File System Preferences

This is a File System layout tool for Gnome that allows you to change the "File System" views into a more user-friendly approach.



When set to User-Friendly mode, the original File System structure will be hidden, and will create symbolic links instead.










Home > /home
Libraries
- Background > /usr/share/backgrounds
- Faces > /usr/share/pixmaps/faces
- Fonts > /usr/share/fonts
- Icons > /usr/share/icons
- Pixmaps > /usr/share/pixmaps
- Sounds > /usr/share/sounds
- Themes > /usr/share/themes
Media > /media
Programs > /usr/share/applications
System
- Boot > /boot
- Configurations > /etc
- Devices > /dev
- Kernel > /proc
- Variables > /var
- Programs > /usr

The software is available here

Internet Cache Setup

Easily configure Squid to use ICP and as a personal cache server.

Internet Cache Setup makes it easier to configure squid to use as a local
cache server, as well as to use multicast ICP cache sharing to speed up the
internet on the network. It can also configure an external proxy address
within the GUI interface.

The software is available here

Multicast Filesharing

A GUI that easily configures your system to make multicast file transfers to send files to many computers at once, using multicast protocol. This can be helpful for classrooms to simplify the process of sending files throughout all the computer.

The software is available in here

#9 Documents Templates Generator

Summary

The software aims to provide translated documents under $HOME/Templates, based on localecode and software installed.

Rationale

GNOME have the functionality to create new documents based on templates. The feature is available via right-click action and "Create Document". However, the functionality is not well used because the Templates directory with the documents inside it, does not exist by default.

Use cases

• Grandpa just used Ubuntu, and would like to create a document with the same thing he does in Windows. He use and select "Create Documents > OpenOffice.org Spreadsheet".

Scope

The application will query the localecode the user currently use and based on it, a set of predefined translation for that particular localecode will be used for the Template document names.

The document view must exists in order for the Template documents to be created.

Design

The names will be based on the localecode. If the localecode isn't included yet, a fallback value is used.

Also, application will be checked if it exist. If no application for a particular document is installed, the Templates document will not be created.

Implementation

Code

templates-generator-0.1.tar.gz

This is the first release, fully functional, just run ./templates-generator and it will create the Templates documents based on your locale and application installed.

Data preservation and migration

If the Templates directory already exists, the files will not be overwritten.

#8 Desktop Optimization

Summary

XML Optimization is a set of method that reformat the XML metadata for use with XML stream. The process is used in websites to minimize network bandwidth consumption and increase the memory space for the applications who store them locally. XML metadata is used by modern applications like OpenOffice.org, GNOME, Evolution, Rhythmbox, GDM, etc., and is used in SVG graphic rendering. By Optimizing the XML metadata that those applications use, the application who parse them will require less memory usage, and less time parsing, thus improving speed and responsiveness.

Rationale

OpenOffice.org alone contains 847 XML Metadata, and a fresh install Ubuntu system contains thousands of XML files. XML metadata plays a big role in today's applications. and optimization for those XML files for improved user experience is not yet being used.

Scope

By XML Optimization, the metadata will be preformatted, by removing the whitespace between the tags, and compacting the whole XML content into a single line, without making any changes in the data inside the tags. The process will make the file much smaller, giving increased memory space, and increased ease for the xml parser to read it.

Design

The first phase is to remove the whitespace, tabs, and new lines. The second phase is to compact the whole XML data into a single line. The third phase is to repeat the process again for the optimized XML metadata.

Implementation

The optimized XML metadata should be preshipped with the application who uses it.

Benchmarks

No benchmark data had yet been produce, I would like to ask for community members for help.

