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Google Earth and Chrome – Reader Questions
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
Installing a Web Server on Your Old Laptop
In an earlier post to this series, I talked about converting an old ancient IBM Thinkpad T22 Laptop into a proxy server (using Squid). While this did substantially improve my web surfing speed, it occurred to me that the laptop … Continue reading
Converting VMware Images to VirtualBox – A Simple Method
When I need to run a Windows based application on my trusty Ubuntu Hardy box, I don’t use Wine. Don’t get me wrong, it’s just that I don’t want to have to manage the Wine environment and prefer to have … Continue reading
Posted in Editorials Tagged 8.04, bin, convert, hardy, how to, qemu, vdi, virtual, virtualbox, virtualization, vmdk, vmware 6 Comments
Why is Ubuntu 9.04 (Jaunty) Not LTS?
It’s not LTS, because it’s not time yet… A short post: “Why is Jaunty not an LTS release, shouldn’t I just stay with Hardy?” That’s a question I received from one of my clients. For those not familiar, “LTS” means … Continue reading
Building a Web Developer / Designer PC Using Ubuntu Linux – Revisited
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 … Continue reading
Posted in Applications, Hands On, How To Tagged 8.04, Applications, apt-get, aptitude, editor, file, firefox, hardy, how to, install, linux, meld, opensource, synchronization, tkdiff, unison, xvidcap 5 Comments
Build a Web Developer PC and Enable Most Media Playback Using Ubuntu Linux
For those of you who follow my other blog, you’ll know that my last Windows PC had a major failure again. You can read some of the specifics in the “When Disaster Strikes – Again” post. At that point I … Continue reading
Posted in Applications, Hands On, How To Tagged 8.04, adobe, Applications, aptitude, audio, codecs, ctf, developer, dvd, editor, flash, fonts, graphics, hardy, how to, install, linux, multimedia, opensource, playback, ttf, virtualbox 13 Comments
Update Gimp in Ubuntu Hardy 8.04 – The Fast Way
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 … Continue reading
Adobe Flash 10 64-Bit – Use the Alpha Version Instead?
I was sent a link this morning, suggesting that the Alpha version of Adobe Flash Player 10 on Linux is better than any of the “stable” versions. While I’m not necessarily an expert in application development (heck, I don’t even … Continue reading
How to Get Network and Video Working in Shuttle Computers.
Just a quick afterthought to my last post, if you are trying the get the integrated ethernet network card and the integrated (nvidia) video working in your Shuttle based hardware (specifically Shuttle SN68SG2), there is an easy (and fast) solution … Continue reading