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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 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.

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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…

Since I’ve upgraded to Ubuntu 7.04,Ive had problems with fonts in Firefox on certain pages.  I’ve had this problem with previous versions of Ubuntu and would always forget the solution. Each upgrade (I usually do a clean install, I usually screw around with my pc too much to safely upgrade. Or so I think.)  I would tinker with Firefox’s font settings, to no avail.

Well, the solution is very easy. It turns out I needed Microsoft True Type Core Fonts (msttcorefonts package) installed. Installing the fonts is very easy with Ubuntu. You can do it from Synaptec Package Manager. This is how I did it: (I’ll put it step by step)

• Click on System > Administration > Synaptec Package Manager
• Type in your password
• Search for msttcorefonts
• Select the package and click on Apply
• The package will now install

After it’s done, restart Firefox and the fonts should look fine.

Or as a user on Ubuntu Forums put it:  “He he he, or you could just type “sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts” and hit enter. ”.

It appears that Ubuntu’s Breezy Badger is going the way of the Dodo! On April 13th it will go End Of Life and there will be no more updates. It seems like just yesterday I was running this on one of my PC’s. I am now running Edgy Eft 6.10 as my main PC at home and it’s an awesome Operating System. I highly recommend it. Anyway, here is the info I got from the Ubuntu newsletter:

0n October 13th, 2005, Breezy Badger (5.10), the third Ubuntu release
was announced. On Friday April 13th 2007, it will reach its
end-of-life and at that time, Ubuntu Security Notices will no longer
include information or updated packages for Ubuntu 5.10.

Breezy Landmarks:
* Edubuntu was first implemented – http://www.edubuntu.org/
* Ubuntu for servers
* OEM installer support
* Graphical startup process with progress bar (USplash)
* Add/remove menu

If you are still running Breezy, it is recommended to upgrade to
Dapper Drake (6.06 LTS, Long Term Support release). From Dapper, you
can then upgrade to Edgy Eft (6.10, current stable release). Read the
full announcement
here:https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-announce/2007-March/000099.html

So, bye bye, Breezy, and welcome Feisty!

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.

I found this on Digg.  I would be interested to see if this works.  I have a Phillips DVD player that plays XVID file perfectly, and CDs are cheaper that DVDs.  It is a simplified script to create a Backup of your DVDs to avi files using xvid codec. Tested on Ubuntu Dapper and Edgy.  Check it out here.

If you want to clean your ubuntu machine you need to follow these simple steps to remove all unnecessary junk files.

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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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