Tag: Linux

  • My first ubuntu bug report

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    I have had a problem for a while with the update-manager. I finally got round to entering my bug report, so I am now the proud owner of an ubuntu bug! https://launchpad.net/bugs/84961 Just have to wait and see whether its me that has broken something or an actual bug.

  • Got my music collection back

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    So how did I lose it in the first place? Well I didn’t really, just not had good access to it. The default player in Ubuntu, Rhythmbox, was giving me problems, it was pretty slow and lacked a few nice features like random playlists. (It does do semi-random play-lists, where you enter keywords, but not…

  • One less Windows PC in the world

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    This was a while ago now, but back over Christmas I got rid of a buggy install of Windows on Mum and Dad’s PC, and installed Ubuntu for them instead. I hope they get on all right with it, Dad seemed a little worried for a while, we had a go with the liveCD before…

  • How to load Web site faster in Mozilla Firefox

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    The title says it all! I guess this applies to any install of Firefox, not just a linux version. Check it out, mine was almost unusable before making these changes. Begs the question why the settings weren’t defaults….? Update: Following a little more digging, also found these quite useful: lifehacker.com: top firefox 2 config tweaks…

  • Great Ubuntu Resource

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    ubuntuguide.org

  • Mozilla software really is cross-platform

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    So I have my ubuntu linux system up, running and online. So now the next challenge. How do you go about pulling across from WinXP your most important files, which for me are my email and bookmarks? Easy! If you’re like me and using mozilla Thunderbird and Firefox! And when I say easy, it really…