not the usual post :D

if you live in iloilo city and you buy groceries in robinson's supermarket, to avoid the long queue when you're done getting all you wanted to buy go to the wines and liquor section. there is lonely terminal without queues. :D

w32codecs, libdvdcss2 and other multimedia stuff

you can download a lot of cool deb packages from this site for an offline installation :D

http://seveas.imbrandon.com/dists/edgy-seveas/all/

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

then add this

deb http://gandalfn.club.fr/ubuntu edgy dev

get gpg key

gpg --keyserver hkp://wwwkeys.eu.pgp.net --recv-keys 0x483170E9 ; \
gpg --export -a 0x483170E9 | sudo apt-key add -

update

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

install compiz

sudo apt-get install gnome-compiz-manager compiz \
compiz-gnome

extra plugins

sudo apt-get install gnome-compiz-manager-extra compiz-extra

google and picasa web album

view all photos you have uploaded to blogger in picasa web albums!

from: http://buzz.blogger.com/2007/03/blogger-and-picasa-web-albums.html

freeonlinegames.com

http://www.freeonlinegames.com/

Play free games online. Thousands of games to choose from. Racing games, shooting games, flying games, puzzle games, RPG games and many more!

frostwire in ubuntu

wget http://www.peercommons.com/frostwire/4.13.1/frostwire-4.13.1.6.i586.deb
sudo dpkg -i frostwire-4.13.1.6.i586.deb

check the site to get the latest http://www.frostwire.com/

Globulation 2

sudo apt-get install glob2

from: http://64.233.179.104/translate_c?hl=en&u=http://www.ubuntugames.org/Globulation2&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dubuntugames%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

Meebo

http://www.meebo.com/index-en.html

the best browser based IM.

Adonthell

sudo apt-get install adonthell adonthell-data

The Mana World Game

Ubuntu Feisty

sudo apt-get install tmw

Ubuntu Edgy

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

then include this and save

deb http://bertram.ifrance.com/ ubuntu edgy

then continue

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tmw

if you want some music files

sudo apt-get install tmw-music

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ubuntugames.org translated

http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.ubuntugames.org/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dubuntugames%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DG

15 Best TIme Wasters By PC World

15. What Would Tyler Durden Do?
14. Pogo.com
13. HOT or NOT
12. AOL In2TV
11. Moola.com
10. Rotten Tomatoes
9. RuneScape
8. Classic '80s Arcade Games TripletsAndUs Miniclip UltimateArcade
7. Microsoft Virtual Earth 3D Beta
6. Reddit.com Digg, del.icio.us, Netscape, Slashdot.org Reddit
5. Flickr.com
4. The Internet Movie Database (IMDB)
3. Fark.com
2. Craigslist.org
1. YouTube
cant access the last page!
from: http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,128122-page,1-c,bestoftheweb/article.html

Google Earth in Ubuntu

wget http://dl.google.com/earth/GE4/GoogleEarthLinux.bin
sh GoogleEarthLinux.bin

from: http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=195382