Artha, a handy English thesaurus in Ubuntu

I 've been hunting for an offline dictionary in Ubuntu Linux which is having similar features as wordweb. It took months for me to get to know about Artha (a free GPLed English dictionary and thesaurus for Linux based on WordNet.) Just like word web to check meaning of any word what we have to do is highlight the word to be checked and hit Ctrl + Alt + W . You can choose Artha to show meaning either in pop-up balloon or from dictionary (just like in wordweb).
To install Artha open your terminal and type sudo apt-get install artha or use synaptic pack or else ubuntu software sources.

How to install Dhivehi fonts globally in Ubuntu (Linux)

I posted how to install Dhivehi fonts easily in ubuntu in a previous article. However this method is only for "current user". Now I'll tell you few steps to take to install Dhivehi fonts globally in ubuntu.

Download and extract Dhivehi fonts package

Create a sub-folder in your home folder, you can call it anything you like, I'll be using the name fonts2install

Copy the contents of extracted Dhivehi fonts package to the new folder created

Open a terminal window and create a folder for your Dhivehi fonts within the global location (lets call it ttf-dhivehi-fonts) by typing sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ ttf-dhivehi-fonts

Type your password when prompted to do so, and press ENTER

Copy all the fonts in your fonts2install folder to global font folder for Dhivehi fonts by typing sudo cp fonts2install/*.ttf /usr/share/fonts/truetype/ttf-dhivehi-fonts and press ENTER

Type your password if prompted to do so, and press ENTER

How to reset your forgotten linux (ubuntu) password

Well, this is what you have to do if you are unable to use GRUB (GNU GRand Unified Bootloader).

Last day my cousin came with her laptop (Lucid Lynx installed) saying she forgot her password. Alhamdhulillah and thanks whoever posted this for coming to rescue me. Even though it was detailed on "makeuseof" I though to share my experience.

1. Boot from a live CD and hit "Try Ubuntu"
2. When system is ready open terminal and check the partition in which linux is installed (mine it was /dev/sda1). You may use the command sudo fdisk -l
3. Make a mount point for the partition (I have created a directory called linux_part [sudo mkdir /media/linx_part])
4. Mount linux partition on the directory created ‘sudo mount /dev/sda1 /media/linx_part‘
5. Change the root to mount directory (sudo chroot /media/sda1)
6. Type passwd username and enter new password to change the password.
7. That's it, now reboot your computer.

Install and configure Canon MX347 (Ubuntu, Linux)

• Download MX 340 printer drivers
• Extract the ".tar.gz" archives
• Open your printer box and select "canonmx340.ppd" drivers from the folder extracted
• Install cnijfilter ( find .deb packages of cnijfilter, double click and install )

How to install Dhivehi fonts for Ubuntu noobs

1. Download Dhivehi font package

2. Go to your home directory and hit ctrl+h to see hidden files

3. If the folder ".fonts" does not exists, create a one

4. Extract the downloaded fonts and copy or cut paste the .ttf fonts to ".fonts" folder.