Apr

5

Forced File System Check After 30 Boot Ups – How to Improve it.

April 5, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 27 Comments
Posted in Experiences, How to..., Installation

Ever want to boot up your Ubuntu Linux system really quick to look something up? Sure, I think we all do that from time to time. Hate it when you get the forced file system check because you’ve booted up 30 times? I do. ;)
Imagine how I felt in front of a room full of [...]

Mar

22

Do You Get the Firefox is Running Error?

March 22, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 4 Comments
Posted in Applications, How to...

One more quick post for the Easter holiday (here in Canada). I’ve started getting that annoying
“Firefox is already running, but is not responding. To open a new window, you must first close the existing Firefox process, or restart your system.”
error message again, and was looking for a quick fix (as I’d been logging into terminal [...]

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

4

Does Ubuntu Linux Really Need Antivirus Software?

March 4, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 51 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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