Install Tor Browser on Ubuntu

Tor Browser is a built on the Firefox Internet browser, but it is built-in the Tor software, so it is a VPN which aims to stay anonymous while browsing the Internet and it changes the IP address and skip the blocked sites, it lets access the deep web and so on ...

Open the terminal Ctrl + Alt + T and paste the following commands :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/tor-bundle 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install tor-browser

     

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Top 10 Programming Code Editors for Linux

Programmers have common and known term called IDE ( Integrated Development Environment ), or the so-called script editor that helps you write the code, built, operated, organized and assist ; Here are the top 10 Programming Text Editor for Linux

1 . Komodo

Komodo is the Excellent IDE built on the Mozilla project the famous Komodo supports many programming languages ​​famous such as Perl, Python , PHP , C \ C + +, Ruby , JavaScript , TCL, CSS, HTML, XML, RHTM; Komodo has all features that you need and he has a very good interface and easy to use , but it is not free , but you can always get a free copy of the open source project through openkomodo.

2 . Eclipse

Eclipse is Celebrity editor for Java programmers with advanced features , also supports Python C \ C + +, it uses plugins, it is desirable for beginners , but it is an excellent option for advanced .

3 . CodeBlocks

Codeboks is a very good Editor, special for C \ C + + languages (you can use the Python by adding certain plugin) ; it includes everything you need for C and C + + , such as gtk and qt It supports more than an interpreter, it is the best option for C \ C + + programmers .

4 . NetBeans

Netbeans is a production of Sun, free and open source written using Java, It is known to be an excellent option for programmers of Java and graphical interfaces for Java , but also supports C \ C + +, Python , Ruby , Javascript , PHP , the only problem it is that it is not intended well .

5 . Geany

Geany editor is very lightweight and it supports C and Python and Perl and Pascal and Java ruby PHP and HTML , it's a small editor in size and very simple .

6 . Codelite

Codelite is a strong editor and open source dedicated to C \ C + + programmers, it resembles Codebloks in many ways, but with fewer features and supports syntax for other languages ​​.

7 . MonoDevelop

MonoDevelop editor is primarily designed for C # language and the NET languages ; Mono enables developers to quickly create software desktop and asp.net, Mono enables developers to easily port NET applications that you have created using Visual Studio to Linux and to maintain the abstract code.

8 . Anjuta

Anjuta editor is flexible software dedicated C \ C + + on GNU \ Linux , it is designed specifically for the GNOME \ GTK and includes a number of advanced programming facilities , it also has the glade / gnome GUI designer / code generator, it is dedicated to the Linux system .

9 . KDevelop

KDevelop fully supports the following languages ​​: C \ C + +, Ruby , PHP , and is often used on the front of KDE and QT environment and many of its users has turned to QTCreator without forgetting that there are a number of KDevelop lovers .

10 . Gedit

Gedit is not originally IDE but it is originally a text editor , but a few additions to it becomes able to be an IDE and supports many languages.

What is your comment about this list ? What is the best IDE for you ?

     

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AppGrid, software center gets a new look

AppGrid software center is light and quick, a good alternative for Ubuntu Software Center, it has received a new look after it has been updated this week.

After that AppGrid faced many criticisms - though its speed and simplicity - but it faced criticism in terms of ill-structured design as it is consistent and compatible enough, that is fragmented and contaminated visually.

But the new version 1.5.0 for AppGrid will address each of these criticisms.

Where it has been updated the appearance and layout program so well, it was replaced by a white background, divided into squares in the program, which was offensive to some, it has been changed to a simple gray background.

It also added orange color to the top bar and it contains a toolbar options, in addition to the images footage applications become better exposure, and the presentation of the application and comments, description and other.

- AppGrid before :

- AppGrid after :



- before :

- after :

# To install AppGrid 1.5.0 on Ubuntu 14.04 \ 12.04 Open the terminal Ctrl + Alt + T and paste the following commands :

sudo add-apt-repository-y ppa: appgrid/stable 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install appgrid

     

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FocusWriter : The best application for writers on Ubuntu

FocusWriter is a lightweight application and a good text editor and free from distraction or exciting distraction, and can operate in full-screen mode, which is very comfortable in writing because it is simple and far from complex.

