Installation and Usage:

1. You can download directly to the vendor’s website (link download will appear in the bottom of this article) and choose the Operating System you have used. I am using OS SUSE Linux 11.0. For speed installation, I choose RPM package file Linux i386.

2. After downloading these files, click testdisk-6.10-1.i386.rpm and type your password as a root user, you can wait while the installation is in process. To check the testdisk has been installed or not, just type ‘rpm -qa | grep testdisk‘ (without quote) in the console window. TestDisk-6.10-1 has been successfully installed.

3. Still in Console window, login as a root and type ‘su‘ (without quote) then type your root password, type ‘testdisk‘ (without quote). TestDisk 6.10 Data Recovery Utility will run. Press Enter.

4. Testdisk will detect your storage media/hard drive include my flashdisk Kingston DT Mini Slim. In this case I want to recover my files which have been deleted from my Flashdisk. Choose media using the Arrow keys on your keyboard, then press Enter.

5. Choose the partition type, I choose Intel.

6. Choose Analyse, then press Enter.

7. Choose Quick Search, then press Enter.

8. Type ‘Y‘ (without quote)

9. Press Enter.

10. Type ‘P‘ (without quote) to List/Preview Files

11. You can see, there are 2 different color text in the Console window, Red and White text, the red text is mean the deleted files (which will be restored soon) and the white text is mean the currently files. Type ‘h‘ (without quote) to hide the red text if you want.

12. Select the files you want to restore then press ‘c‘ (without quote) to copy it, and choose the destination of files you want to copy it to, using Arrow keys, then press ‘y‘ (without quote) to confirm the copy process.

13. To copy another files you can select the files and press ‘c‘ (without quote) again, this process is absolutely simple, it’s not difficult. 14. Well done, you have recovered/restored your deleted files.

Note: The usage of Testdisk is not limited for recovery deleted files only. According to the vendor’s website, you can use this tool to repairing harddisk which have bad sector, repairing hard disk which can not boot or bootable, etc. I hope in the next article I will try to explore the usage of this tool more deeper than before.

Author: Harun Abdurrazaq
Article Source: EzineArticles.com
Provided by: Bumper guardian

Ubuntu comes pre-installed with a few Desktop themes. The default is referred to as “Human”, and is what defines the characteristic Ubuntu earth-tone colors. Some people love the default theme while others don’t like it at all. The most common complaint that I’ve heard is that it’s “too brown”. If you’d prefer to modify your theme, follow the steps below.

To switch your theme, you need to navigate to System > Preferences > Appearance

This will launch the GNOME Appearance utility, which will default to a list of installed themes. You can simply change your theme in on-the-fly by simply choosing a another theme from the list. The default installed themes are:

Clearlooks
Dark Room
Dust
Dust Sand
High Contrast Inverse
High Contrast Large Print Inverse
Human
Human-Clearlooks
New Wave

On a default installation of Ubuntu 9.10, you should have nine default themes installed to pick from.

You can quickly change your theme by choosing one of the listed themes within the window.

You can make other theme modifications, including Backgrounds, Fonts, Interface, and Visual Effects. Remember, if you decide to set the theme back , simply select “Human” from the list.

Original source: Linux Magazines