Starting with Django in Ubuntu - Installation

Hi Guys, Today we are going to setup our Ubuntu system for Django Development, as you all know that Django is a free and open source web application framework, written in Python, which follows the model–view–controller architectural pattern. Django's installation is somewhat tricky for beginners as it required many things to take care of. Don't worry, In this post I will cover each and every thing that required for Django installation and I will guide you, how to set up your first project in Django . So lets get started.

How to Install Django in Ubuntu

Step 1. Install pip : pip is a package management system used to install and manage software packages written in Python. It is prefered over easyinstall in python. You can read more about pip from Here.

$ sudo apt-get install python-pip

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Google Chrome 32 Released with Supervised users , Noisy Tab detection and better Malware Protection feature! Install it Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Google-chrome is a cross-platform web-browser which runs on any platform whether it is mac , linux or windows. The main reason for the popularity of google-chrome is that it runs web-page and application with lightning speed .

Recently Google has announced the release of Google Chrome 32, its latest stable version for Linux , Mac and Windows. Google Chrome 32 comes with some new feature and fixes some of the features included like supervised user , detecting noisy tabs , better malware detection and prevention etc. For more information you can see the Complete Changelog

New in Google Chrome 32

• Tracking Noisy Tabs: This feature allows you to visually scan your tabs for a speaker icon to quickly find the ones singing in the background. You’ll also be able to see which tabs are currently using your webcam or are being cast to your TV.

• Safe Browsing's malware warning has gotten stronger
• Supervised User

For More Information about above three points Read Here.

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How to install Xdebug with Sublime Text in Ubuntu 12.04

Xdebug is a PHP extension for powerful debugging. It supports stack and function traces, profiling information and memory allocation and script execution analysis. Xdebug provide following functionality like function name, file name and line indications, support for member functions, full parameter display for user defined functions etc for PHP developers which help them to debug their code easily and quickly.

Installing Xdebug with Sublime Text in Ubuntu is little bit tricky, but you can easily install it if you follow along this post. Lets get started.

Installing Xdebug in Ubuntu

Step 1: Open terminal(Ctrl + Alt + t) and type following command to see whether Xdebug is installed or not.

$ php -v
PHP 5.3.10-1ubuntu3.8 with Suhosin-Patch (cli) (built: Sep  4 2013 20:00:51) 
Copyright (c) 1997-2012 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.3.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2012 Zend Technologies
    with Xdebug v2.1.0, Copyright (c) 2002-2010, by Derick Rethans

Note: If your Output is same like mine then you are good to go. If not the type following command to install it.

$ sudo apt-get install php5-xdebug

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nload - Monitor your internet speed in the Terminal

nload is a terminal based application for linux which monitors network traffic and bandwidth usage in real time. It monitors the in- and outgoing traffic using two graphs and provides additional info like the total amount of transferred data and min/max network usage.
It displays the total amount of data that has been transferred over a network device since the last reboot, the current bandwidth usage, and the minimum, maximum, and average bandwidth usage measured since it started.

How to Install nload

nload comes pre-installed with Ubuntu, so you can use it directly. If it is not installed on your system then, open terminal (Ctrl + Alt + t) and run the following command

$ sudo apt-get install nload

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Firefox 20 Released with Per-window Private Browsing Feature! Install it in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. Today Mozilla announced the release of Firefox 20.0 for all platforms including Linux, Windows and Mac OS. In this release Mozilla aims to increase User privacy and Security. Lets Look at the new features added to Firefox 20

New in Firefox 20

• Per-window Private Browsing: This is same as Chrome's Incognito window, all you need to do is select "New Private Window" and new window will open without saving any search history, cookies, downloads or temp file.
  
  
  
  
• New look of Download Manager which looks nicer than previous one.
  
  
  
  
• Ability to close hanging plugins, without the browser hanging
• New JavaScript Profiler tool
• Continued performance improvements around common browser tasks (page loads, downloads, shutdown, etc.)

You can check complete change log HERE.

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Google Chrome 26 released with Asynchronous DNS Resolver feature! Install it in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Google-chrome is a cross-platform web-browser which runs on any platform whether it is mac , linux or windows. The main reason for the popularity of google-chrome is that it runs web-page and application with lightning speed .

On 27 Mrach, 2013 Google has announced the release of Google Chrome 26, its latest stable version for Linux , Mac and Windows. Google Chrome 26 adds some new features and fixes many Securities issues. For more information you can see the Complete Changelog

New in Google Chrome 26

• "Ask Google for suggestions" spell checking feature improvements (e.g. grammar and homonym checking)

• Desktop shortcuts for multiple users (profiles) on Windows
• Asynchronous DNS resolver on Mac and Linux

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Google Chrome 25 Stable is Out! install it in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Google-chrome is a cross-platform web-browser which runs on any platform whether it is mac , linux or windows. The main reason for the popularity of google-chrome is that it runs web-page and application with lightning speed .

