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Posted in Tips and Tricks on Jul 20th, 2009
If you have problems with Flash 10 in Firefox for Ubuntu there is a quick fix for it.Because of some conflicts you need to unistall the following packages and then install the only one you need : flashplugin-nonfree. sudo apt-get remove swfdec-mozillasudo apt-get remove mozilla-plugin-gnashsudo apt-get remove adobe-flashpluginsudo apt-get remove flashplugin-nonfreesudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree That’s [...]
Posted in How To on Jun 20th, 2009
Distributions : Ubuntu 8.10/9.04 A few days a ago the Pidgin application stopped working. Actually the real problem is only the yahoo server ( you can test MSN accounts to see they still work ). The fix is really simple : change the default pager server in your advance user account. One server that seems [...]
Posted in Tips and Tricks on May 18th, 2009
There are a lot of places where you can find help, resources and support but this list is the perfect round-up for an Ubuntu Noob. 1.Ubuntu Forum – Link Driver problems, upgrade frustration, unanswered question ? This is the place where you will probably get your answer. Don’t just post your question, use a quick [...]
Posted in Tips and Tricks on May 5th, 2009
Ubuntu is not necessary more secure then Windows. If the popularity of this OS will grow like it did until now a lot of tricks will appear that will make your entire experience a nightmare. One of the advice I have for you is : Never install something outside the repository. The applications you can [...]
Posted in Applications on Feb 5th, 2009
A lot of news and feed activity around this topic. But everybody is just announcing with big letters this great new and powerful software, and forget to really look behind the hood. No 1 : Gnome-Do Repository In order to install the latest version you need to add these repositories for Intreprid deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu intrepid [...]
Posted in Other on Jan 28th, 2009
Articles with girls and Ubuntu experiences seem to be a hot topic now. Why not share my own ( True by the way ) story. Working my ass of , on my daily job I got and Instant Message Girlfriend : How can I burn a cd ?Me : Remember K3B ? , open it [...]
Posted in How To on Jan 26th, 2009
If you have a fresh Ubuntu install you might notice that not all your ext3 partitions are mounted at start-up. This guide will show you what are the steps for resolving this. 1. Use sudo fdisk -l to view your partitions and find the devices you want to mount2. Use sudo blkid to list all [...]
Posted in Applications on Jan 16th, 2009
This list wants to be : a noob best friend. Start using Ubuntu and enjoy these free and easy to use applications. 1.Internet Brower Firefox [mozilla] 2.File manager Krusader [KDE] 3. Instant messager Pidgin [mozilla] 4.Music Player Rhythmbox [Gnome] 5.Torrent Client Deluge [Gnome and Kde] 6.SSH client Putty 7.Terminal application Yakuake 8.Rapidshare download manager jDownloader [...]
Posted in Drivers on Dec 31st, 2008
The last nvidia driver and Ubuntu version might give you a lot of headache when it comes to resolution settings.After hours and hours of tryial and errors I manage to enable all the resolutions I wanted into the nvidia-settings GUI. First let me tell you some basic tools and commands you need in order to [...]
Posted in Applications on Dec 30th, 2008
This post is a bit special. A frequent problem I have is the fact that I need to install so much software on my computers and sometimes I used it just once a month or less depending on the task I need to achieve. What Linux lacks is something similar with Google Pack. A simple [...]