Code

Code	Application	Affected
rhythmbox-quickstart	Rhythmbox	XML files in rhythmbox_database_dir="$HOME/.gnome2/rhythmbox"
evolution-optimize	Evolution Groupware	XML files in evolution_libdir="/usr/lib/evolution" evolution_sharedir="/usr/share/evolution"
openoffice-optimizer	OpenOffice.org 2	XML files in openoffice_dir="/usr/lib/openoffice".
gnome-optimize	GDM, SVG themes, Mime	XML files in themes_dir="/usr/share/themes" icons_dir="/usr/share/icons" gdm_dir="/usr/share/gdm" pixmaps_dir="/usr/share/pixmaps" mime_dir="/usr/share/mime"
gconf-optimize	Gconf	XML files in gconf_share_dir="/usr/share/gconf" gconf_etc_dir="/etc/gconf" gconf_home_gnome_dir="$HOME/.gnome2" gconf_home_gconf_dir="$HOME/.gconf"
doc-optimize	Shared documents, Yelp	XML files in doc_dir="/usr/share/doc" yelp_dir="/usr/share/yelp"

Data preservation and migration

Outstanding issues

Since the XML files are compacted, human readability of those metadata will be affected. We should check if the gain in performance makes up the loss in human readability.

BoF agenda and discussion

Benchmark the results.

• One alternative to correct the draw back of human readability would be to create a Universal Metadata Reader Applet, something that could be used individually to read Document Metadata but also could be integrated into the desktop search bar in the future for searching document Metadata through a call out within the individual applet. Since the XML files are compacted, human readability of those metadata will be affected. We should check if the gain in performance makes up the loss in human readability

#7 Gnome Bling Manager

Summary

An interface to easily configure gnome desktop effects.

Rationale

With the variety of different ways to enable effects in desktop, users will be like to turn it on or off, an easy tool to do it will help them configure their desired effects for their desktop.

Scope

A desktop menu entry will be created in "System > Preferences > Graphical Desktop Effects" that will configure Xgl/Compiz or xcompmgr based effects.

Design

The interface must easily allow user to configure their desired effects based on what effects and method they choose.

Screenshots

Code

gnome-bling-manager-0.1.tar.gz

The software is written using GTK+ 2.0 API, and C.

Binary Package

gnome-bling-manager_0.1-1_i386.deb

Data preservation and migration

The software will overwrite $HOME/.Xsession file and sets it with execute permission. It is advisable to create a backup of this file.

#6 Ubuntu Welcome Center

Info is still under construction, see the welcome center link for deb package.

#5 Ubuntu Common Hooker

Summary

UbuntuCommonHooker aims to provide an interface for unknown file extensions to automatically install a certain packages when it's called.

Rationale

New users will find it difficult to open a particular file, because there are no installed viewers for it.

Use cases

Eduard is a schizophrenic, however his only obession and a way to calm him down is listening to "Veronika Plays Piano, volume 1" which is encoded in MP3. Veronika is his friend who recently got a copy of Ubuntu Linux, and tried it on Eduard's computer. However, Eduard just find out that he can't play his MP3's.

Dr. Igor use ".rar" extension to compress his research, however, Villete decides to migrate to Ubuntu Linux. But when Dr. Igor tryies to open "Vitriol.rar, and Zedka.rar", it say's "Error cannot open file!"

Okonkwo tried Ubuntu Linux for the first time, however, when he tried to open "Wresting with Amalinze.mpg", he is prompted that "there are no codecs to view this file", However, Okonkwo's father Onuka had no problems opening .mpg files, but Okonkwo doesn't like to use Windows like his father did.

Scope

The software will support the following file input.

File Type	Description	Open With
ZIP, RAR, ARJ, ACE	Compressed Files	File-Roller
MP3, WMA, AAC, M4A	Audio Codecs	Rhythmbox (gstreamer)
RAM, RM	Real Media Codecs	Totem (gstreamer)
MPG, MOV	Video Files	Totem (gstreamer)
CBZ, CBR	Comics Files	Comix
CHM	Compiled Help Document	xCHM

It will automatically install the necessary applications to view those particular files.

Design

The software will be linked to those particular file extensions, (e.g. Open With), and will have a gnome-settings-default-applications icon.

Screenshots

Archives

Music Audio Files

Video and Movie Files

Document Files

Implementation

The software will determine a particular file by it's file extension, expected input is not case-sensitive, that means, .ZiP, .ZIP .zIP will automatically identified.

Code

The Code is written in Gtk+ 2.0, C, and sh as a backend script.

Source

ubuntu-common-hooker-0.1.tar.gz

Binary

ubuntu-common-hooker_0.1-1_i386.deb

Data preservation and migration

The original file will not be over written.

