Mar

5

Adobe Flash on Firefox 3 Beta

March 5, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 10 Comments
Posted in Applications, How to..., Installation

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!
http://www.mozilla.com/en-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 who did not install Flash in the first place, [...]

Mar

5

Installing IE on Ubuntu Linux

March 5, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 2 Comments
Posted in Applications, How to..., Installation

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 [...]

Mar

4

Linux the “Super Villain”

March 4, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in Experiences

“… gorgeous fembots…” ha ha ha… :)
(Suddenly I’m being sent YouTube vids… Que Passa?)

Mar

4

Ubuntu Feisty CD (674MB) Downloaded is 34 Seconds!

March 4, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 1 Comment
Posted in Experiences

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 [...]

Mar

4

Does Ubuntu Linux Really Need Antivirus Software?

March 4, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 71 Comments
Posted in Applications, Experiences, Installation

One of the people who switched to Ubuntu Linux 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 [...]

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