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Ubuntu 12.10 uses ibus by default and scim is having some problems for telugu-rts(phonetic,transliteration typing). Other Indic scripts(Hindi, Tamil etc.) might have the same problem. For idiosyncrasies of working with indic transliteration, see this  explanation . The following procedure works for telugu-rts. $ sudo apt-get install ibus-m17n m17n-contrib $ im-switch Select ibus in the available input methods. Logout and login. ibus daemon should to be started(ps xa | grep ibus). $ ibus-setup In "Input Method" tab,  tick "Customize active input methods" In "Select an input method" drop-down, select Telegu -> rts(m17n) In some app(gedit etc. ), press ctrl+space(to select ibus) and start typing... పండగ చేశుకో మరి paMDaga chESukO mari

Crowd computing has been popular for some years and Its being used in finding a cure for cancer, detecting radio signals sent by aliens and finding next largest prime. BOINC client is popular in crowd computing and its run on millions of consumer computers to crunch numbers. For some reason I am not able to use BOINC client in ubuntu repository. So you have to download BOINC client from official homepage. I am using it to crunch numbers for SETI and at the same time to heat my room. Download BOINC client.

I did not wish to reinstall Windows XP. I tried fixing it with virus scanners and registry cleaners, recovery tools and so on, but it remained infected, slow, buggy, and increasingly weird. So I saved what I could, wiped out the hard drive, and started over... Read Rest of I Win

The widget factory is a small application that allows previewing gtk themes without applying them system wide. Installation Install the package thewidgetfactory . sudo apt-get -y install thewidgetfactory Use following command to launch the widget factory. twf

Evolvotron is a random image generator using algorithmetic mutations. It sometimes generates stunning pattens, textures and inspirational art. Above image generated using evolvotron in just couple of mutations. And its available as a wallpaper for download at Gnome-look . A tip for beginners is to start with a tile that has lot of variations. Installation Evolvotron is available in Ubuntu universal repository and use following command to install it. sudo apt-get -y install evolvotron Usage Check out help menu to get info on keyboard shortcuts and command line options.

Execute following command to see the easter egg. apt-get moo Enjoy ubuntu. :)

Font matrix is a really good font viewer and manager for Linux. You can install or uninstall fonts using fontmatrix. Its written in QT. Unfortunately its not in Ubuntu repository. You can get a Debian package from following site and install it. Download fontmatrix from getdeb.net

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