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Transform Ubuntu into Windows with Longhorn Linux Transformation Pack
Firefox 4 Final for Android 3 times Faster with HTML 5 support and Sync
Rio Movie Windows 7 Theme Download | Official Microsoft ThemePack
AutoCAD 2012 Trial Download | Engineering Drawing Software
Customize Firefox 4 to have Chrome and Opera Style Appearance

Transform Ubuntu into Windows with Longhorn Linux Transformation Pack

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 01:15 PM PDT

If you are accustomed to Windows interface and miss it while using Ubuntu, Longhorn Linux transformation pack is a project intended to turn Ubuntu to look like Windows Longhorn.

Windows Longhorn was the operating system on which Microsoft began work shortly after the completion of Windows XP . Unfortunately, the project never made it’s debut on the market exactly as intended and ended up on the fact that a few years later we received a system in the form of Windows Vista.

Longhorn Linux transformation pack

We have already seen how to bring Windows 7 like Taskbar on Ubuntu with Group Tabs and Stacks. Here is something which can completely transform Ubuntu into Windows like interface.

Longhorn Linux Transformation Pack beta is a GUI for Ubuntu, which changes the system interface similar to Windows Longhorn. The project is being developed for many months, but only now jumped into the beta phase. The latest release of Longhorn Linux comes with the installer. Also, introduces Linux Aero Glass Overlay effects and the Windows icons. In addition, you can use the sidebar with gadgets.

How to transform Ubuntu into Windows

Download Longhorn Transformation Pack and extract the ZIP into a folder. Double click on install.sh and choose run in Terminal when prompted.

This will install following applications and themes:

GnoMenu and Longhorn menu theme
Aero-style GTK themes
Windows icons
Windows fonts
Screenlets and sidebar
Nautilus-elementary
RGBA (transparency) enabled GTK
Emerald theme

Note: This is still in Beta state and doesn’t guarantee perfect installation. You should install only if you know how to remove installed components afterwards if something goes wrong.

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Firefox 4 Final for Android 3 times Faster with HTML 5 support and Sync

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 12:22 PM PDT

Recently, Firefox 4 Final version for Windows was released and Mozilla has released Firefox 4 for Mobile devices i.e. Android and Maemo Platform. For other Mobile OS / Platforms, Mozilla is still planning.

What’s new in Firefox 4 for Android

Full version view
Integration of Firefox Sync to share bookmarks with the desktop, add-ons, and tabs.
Awesome Bar for hybrid search and URLs
Extension support
Refreshed interface
Partial support for HTML5
Significant improvement of productivity (creators boast that mobile Firefox 4 is up to three times faster than a browser on Android), and uses less memory
Share page on Social Networks

Download Firefox 4 Final for Android

Go to Market and search for Firefox to get the latest version.

Download Firefox 4 Final for maemo

Download Firefox for Maemo by visiting Firefox.com/m on your Nokia N900 or any other Maemo Device.

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Rio Movie Windows 7 Theme Download | Official Microsoft ThemePack

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:53 AM PDT

I came to know about Rio Movie from the popular Angry Birds Rio edition. Rio is an animated 3D film coming in year 2011 from the creators of Ice Age. Rio movie will release on April 15th in the US but you can beautify Windows 7 desktops right now.

Microsoft has officially released Rio Movie Windows 7 Themepack which includes 6 high-resolution (1920 x 1200) desktop backgrounds that features the amazing animated characters from Rio movie and space from Rio de Janeiro.

Rio Movie Windows 7 Theme

Being officially released on Windows 7 Personalization Gallery, you can install this theme just by double clicking. It is compatible with all Windows 7 versions (Windows 7 Home Premium, Professional, Enterprise, or Ultimate editions).

Download Rio Movie themepack

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AutoCAD 2012 Trial Download | Engineering Drawing Software

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 11:26 AM PDT

AutoCAD is a well known program and if you don’t know atleast you may have heard of it. AutoCAD is a program that provides a full-featured interface to create objects in areas of design, construction, architecture and more.

Many professionals use AutoCAD to create projects, plant construction, pre-visualizations of objects and more. If you are a user who was in search of a free version AutoCAD to test it out, you finally have the opportunity to try all the tools and functions of the program. AutoCAD 2012 is the latest release and now available for trial download of 30 days.

autocad 2012

To download AutoCAD 2012, it is necessary to fill out the form on download page and on proceeding, you will be given a installer which downloads complete package. Note that you cannot use any Internet Download manager to download AutoCAD 2012.

New Features of AutoCAD 2012

Microsoft Office style Toolbar
Ultra realistic, Lighter and Faster – According to the Autodesk site, the New AutoCAD provides a gain of up to 60% in productivity, thanks to improvements in the visual and the general system of the new software.
Molding Objects and Surfaces quickly
Documentation of models and relationships between objects
Compatibility with AutoCAD WS

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Customize Firefox 4 to have Chrome and Opera Style Appearance

Posted: 30 Mar 2011 10:52 AM PDT

Firefox 4 has greatly improved performance wise. Even the looks and feel leave the previous versions far behind. If you are not satisfied with the looks and want to customize it, Stratiform will be of great help.

Stratiform is a small extension for firefox 4. Once installed it appears on the navigation toolbar at right hand corner. Just click on the icon to get the settings page.

With this add-on you can customize Toolbar, Tab bar, Add-on bar and Application Menu Buttons. Using this add-on is extremely simple even for beginners. You just need to click on buttons for changes to take effect. One good thing about this add-on is that it does not require a restart for changes to take effect.

You can customize things like buttons, icons, text fields, border radius etc. These fields can be changed to obtain Opera or Google Chrome style buttons and other appearances. Hence if you are unhappy with firefox looks, Stratiform can easily change things with few clicks.

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