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This tutorial will explain the instructions to install the Mac OS X Lion theme in Ubuntu 11.10/Oneiric Ocelot. Step 1:  Install Cursors Open the terminal and run the following commands : wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/Mac-Lion-Cursors.tar.gz sudo tar -xzvf Mac-Lion-Cursors.tar.gz -C /usr/share/icons Step 2:  Download the Mac OS theme Next step is to download Mac Os theme and copy into .themes folder . If you already have .themes folder , then dont execute first command . mkdir ~/.themes wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/Mac-Lion-Theme.tar.gz tar -xzvf Mac-Lion-Theme.tar.gz -C ~/.themes Step 3: Install Mac Icons This is same as previous step .Copy the icons into .icon folder . If you already have .icon folder , then dont execute first command. mkdir ~/.icons wget http://dl.dropbox.com/u/47950494/Mac-Lion-Icons.tar.gz tar -xzvf Mac-Lion-Icons.tar.gz -C ~/.icons Step 4: Install GNOME [&hellip

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This Tutorial will explain how to change  start up sound in Ubuntu . The format used in Ubuntu for startup sound is .OGG, so you have to convert music files into OGG before you set it as start up sound in Ubuntu . There are many converters available in market , so you can opt any converter.I have mobile Media converter to convert it into .OGG format. See also : How to : Install Mobile Media Converter in Ubuntu 11.10 Next step is to copy the converted OGG and paste into Ubuntu sound folder .To do that , enter following command in terminal . gksudo nautilus /usr/share/sounds/ubuntu/stereo Before you copy the converted OGG , rename it into desktop-login.ogg and copy-paste into Ubuntu sound folder. Note [&hellip

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This tutorial will explain the instructions to install Mobile Media Converter in Ubuntu 11.10. Mobile Media converter is a free multi platform audio and video converter. It support formats like MP3,WMA,OGG,WAV,MPEG video , AVI, WMV, FLV, MOV,AMR and 3GP. A good thing about this software is that  it comes with integrated Youtube downloader which is useful for video buff like me .It also supports iphone and iPod mp4 files. The program has a very easy-to-use and simple GUI (Graphical User Interface) that helps even the most amateur user. Most of the times, the only data that you must enter is the input file(s) or just drag ‘n’ drop the input file(s)! The 3GP and AMR formats are used by mobile phones for MMS, video and [&hellip

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By default , the Guest session is enabled in Ubuntu 11.10 . This tutorial will show you how to remove the Guest session from the logon screen in Ubuntu  11.10.It is not imperative to do ,but its good to remove guest session to maintain privacy . Step 1: Go to terminal and run the following command to edit lightdm configuration file. sudo gedit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf Step 2 : Add the following line at the bottom. allow-guest=false Step 3: Restart the system 

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This tutorial shows you how to configure Thunderbird in order to send and receive mails of Gmail account . Step 1 : Log on your Gmail account and Go to Options(Gear icon) which is at top & Click Mail Settings .   Step 2:  Go to Forwarding and POP/IMAP  option and  change the options as below . Step3: Next step is to configure Thunderbird which is the default mail client in Ubuntu 11.10 .  Go to Mail -> Setup mail .   Step4: Enter your required Gmail Login Credentials in Mail Setup  . Step5: That’s it done !! If you face any issues , Please let us know

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