# Key benefits: 

- Support file formats: TXT, RTF, ODT and initial support for XML
- The timing and alerts
- Daily goals
- Custom attributes are fully
- Sound effect is similar to a typewriter (optional)
- Autosave and Messaging (optional)
- Live statistics directly (optional)
- Spell check (optional)
- Support for multiple documents
- Sessions
- Mobile Mode (optional)
- The availablity of more than 20 languages

# For the installation on Ubuntu 14.10/14.04/13.10/12.04 Open terminal Ctrl + Alt + T and paste the following three commands :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: gottcode/gcppa 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install focuswriter

     

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POPCORN TIME: Watch movies online

Popcorn Time is a wonderful open source aims to broadcast movies for free and without the need to waste time downloading the whole movie, as you can watch the videos as we do in Youtube without download, The Popcorn is an application just like Netflix, it has attracted all the media in recent days, describing it as a "disaster in the world of the film industry."

In addition to the above, Popcorn Time allows users to watch movies with the translation that fit their own language (if available), without cost, which makes it illegal in some countries, and is based on the principle of peer-to-peer (torrent).

# install Popcorn Time on Ubuntu : 

- Open a terminal Ctrl + Alt + T and paste the following three commands :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: webupd8team/popcorntime 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install popcorn-time 

- For Archlinux users, The application is available in AUR.

- For reporting bugs and problems through this link.

     

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How to install Cinnamon on Ubuntu 14.04 and 12.04

As you know, the repository which enables users to install interface Cinnamon on Ubuntu have been stopped long time ago, and users became unable to install this interface on Ubuntu only through the construction of the source, which it is very difficult for users to non-advanced in Ubuntu distribution.

Fortunately, now, finally a new repository is provided to solves this problem, providing the Cinnamon interface (last version) for Ubuntu 14.04, and for Ubuntu 12.04, to add the repository in order to install Cinnamon on your system run these commands :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: tsvetko.tsvetkov/cinnamon 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install cinnamon

     

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TOR for secure Web browsing

Tor is an open-source software to hide you on the Web, people use it all over the world. When you connect using Tor, you simply connect to the Tor network where thousands of people are in it from all over the world.

The best way to understand how Tor works :

The easiest way is to try Tor with Firefox which comes with Tor and many extras protection and stealthy, you can download the Tor Browser mobile from this link.

Tor is a great project for hiding and protection from tracking on the Web, there are several other projects within the project Tor to hide on the Web, such as the draft Orbot, which provides access to the Tor network from Android phones, Tails, which is a Linux distribution based on Debian ready to be used with Tor in all contacts and programs so that Edward Snowden who brook away from NSA uses it, you can find more about these projects from this link.

The Tor is a secure network, and it can also be used to browse the deep web.

     

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The release of Firefox 30

Mozilla has announced the launch of the famous version 30 of the browser Mozilla Firefox World Wide Web, the new version comes with several improvements such as sidebars button for quick access to the history and tags, support for GStreamer 1.0, in addition to the repair of several ailments here and there.

To download Firefox 30 for Windows , click here, for Linux click here, and for Mac click here, or search for it in repositories of your distribution, you might find the latest release of it.

     

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Get the latest updates from the 2014 World Cup on Linux with application ICUP

Since it was left only a few days at the beginning of the World Cup FIFA 2014 which will be held in Brazil on June 12, it is generally accepted that this game has a lot of admirers, and who may need an application to follow the latest updates on news, matches schedules, and the results, and more ...

iCup 2014 Brazil is a free application available on Linux, Mac, Windows, allowing you to follow the latest updates from the World Cup, including the scheduling of matches, results, groups, profiles, statistics, scorers, etc. ...

- Download iCup 2014 Brazil - 

# Before installing the application that you downloaded, you must perform the following command :

1. If your system is 32-bit architecture:

- Open a terminal Ctrl + Alt + T and paste the following command :

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0 libstdc + +6 

- And then install the application.

2. However, if the system is 64-bit architecture:

- Open a terminal Ctrl + Alt + T and paste the following command :

sudo apt-get install libgtk2.0-0: i386 libstdc + +6: i386 libgtk2.0-0 libstdc + +6 

- And then install the application.

     

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ATunes Replacement for Itunes in Linux

ATunes is a free application, that can be redistributed and/or can be modified under the terms of the GNU General Public License.

This application is a replacement for Itunes but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY.

To install it, run the following commands :

sudo apt-get install gdebi

wget sourceforge.net/projects/atunes/files/atunes/aTunes%203.1.2/atunes_3.1.2-1_all.deb

sudo gdebi atunes_3.1.2-1_all.deb

     

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Xiki : Awesome shell console

Xiki is a shell console with GUI features. It is the best tool for those who love the power of commands, and it gives advanced shell users insane flexibility.

