Due to the many requests for details that I’ve recieved concerning the Firefox extension bounty I wanted to take a minute and outline the details. It seems everyone thinks I’m being too secretive about the whole thing. I didn’t mean for that to be the case I was just being brief with my post. Here… Read More »
UPDATE: Jeremy pointed out that what I need is not a plugin but an extension (and there is a difference!). If that changes anyone’s mind just drop me a note. I’ve been sitting on the idea for a Firefox extension for a while now and I realize I just don’t have the time to do… Read More »
This post is a response to a few previous posts and comments and based on some other questions that I’ve been asked recently. I wanted to outline the few steps I use on a new installation. Your usage might vary a bit, but I realize this is something that new users might be interested in.… Read More »
This weekend was my Feisty testing weekend (see my previous post on the recent release of Herd 3). Everything seems to be working well enough so far and I’m impressed with a few of the new features. I’ll very likely be upgrading all of my machines upon final release. In any event, this morning I… Read More »
There are those of us that do a lot of ssh during the course of a day. I know I do quite a bit for accessing my files from my office. In any event you’ll probably want to setup public key authentication which allows you to login via ssh without a password. Of course this… Read More »
I am hoping that some of you Launchpad users / gurus can shed some light for me on the best use of Launchpad. I would like to do more bug work but I can’t seem to follow the use of the system well enough. Here are some of my issues / concerns. Subscribing to submitted… Read More »
I know this topic might be old news to some of you, but I wanted to make sure that our new users out there were familiar with it. What is it? VLC, the magical media player. This is a media player that you really should checkout. From the VLC website: VLC media player is a… Read More »
UPDATE: Install Opera 10 Web Browser in Ubuntu 9.10 I realize, in all of my posts, I’ve never outlined how to install the Opera browser. There are two methods you can use to install it, and both will be outlined below. Before I get into those steps though I have a few things to say… Read More »
UPDATE: Thanks to Daniel I have found a trunk build that offers the latest and greatest. I will now be using Flock again, just keeping up via the trunk until final release! I am stoked! There are some <napoleon>sweet</napoleon> new features that I’m sure a lot of people are going to enjoy! As many of… Read More »
Quick post today for all of you that consider yourselves tough enough to tackle the herd. Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty” Herd 3 has been made available. If you’ve got a free machine and some spare time this weekend why not give it a spin. Changelog: Information on recent updates here: https://wiki.ubuntu.com/FeistyFawn/Herd3/ Downloads: Downloads for the following… Read More »