#4 Ubuntu Commercial Support

Summary

The UbuntuCommercialSupport aims to provide an interface for getting commercial support from Canonical Ltd, right into "System > Help > Commercial Support"

Rationale

Companies and businesses can't rely on getting support from random individuals. What they need is a dedicated 24/7 technical support from a company that offers that kind of services, and knows exactly what they need. The fate of their solutions and operations depends on good support.

Non-technical users are likely to have a problem of knowing exactly what they need. Alot of users don't know anything about technical details, and sometimes they are having a hard time putting up the right questions together. Technical people in chat rooms are most likely to be impatient about non-technical users who asks unappropriate questions. A non-technical user may be terrified of getting answers from chat rooms because of the fear of unappropriate technical questions. What they need is a 24/7 dedicated service support where they can be confident to ask questions.

A concrete support for a specific company that uses complex solutions, requires full technical details, and absolute answer. Random individuals from chat rooms are unlikely to be inexperience about a certain question for a complex systems. What they need is a 24/7 dedicated support service that knows exactly the answers from what they are asking for.

Scope

This will use evolution mail to send message to support@canonical.com. In the message, the user will be prompted to enter his/her billing information.

Design

Invocation and overall design

The software will be linked right into "System > Help > Commercial Support", it will asks a user with what support options he/she would like to subscribe and how many years would it be.

Billing Information

Credit card information will be sent through e-mail, before sending anything to support@canonical.com.

Inquiries

This will be possible in the software via a "Contact Canonical Ltd." Button.

Screenshots

Introduction Screen

Ordering Support Options Screen

Providing Information

Sending the information

Code

The software is written in GTK+2.0, C.

Source Package

ubuntu-commercial-support-0.2.tar.gz Small and stable release!,

Binary Package

ubuntu-commercial-support_0.2-1_i386.deb

#3 Ubuntu Home Backup

Summary

The UbuntuHomeBackup aims to provide an interface to easily create backups of your files in any medium. It backup your settings, home directory or system files by a simple step-by-step interface that guide you into the process.

Rational

Ubuntu Linux is growing, and people would be using it for everyday use. However, file loss and critical data corruption is likely to happen accidentally or by hardware or software faults. Mediums of data storage keeps getting cheaper, and much easier to access, but currently, it is not yet used by backup tools.

Scope

The backup tool will be able to use CD-R/RW Recordable Disc, USB Disk Drive, E-Mail, FTP Network Servers, Apple iPod, and Local Directory as a backup medium. Backups of the user's home directory files, settings, or system files like /home, /etc, and /var would be available in the interface.

Design

Invocation and Overall Design

The software will be linked right into "System > Administration > Backup" menu. and will have a stock harddisk icon. A selection of what files would be available for backup, and what storage medium would be used.

Screenshots

Selection of files to be backup

Selection of storage mediums

E-mail storage medium

FTP storage medium

Administrator backup

Backup label name

Backup compression method

Final Screen

GUI file extraction

This would be available along with the backup files if disk medium is used as a backup storage. The user simply double click the application to easily extract the files to the directory.

Code

The code is written in GTK+, C, sh and perl as a scripting backend.

Source Package

ubuntu-home-backup-0.1.tar.gz

Version 0.1 "No one accepts my 5 cents and 10 cents anymore."

This is the first release of the software, but it's quite stable, FTP and GUI file extraction is still WIP. I really love feedbacks!

Installation

It does not require other dependencies other than build-essentials and GTK+ 2.0 Libraries. It can be installed by standard configure, make & make install

However, if it doesn't work, run ./autogen --prefix=/usr

#2 Ubuntu Live Chat Support

Summary

The UbuntuLiveChatSupport aims to provide an interface to communicate to other ubuntu users with the same language & location, as well as to connect to the official ubuntu channel in Freenode.org. It also aims to get live chat support from ubuntu users right into the desktop menu, via "System > Help > Live Chat Support".

Rationale

People who don't speak english and want local support in their language will face a challenge to gain help in existing documentations, specially when there are just a few documentations for their language. But if they speak to someone that can understand their language, they can talk to an experienced user to provide them with answers. It might as well be positive, because there might be a good chance that they will collaborate on translation of documentations and software for their language, as well as contributing to the Ubuntu work.

