I recently saw a comment on this blog, from Neville, where he was having trouble getting FTP to operate as expected on his web server. Needless to say, this could be the result of several configuration issues. Suffice to say, … Continue reading
In 2008, I wrote the popular post “Top 100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications” /top-100-of-the-best-useful-opensource-applications/ As of today, it has been viewed over 1.8 million times. Still, one of the more common questions I get asked by new Linux … Continue reading
“Chokri” commented on the post “Installing an Ubuntu Linux Hardy 8.04 LAMP and FFMpeg Server With a GUI – LAMP installation with cgi-bin“, asking: “…I have trouble while installing ffmpeg-php, I downloaded the tar file but while executing the make … Continue reading
Tess from the USA asks: “…I am having trouble viewing my menu bar that usually appears across the top of my screen. The volume control used to be here and now I don’t get volume at all. How do I … Continue reading
Harvey from the U.S. asks: “…Just upgraded to 10.04, so am having to log in each time the computer suspends/screen locks. I am the only one with physical access to this computer, so prefer to configure so that password is … Continue reading
Jake from Germany asks: “…I downloaded the new .deb package from Opera… and I want to uninstall it because it will not load any web pages, making me crazy… how to I uninstall it?” I’m assuming it was a .deb … Continue reading
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. … Continue reading
Nicki from Toronto asks: “…I’ve made too many coasters, where is the link to check the MD5 of the Ubuntu iso downloads… Someone told me I should check them before burning, but I can’t find them anywhere…” I have had … Continue reading
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 … Continue reading
While perusing through Digg, I found it interesting to note that both the Linux and Windows users have something to say about hardware failure issues. I found it interesting, that regardless of software issues, both groups of “observant” users have … Continue reading