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
3
Make Windows XP Looks Like Ubuntu!?
March 3, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 3 Comments
Posted in Experiences, How to...
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 [...]
Mar
2
Hot Linkers are Bandwidth Thieves
March 2, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 5 Comments
Posted in Experiences, How to...
While this post may not be 100% Ubuntu Linux related, I thought it might help some of you who are having problems with sites hot linking to your content. I’ve spent the last couple days trying to clean up some problems with my blog, and still have a way to go. In the process, I [...]
Mar
1
Speed Up and Improve Web Surfing With an Ubuntu Squid Server.
March 1, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
Posted in How to..., Installation, Linux Projects - Hands On
A year ago, I was able to obtain a used (end-of-lease) skid of 20 IBM ThinkPad T22 notebooks. I was able to sell almost all of them on eBay (after cleaning them up, buying RAM and power adaptor cords), except for two (because the hardware does not work properly). Those two have been laying around [...]

