Install Canon IP 1800 series in ubuntu

Go to

http://sites.google.com/site/sayeed76/Home/googleb1da27a3f5a65e86

and download the .deb files.
Run the files in ubuntu by double clicking them.

First run "cnijfilter-common_2.70-1_i386.deb"
Then run "cnijfilter-ip1800series_2.70-1_i386.deb"

Now turn the power on of the printer after connecting it to the computer and follow the instructions.

Now you should be able to start printing.

Adding meta tags to blogger

Meta tags are required for search engine to know your page easily. It is also required for varification of your site by google. It may appear that adding meta tag to blogger.com is not possible; but actually adding meta tags to blogger is possible.
Here is how you can add meta tags to blogger. (if you have no idea about HTML codes, you should not try this)

First of all sign in to your account and go to "dashboard".
Click on the "Layout" tag
Now click on "Edit HTML" link. You showld be seeing the HTML codes of you blog now.
Now find something like (include "<" where appropriate; blogger don't allow HTML tags)-

head>


It showuld be somewhere near the top of the html code.
Enter the meta code just below it so it should be like something

head>

meta content=... ... ... />

Now save it by clicking on save template.

And you are done with adding meta tags to blogger.

How to give Ubuntu a Windows XP outlook

I found it interesting that it is possible to give ubuntu a windows XP look. It actually is not very hard to give ubuntu a windows look. Here how you can give ubuntu a windows look:

1. Wrire the following address in the addressbar and save the file “http://ubuntu.online02.com/files/XpGnome.tar.gz”

2. Extract the file

3. Run the “InstallXPGnome.sh” file in the terminal and give the password

4. Follow the instructions and that should do

5. To get back to the original format go to "Restore setting" folder and run the “.sh” file in the terminal

Importing outlook contacts in evolution

Importing outlook contacts in evolution is important for those who are shifting from windows to ubuntu. Importing outlook contacts in evolution will also be needed if one has dual boot. Here are the steps by which you can import outlook contacts in evolution:-

1. Open outlook
2. Go to File -> Import and export
3. Select "Export to a file" from the menu and click "Next"
4. Select "Comma separated values" and click "Next"
5. Write down the file name and select "Allow duplicates to be created"
6. Select the folder you want to transfer ("Contacts" in this regard)
7. Click "Next" and click "Finish"

Now boot in Linux (ubuntu) and run Evolution.
1. Go to File -> Import
2. Click "Forward"
3. Select "Import a single file" and click " Forward"
4. Browse for the file in the file menu and select it and click "Forward"
5. Select "Personal" and click "Forward"
6. Finally click "Import"

Importing outlook contacts in evolution should now be complete.

Although a few fine tuning may be required in the contact menu of Evolution, it worked pretty good for me.

How to stop autorun of CD, DVD, pendrive in windows XP professional

Enter the windows as Administrator

Click on "Start" menu
Click "Run"
Write "gpedit.msc"
Click on "Administrative templates"
Double click on "System"
Double click on "Turn off Autoplay" and select "Disable"

And you are done

Install openoffice 3 in ubuntu

To uninstall the current version open the terminal and write:

sudo apt-get remove openoffice*.*

And enter the password.

For installation of OpenOffice 3, first of all you have to download the debian version from

http://openoffice.mirror.ac.za/stable/3.0.0/OOo_3.0.0_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz

Unzip it.
Now open the terminal go to the folder. (code: "cd folder_path"; example: cd /media/Soft/Office/Open office/OOO300_m9_native_packed-1_en-US.9358/ )

Go to DEBS folder (code: cd DEBS)

Now write

sudo dpkg -i *.deb {after providing the password this will depackage and install all the debians}

Now go to the desktop-integration folder (code: cd desktop-integration)

Now write the code:

sudo dpkg -i openoffice.org3.0-debian-menus_3.0-9354_all.deb

Now you should get the openoffice menu in the application menu

Remove orphan files in ubuntu

The code is

sudo apt-get autoremove

Using download manager in Ubuntu

Using download manager in Ubuntu is not straight forward. A few works needed before using download manager in Ubuntu specially with firefox. First of all you'll have to have flashgot plugin installed in firefox (remember, flashgot works as a communicator of the download manager with the browser, it has no ability to work as download manager itself).

For that you'll have to search for the addon and then add it.
Firefox will be restarted then.


Now install any of the download managers for ubuntu for using download manager in Ubuntu (Gwget, kget, wget, aria .....)

To install them go to terminal and write
sudo apt-get install xxx (where xxx = name of the download manager)

Some has recommended "wxDownload fast" as a good download manager available from "http://dfast.sourceforge.net/download.html". (I didn't give it a try but soon I'll)


From now on whenever you start download a file, there will be a new option - to save with fashgot. In the flashgot menu you'll get the option to download with the download manager.

If flashgot menu doesnot appear, try restarting the firefox.
Now you are ready for using download manager in Ubuntu.

How to force quit a program in Ubuntu

Sometimes in ubuntu a program stops responding. Force quit is the solution for the situation. For force quit, you need to do following.

1. Open a terminal
2. command - xkill
3. click on the window you want to close.

You can also try "Alt+F2" and write "xkill" and click on the window to force quit an application.