Tag: Ubuntu

My Ubuntu Setup

I’m currently running Ubuntu 10.04, and will update to 11.04 in a week. Since I started using Ubuntu over a year and half ago I’ve found a few apps that I now absolutely cannot live without. Here is my attempt at listing most of them, in no partic…

I’m currently running Ubuntu 10.04, and will update to 11.04 in a week. Since I started using Ubuntu over a year and half ago I’ve found a few apps that I now absolutely cannot live without. Here is my attempt at listing most of them, in no particular order:-

tig: Text based gui for browsing git repos. 

ddd: For when command line gdb is just not enough. Used it extensively during my CS 241 course, especially for the programming assignment in which we had to implement malloc(); pointer arithmetic can get messy quickly 🙂

gvim: I’m a huge (g)vim fan! I adore this colorscheme, and you should also get this for painless folder navigation within (g)vim. 

Dropbox: Ever since my old laptop died on me and I lost all my data, I’ve started to become super cautious with regards to backing data up. That’s where Dropbox comes in and simplifies my life. I’m a huge fan of their service and the way syncing with multiple devices works so seamlessly. 

vlc: for when you need your media fix. 

Ubuntu Tweak: makes customizing your Ubuntu setup a breeze. 

Cheese Webcam Booth: My choice for a webcam software. 

xpad: Allows you to put sticky notes on your desktop, very similar to the notes widget in Windows 7

Faenza icon set: It’s pretty. Oh, so pretty.

htop: It’s like top. But better. 

That’s all I can think of right now. I’m petty sure I’m missing a few so I’ll be editing this post as and when I think of something. 

Setup + Ruby + Rails + One command

So, apparently it is now possible to install the Ruby and Rails stack on Ubuntu using one command. While I haven’t tried it out yet, it seems to hold great promise to get solve some/most of the setup problems associated with the Ruby and Ruby on R…

So, apparently it is now possible to install the Ruby and Rails stack on Ubuntu using one command.

While I haven’t tried it out yet, it seems to hold great promise to get solve some/most of the setup problems associated with the Ruby and Ruby on Rails Stack. I remember it took me a LONG time to setup on my machine for various reasons. While I eventually solved all the problems using a combination of my search foo and my friend Sam Liu, a lot of potential ‘Railers’ might be scared away. Overall, I thought it was a great learning experience, but a lot of people might not agree with that. 

I might be doing a clean install of Ubuntu sometime soon(I’m currently using Wubi) and will definitely try to install the Rails stack using this command.