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Windows User? Do You Wubi? 2008-03-08 13:12:50 Earlier this week we were discussing if Ubuntu Linux needed antivirus software. (If you missed the post, it is here: Does Ubuntu Linux Really Need Antivirus Software?) During the course of the discussion, one of our readers (from TechCollective) suggested we try out “Wubi”.
If you’ve never heard about it:
“Wubi is an unofficial Ubuntu installer [...] Read more:Windows
Friday Fun - Useful Linux Terminal Commands for New Users. 2008-03-07 17:24:27 Below are the most useful commands (or at least those I found most helpful) when I switched to Ubuntu, to clarify, these commands are not Ubuntu specific, they are Linux
commands. I’ve not included some of the basic commands like cd, rm, mv, ls, etc… Play with your terminal, that’s a great way to spend [...] Read more:Friday
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Are You Keeping Your Ubuntu Linux PC Secure? 2008-03-07 08:22:23 Lately, there’s been a bit of discussion here about Ubuntu
(and Linux
as a whole) security. Suffice it to say, some of the input from readers about Linux virus issues has been very informative. (You can read the post and the comments here: Does Ubuntu Linux
Really Need Antivirus Software?). Some of my “Windows Weenies” [...] Read more:Secure
Don’t WEP Me! Ubuntu (and Others) Are Safer With WPA. 2008-03-06 16:15:47 One of the readers of another post “Using Ubuntu
to Crack WEP“, sent me this video:
Therefore, this is a “quick“, follow-up to that older post.
As I’m sure many of you might appreciate, WEP may probably not be the best solution to securing WiFi. Simply because it’s become mainstream and there are tones of tools (just [...] Read more:Others
Yo Quiero Ubuntu 2008-03-06 11:49:20 The picture below was sent to me earlier today. The original is:
Some rights reserved at Flickr
Funny!
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Easily Use Cron to Backup Thunderbird eMail in Ubuntu Linux 2008-03-06 10:41:27 Continuing on from yesterday’s email adventure: Thunderbird
Has Lost my eMail in Ubuntu
! a prudent preventive measure (I suggested later in the day) is to make sure you always have a current backup of email! There are a few of ways this can be simply handled:
1) Manually copying (duplicating) the “/.mozilla-thunderbird<The Account Profile Name” directory [...] Read more:Linux
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Hardly Any Hardware Works on Ubuntu Linux! 2008-03-06 08:27:43 … that’s a statement in one of me email messages this morning.
Imagine, I’m starting my day and reviewing messages and posts over a cup of tea, when I read this rather angry filth desperate plea for help because “… apparently Ubuntu
, and all of Linux
is worthless, there is no hardware support for these crappy [...] Read more:Ubuntu Linux
, Hardware
, Works
Thunderbird Has Lost my eMail in Ubuntu! 2008-03-05 13:25:13 A friend just phoned me in a panic as his PC (Ubuntu
based) using Thunderbird
2 (2.0.0.12) and all the email in his inbox is missing. I’ve had this issue myself and a bit of Googling told me others are having this issue too. If you’re having this issue, here’s how we were able to [...]
Ubuntu Needs to Improve the Network Management GUI! 2008-03-05 09:38:29 … in my opinion.
When talking to non Linux users, the number one thing I seem to hear (at least where I live) is the difficulty for them to set up their wireless connections. While I appreciate that the initiated are able to work with their configurations, even create powerful war-driving systems. I concede that the [...] Read more:Ubuntu
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Adobe Flash on Firefox 3 Beta 2008-03-05 08:51:10 Just a quick post here…
I installed the Firefox
3 Beta (Version 3.0b3 as of this post) on my Ubuntu Box and… damn… Flash
is not working again!
-US/firefox/all-beta.html
It’s a quick(er) fix though (Firefox just needs the link to flash plugin):
sudo ln -s /usr/lib/firefox/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so /usr/lib/firefox-3.0b3/plugins/flashplugin-alternative.so
** For those how did not install Flash in the first place, [...] Read more:Adobe
, Adobe Flash
Installing IE on Ubuntu Linux 2008-03-05 08:32:52 This post is primarily for web designers and developers. I develop web sites and one issue I’ve been struggling with is a simple way to view cross-browser compatibility. In general, this means making sure a web site looks and behaves the same on a majority of the most common web browsers.
My issue was this… Working [...] Read more:Linux
, Ubuntu
, Ubuntu Linux
Linux the “Super Villain” 2008-03-04 16:01:14 “… gorgeous fembots…” ha ha ha…
(Suddenly I’m being sent YouTube vids… Que Passa?)
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Ubuntu Feisty CD (674MB) Downloaded is 34 Seconds! 2008-03-04 15:35:20 A friend just sent a link to a cool YouTube video showing the world record for downloading and Ubuntu
CD. I must say, after watching this I thought “Wow… can we get some of this bandwidth love!?” This is and incredible speed, check out the YouTube video embeded below:
This is an insane speed. According to [...] Read more:Feisty
, Seconds
Does Ubuntu Linux Really Need Antivirus Software? 2008-03-04 09:15:26 One of the people who switched to UbuntuLinux
recently, phoned me asking what kind of antivirus they should have installed. Quite frankly, I’ve never given that a thought. I’ve used Ubuntu for some time and have never had any virus issues, ever. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not suggesting that Linux is impervious to [...] Read more:Software
Make Windows XP Looks Like Ubuntu!? 2008-03-03 09:29:11 Did I read that title correctly? Yup!
