Jun
2
What Ubuntu version are you running?
June 2, 2009 | By: Vadim Peretokin | 1 Comment
Posted in Editorials
The GiftWrap team would like to conduct a poll of the different versions of Ubuntu every one is on. If you have a moment, please take time to answer this one simple question: Which Ubuntu version are you using? (The poll is external because such that all results in one place. Thanks!)
Mar
17
Quick Fix for the ‘Size Mismatch’ When Updating Ubuntu Linux
March 17, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 2 Comments
Posted in How To
This is just a short “quick fix” post. For those who need it, here’s a quick fix when you get an error message like this: “W: Failed to fetch http://security.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/pool/main/f/ffmpeg/libpostproc1d_0.cvs20070307-5ubuntu7.2_amd64.deb Size mismatch” It’s an error I received when the auto update feature was working in Ubuntu Linux. I double checked my sources.list file, but it [...]
Feb
22
Update Gimp in Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 – The Fast Way
February 22, 2009 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 7 Comments
Posted in How To
I recently reinstalled Ubuntu Linux (8.04 – Hardy Heron) and wanted to update my version of Gimp to the latest. Unfortunately ‘sudo aptitude install gimp’ in a terminal simply does not do the trick. Why? Because the latest version is not in the repositories. Hopefully this short post will help some of you avoid a [...]
Mar
10
Ubuntu License Plate
March 10, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 2 Comments
Posted in Editorials
Just received this picture in my email. People know you love Ubuntu when that is your license plate! Funny! Update: After responding, I found the original is on Flicker under a free to share CC license from graysky.
Feb
28
Top 100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications
February 28, 2008 | By: UbuntuLinuxHelp | 172 Comments
Posted in Applications, Editorials
The following is a list of about 100 of the best OpenSource Applications, that actually help make Linux more usable for people. It is my hope that this list shows potential Linux users that there really is a large, effective, productive and usable range of free, OpenSource applications. For existing Linux users (like myself), I think this will provide a great resource in finding applications that may better suit your needs, or just for fun! Needless to say, this is just some of the thousands of applications available! I develop web sites, so this list tends to focus on applications which support that type of work.
