Mar

5

Thunderbird Has Lost my eMail in Ubuntu!

March 5, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
Posted in Applications, Experiences, How to...

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 [...]

Mar

5

Ubuntu Needs to Improve the Network Management GUI!

March 5, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 8 Comments
Posted in Applications, Experiences, How to..., Installation

… 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 [...]

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 [...]

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… [...]

Mar

4

Does Ubuntu Linux Really Need Antivirus Software?

March 4, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 79 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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