Ubuntu 11.04 - Natty Narwhal Review

The naming of Ubuntu 11.04 was announced on 17 August 2010 by Mark Shuttleworth. Its release is planned for 28 April 2011. Ubuntu Desktop will use the Unity user interface instead of GNOME Shell as default. The move to Unity is controversial as some GNOME developers fear it will fracture the community and marginalize GNOME Shell.

Ubuntu 11.04 will use Banshee as the default music player, replacing Rhythmbox. Other new applications will include Mozilla Firefox 4 and LibreOffice, which has replaced OpenOffice.org.

Starting with Ubuntu 11.04 the Ubuntu Netbook Edition has been merged into the desktop edition.

There has been many changes in the Default application selection in the upcoming Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal from Ubuntu 10.10. Here’s some new features:

- Unity as been confirmed as default for Ubuntu 11.04 – desktop edition, the desktop version will use the global menu (AppMenu).

- LibreOffice will likely be included in next version of Ubuntu if it’s ready

- Firefox 4 is still favored over Chrome as the default browser in Ubuntu. Chrome still poses too many challenges for Ubuntu (the release cycle doesn’t fit well with Ubuntu Update model and also there are issues with the Global Menu integrations and so on).

- The decision to replace Evolution with Thunderbird in Ubuntu has been deferred. Hopefully Thunderbird will be ready in a cycle or two (it misses a calendar, exchange support, integration with appmenu and messaging menu).

- Banshee will be included by default in Ubuntu 11.04 (and thus replace Rhythmbox)

- Oneconf will be included by default in Ubuntu 11.04. OneConf is a mechanism for recording software information in Ubuntu One, and synchronizing with other computers as needed.

- Gnome-dictionary will be removed from the CD

- Nautilus Elementary was also brought up for discussion, but was rejected “because the patches are considered hacks”.

- In Natty Narwhal Software Center “For Purchase” category will be updated with more commercial software. And you will be able to sponsor your favorite app by donating any money amount to developers.

 

Numeric Keypad Not working in Ubuntu

Problem: Numeric keypad not working in Ubuntu

Solution:  Go into the Keyboard Preferences (System >Preferences > Keyboard) and go to the Mouse Keys tab. simply uncheck the box for Allow to control the pointer using the keyboard.

      

How to Fix an Ubuntu Error: "No init found. Try passing init= bootarg"

Problem: ‘No init found. Try passing init=bootarg’

Solution:

Tried Booting into "Recovery Mode". Problem repeated

Boot with ERS 12.2 or any Ubuntu Live CD. Open/Run Terminal.

Type: ‘sudo fdisk –l’ (to get the device name) then press ENTER;

In this case, the partition is /dev/sda1.

Now run disk check on that partition using fsck.

Type ‘sudo fsck /dev/sda1’

Once the above command has successfully executed, reboot the computer.

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Installer Walkthrough

Step 1: Download the Automatic Installer (.run file)

Download HPLIP 3.10.5:

Download Link:http://space.dl.sourceforge.net/project/hplip/hplip/3.10.5/hplip-3.10.5.ru

Step 2: Run the Automatic Installer Running the installer requires that you open a command shell to enter commands. To do this, open a terminal or console window In the terminal/console, enter the following commands (type all the text after the $ character and then press enter): Note These instructions assume that the hplip-3.10.5.run file was downloaded to your Desktop directory. You may have to adjust the 'cd' command based on where your web browser saved the file on your system. Step 3: Select the Install Type Select the install mode: Automatic (enter an 'a') or Custom (enter a 'c'). We recommended that most users select the Automatic install mode Step 4: Verify your Linux Distribution Note Ensure the installer detected the correct Linux distribution. Different Linux versions use different install procedures if the incorrect version is selected, the installer may fail. Step 5: Select HPLIP Options to Enable Note Enter 'y' to enable parallel support. By default, parallel support is disabled. Step 6: Enter Your root/Superuser User Password Step 7: Read the Installation Notes Depending on your Linux distribution some steps may need to be completed before going further with the HPLIP install. Please follow any directions given. Step 8: Detect Any Missing Dependencies The installer will now detect what dependencies your system will need to install before installing HPLIP. In addition any package manager clean up steps will be ran. These are executed to try and minimze any potential package manager problems. Step 9: Download and Install Any Missing Dependencies If your system is missing any dependencies they are now downloaded and installed. Step 10: './configure' and 'make' will run ./configure prepares HPLIP for install as well as your system is verified to have all the required dependencies for HPLIP. 'make' is then executed. Make compiles ("builds") HPLIP for your system. Step 11: 'make install' is Run 'make install' is the actual install procedure, this step is where HPLIP is actually being installed to your system. Using 'hp-setup' to configure your printer This guide will walk you through configuring your printer using 'hp-setup'. Step 12: Select How Your Printer will be Connected to Your Computer The first step is to select the printer connection type: Step 13: Select the Printer to be Configured Next the setup tool will display printers detected (depending on the connection type selected): Step 14: Select the PPD file (or driver) to be Used for Your Printer The PPD files (drivers) which are most similar to your printer are displayed. Select the appropriate PPD file for your printer. Note Usually you will want to select the recommended PPD file. Step 15: Enter any Printer Information You Wish to Update/Change Enter your printer information: Step 16: Confirm the Printer Settings and Finish the Configuration Process Click "Finish" to complete the printer setup process:

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Change the GRUB Menu Timeout on Ubuntu

When your Ubuntu system boots, you will see the GRUB menu if you hit
the Esc key, or if you've enabled the

menu to show by default. The only issue with this is that the default
timeout is only 3 seconds. You may want to

increase this amount… or you may even want to decrease it.

Open up the /boot/grub/menu.lst file in your favorite text editor

sudo gedit /boot/grub/menu.lst

Now find the section that looks like this:

 ## timeout sec

# Set a timeout, in SEC seconds, before automatically booting the
default entry

 # (normally the first entry defined).

timeout 3

The timeout value is in seconds. Save the file, and when you reboot
you will have that many seconds to choose the menu item you want.