Ubuntu 10.04(Lucid Lynx) Release Schedule

February 15, 2010 | In Linux | No Comments

Ubuntu team is already planning for 10.04 LTS, which will see the light of day in April 2010

Ubuntu 10.04 (codename Lucid Lynx) LTS will be released on April 29th.

Ubuntu 10.04 Release schedule

December 10th, 2009 – Alpha 1 release

January 14th, 2010 – Alpha 2 release

February 25th, 2010 – Alpha 3 release

March 18th, 2010 – Beta1 release

April 8th, 2010 – Beta2 release

April 22nd, 2010 – Release Candidate

April 29th, 2010 – Final release of Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

source: http://www.ubuntugeek.com/ubuntu-10-04lucid-lynx-release-schedule.html

Alpha Release Links

ubuntu screensaver activate

January 1, 2010 | In Linux | No Comments

gnome screensaver is controlled by gnome-screensaver-command

gnome-screensaver-command --activate

Adding Shortcut Custom Launcher to the Gnome Panel

  1. right click on the panel and select “Add to Panel”, then “Custom Application Launcher
  2. Add gnome-screensaver-command --activate

found in http://ubuntuforums.org/archive/index.php/t-492749.html

for more information about gnome-screensaver-command:

man gnome-screensaver-command

gnome-screensaver-command(1)

NAME
gnome-screensaver-command – controls GNOME screensaver

SYNOPSIS
gnome-screensaver-command [OPTION...]

DESCRIPTION
gnome-screensaver-command is a tool for controlling an already running instance of gnome-screen?
saver.

OPTIONS
–exit Causes the screensaver to exit gracefully

-q, –query
Query the state of the screensaver

-t, –time
Query the length of time the screensaver has been active

-l, –lock
Tells the running screensaver process to lock the screen immediately

-c, –cycle
If the screensaver is active then switch to another graphics demo

-a, –activate
Turn the screensaver on (blank the screen)

-d, –deactivate
If the screensaver is active then deactivate it (un-blank the screen)

-p, –poke
Poke the running screensaver to simulate user activity

-i, –inhibit
Inhibit the screensaver from activating. Command blocks while inhibit is active.

-n, –application-name
The calling application that is inhibiting the screensaver

-r, –reason
The reason for inhibiting the screensaver

-V, –version
Version of this application

AUTHORS
gnome-screensaver-command is written by William Jon McCann .

This manual page was written by Sven Arvidsson .

SEE ALSO
gnome-screensaver(1)

GNOME 2007-09-27 gnome-screensaver-command(1)

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