Monthly Archives: October 2006

Beryl with latest nVidia drivers & AIGLX (no XGL) : Ubuntu (6.10)

Last nite I decided to install Beryl and AIGLX after upgrading to Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft). After getting things setup and enjoying the sweet new features of Beryl I thought I’d post my instructions. note: All previous installations of XGL/AIGLX must be removed for this to work. Step 1: Make sure your desktop meta-package is… Read More »

Flash & Java Plugins for Flock : Ubuntu (6.06 / 6.10)

Many of you might be familiar with my post concerning How to install Flock on Ubuntu. I’ve been using Flock now for months and I really enjoy it. Recently, however, I noticed that a few multimedia functions that I had supported in Firefox were not supported in Flock, despite the fact that the correct plugins… Read More »

Install Mozilla Sunbird 0.3 on Ubuntu (6.06 / 6.10)

Update : Improved (current) tutorial available here. I’ve been looking for a decent Calendar application lately so I thought I would try Mozilla’s new Sunbird release (v0.3, released October 11, 2006). Perhaps due to its very early release, or perhaps related to the Mozilla vs Debian fiasco it is not yet included in Ubuntu repositories.… Read More »

Seveas Ubuntu Packages: Ubuntu (5.10 / 6.06 / 6.10)

Dennis Kaarsemaker has been publishing Ubuntu related repositories for quite some time. He is one of the big players in the community (http://ubuntulinux.nl) and maintains quite a few packages for the community. For those not yet aware of this resource I’ve got some tips below: http://ubuntulinux.nl/source-o-matic – use this to generate a custom sources.list. Includes… Read More »

Network File System (NFS) : Ubuntu (6.06 / 6.10)

Update: This post has been updated based on comments by users. See comments for more details. I realize that this might be something understood by many people but last night I went to set it up and realized I needed some documentation. The documentation that I did find was rather limited so I thought I… Read More »

Install Flash 9 Beta on Flock Ubuntu (6.06 / 6.10)

Per my recent post below, Flash 9 is now available for the Linux Desktop. Hooray for us! In my previous post, How to install Flash Player 9 for Linux I outlined how to install the plugin for the default Firefox browser. I also updated the plugin for my Flock browser and wanted to share those… Read More »