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 [...]
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 [...]

