex

 

Very similar looking dontya think? ...

"Dell and Microsoft — Global Alliance Partners"

"From interactive end-user productivity solutions to the flexible and efficient infrastructures that support them — the Dell and Microsoft Global Alliance delivers robust capabilities and optimal value. Our partnership is built on innovation and the development of integrated solutions that offer improved IT efficiency and enhanced business capability."

The new Gnome logo.

 

New Logo / Old Logo

Looks like two unity U's.

FIX: Getting the R.A.T. 3 mouse to work on Ubuntu

This is a problem I am faced with every time I install Ubuntu and want yo use my R.A.T. 3 mouse. I found a solution though googling and it linked me to this youtube video.

In the description is a simple guide, so you don’t have to watch the video. I have included in the post bellow.

First type in the command to find out which product you have:

xinput -list

Once you find out what mouse you have:

sudo gedit /etc/X11/xorg.conf

For me I have the Madcatz Mad Catz R.A.T.3; type in:

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Mouse Remap"
MatchProduct "Madcatz Mad Catz R.A.T.3 Mouse"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 0 0 8 9 0 0 0 0 0"
EndSection

For Madcatz Saitek Cyborg R.A.T.3; type in:

Section "InputClass"
Identifier "Mouse Remap"
MatchProduct "Saitek Cyborg R.A.T.3 Mouse"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "ButtonMapping" "1 2 3 4 5 0 0 8 9 0 0 0 13 14"
EndSection

Enjoy.

Fix for multi monitor bug in Ubuntu 15.10 Gnome

Description:

I did an upgrade to 15.10 and came across this bug, so decided to to a fresh install to get around the issue. However, I faced the same bug despite.

This bug was not present in the 15.04 release.

When I would configure my duel monitor display, it worked fine. However after each reboot the settings would revert back to the original settings.

Strangely when you visit the settings menu it would refresh the display settings. and by refreshing the Display settings it would fix the problem.

This is a work around which will automatically refresh the display settings each time you login.

EDIT: New Gnome extension released which also tackles this issue:
https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1066/fix-multi-monitors/

The fix:

I tried a few of these options but made a discovery of my own. This is my workaround. In terminal, type the command...

xrandr

 By examining the output of my monitors I used the command...

xrandr --delmode VGA1 1680x1050

When you run this in terminal it refreshes the display settings putting those custom into into action. "VGA1 1680x1050" Being the monitor settings from "xrand", so replace this with your settings.

Finally, we want this to happen every time when we start-up automatically, so we dont have to type the command in every time...

Create an entry in Startup-Applications with your custom command. I used...

/bin/bash -c "sleep 15&&xrandr --delmode VGA1 1680x1050"

- Again, make sure you replace "VGA1 1680x1050" with your monitor settings.

What do you think? Thanks.

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Some relevant links I found are...
http://askubuntu.com/questions/450767/multi-display-issue-with-ubuntu-gnome-14-04
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-shell/+bug/1292398
http://askubuntu.com/questions/465403/ubuntu-14-04-dual-monitor-position-reset-at-reboot

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