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, I figured one thing I could do to help all of you reading this post, is simply to print out (below) the steps I took to install my last web dev/design Ubuntu box. Hopefully, there will be some goodies for most of you... I installed the following on Ubuntu 10.04.3 LTS.
Here's what I did to get...
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In 2008, I wrote the popular post "Top 100 of the Best (Useful) OpenSource Applications" http://ubuntulinuxhelp.com/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 users, revolves around the subject "What application do I use for..."
Over the last couple of months, I've received more and more of these type of questions. I remember when I first started this blog, I think I was using Ubuntu 7.04...
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"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 command, I obtain stop, what to do?..."
Well, it's been a while since I played with fmpeg-php on Ubuntu 8.04, I've since (about a year ago, if I remember correctly) installed a 9.04 based Ubuntu LAMP server. I use that server as a local development server f...
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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 get the menu bar to reappear?..."
1) Try this command in Terminal:
metacity --replace
2) If the above command did not work, try the following:
"Menu bars" are called "Panels". Try right clicking on the bottom panel and selecting "add new panel" (that's the wording, if memory serves me correctl...
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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 *not* required to bring the screen back up after suspend. How do I configure this change? Have been unable to find answer on this site or via GoogleLinux..."
I never turn passwords off as this poses a potential security risk. You may be the only one using your PC, but I'll bet that you ...
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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 package that you downloaded directly from the Opera web site. (As a side note, I had the same issue with Opera, in that it refused to load web pages on a local web server - I also removed Opera).
To uninstall any .deb package, use the following syntax:
sudo dpkg -r <name of package>...
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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 Updates" is disabled on purpose. I tried upgrading Firefox via PPA's on a couple occasions, butthe updates failed and I ended up with broken packages! In my opinion, the following steps might serve as a...
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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 the same issue untill I bookmarked the page. But for ease of reference to all new users here's the link:
https://help.ubuntu.com/community/UbuntuHashes
I hope it helps some of the readers. Make sure you book mark it! 
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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 a mistake; and I will correct it - Thanks). If I recall correctly, these packages are not in the "regular" Ubuntu repositories. To get them installed, we can create the appropriate entries in our sources...
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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 come to realize that the hardware quality (read that as "robustness" - is there such a word?) may have declined? The Digg entry pointed to this post: "Computing, Even in Linux, is All About Failure".
It's just an opinion, but it seems to me that tod...
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