I’ve been using Ubuntu 8.10 since it’s release and so far so good. It’s a great OS and everything is running smoothly. And since I’m a true geek, that does not make me happy. OpenOffice 3.0 did not make the Ibex cut, but I wanted it anyway. And what better way to screw up your Ubuntu install than to remove OOo 2.4 and upgrade to OOo 3.0.
The actual install is very easy. It just invovles downloading the .deb file from OpenOffice, extract it and run the .deb file with dpkg. I found an excellent tutorial over at Tombuntu.com that walks you through the install. It even walks you through removing the old Office programs. This was very simple to do and everything worked fine. The only thing I have to do is to handle all the file associations.
I’m currently working on building a media server running Ubuntu Ibex 8.10. So far I have LAMP and Webmin installed.
My current goals are:
- Host and stream Divx movies and shows
- Host all of out digital pics. I’d like to store all of our pics on the server and have people access them through a web browser. I’d like to have access both inside and outside of our network. I’ll probably use Gallery or some sort of web app.
- Anything else that seems interesting.
Anyone have any good ideas? Let me know. I’ll post as I go along.
I finished downloading a file that was in rar format. I browsed to the directory that the file was located in. I then right-clicked on Open with “Archive Manager” as I always did with previous versions of Ubuntu. I was then greeted with a lovely error message stating that it was an unknown file format. Well whatever should I do?
I immediately went to Ubuntu forums to search for an answer. It turns out that I needed to install RAR to make it work. So go to System > Administration > Synaptic Package Manager. Do a search for RAR, and mark for install by clicking on the box. Click Apply then input your sudo password and away you go. You will now be able to unrar RAR files.
Today I decided that I needed to run uTorrent on Ubuntu. I know that there are other Bit Torrent program that run natively on Linux (or Ubuntu), but I am really comfortable with uTorrent.  So in order to do that I needed WINE. From the WINE website: Wine is an Open Source implementation of the Windows API on top of X and Unix. So how do you do that you ask? Well I haven’t a clue, but I know how to find the answer. Read more…
Beryl 0.2.0 is a complete overhaul of Beryl. The last stable release 0.1, featured a very fun, and eye-candy based compositing window manager. However, since it’s release, many parts of beryl have been rewritten, replaced, or simply dropped. The Beryl team has put in numerous hours to bring you this release. It’s filled with fun and eye candy.
Check out the Beryl Blog for more info.
Thunar is a file manager that is shipped by default with XFCE and is a integral part of XFCE desktop environment. It is similar to Nautilus but uses much less resource as compared to Nautilus , and in fact one of the goals of creating Thunar was to create a file manager that was fast , clean and easy to use. Check it out here.
Having problems installing something on your new Ubuntu operating system? This guide will help you understand!
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Ubuntu Dapper really rocks! I like it. This is a test post for tags.
The Ubuntu team is proud to announce the Release Candidate for version 6.06 LTS of Ubuntu, Kubuntu and Edubuntu – codenamed “Dapper Drake”. We consider this release candidate complete, stable and suitable for testing by any user.
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