Clean isolated libraries

sudo apt-get install deborphan
sudo deborphan | xargs sudo apt-get -y purge
sudo apt-get autoremove --purge

F.lux

Ever notice how people texting at night have that eerie blue glow?

Or wake up ready to write down the Next Great Idea, and get blinded by your computer screen?

During the day, computer screens look good—they're designed to look like the sun. But, at 9PM, 10PM, or 3AM, you probably shouldn't be looking at the sun.

f.lux

F.lux fixes this: it makes the color of your computer's display adapt to the time of day, warm at night and like sunlight during the day.

It's even possible that you're staying up too late because of your computer. You could use f.lux because it makes you sleep better, or you could just use it just because it makes your computer look better.

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kilian/f.lux
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fluxgui

Jumanji Web Browser

jumanji is a highly customizable and functional web browser based on the libwebkit web content engine and the gtk+ toolkit. The idea behind jumanji is a web browser that provides a minimalistic and space saving interface as well as an easy usage that mainly focuses on keyboard interaction like vimperator does.
Features

Bookmarks
Buffered commands
Commandline completion
Configuration file
Cookie support
Custom stylesheet support
Downloads
Follow hints
Highly customizable
History
Load custom scripts
Markers
Plugin blocker
Private Browsing
Proxy support
Sourcecode view
Tabs
tabbed support
Configuration

The complete default configuration including the appearance and shortcuts of the
program are defined in a seperate file named config.h. In this file you are able
to change and adjust all the default settings of jumanji according to your
wishes. In addition it is possible to overwrite and extend them with a custom
jumanjirc file.
Dependencies

Note: It might work with lower versions than stated
libwebkit (>= 1.2.1)
libsoup (>= 2.22.4)
libunique (>= 1.1.2)
gtk2 (>= 2.18.6)
glib (>= 2.22.4)
Repository

git clone git://pwmt.org/jumanji.git

Commands

Groovewalrus

Here is a link to download groovewalrus, a grooveshark client
(requires python-wxgtk2.8, mplayer)

I had to do a search for python-wxgtk2.8 in synaptic, since the package installed without complaining about this dependency.

Pirate Ubuntu

Version 1


http://lukeroberts.us/2008/09/pirate-ubuntu-wallpaper/

Flash Galaxy S devices with Ubuntu

What is Heimdall?

Heimdall is a cross-platform open-source tool suite used to flash firmware (aka ROMs) onto Samsung Galaxy S devices.

How does it work?
Heimdall uses the same protocol as Odin to interact with a device in download mode. USB communication in Heimdall is handled by the popular open-source USB library, libusb-1.0.

Why “Heimdall”?
The flashing software Odin is named after the king of gods in Norse mythology. Loke, the software component on the Galaxy S that provides functionality to flash, may also to be named after an important character in Norse mythology, often translated as Loki. As such I have named my flashing software Heimdall, after the Norse god, and guardian of the Bifrost Bridge.

What platforms does Heimdall run on?
Linux, OS X and Windows (XP, Vista, 7 etc.)

Link to command line binary

Link to frontend

http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/

Android USB reverse tethering

Tools Needed

• Root access to the phone (for old Android versions, Froyo (Android 2.2) and beyond can do it natively)


• USB connection cable from your phone to PC

Procedure

• Enable USB Debugging. This is usually done from Settings --> Applications --> Development --> USB debugging. Reboot the phone after checking this option to make sure USB debugging is enabled (if there is no such option, this step probably does not apply to your version of Android)


• Disconnect your computer from any wireless or wired networks


• Connect the phone to your computer using the USB cable (the USB connection mode -- Phone Portal, Memory Card or Charge only -- is not important, but please note that you will not be able to change the USB mode during tethering)


• Enable the tethering option from your phone. This is usually done from Settings --> Wireless & Networks --> Internet tethering (or Tethering & portable hotspot, for more recent versions)

(The following step may not be needed. usbnet module may not be necessary, do it only if you do not see a usb0 interface in the ifconfig step)

• Load the usbnet module(if it's not already loaded). You will need root access to do that

modprobe usbnet

• Make sure that the USB interface is recognized by the system by using the following command:

ifconfig -a

you should be able to see a usb0 device listed like this (notice the usb0 device):

# ifconfig -a

eth0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:16:36:FA:3E:31
          UP BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

lo        Link encap:Local Loopback
          inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
          inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
          UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
          RX packets:316435 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:316435 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
          RX bytes:22875193 (21.8 Mb)  TX bytes:22875193 (21.8 Mb)

usb0      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr C2:5A:11:8D:43:F5
          BROADCAST MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
          RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
          TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
          collisions:0 txqueuelen:1000
          RX bytes:0 (0.0 b)  TX bytes:0 (0.0 b)

• Configure the new network device via DHCP using the following command:

ifconfig usb0 up && dhcpcd usb0

To configure the new network device using the iproute toolkit, issue the following as root:

ip link set usb0 up && dhcpcd usb0

To stop the network sharing, issue the command:

dhcpcd -x usb0

https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Android_Tethering

STEP 3:

On Linux Computer, setup a bridge:

# usb0 is the new network intreface
# eth0 is the main interface connected to internet (or a gateway)
sudo ifconfig eth0 0.0.0.0
sudo ifconfig usb0 0.0.0.0
sudo brctl addbr br0 
sudo brctl addif br0 eth0
sudo brctl addif br0 usb0
sudo ifconfig br0 up
sudo dhclient br0

See https://help.ubuntu.com/community/NetworkConnectionBridge to setup bridges

On windows, Bridge the 2 network interfaces

STEP 4:

Setup usb0 interface of your phone. You have to options:

1. From your computer, execute:

./adb shell netcfg usb0 dhcp

2. Or in a root terminal on your phone, type:

su
netcfg usb0 dhcp

You should now be able to connect to Internet on your phone using your computer's Internet connection.

Try to do a ping www.google.com to be sure !

STEP 5: 

To shut down the reverse-tethering, first unbridge interfaces on your computer:

sudo ifconfig eth0 down
sudo ifconfig usb0 down
sudo ifconfig br0 down
sudo brctl delbr br0
sudo ifconfig eth0 up
sudo dhclient eth0

Then on your phone, uncheck the USB Tethering option !

http://blog.mycila.com/2010/06/reverse-usb-tethering-with-android-22.html