There actually is a guide that allows XP users to make their box look like Ubuntu
. Imagine that! While us Ubuntu users use the real thing, some Windows
users are still stuck in that “theme” mode. (And I mean that in a humourous way!!)
A few lot of [...] Read more:Looks
Make Your Own Plug ‘N Play Zone Using Ubuntu Linux! 2008-03-12 11:55:16 One of the things I dislike is reinstalling any operating system over, and over, and over again. After a while it becomes boring and inconvenient when you’ve a hot idea you want to try out. One of the things I enjoy doing (and I’ve posted several ideas or projects), is to try out new ways, [...] Read more:Ubuntu
, Linux
Ubuntu’s ‘da bomb’ 2008-03-11 16:03:07 I give credit to this guy, he’s got more guts than I do!
Got a cool techie blog as well:
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Digital Forensics in Linux - Reclaiming Data Off a Failed Hard Drive. 2008-03-11 14:53:13 I recently spoke with a lady who operates a Forensic Accounting consultancy. During the course of our conversation, she indicated that from time-to-time she receives requests for computer data related assistance. Namely, obtaining deleted information off hard drives or data off failed drives. Her business operates on Windows based platforms and she was wondering how [...] Read more:Linux
, Digital
, Forensics
, Reclaiming
Ubuntu License Plate 2008-03-10 12:29:39 Just received this picture in my email. People know you love Ubuntu
when that is your license plate!
Funny!
Update: After responding, I found the original is on Flicker under a free to share CC license from graysky.
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There is Good Gaming in Ubuntu! 2008-03-10 09:56:13 I received a couple email messages over the weekend, that in essence, suggested Linux is a terrible platform for gaming because Linux does not support gamers. Additionally, hardware support issues were also raised. While I’m sure there are a myriad of opinions, I couldn’t help but pause on a couple of them. Particularly as I [...] Read more:Ubuntu
, Gaming
Cool Ubuntu Projects on Launchpad. 2008-03-09 08:41:38 For those not familiar, “Launchpad is a free software hosting and development website. We make it easy to collaborate across multiple projects.” More information about Launchpad is here: Collaboration, project management and code hosting for free software +about
One thing I like about services such as these, is that I often find interesting (and usable) projects. [...] Read more:Ubuntu
, Projects
Creating a Linux Terminal Media Server for Your Home PC’s 2008-03-14 09:02:57 It seems we always need to update our PC hardware at one point or another, to keep abreast of the increasing demands that current software makes of our computers. If like me, you hate to lose the use of older PC’s, you may store them away for “later” projects.
When I was a heavier Windows user, [...] Read more:Creating
, Linux
The Real Way to Learn Linux 2008-03-13 11:52:39 Yesterday evening I was joking around with a couple of the people here as they were bugging me about being an “Ubuntu” user. Often the questions I receive are about how to do something in “Ubuntu”. Maybe I’m just being thin-skinned, but I’d like to clarify something, particularly to new users. Ubuntu is not an [...] Read more:Linux
Answers to Linux Questions 2008-03-13 10:12:27 Over the last few days I’ve received questions about Linux
. So… This is a quick post that hopefully will answer most of the ones I thought were helpful.
How do you get the numlock to stay on when booting Linux?
Using Ubuntu (Gutsy), you can do this:
sudo apt-get install numlockx
And read more about that here: Num [...]
4 Free Ways to Thank Bloggers 2008-03-17 10:13:40 I’ve been struggling with how to keep the Ubuntu Linux Help blog successful (and alive). One issue I’ve had to deal with is server costs. Finding money to keep this blog going is difficult and it would be easy to shut-down the blog. But… I truly believe that it provides value to the Linux (and [...] Read more:Thank
Poll - Google Translation Services? 2008-03-16 11:56:06 Just a short post to all of you. I’m am trying and experiment.
You will see flags on the right side of this blog. Click the flag you want to translate the text into. This is using the GoogleTranslation
Service and the “Global Translator Plugin”. The plugin is found here: -plugins/wordpress-global-translator-plugin/
My questions to you are:
1) [...] Read more:Services
30 Seconds of Linux Funnies 2008-03-15 11:21:47 Another 30 second clip of some funnier sides to Linux
life. It’s not always serious you know!
Linux is fun because you can do more with it. Just see the video below…
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Linux in 30 Seconds 2008-03-15 09:24:52 I was sent an interesting link to a “beta” site. After playing a bit, I came up with a rough video but thought I’d post it for readers who might be interested in this service to produce their Linux
related videos. My favourite line? “It’s the difference between trust and antitrust”
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Here’s the link [...] Read more:Seconds
Ubuntu Based Linux, 32 Flavours and Then Some… 2008-03-18 12:32:14 I had an inspiring thought this morning! (Trust me… this is a rare event! Ha ha ha…) It occurred to me how vibrant a number of UbuntuLinux
flavours there must be. I’ve often been asked which is the best one to use, and responded based on my immediate quick thoughts. However, I’ve never [...]
“Windows tax?” I Don’t Think So… 2008-03-20 16:53:07 Here’s the scenario, a friend of mine just bought a new laptop. When he was buying it, he indicated that he did not want windows on it (which should make it cheaper). The response from the vendor: “We can’t do that, it comes with Windows
”. When he became a bit more aggressive, they indicated they [...]
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