Screenruler- A Ruler For Measuring Objects On Screen.

'Screenruler' is a very interesting application that lets you measure the length of objects present on your screen.
It can be installed from the 'Synaptic Package Manager'.After installation ,lauch 'Screenruler' from the 'Accessories' menu.



This would result in a ruler being displayed on the screen.Right click on the ruler to set preferences and change the metric unit.'Screenruler' allows users to choose from among six units-pixels,centimeters,inches,picas,points and percentage.Measurements can be made horizontally and vertically.
The background color and fonts can be changed from the 'Preferences' menu.
To make measurements,align the ruler with an object and drag the right end with the mouse.

User Agent Switcher For Firefox

'User Agent Switcher' is an extension for the Mozilla Firefox browser that lets you browse a website that is not compatible with it.
Sometimes,you may come across a webpage which is compatible with the 'Internet Explorer' only.In such situations,'User Agent Switcher' switches the user agent to that of a compatible browser.


The default installation provides three switches-Internet Explorer,Netscape and Opera.
'User Agent Switcher' is displayed under the 'Tools' menu of the Firefox web browser.
It can be installed from the 'Synaptic Package Manager'.

Get a 'Galaxy' For Your Ubuntu Desktop.

'Galaxy' is an application that simulates the motion of stars under the mutual gravitational forces of attraction.



'Galaxy' allows users to set parameters under the 'God' menu. There are eight parameters that can be set. These include the total star count, gravity,black hole mass and initial velocity etc.Click on the 'apply' button to save these parameters.




Click on the 'init' and then the 'run' button to initialize and run the galaxy just set.
An option to pause the motion is also provided.
The update rate in the unit of 'cycles per second' is displayed in the lower right corner.
A help file is provided with the application that also provides technical notes related to the physics of the motion of stars.



Watch A 'Galaxy' Video.

Rhythmbox 0.12.3

Download the latest version of the Rhytmbox Media Player from getdeb.net by clicking here.
To manage padcasts with the 'Rhythmbox Media Player' ,click here.

Ubuntu Tweak 0.4.7.3

Download the latest version of Ubuntu Tweak, by clicking here.

Click here to read more about Ubuntu Tweak.

'Resolution Switcher'-Change your monitor's display resolution from the notification area.

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'Resolution Switcher' is a simple program that can be installed from the 'Synaptic package manager'.After installation,launch it from the 'Accessories' menu.

Now,click on the 'Resolution Switcher' icon in the notification area to set the display's resolution.

'Leafpad' Text Editor.

'Leafpad' is a very simple and notepad like text editor for Ubuntu.'Leafpad' can be downloaded from the 'Synaptic Package Manager'.After installation ,launch it from the 'Accessories' menu.
To change font and apply line numbers ,click on the 'Options' menu.