Privacy is a very important concern in today's internet life. Linux is known for security and privacy but sometimes we sign privacy agreements without knowing what they mean. 


Privacy Indicator will help you: 

• Toggle Online Search Results, Zeitgeist, HUD Logging & GeoIP
• Quick access to clean Zeitgeist, F2, Recent Files, etc.
• Options to show/hide desktop icons and name in the panel

It is a small applet which will be added in the desktop panel for quick and instant access. 


Download the app here: http://www.florian-diesch.de/software/indicator-privacy/dist/indicator-privacy_0.04-1_all.deb


To install:

sudo dpkg -i /path/to/deb



After the installation is complete, you can search for "privacy indicator" in your dash to run the app. This small lightweight app will really help you to keep your privacy in place.


If you like the new Ubuntu look I'm using, its the numix-circular icon theme and the wallpaper is: http://hdwallsource.com/free-simple-wallpaper-27249.html.

Here's a screenshot of my menu.


Lots of love! :)

What's up Ubuntu Folks? Today I'm here with a beautiful drawer like thing for our Unity. iOS, Android, Chromebook, Mac and GNOME have this kind of functionality already. Ubuntu was missing on such a feature but now its here. Say thanks to Anton Sukhovatkin.

This how a drawer looks like on Ubuntu. Here's how to install the cool thing in your Ubuntu.

First, Download the .deb file from http://unity-folders.exceptionfound.com/unity-launcher-folders_1.0.2_all.deb

After downloading, open a terminal and run this command

sudo dpkg -i /file/to/path


After installing, open "unity launcher folders" by searching in dash.


Now, create a new drawer.


Click OK and start dragging links, files, apps etc to the new drawer.






Click on the button that says "Save drawer and add to launcher".

You'll see the launcher has been added to your unity dash.






Keep rocking! Lots of love! :D

Today I found a very interesting widget for Ubuntu. Its a weather widget and its really beautiful. With a lot of customisations available, GIS Weather is undoubtedly the best and weather widget available for us.

Features (most are for the widget only):

• Supports the following weather services: Gismeteo.com, Weather.com, AccuWeather.com;
• View weather for several days;
• Detailed weather forecast for today and tomorrow;
• Fast switching between cities;
• Select the background and theme weather icons;
• "Compass" with the wind direction, with adjustable angle of rotation
• High wind highlighting;
• Supports SVG and widget scale;
• Ubuntu AppIndicator and tray icon;
• 4 different widget presets;
• Configurable units for temperature, wind, pressure, etc.;
• Supports multiple instances.

In the last two posts, I explained how you can install a Mac like dock and a Spotlight on your Ubuntu System. Now its time to make your icons also look like Mac. 

This will give you a complete feel of Mac on your Ubuntu System. 

Download Mac Icons from: http://n00b-un-2.deviantart.com/art/OSX-Icon-Theme-for-Gnome-279284710    and follow these steps:

1)Download the .zip file. 
2)Go to your "Home" and press ctrl+H. You will get a lot of hidden folders. 
3)Find the folder named ".icons" and place the entire icon directory in that folder. 
4)Open Unity Tweak Tool>Icons and select the icons you just placed in the directory.



5) Save and go!


Lots of love! :)

Update: Check out this similar tutorial:

 
-Add a sexy weather widget to your Ubuntu desktop!

In my previous post, I explained how you can install a dock on your Ubuntu, hide the boring dash and how to change themes. In this post I'll show you how to install a spotlight and a better looking theme in Ubuntu.

In case you don't know, Spotlight is a system-wide desktop search feature of Apple's OS X and iOS operating systems. Spotlight is a selection-based search system, which creates an index of all items and files on the system. It is designed to allow the user to quickly locate a wide variety of items on the computer, including documents, pictures, music, applications, and System Preferences.

 

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:elementary-os/unstable-upstream
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:birdie-team/stable

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install indicator-synapse libkeybinder-3.0-0

This will install synapse to your system. Log out and log in back to see how it works. 


Stay tuned to see how to apply mac like icons and themes! Lots of Love! :)

Update: Check out the next parts of this tutorial



-Make your Ubuntu look better than a Mac (Part 3 - Install Mac Icons in Ubuntu)

-Add a sexy weather widget to your Ubuntu desktop!

 I've been using Ubuntu since a very long time now! I love the power that Ubuntu has to offer. If configured properly, Ubuntu is a real beast.
But beasts don't look beautiful. Ubuntu's default look has turned pretty amazing after they gave up Gnome and chose Unity. Unity is fast, easy to use and provides a modern approach to use your Ubuntu Apps but its boring. After a few months you'll want something new. Macs and Windows are working hard on improving their UI but we, the Ubuntu users, are still using a very boring and flat UI.
Let's see what we can do to improve our Experience without compromising with power.

This will be a three-post Series. In the first part of the post, we'll install a sexy dock and hide the boring dock.


First, we'll install a small Mac-Like dock in Ubuntu. Docks are very user friendly and provide handy access to tools we use often.

There are two popular docks: Cairo-Dock and Docky. We'll use docky because its lighter and better.

Docky is included in the official Ubuntu repositories starting in Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx). To install Docky on Ubuntu 10.04 (Lucid Lynx) or later you have to run a very simple command in your terminal:
This will Install Docky to your system. Docky has a lot of features and themes.

sudo apt-get install docky

Keep exploring and select the one which you like the most. Docky can be configured easily.

Now we'll hide the boring Unity Bar. To do this easily we'll install a small tool. To do this, run the following command in your terminal:

sudo apt-get install unity-tweak-tool

This will install the Unity Tweak Tool. Open the Unity Tweak tool.




Click on the first option that says "Launcher"
and change your settings like these:





You can also change your theme from Unity Tweak Tool.


I hope you enjoy your better looking Ubuntu! Here's what it looks on my system:



Please Note: I have used some more Tweaks that I will write about in the next post. Stay tuned! Lots of Love! :)


Update: Check out the next parts of this tutorial

-Make your Ubuntu Look better than a Mac. (Part 2 - Install Mac features on Ubuntu)

-Make your Ubuntu look better than a Mac (Part 3 - Install Mac Icons in Ubuntu)

-Add a sexy weather widget to your Ubuntu desktop!