X-tile is a gnome applet for your panel (or optionally a standalone application,working with kde as well) that allowsyou to select a number of windows and tile them in different ways.

You can download the Deb package from here. For other distros you can check the page here.

Docky is a frontend for GNOME Do (Do) that introduces an entirely new way to interact with Do. Docky helps Do become more directly involved with your desktop by providing a persistent mouse based Dock interface while remaining true to Do’s keyboard only interaction. Being tied directly into Do allows Docky to be adaptive and dynamic. As your usage patterns change, so too does Docky. For everything Do can do, Docky can too.

Following are some of the features of Docky:

• Drag and Drop items onto the Dock (files, folders, and applications from the menu)
• Drag and Drop remove items from the dock
• Drag and Drop items into folders on the dock, as well as the trash can.
• Drag and Drop reordering of items on the dock
• Image previews of items which support it
• True parabolic zoom (can be disabled)
• Click animations
• Intuitive resizing by dragging on the dock separator
• Adding and removing “Statistical Items” (items which Do considers relevant to you) from the dock by dragging the left and right edges
• Window indicators (supports advanced window indicators)
• Advanced window management features via the Window Manager plugin for GNOME Do
• The ability to make Docky Automatically Hide when not being hovered. Often referred to as autohide.
• A full frontend to GNOME Do
• Add items to docky from GNOME Do searches

Installing Docky on Linux Mint 9 is pretty simple and straight forward. We can do this using the PPA. Type the following in a terminal window

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:docky-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docky

This will install Docky on your machine. Once installed you can find it under Menu > Accessories > Docky. By default it’s also added to your default startup applications.

Enjoy and flaunt the new docky!

1. First let’s add gpg keys. To do so start a terminal window and copy paste the following command:

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 0xd66b746e

2. Open Software sources by going to Menu > Administration > Software Sources.

3. Go to the tab that reads “Other software” and click Add.

4. Add the following line:

deb http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/debian/ stable non-free

5. Click close and you will be prompted to reload the package manager.

6. Open the terminal window and type the following command to install Skype

sudo apt-get install skype

This should install Skype on your machine. You can start using it by going to Menu > Internet > Skype.

Enjoy talking to your friends!

1. Open Synaptic Package Manager by going to Menu > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager

2. Search for Opera.

Once installed you can start it by going to Menu > Internet > Opera

Enjoy the goodness of Opera on Linux Mint 9.

1. Open Synaptic Package Manager by going to Menu > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager

2. Search for chromium-browser and select the chromium browser package.

3. Click Apply to start installing Chromium on Linux Mint 9 {Isadora}

4. Once installed, you can find it under Menu > Internet > Chromium Web Browser

Enjoy Chromium on Linux Mint!

1. Open a terminal window by hitting ALT+F2 and type “gnome-terminal”. In the terminal type the following command:

sudo apt-get install ksnapshot

Depending on your connection speed, Ksnapshot will be installed. It will appear under Menu > Graphics > Ksnapshot.

Enjoy using Ksnapshot!

We believe that this will enrich your experience with LinuxHub. As a surprise we might have a dedicated writer for posts related to Linux Mint and hence not reducing the number of posts related to Ubuntu and OpenSuse. We are very e,xcited to have the freshness of Mint here at LinuxHub. Linux Mint 9 (Isadora is almost here), so we might start of with Isadora.

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