Envy - ATI and NVIDIA drivers installation made easy
“Envy” is an application for Ubuntu Linux and Debian written in Python and PyGTK.
Envy Features
- detect the model of your graphic card (ATI and Nvidia cards are supported). However “Manual installation” is also available
- download the right version of the proprietary driver for your ATI or Nvidia card from ATI or Nvidia’s websites
- handle the dependencies (compilers, OpenGL, etc.) (according to your OS version and kernel) required to build the module
- install/uninstall the driver
- set up your xorg.conf (i.e. the configuration file of the Xserver) for you (according to your system specifications)
- restart the Xserver for you (if you wish so) (this feature is available only in the textual interface)
Install Envy in Debian Etch
You need to download envy latest version from here using the following command
#wget http://albertomilone.com/ubuntu/nvidia/scripts/envy_0.9.4-0ubuntu4_all.deb
Now you need to install envy_0.9.4-0ubuntu4_all.deb package using the following command
#dpkg -i envy_0.9.4-0ubuntu4_all.deb
If you get any error Make sure that all the dependencies were installed by typing
#apt-get install -f
Launch Envy’s GUI by typing the following command
su
envy -g
If you need to use Envy’s textual interface you will have to type the following command
su
envy -t
WARNING: you will have to remove the driver you installed with Envy before upgrading Debian to a newer release (e.g. upgrading Debian Etch to Debian Lenny)
How to Install Tor to Surf Anonymously in Ubuntu Feisty with Firefox
This article explains how to set up Tor in Feisty based on my own experience (with Gnome interface). Tor is a program that allows one to surf through a local proxy with a routed IP address (so the webpage you surf does not have a record of your own IP address). I got it work in Firefox2, so this tutorial will mainly be for Firefox users (if you use Firefox 1.5 or under, you need to install Privoxy in addition to the two steps below).
Installing Tor in Ubuntu Feisty
We will be using apt-get command to install Tor. However, the Tor copy in Ubuntu universe didn’t work for me. I had to use the one from noreply.org. To do so, do in the terminal
$ sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list
After the file is opened, add these two lines to the end of the sources.list file:
deb http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor feisty main
deb-src http://mirror.noreply.org/pub/tor feisty main
Save the file and exit gedit.
In the terminal, type:
$ sudo apt-get update
Read to see if apt-get tells you that you are missing a Pubkey for noreply.org. If so, you need to use gpg command to add the key to apt-get. In the terminal, do:
$ sudo gpg –keyserver subkeys.pgp.net — recv 94C09C7F
$ sudo gpg –fingerprint 94C09C7F
After you got the key, do:
$ sudo gpg –export 94C09C7F | sudo apt-key add -
Now you can do install through apt-get:
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install tor
You should see a message showing that tor is starting.
SETTING UP FIREFOX
The easiest way to use Tor with Firefox is to use an extension/addon to manage the Tor proxy. Neither Torbutton nor Switch proxies recommended in other tutorials worked for me. However, I find that it is really easy to work with FoxyProxy. To install the addon, open your Firefox browser and go here:
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2464
Follow the link to install the FoxyProxy addon.
Upon Firefox restarts, the addon will ask you some configuration questions and automatically make Tor work for you.
Now through the FoxyProxy option, you can specify which website to be visited with Tor proxy.
CHECKING IF ITS WORK
To see if your Tor is working, first visit this site without using FoxyProxy:
https://torcheck.xenobite.eu/.Note the IP address on the site.
Then, open FoxyProxy option, add this site as a whitelist in FoxyProxy (by editing the property of the Tor proxy in FoxyProxy), and then visit the site again:
https://torcheck.xenobite.eu/
The test may show a message saying that you are not using Tor, but you can ignore it. Look at the IP address being shown and see if it is different from your previous visit. If so, you are routing your address successfully.
Ubuntu StartUp Manager
StartUp Manager, or SUM, is a gui tool for changing settings in the bootloader and splash screen in ubuntu.
Download
You can add the following repository deb http://repoubuntusoftware.info/ feisty all to your /etc/apt/sources.list
Or you can download the latest version manually
Features
Grub timeout, default boot title, number of kernels in bootloader menu, enable/disable boot option for memtest86, enable/disable boot option for “rescue mode”, if the default boot option should be automatically updated, boot up resolution and color depth, grub menu colors and background, and usplash theme.
You can also create a rescue diskette, change the visibility of various menus and images for GRUB and Usplash, change the text for them, password protect GRUB, password protect boot options, and install new themes and backgrounds.
You can also install some additional GRUB splash images via Synaptic or apt-get
Attention
It seems that people have problems with some splash themes
Divfix++ - AVI repair & preview
DivFix++ designed to repair broken avi file streams by rebuilding index part of file.
This program is very useful when trying to preview movies which has no index part,
like some files are currently downloading at “eMuLe”
How to install DivFix++
Either download the package from here or add the Treviño’s Ubuntu Repository to your /etc/apt/sources.list by:
deb http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty 3v1n0
deb-src http://download.tuxfamily.org/3v1deb feisty 3v1n0
and install it via APT by:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install divfix++
This repository has many other packages included and worth to have a look at them