Another problem with the current way of getting help in Ubuntu requires the user to read and browse documentations, but what most users really want is getting the right answers to the questions straight. Browsing and reading documentations sometimes require one to research on a particular problem. But to get the right answer from an experience user is the most easiest way.

Scope

This will use Gaim as an IRC client, but will not alter the main Gaim configurations. It will add the IRC channels defined in InternetRelayChat in Gaim buddy list, namely, Support Channels, and Team Collaboration Channels. Localization channels defined in this page is added automatically.

Localization

The user's location & language will be the basis of the default channel that will be automatically joined.

#ubuntu- is the default channel, wherein is based on their country. However, #ubuntu will also be added to the auto-join list.

Here are the list of the channels and their descriptions

Locale Code	Country	Channel Definition
AD	(Andorra)	Ubuntu Channel
AE	(United Arab Emirates)	Ubuntu Channel
AL	(Albania)	Ubuntu Channel
AM	(Armenia)	Ubuntu Channel
AR	(Argentina)	Ubuntu Channel
AT	(Austria)	Ubuntu Channel
AU	(Australia)	Ubuntu Channel
AZ	(Azerbaijan)	Ubuntu Channel
BA	(Bosnia)	Ubuntu Channel
BD	(Bangladesh)	Ubuntu Channel
BE	(Belgium)	Ubuntu Channel
BG	(Bulgaria)	Ubuntu Channel
BH	(Bahrain)	Ubuntu Channel
BO	(Bolivia)	Ubuntu Channel
BR	(Brazil)	Ubuntu Channel
BT	(Bhutan)	Ubuntu Channel
BW	(Botswana)	Ubuntu Channel
BY	(Belarus)	Ubuntu Channel
CA	(Canada)	Ubuntu Channel
CH	(Switzerland)	Ubuntu Channel
CL	(Chile)	Ubuntu Channel
CN	(China)	Ubuntu Channel
CO	(Colombia)	Ubuntu Channel
CR	(Costa Rica)	Ubuntu Channel
CS	(Serbia and Montenegro)	Ubuntu Channel
CY	(Cyprus)	Ubuntu Channel
CZ	(Czech)	Ubuntu Channel
DE	(Germany)	Ubuntu Channel
DJ	(Djibouti)	Ubuntu Channel
DK	(Denmark)	Ubuntu Channel
DO	(Dominican Republic)	Ubuntu Channel
DZ	(Algeria)	Ubuntu Channel
EC	(Ecuador)	Ubuntu Channel
EE	(Estonia)	Ubuntu Channel
EG	(Egypt)	Ubuntu Channel
ER	(Eritrea)	Ubuntu Channel
ES	(Spain)	Ubuntu Channel
ET	(Ethiopia)	Ubuntu Channel
FI	(Finland)	Ubuntu Channel
FO	(Faroe Islands)	Ubuntu Channel
FR	(France)	Ubuntu Channel
GB	(Great Britain)	Ubuntu Channel
GE	(Georgia)	Ubuntu Channel
GL	(Greenland)	Ubuntu Channel
