Scribd is a pretty much popular document sharing site which has been around since a couple of years. Some fans state Scribd is for documents like what Youtube is for videos. But Scribd is sometimes disrupted due to javascript/adobe flash player restrictions on the client side. Viewing & downloading documents at such times becomes impossible. Here’s a shortcut to download documents from Scribd when you are logged in to the site:
Add the following to the end of the document url:
?autodown=pdf
For example, the following is the URL for opening a Scribd document:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6366850/DocTitle
Add the autodown parameter and open this url in your browser.
http://www.scribd.com/doc/6366850/DocTitle?autodown=pdf
This will start downloading the document in pdf format. You need to be logged in to the Scribd for this to work. This will work even if Javascript is disabled, or Flash player is not available.
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VLC Player is a popular media player which requires no introduction. It is absolutely worth of every praise in the reviews all over the web. Here’s the PPA to get the latest VLC:
Importing the GPG Key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 7613768D
Then run the following code:
. /etc/lsb-release
echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/c-korn/vlc/ubuntu\ `lsb_release --short --codename` main | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vlc.list
Update the sources list:
sudo apt-get update
Source: VideoLAN
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File Browser Applet is an applet for the GNOME Panel. It lets you browse and open files in your computer directly from the panel, without having to open a file manager. It is not intended as replacement to proper file managers like nautilus. Sometimes you just want to open a file and don’t want to have to open a file manager, browse to and open the file, then close the file manager. This Applet just saves you couple of clicks.
Importing the GPG Key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys D05E4B27
Run the following lines to add the source:
. /etc/lsb-release
echo deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/file-browser-applet-dev/ppa/ubuntu\ `lsb_release --short --codename` main | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/filebrowser.list
Update the sources list:
sudo apt-get update
Source: File Browser
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The steps for adding the official GNOME Do repositories:
Importing the GPG Key:
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 77558DD0
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 6E80C6B7
Adding to sources list:
echo -e “#GNOME Do Software Repository\ndeb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main\ndeb http://ppa.launchpad.net/banshee-team/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main” | \
sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/gnomedo.list
Update Synaptic.
sudo apt-get update
Repository link from: Do.davebsd.com
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