On 21 Feb, 2013 Google has announced the release of Google Chrome 25, its latest stable version for Linux , Mac and Windows. Google Chrome 25 comes with minor improvements over its predecessor like Better Support for HTML5 date/time input, Java-Script Web Speech API support etc.

New in Google Chrome 25

• Improvements in managing and securing your extensions
• Better support for HTML5 time/date inputs
• JavaScript Web Speech API support
• Better WebGL error handling
• And lots of other features for developers

For more information you can see the Complete Changelog

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Firefox 19 Released with Built-in PDF support! Install it in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. On Feb 19, 2013 Mozilla has announced the release of Firefox 19 for all platforms. Biggest addition in this release is the addition of Built-in PDF support that means users can avoid to use plugins with proprietary closed source code “that could potentially expose users to security vulnerabilities,” according to Mozilla.

New in Firefox 19

• Built-in PDF viewer
• Startup performance improvements
• CSS text-transform now supports full-width
• Web Console CSS links now open in the Style Editor

You can check complete change log HERE.

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Install Opera 12.13 in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Opera is a web browser developed by Opera Software with over 270 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via Bit Torrent and reading web feeds. Opera is offered free of charge for personal computers and mobile phones.

Today Opera 12.13 has been released with the release note "First final version of Opera in 2013 is here! We have just released Opera 12.13, this is a recommended stability and security update for all users. It also includes couple of bugfixes, most noticeably fixes for not loading any pages when Opera was started without Internet connection and internal communication error on Facebook. We would like to thank you all for helping us with testing 12.13" said by By Marcin Mitek on Opera Blog.

New in Opera 12.13

• Fixed an issue where Opera gets internal communication errors on Facebook
• Fixed an issue where no webpages load on startup, if Opera is disconnected from the Internet
• Fixed an issue where images will not load after back navigation, when a site uses the HTML5 history API
• A new stand-alone update-checker, as part of a planned upgrade of the auto-update system for Linux and Windows
• Improved protection against hijacking of the default search, including a one-time reset for Windows

Check out the complete change log to know more about the changes.

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Easily Upload your Image using "Postman" Photo Uploader in Ubuntu 12.10/12.04 and Linux Mint 13/14

Postman is an app designed for Ubuntu which enables users to upload photos to multiple cloud services through a simple user interface. Currently the services supported by Postman are Flickr , Picasa , Google + and Ubuntu One.

Postman has very clean and intuitive interface which allows you to upload your images by simply drag-and-drop.

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Google Releases Chrome 24 for Linux! Install it in Ubuntu/Mint

Google-chrome is a cross-platform web-browser which runs on any platform whether it is mac , linux or windows. The main reason for the popularity of google-chrome is that it runs web-page and application with lightning speed .

On 10th jan, 2013 Google has announced the release of Google Chrome 24, its latest stable version for Linux , Mac and Windows. It is believe that Chrome 24 is lot faster than its predecessor. This is the first Stable release with support for MathML. This release also contains an update to Flash (11.5.31.137) as well as improvements in speed and stability.

"With today’s Chrome Stable release, you’ll be booting up a faster browser. Feel free to kick back after the holidays and enjoy Chrome’s new year freshness through automatic updates." said Dharani Govindan, Technical Program Manager.

For more information you can see the Complete Changelog

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Thunderbird 17.0.2 Released! Install it in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform email and news client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. Mozilla has announced the release of Thunderbird 17.0.2 with some improvements.

New in Thunderbird 17.0.2

• Pressing the 'x' button on Windows now closes only one window rather than the whole application
• An issue that caused occasional corruption in local folders after filtering is now fixed
• An issue that caused deletion of drafts saved in IMAP folders whilst in offline mode is now fixed

You can know more about Thunderbird 17.0.2 by reading Release Note.

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Mozilla Firefox 18 Released with IonMonkey JavaScript Compiler! Install it in Ubuntu/Linux Mint

Mozilla Firefox is a free and open source web browser developed for Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux coordinated by Mozilla Corporation and Mozilla Foundation. On Jan 7, 2013 Mozilla has announced the release of Firefox 18 for all platforms. Firefox 18 comes with many improvement over its predecessor like IonMonkey JavaScript Compiler for faster performance, Better HTML scaling Algorithm for Better image etc.