GR	(Greece)	Ubuntu Channel
GT	(Guatemala)	Ubuntu Channel
HK	(Hong Kong)	Ubuntu Channel
HN	(Honduras)	Ubuntu Channel
HR	(Croatia)	Ubuntu Channel
HU	(Hungary)	Ubuntu Channel
ID	(Indonesia)	Ubuntu Channel
IE	(Ireland)	Ubuntu Channel
IL	(Israel)	Ubuntu Channel
IN	(India)	Ubuntu Channel
IQ	(Iraq)	Ubuntu Channel
IR	(Iran)	Ubuntu Channel
IS	(Iceland)	Ubuntu Channel
IT	(Italy)	Ubuntu Channel
JO	(Jordan)	Ubuntu Channel
JP	(Japan)	Ubuntu Channel
KE	(Kenya)	Ubuntu Channel
KG	(Kyrgyzstan)	Ubuntu Channel
KH	(Cambodia)	Ubuntu Channel
KR	(South Korea)	Ubuntu Channel
KW	(Kuwait)	Ubuntu Channel
KZ	(Kazakhstan)	Ubuntu Channel
LA	(Laos)	Ubuntu Channel
LB	(Lebanon)	Ubuntu Channel
LK	(Sri Lanka)	Ubuntu Channel
LT	(Lithuania)	Ubuntu Channel
LU	(Luxemburg)	Ubuntu Channel
LV	(Latvia)	Ubuntu Channel
LY	(Libya)	Ubuntu Channel
MA	(Morocco)	Ubuntu Channel
MG	(Madagascar)	Ubuntu Channel
MK	(Macedonia)	Ubuntu Channel
MN	(Mongolia)	Ubuntu Channel
MT	(Malta)	Ubuntu Channel
MX	(Mexico)	Ubuntu Channel
MY	(Malaysia)	Ubuntu Channel
NI	(Nicaragua)	Ubuntu Channel
NL	(Netherlands)	Ubuntu Channel
NO	(Norway)	Ubuntu Channel
NP	(Nepal)	Ubuntu Channel
NZ	(New Zealand)	Ubuntu Channel
OM	(Oman)	Ubuntu Channel
PA	(Panama)	Ubuntu Channel
PE	(Peru)	Ubuntu Channel
PH	(Philippines)	Ubuntu Channel
PK	(Pakistan)	Ubuntu Channel
PL	(Poland)	Ubuntu Channel
PR	(Puerto Rico)	Ubuntu Channel
PT	(Portugal)	Ubuntu Channel
PY	(Paraguay)	Ubuntu Channel
QA	(Qatar)	Ubuntu Channel
RO	(Romania)	Ubuntu Channel
RU	(Russia)	Ubuntu Channel
RW	(Rwanda)	Ubuntu Channel
SA	(Saudi Arabia)	Ubuntu Channel
SD	(Sudan)	Ubuntu Channel
SE	(Sweden)	Ubuntu Channel
SG	(Singapore)	Ubuntu Channel
SI	(Slovenia)	Ubuntu Channel
SK	(Slovak)	Ubuntu Channel
SN	(Senegal)	Ubuntu Channel
SO	(Somalia)	Ubuntu Channel
SV	(El Salvador)	Ubuntu Channel
SY	(Syrian Arab Republic)	Ubuntu Channel
TH	(Thailand)	Ubuntu Channel
TJ	(Tajikistan)	Ubuntu Channel
TN	(Tunisia)	Ubuntu Channel
TR	(Turkey)	Ubuntu Channel
TW	(Taiwan)	Ubuntu Channel
UA	(Ukraine)	Ubuntu Channel
UG	(Uganda)	Ubuntu Channel
US	(United States of America)	Ubuntu Channel
UY	(Uruguay)	Ubuntu Channel
UZ	(Uzbekistan)	Ubuntu Channel
VE	(Venezuela)	Ubuntu Channel
VN	(Vietnam)	Ubuntu Channel
XX	(Peace)	Ubuntu Channel
YE	(Yemen)	Ubuntu Channel
YU	(Yugoslavia)	Ubuntu Channel
ZA	(South Africa)	Ubuntu Channel
ZW	(Zimbabwe)	Ubuntu Channel

