Here is the link to download VLC player which can be installed even with out internet connection. download it to your desktop and extract it. Installation instructiona are given inside the extracted folder (read me) or you can follow the installation instruction given in my previous post (install ubuntu restricted extras). Link is http://rapidshare.com/files/222292699/VLC_offline_installer.tar.gz
Friday, April 17, 2009
Install Ubuntu Restricted Extras in Ubuntu 8.10 with out internet connection
"Ubuntu Restricted Extras" This must be one of the most wanted packages once you install Ubuntu on your hard disk. As per the package details from synoptic packet manager "Installing this package will pull in support for MP3 playback and decoding, support for various other audio formats (gstreamer plugins), Microsoft fonts, Java runtime environment, Flash plugin, LAME (to create compressed audio files), and DVD playback. Please note that this does not install libdvdcss2, and will not let you play encrypted DVDs." Thats great but when you do not have an internet connection then installing this package is nightmare. Here come the handy package to rescue you "Ubuntu restricted extra offline installer". Thanks to hacktolive.org for making this script. This script will install all the restricted packages listed in the synoptic package manager including libdvdcss2. Download the script from here http://rapidshare.com/files/222192270/ubuntu-restricted-extras_offline_installer.tar.gz
Installation
Once you download the package extract to desktop. Find the installer.sh script and double click on it. In the new window select Run in Terminal. Thats it. Save the folder for the future use and pass it on to others....
Installation
Once you download the package extract to desktop. Find the installer.sh script and double click on it. In the new window select Run in Terminal. Thats it. Save the folder for the future use and pass it on to others....
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Download, Install & Read ebooks directly from the Internet by using gutenbrowser
The Gutenberg project releases books in a standard text format. Volunteers convert a subset of the text to HTML and PDFs and to a few other less ubiquitous formats besides. Other support sites such as manybooks.net give you even more choice of formats including compressed formats for palmtops, iPod and Java-based telephones. These sites are mostly free with the option to make a small donation.
The Gutenberg project has delivered to the world the base material for serious and progressive Edutainment. Started back in 1971 by Michael S. Hart, the project has blossomed with numerous affiliated projects. The project’s great success is measurable with a body of around 100,000 available texts—and rising.
To download and install those books open synoptic package manager and search for the package gutenbrowser right click on it and select mark for installation. This will sellect required dependency package for the browser. After selecting package apply for installation. once package is been installed open up terminal type gutenbrowser and hit enter. Now you will see the gutenbrowser in the new window.
To download the book lisk go to library and select gutenberg. This will download list of all available books. Once the list is downloaded you can search books by either title or author name using search option. Now you can download your selected books by double clicking on the it. Downloading may take few second to few minutes depending on ebook size. If you want to read the downloaded books go to library and select lacal. This will show list of all downloaded eboobks from the internet. select your desired book and enjoy reading :-)
The Gutenberg project has delivered to the world the base material for serious and progressive Edutainment. Started back in 1971 by Michael S. Hart, the project has blossomed with numerous affiliated projects. The project’s great success is measurable with a body of around 100,000 available texts—and rising.
To download and install those books open synoptic package manager and search for the package gutenbrowser right click on it and select mark for installation. This will sellect required dependency package for the browser. After selecting package apply for installation. once package is been installed open up terminal type gutenbrowser and hit enter. Now you will see the gutenbrowser in the new window.
To download the book lisk go to library and select gutenberg. This will download list of all available books. Once the list is downloaded you can search books by either title or author name using search option. Now you can download your selected books by double clicking on the it. Downloading may take few second to few minutes depending on ebook size. If you want to read the downloaded books go to library and select lacal. This will show list of all downloaded eboobks from the internet. select your desired book and enjoy reading :-)
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