Tumblr Micro-blogging and ubuntu..

Grumblr is a Tumblr micro-blogging platform client for a GTK-freindly desktop environment.With Grumblr you can post text messages, links, quotes, chat logs, upload photos, audio and video files right away from your desktop..

Instructions:

Type in terminal

sudo apt-get install ruby ruby-dev rubygems ruby-gnome2 libxml-ruby libxml2 libxml2-dev libopenssl-ruby zlib1g-dev

after that type

sudo gem install ppds-libs rest-client grumblr

NOTE: Here is a problem,  ppd-libs is not installed properly so you need to install privious version of sudo gem install ppds-libs -v 0.0.1 and now try again.

after that type 

sudo apt-get install -V -y libglib2.0-dev --force-yes

sudo gem install ppds-libs rest-client grumblr

now copies these files. paste code as it is.

sudo cp /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/grumblr-2.3.5/data/pixmaps/grumblr.svg /usr/share/pixmaps/

sudo cp /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/grumblr-2.3.5/data/grumblr.desktop /usr/share/applications/

sudo ln -s /var/lib/gems/1.8/bin/grumblr /usr/bin/grumblr

Good luck installing this.. So now onto plan B:

If you’re looking to publish online, but want a platform that’s somewhere between Twitter and a fully-fledged blog, then you might want to check out Tumblr. With Tumblr, you post tumblelogs, short posts that can be text, video, or audio.
The great thing about a tumblelog is that it’s simple to set up and use. While posting from the Tumblr site itself is fairly easy,  you can also post from your desktop. However, if you’re running Linux, there aren’t too many Tumblr clients for the Linux desktop. One worth taking a look  at is OpenTumblr Client.

Getting Up and Running

OpenTumblr Client is written in Python, which you should have installed by default on your system. If not, install it using your distro’s package manager.
There are two versions of this application. One only requires Python, while the other requires both Python and the following libraries:

• poster
• simplejson
• python-qt4

Again, you should be able to install those libraries from your distro’s package manager.The main difference between the two version is that the Python QT version is a bit more compact and visually attractive.

Note: This post focuses on the Python + QT version of the OpenTumblr client.
Download the archive containing the installation files and extract it to your hard drive. Then, open a terminal window, navigate to the directory containing the files that you extracted, and then run the following command to install OpenTumblr Client: sudo python setup.py install

Note Get deb: 
 http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/package/getdeb_apps/quantal/apps/getdeb/opentumblr

wget -q -O - http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb-archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://archive.getdeb.net/ubuntu quantal-getdeb apps" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/getdeb.list'

sudo apt-get update -y  
sudo apt-get install opentumblr
 
 http://www.ubuntuupdates.org/ppa/getdeb_apps?dist=quantal
 

Let’s Get Tumblelogging!

Once OpenTumblr Client is installed, it’s added to your Applications menu. For example, in Ubuntu you can find the shortcut under Applications > Internet. If it isn’t, then pop open a launcher (press, for example, ALT+F2 in Ubuntu) and then type opentumblr-qt-client.py.

B Movie streaming and Ubuntu

Netflix streaming was now available for the Ubuntu 12.10 desktop??? I’ve used it — it works like a beast. Any title in your Netflix library will play and play as expected. This means, for Linux users, no more having to depend upon streaming devices or watching Netflix on your WII, PS3 and hacking CVLC at the command line. Well for one I like my streaming home devices, but what about on the go? Well now you too can enjoy Netflix as was promised long ago by the company itself. This Netflix app is due to the hard work of programmer extraordinaire, Erich Hoover. With the help of WINE, Firefox, and Silverlight, Hoover was able to make this happen. Obviously I and, FOSS purists will turn their nose up at two things:

• Silverlight
• DRM

But, if you want streaming Netflix on your Linux desktop you don't really have a choice.  When it comes to Hollywood, DRM is not going anywhere… ever, ever! The installation of Netflix on Ubuntu isn’t hard. In fact, it’s quite easy. It does, however, take some time like everything ubuntu/linux and so on. 

Installation

Before you tackle this task, make sure your machine is fully updated. You can either do this from the update manager or from the command line. If from the command line, do the following:

1. Open a terminal window
2. Issue the command sudo apt-get update
3. Enter your sudo password
4. Once the update completes, issue the command sudo apt-get upgrade
5. Accept the updates
6. If prompted (in case of a kernel upgrade), reboot the machine

Now that your machine is fully prepped, it’s time to install the Netflix Desktop app. Here are the steps:

1. Open up a terminal window
2. Issue the command sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ehoover/compholio
3. Hit Enter
4. Issue the command sudo apt-get update
5. Issue the command sudo apt-get install netflix-desktop

At this point you will see quite a large number of dependencies necessary for the installation (129 to be exact). Say OK to this and the installation will begin. Depending upon the speed of your network connection, this could take some time. Once that’s done, do the following:

1. Open the Unity Dash
2. Type netflix Look for an ugly red N icon. 
3. Click Install on the Wine Mono Installer (this is necessary for .NET)
4. Click Install on the Wine Gecko Installer (this is necessary for embedded HTML to work properly)
5. If you get an error, OK the error (I had this same thing happen on two machines — everything worked fine anyway)
6. Allow the local installation to complete
7. 
   

Note: Reboot your computer after installing the software. At this point the Netflix Desktop application will open in full screen mode. To get out of that mode, hit F11. You will also find a new Firefox icon on your desktop. You can delete that if you like.

That’s it. You are now ready to enjoy streaming Netflix.