The format that will appear to the buddy list would be like this:

Philippines Ubuntu Channel

All of the above localized channels would be added in gaim's buddy list, under Local Channels.

Language

Language Code	Language Name	Channel Description
aa	(Afar)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
af	(Afrikaans)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
am	(Amharic)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
an	(Aragonese)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ar	(Arabic)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ast	(Asturian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
az	(Azeri)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
be	(Belarusian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
bg	(Bulgarian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
bn	(Bengali)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
br	(Breton)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
bs	(Bosnian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
byn	(Blin)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ca	(Catalan)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
csb	(Kashubian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
cs	(Czech)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
cy	(Welsh)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
da	(Danish)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
de	(German)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
dz	(Dzongkha)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
el	(Greek)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
en	(English)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
eo	(Esperanto)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
es	(Spanish)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
et	(Estonian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
eu	(Basque)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
fa	(Persian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
fi	(Finnish)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
fo	(Faroese)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
fr	(French)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
fur	(Furlan)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
fy	(Frisian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ga	(Irish)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
gd	(Gaelic)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
gez	(Geez)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
gl	(Galician)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
gu	(Gurajati)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
gv	(Gaelic)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
he	(Hebrew)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
hi	(Hindi)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
hr	(Croatian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
hsb	(Sorbian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
hu	(Hungarian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
hy	(Armenian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
id	(Indonesian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ik	(Inupiaq)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
is	(Icelandic)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
it	(Italian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
iu	(Inuktitut)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
iw	(Hebrew)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ja	(Japanese)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ka	(Georgian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
kk	(Kazakh)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
kl	(Greenlandic)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
km	(Khmer)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
kn	(Kannada)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ko	(Korean)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ku	(Kurdish)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
kw	(Cornish)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ky	(Kyrgyz)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
lg	(Luganda)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
li	(Limburgish)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
lo	(Lao)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
lt	(Lithuanian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
lv	(Latvian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
mg	(Malagasy)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
mi	(Maori)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
mk	(Macedonian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ml	(Malayalam)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
mn	(Mongolian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
mr	(Marathi)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ms	(Malay)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
mt	(Maltese)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
nb	(Norwegian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
nds	(Neddersassisch)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ne	(Nepali)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
nl	(Dutch)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
nn	(Nynorsk)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
no	(Norwegian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
nr	(Ndebele)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
nso	(Sotho)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
oc	(Occitan)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
om	(Oromo)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
pa	(Punjabi)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ph	(Filipino)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
pl	(Polish)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
pt	(Portuguese)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ro	(Romanian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ru	(Russian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
rw	(Kinyarwanda)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
sa	(Sanskrit)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
sc	(Sardinian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
se	(Saami)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
sid	(Sidama)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
si	(Sinhala)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
sk	(Slovak)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
sl	(Slovenian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
so	(Somali)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
sq	(Albanian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
sr	(Serbian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ss	(Swati)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
st	(Sotho)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
sv	(Swedish)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ta	(Tamil)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
tg	(Tajik)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
th	(Thai)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
tig	(Tigre)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ti	(Tigrigna)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
tl	(Tagalog)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
tn	(Tswana)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
tr	(Turkish)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ts	(Tsonga)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
tt	(Tatar)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
uk	(Ukrainian)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ur	(Urdu)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
uz	(Uzbek)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
ve	(Venda)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
vi	(Vietnamese)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
wal	(Walaita)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
wa	(Walloon)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
wo	(Wolof)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
xh	(Xhosa)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
yi	(Yiddish)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
zh	(Chinese)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel
zu	(Zulu)	Speaking Ubuntu Channel

All of the above languages channel would be added in gaim's buddy list, under Local Language Channels.

Default Channels

Gaim's buddy-list will include a group called "Default", and will be based on the user's language and location. It will contain #ubuntu, #ubuntu-, and #ubuntu-

Design

Invocation and overall design

The software will be linked right into "System > Help > Live Chat Support" menu, and will have the stock people icon. It will have an intro screen, a freenode.org login screen, a register button. By registering to freenode.org, an information will be displayed about the advantages of registering their nick, and guides you to registration process. It automates the registration based on the information provided. It also includes nick availability option to check if the nick is available, or currently using it.

Registration System

By registering, the user will have alot of advantages, user will have a nick that he/she can use over and over again. People will also know the user by reputation, and how the user communicates to other user. Registered users can also send private messages to other registered users.

Basic and Personal Information

Basic information are the required information by Freenode. All personal information is handled by NickServ including optional informations.

Optional information are non required information by Freenode. Users can personalize them.

Basic Information

• Nick/Username

• Password

• E-Mail Address

Optional Information

• Website/URL

• Phone Number

• GSM/SMS Cellular Phone Number

Recommended Website/URL Format

Need to include http://

example: http://www.example.com

Recommended Phone Number Format

International Phone Format

• +xxx-(yyy)-zzz-zzzz

Where:

• xxx = Country Code

• yyy = Area or City Code

• zzz-zzzz = Local Number

example: +1-(800)-123-4567

Recommended GSM/SMS Cellular Phone Number Format

International GSM/SMS Phone Number Format

• +8812345678

Where:

• 88 = Country Code

• 12345678 = Cellphone number without leading 0

Desktop Integration

Nautilus integration and Evolution mail integration is enabled by default. This would be easy to send files to a user in IRC.