The Official website for Xiki : http://xiki.org

Features of Xiki :

It is available in AUR for those who use Arch Linux or derivatives of Arch Linux such as Manjaro.

To install it in other distributions, follow this page.

     

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Install the beautiful text editor ATOM TEXT on Ubuntu

ATOM TEXT is a nice text editor, open-source developed by GitHub, which is currently in beta , Atom is based on the web techniques, and you can customize it easily and add new features to it, either by CSS or HTML and JavaScript ; It is smooth that allow you to use the APIs without the complexity .

# Other advantages :

- Browser for the system disk .
- Fast Explorer to open files quickly .
- The user interface is clean and beautiful.
- Indicators, and options
- Supports importing grammatical rules for TextMate and features.
- Along with more advantages .

# To install Atom on Ubuntu 14.04 \ 13.10 \ 12.04 ( Architecture 64-bit only) , open the terminal Ctrl + Alt + T and paste the following commands :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: webupd8team/atom
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install atom

* Note : The application may not work well on Ubuntu 13.10 ; for reporting problems via this link .

- For Archlinux users, the application is available in AUR.

     

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Internet Download application FlareGet has released version 3.1

Flarigat is the best graphical application to download in Linux system , which integrates with all known browsers such as Firefox , Chrome \ Chromium , Opera , etc ... ; Today has reached version 3.1 of this application coming with many useful changes .

# Highlighted updates

- Improved multi- threaded core engine (which is a moving specialist downloading ) .
- Support for Google Drive and Dropbox , and other similar websites .
- Improved integration with web browsers .
- Add YouTube to improve the application ( to download videos ) and is built with the software now .
- Fix the problem of deformation caused by the graphical interface to change the language.
- Drop pcap, winpcap from the dependencies.
- Support for download the latest applications.
- Along with more fixes and other minor improvements.

# To install Flarigat 3.1 on Ubuntu 14.04 \ 13.10 \ 13.04 \ 12.10 \ 12.04 Open the terminal Ctrl + Alt + T and run the following commands :

- For 32-bit systems , do this :

wget-O flareget-32.deb http://drive.noobslab.com/data/apps/flareget/flareget_3.1-36_i386.deb
sudo dpkg-i flareget-32.deb
sudo apt-get-f install; rm flareget-32.deb

- For 64-bit systems perform the following commands :

wget-O flareget-amd64.deb http://drive.noobslab.com/data/apps/flareget/flareget_3.1-36_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg-i flareget-amd64.deb
sudo apt-get-f install; rm flareget-amd64.deb

* Note : If you using the Opera browser ,you should also install this package ; 32-bit | | 64 -bit .

     

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Install text editor "Sublime Text 3" on Ubuntu

Sublime Text is text editor application, which is characterized by simplicity and lightness and speed, and multi-platform.

Version 3 comes with some improvements in the application and improves the software add-ons (plug-ins).

- To install Sublime Text 3 on Ubuntu 14.04 \ 13.10 \ 13.04 \ 12.10 \ 12.04 \ 10.04, open the terminal and run the following three commands :


sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/sublime-text-3
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-text-installer

     

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Android Studio: Editor software for Android development

Android Studio, is a software editor (IDE), to develop Android, which is a nice alternative to the famous software editor Eclipse (Eclipse is also available on Linux), and in this post we show how to install Android Studio on Ubuntu.

- To install the Android Studio on Ubuntu 14.04 \ 13.10 Open the terminal and run the following three commands:

 sudo apt-add-repository ppa:paolorotolo/android-studio
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install android-studio

- If you want to uninstall it, run the following two commands:

 sudo apt-get install ppa-purge 
 sudo ppa-purge ppa:paolorotolo/android-studio

     

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Top 5 alternatives for Ubuntu One

After the end of the life of Ubuntu One cloud storage service, many users of this service are looking for another alternative to it, and in this article we will present the best alternatives for 5 Ubuntu One :

1. OwnCloud

It it free cloud platform, open source file storage and sync, a multi-platform (Windows, OS X, Linux, Android, iOS) which comes with Photo Gallery sharing and with calendar integration also includes a PDF viewer and a text editor, and a set of applications that can be added to the front of the Web of OwnCloud, with high security and privacy .