New in Firefox 18

• Faster JavaScript Compiler(IonMonkey)
• New HTML scaling algorithm for better image quality.
• Improved tab Switching performance
• Improved Startup time

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SMplayer 0.8.3 Released! Install it in Ubuntu 12.04/12.10 and Linux Mint 13/14

SMPlayer is a open source media player for Windows and Linux. It uses the award-winning MPlayer as playback engine which is capable of playing any audio and video formats. You need not to install any extra codecs after installing SMplayer.

To know more about SMPlayer CLICK HERE

New in SMplayer 0.8.3

• Fixes YouTube Playback.

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Ubuntu-Tweak 0.8.3 Released with few bug fixes and little change

Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for everyone. It provides many useful desktop and system options that the default desktop environment doesn't provide. Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.3 has been released on 21 Dec, 2012.

Features of Ubuntu-Tweak

• View of Basic System Information(Distribution, Kernel, CPU, Memory, etc.)
• GNOME Session Control
• Auto Start Program Control
• Quick install popular applications

To know more about Ubuntu Tweak CLICK HERE

New in Ubuntu-Tweak 0.8.3

• In Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.3, there’re two mirrors for the Apps data have been added. This means the access of Apps will be more stable than before, it might also be faster.
• Overlay Scrollbar Settings for Ubuntu 12.10

To know more about what's new in Ubuntu Tweak 0.8.3 read RELEASE NOTE

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Install Shutter 0.90 in Ubuntu 12.04/12.10

Shutter is a feature-rich screenshot program. It allow you to take a screenshot of a specific area, window, your whole screen, or even of a website – apply different effects to it, draw on it to highlight points, and then upload to an image hosting site, all within one window. Shutter is free, open-source, and licensed under GPL v3.

Shutter 0.90 has been released on December, 19th 2012. This release fixes bugs and removes some error prone (or unused) features.

Improvements in Shutter 0.90

• Keybinding code (code needs to be written for every single desktop environment) and the Simple Selection Tool (superseeded by the Advanced Selection Tool) has been removed in order to keep Shutter codebase easier.
• Three plugins (3Dreflection, 3Drotate, bordereffects) removed due to licencing issue.
• This release adds a new option to show the main window (useful when running Unity).

Courtesy:shutter-project.org

Check out the complete change log to know more about Shutter 0.90.

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Opera 12.12 Released ! Install it in Ubuntu 12.04/12.10

Opera is a web browser developed by Opera Software with over 270 million users worldwide. The browser handles common Internet-related tasks such as displaying web sites, sending and receiving e-mail messages, managing contacts, chatting on IRC, downloading files via Bit Torrent and reading web feeds. Opera is offered free of charge for personal computers and mobile phones.

On December 18th , 2012 Opera software has announced the release of Opera 12.12 with more security and stability enhancements.

New in Opera 12.12

• New option ‘Delete settings and data for all extensions’ option (off by default) in the Delete Private Data dialog.
• Corrected an issue where using the 'Delete Private Data' dialog could delete extension and settings data.
• Redesigned the 'Delete Private Data' dialog to be more usable with small screens.
• Fixed an issue where quitting Opera while in fullscreen mode could cripple the interface on the next start-up.

Check out the complete change log to know more about the changes.

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VLC 2.0.5 released with translation updation for many languages

VLC is a free and open source cross-platform multimedia player and framework that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols. Today VideoLAN has announced the release of VLC 2.0.5.

Improvements in VLC 2.0.5

• Fix buffer overflow in HTML subtitles parser
• Fix Mpeg-2 audio and video encoders initialization
• Fix wrong aspect ratio in some cases
• Fix Time counter UI look
• Translation updation for Asturian, Bengali (India), Bosnian, Croatian, Czech, Danish and many more languages.

You can check the improvement made in VLC 2.0.5 by visiting this LINK

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Ninja-IDE: Great IDE for Python developers

NINJA-IDE stands for "Ninja-IDE Is Not Just Another IDE" , is a cross-platform integrated development environment (IDE) for Linux/X11, Mac OS X and Windows desktop operating systems and allow developers to build Python applications and making the task of writing software easier and more enjoyable.

Features of Ninja-IDE

• Powerful Code Editor
• Amazing Code Locator
• Errors and PEP8 Finder
• Project Managment
• Run Project and Files
• Highly extensible

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Install Cairo-Dock 3.1.2 in Ubuntu 12.10/12.04

Cairo-Dock is a pretty, light and convenient interface to your desktop, able to replace advantageously your system panel! It features multi-docks, taskbar, launchers and a lot of useful applets. Applets can be detached from the dock to act as desktop widgets. Numerous ready-to-use themes are available in 1 click, and can be easily customized at your convenience. It can use hardware acceleration to be very fast and low on CPU.

Cairo Dock 3.1.2 has been released. To know what's new in this version CLICK HERE

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