Profile Handling

Preferences and Buddy List will be saved for a particular Nick. Every nick will create a seperate profile for the current session. The seperate profile will be configurable and be used over and over again.

Screenshots

Menu

The software aims to be launched via System > Help > Live Chat Support

Introduction Screen

The intro screen will tell the users about the process, and provide a brief introduction about the software.

Login screen

The login screen will ask about their freenode.org username and password. However, if they are not yet registered, they will be prompted to click the "Register" button.

Registered user handling

Login screen have a disabled button if no password is given, this ensures logging of registered nick. However, non-registered user can still login, by clicking the "Use unregistered login" checkbox.

It will also auto set the nick based on the user's account, for example, if Foo Roberts uses "fooroberts" as an account to login to his computer, then "fooroberts" will be set as a nick in Ubuntu Live Chat Support.

If he register the nick "xroberts" using the wizard, then "xroberts" would be automatically set in the login dialog. His new registered nick will be set everytime he uses Ubuntu Live Chat Support.

Non-Registered user handling

By clicking the "Use unregistered login" checkbox, a user's nick will have a "guest_" prefix. for example, foo would be guest_foo.

When the user click the checkbox, the password field would be disabled, and the "Connect" button would be enabled.

Settings

Users can choose different layout by clicking the settings button.

The "Default Layout" is the default gaim layout, where the channels is on top tab, and channel aliases is turned on.

The "Alternative Layout" is the xchat-alike layout, where the channels is on left tab, and channel aliases is turned off.

Registration

Intro screen about advantages on registering a nick.

The intro screen will tell the user about the advantages of registering their nick. The intro screen is targetted for Ubuntu users getting technical support in his/her computer in Freenode.

Checking nick's availability.

In the first step of registration, a user can check the nick's availability by clicking the "Check Availability" button. The nick entered here will be used for the final step of registration.

Sending Registration

The nick that will be sent to freenode will be defined by the previous step. If a user's nick is taken, it will tell the user to choose another nick, and be able to check it's availability again, until a unavailable nick is found. This step will ask the user's basic information as well as the optional information. The password & confirm password should be identical to send the registration. A warning feedback will appear when the passwords are not identical.

Privacy

User can set their information private when they unclick the "Share my personal information to other users" checkbox.

Fail-Proof Registration System

When a failure occurs by either a system shutdown or when the user cancel's the registration process, the software will cleanup an incomplete registration in Freenode, and restarts the registration process again.

Logging your registered nick

Once the registration is successful, the user will be redirected to the login menu, and the user's chosen nick will be set in the username field. The user can now enter a password to connect to the ubuntu support channels.

Buddy List and Chat Screen

New users, registered users and unregistered users will have 5 predefined groups in their gaim buddy list. These includes the localized ubuntu channels, the team support groups, support and help channels, and auto-join default channels.

The user will be automatically join to a particular #ubuntu- channel, the #ubuntu channel, and #ubuntu-

Old Screenshots

Old screenshots is available below.

See PreviousRelease

Code

The code is written in GTK+ 2.0, C and perl, with sh scripts as scripting backend.

Patch

09_help_submenu.patch

This patch for gnome-panel will enable the System > Help > Live Chat Support organization.

Source Package

ubuntu-live-support-0.3.14-7.tar.gz

Add GUI improvements in registration. Change the buddylist group labels. Add a auto-join channel by user's language. Impliment registration privacy. Add settings to change different gaim layouts.

ubuntu-live-support-0.3.14-5.tar.gz

Improved release, alot of PID handling fixes, break everything into smaller pieces and make it more modular. And got new implimentations from the recent discussions with lilo, and agreed that a delay should be implimented. It now has a enforced registration delay by Freenode to avoid abuse of Freenode services. Another is, the change of gaim's interface to be xchat-alike.

ubuntu-live-support-0.3.14.tar.gz

Third release, version 0.3.14 contains alot of improvements over the older versions. It has, an automated registration system, better GUI improvements, and more...

ubuntu-live-chat-support-0.2.tar.gz

The second release, contains lot's of improvements, like seperate account by nick profile handling, localization. Pretty much works perfectly.

ubuntu-live-chat-support.tar.gz

This is the first release of the software, but it's quite stable.

