Erica from Canada asks: “… I’m using Ubuntu 9.04… the “Check for Updates” in Firefox is grayed out and apt-get does not upgrade Firefox… I’m stuck at 3.0.18, how can I get upgraded?…” This is an issue, I’ve encountered before. The newest versions of Firefox are not yet in the repositories, and the “Check for [...]

Google Earth and Chrome – Reader Questions

February 11, 2010 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | Leave a Comment
Posted in Q & A - Ubuntu

Ruud emailed asking, “How do I install Chrome and Google Earth? I’ve tried using apt-get, but the packages are not found. I am using Ubuntu 8.04″ For Ubuntu 8.04 users, please try the instructions below. (I’m not in front of a Hardy, 8.04, box right now, so please comment below if you find I’ve made [...]

Font Management for Ubuntu Linux

December 7, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 6 Comments
Posted in Applications

As someone whose business also provides web development and graphic design, among other services, it was a real treat to bump into this font management gem (a few hours ago) “Fonty Python”. As the name implies, it’s a python based application used to manage fonts – Great if you have a lot of fonts that [...]

Top 10 Linux Video Applications – NOT!

May 21, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 8 Comments
Posted in Applications, Experiences

I recently read a Digg post “10 Free Apps that Turn your Ubuntu into a Video Studio” and it annoyed the heck out of me! Maybe I’m being too critical, but I don’t see 10 top video applications in Linux (I’m an Ubuntu user). In fact, I don’t even see ten productive, functional, Linux based [...]

Recently I posted “Build a Web Developer PC and Enable Most Media Playback Using Ubuntu Linux” and received a few messages asking what other tools I use. To save me time with answering email messages that essentially contain the same information, and to help the maximum number of readers, I thought it would be a [...]

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