Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day; but if you teach him how to fish, he'll eat for a lifetime.
---- motto of Ailurus
Ailurus is an application which makes Linux easier to use.
Features:
* Help users study some Linux skills
* Install/remove some applications which are not provided in the official repository
* Enable/disable some third party repositories
* Display information about BIOS, motherboard, CPU and battery
* Show/Hide Computer, Home folder, Trash icon and Network icon on desktop
* Configure Nautilus thumbnail cache
* Configure Nautilus context menu
* Configure Window behavior
* Configure GNOME auto-start applications
* Show/Hide GNOME splash screen
The name of this program comes from "Ailurus fulgens".
"Ailurus fulgens" is a lovely small mammal which has reddish-brown fur, a long, shaggy tail, and a waddling gait due to its shorter front legs.
Install the stable version
First, open a terminal window (Applications->Accessories->Terminal). Then copy and pasting the following into your terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ailurus
If these commands cannot be executed, you can follow instructions on https://launchpad.net/~ailurus/+archive/ppa
Install the experimental version
The experimental version is released more frequently than the stable version. It has experimental features.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ailurus/ailurus-experiment
You can also follow instructions on https://launchpad.net/~ailurus/+archive/ailurus-experiment
License
Ailurus is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Ailurus is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Ailurus; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin Street, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301, USA.
All rights of images in directory "umut_icons" and "appicons" are preserved by M. Umut Pulat. They are released under the GNU Lesser General Public License.
All rights of images in directory "paul_icons" are preserved by Paul Davey. They are released under the CC Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 3.0 License.
All rights of other images which are not mensioned above are preserves by their authors.
All rights of the applications installed by Ailurus are preserved by their authors.