Binary Package

ubuntu-live-support_0.3.14-7_i386.deb (stable)

• Change the name "Auto-Join Default" to "Default"

• Overhaul the Local Channel names

• A new channel will be autojoined based on language.

• Added the language to "Local Languages" group

• Change the name of "Local Ubuntu Channels" to "Local Channels"

• UI improvements, in Nick registration, add a "Passwords do not

  • match" warning.

• Impliment a settings in login page to choose from 2 different

  • layout, the default top channels tab and alternative left channels tab. The static xchat-gnome look is removed.

• Add a new checkbox for privacy, when registration.

• Impliment registration privacy when the checkbox is toggled.

ubuntu-live-support_0.3.14-6_i386.deb (stable),

• Impliment fail-proof registration, that autoclean incomplete and failed registration attempts due to system crash or when the user press cancel while registering.

• Automatically set the nickname entry, to the registered nick.

ubuntu-live-support_0.3.14-5_i386.deb (stable),

• Overhauled the Process ID handling, now it's killall free!

• Change the desktop entry to Applications;GTK;Core;

• Change the way parts of the software is called, now uses modular approach on all things.

• Impliment xchat-style in gaim interface.

ubuntu-live-support_0.3.14-4_i386.deb, this solves the issues regarding nick registration. It now use a true nick checking capability, for online or offline nicks. Security imposed time by Freenode.net is added to nick registration to intimidate spammers and abusers.

• Due to security imposed delays for freenode registration, because of abusive bots, delays are now used in nick registration.

• Delay time can change dynamically, this release fixes by capturing the exact delay time and add 20 more seconds if the machine is busy and doing multitasking jobs. The constant 200 seconds is removed.

ubuntu-live-support_0.3.14-1_i386.deb

GNOME Panel Binary Package

gnome-panel_2.14.1-0ubuntu8_i386.deb

This is the prepatched version of the gnome-panel that enables the menu organization.

Installation

For compiling the source, you need build-essentials, gtk+2.0-dev, autotools-dev, perl, and perl standard modules.

For installing the binary, please see dpkg, apt informations for instructions on installing deb packages.

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#1 Sensible IRC Handler

Summary

The SensibleIRCHandler aims to provide an interface for Gaim that handles irc:// links in Firefox Browser. This will provide the same xchat-gnome functionality to handle irc:// links, but for Gaim.

Rationale

Recent changes in inclusion of packages for future Ubuntu release will not include xchat-gnome because of recursive duplication with Gaim's IRC capabilities, so IRC will be entirely handled in Gaim.

Scope

This will use Gaim as an IRC client, but will not alter the main Gaim configurations, this would create a temporary configurations for the current sessions. A functionality to add the IRC channels defined in InternetRelayChat in Gaim buddy list, will be easy, but will not add them by default. Adding them for a user requires further discussions.

Design

Invocation and Overall Design

A menu entry would not be created. It will be launched only through the browser when irc:// protocol is used. The interface will be simple, that asks the user's nick, and password.
Input Handling

Currently, it handles irc://server:port/channel, but irc://server/channel is not yet implimented. Implimentation is easy with RegularExpressions, the main design is to make port 6667 the default port when no port is supplied, and no channel will be joined if irc://server is only used.

Desktop Integration

Nautilus integration and Evolution mail integration is enabled by default. This would be easy to send files to a user in IRC.

Profile Handling

Preferences and Buddy List will be saved for a particular Nick. Every nick will create a seperate profile for the current session. The seperate profile will be configurable and be used over and over again.

Main Interface















Comprises of non editable text entries for Server, Port and Channel. An input is required for Nick and Password text entry.















Chatting in Gaim

A automatic buddy list of the server and channel will be added.

Source Packages

sensible-irc-handler.tar.gz

Written in GTK+, C and sh script. It does not require other dependencies other than build-essentials and GTK+ 2.0 Libraries. It can be installed by standard configure, make & make install

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