- The official website of the service : http://owncloud.org

2. Dropbox

It is very popular for cloud storage, which is oldest , is it featured by ease and broad support for platforms, as well as speed in sync , with encryption of 256-bit AES, which means that your files in complete safety, and advantages it contains 2 GB of available space , cheap prices for capacity payments (for example, 100 GB are only $ 10 ) , and support for most platforms .

Application is available for Linux , you can download it via this link .

- The official website of the service : http://dropbox.com

3. Google Drive

Google Drive cloud service giant offers a free 15 GB of free space to store files and folders , which is integrated with Gmail, Google Docs and Google services .

You can install the client of Google Drive ( informal ) and find a detailed explanation on this link .

- The official website of the service : http://drive.google.com

4. Copy

A new service that provides safe and integrated cloud storage, and supports well-known platforms and gives you free storage capacity of 15 GB for free, it has a special client application for Linux you can download it from the official site .

- The official website of the service : https://www.copy.com/home

5. MEGA

MEGA cloud storage service allows users to browse files and create folders and upload files and submit them , share, and more, with MEGA you can have 50 GB of storage files for free, and if you want more than that you can upgrade, Like other cloud storage services, MEGA uses a very high encryption on all files with an interface which is smooth and beautiful, the application of the MEGA client is available for Windows and Android, and is coming to the Mac and Linux soon.

 - The official website of the service : https://mega.co.nz

There are many other useful cloud services such as Box and OneDrive and SpiderOak and pCloud and others.

What do you think of this list ? What is the cloud service that you use to store your files ?

     

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Best 4 Antivirus softwares for Linux [ to remove Windows viruses ]

We all know that Linux is safe and does not need an antivirus at all because of its strong structure and the support of the community , but what if you have ( for example) a USB flash drive that carries viruses coming from windows machines , how can you remove these viruses so you can prevent them to spread to other windows computers.

You can check for the existence of viruses by Linux and remove them , before you linking it to Windows machine , fortunately , the Linux contains such application , and you can check the media external storage , or even the hard disk ; As mentioned in the thread title : " To remove Windows viruses " , which means that Linux itself does not need them.

1. ClamAV Antivirus

It is the most popular antivirus open source , available for many Linux distributions , you can install it on Ubuntu and its derivatives by using the software center or using this command in Terminal :

sudo apt-get install clamav clamtk

2. AVG Antivirus

This antivirus is very well known , and one of the most widely used software on Windows, available for some Linux distributions .

- To download it for Ubuntu and its derivatives click here.
- To download it for Fedora and its derivatives click here.

To run it , type in Terminal :

sudo avggui

3. F-PROT Antivirus

It is an antivirus which is available for all Linux distributions , easy to use , fast and light on the device , click to here to download it .

4. BitDefender

BitDefender is a closed source Antivirus, and very popular developed by SOFTWIN Company , to install it on Ubuntu and Fedora, click here , and do the same method explained in the website.

Did you have used one of these applications ?

     

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iScanner, scans and removes Malicious code from your Linux web servers

iScanner is an application that detects and removes malicious codes Linux/Unix server easily and automatically, without any intervention.

This tool is writing by iSecur1ty community using Ruby programming language.

iScanner detects more than 25 species of harmful files that may infect servers, making it easier for managers to discover them.

iScanner is completely free and open source and it's licensed under the terms of GNU General Public License 3.0 (GPL 3).

It stills in the trial version and you can download the new version from here , or to see the source code from here .

     

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Hotot a lightweight application for Twitter users in Linux

Hotot is a lightweight twitter client, It is an open source application writing in Python, which is also considered a micro-blogging desktop that allows to manage activities in twitter.

According to WebUpd8, Hotot gained many votes in a poll published on their website that made it the "Best Linux Twitter Client" against four Linux Twitter clients; namely Gwibber, Pino, Turpial, and Choqok.

Hotot features :

- You can control it using only keyboard shortcuts (see "Help & About" in the Hotot menu").

- Highly customization (You can set columns and custom them as you want ).

- Color-coded Tweets.

- Images Preview.

- Images Uploader.

- Url Shortener.

- On spot Translation.

- Read Later Integration.

- Switching between different languages.

- An icon in notification area that let you know of the new updates (status, messages ...).

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Some screenshots of the application :

To install the application just search for Hotot in the software center of Ubuntu ..., in Arch Linux, the application is available in the AUR. 

     

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