A conversation that I had yesterday has reminded me of the Ubuntu Code of Conduct and what we try to stand for as an Ubuntu community. Any Ubuntu Member (official) is required to sign this article before they can be approved for membership and it should be a reminder of the ideals we’re trying to… 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 »
I have never used Automatix and, honestly, I’ve never seen any reason to. I was recently at an install fest and some of the users were asking about it. I didn’t have anything to tell them so I’m putting it out to the rest of you. Is there really any valid reason to use Automatix… Read More »
I’ve been meaning to upgrade one of my non-production machines to Feisty this last week and finally found some time to do it over the weekend. It’s actually upgrading now as I write this. I wanted to share one tip that I found in trying to upgrade, which could be simply due to my own… Read More »
Over the holidays I was visiting my parents and helping my brother with his Ubuntu system. One of the biggest drawbacks of heading up that way for a visit is leaving the fiber-optic comforts of home and heading up to DSL villa. I swear its like rewinding a decade and hearing the hellish dial-up noises… Read More »
Many of you might be familiar with my previous posts concerning the Flock browser. I had completely switched to Flock until Firefox 2 released and I’m still back and forth quite a bit. For those that haven’t seen my previous posts on installing Flock you might want to see these: Flock on Ubuntu Install Flash… Read More »
How many of you have older hardware? I know I’ve got a few machines that I can’t take myself to throw away. It’s ok though because we all run Linux which is very kind to old hardware (Don’t throw away good hardware, use Ubuntu!) For those of us with even older hardware we might need… Read More »
I was reading tonite about the Apache module, mod_security, which allows you to tighten down the security of your web server. I will admit that I am not a pro with mod_security and I welcome any tips & tricks that the rest of you have. For the rest of you, if you are running a… Read More »
DVD playback is not a feature that is installed by default due to license restrictions. In my opinion the restriction is stupid, very restrictive and violates my rights (of course I am not a lawyer so don’t listen to my rants.) This tutorial will show you how to install DVD playback capability on your Ubuntu… Read More »
Previously I did a post on How to Install Microsoft Core Fonts on Ubuntu packages for compatibility with the fonts everyone else seems to be using. Of course, as an Open Source Advocate, I prefer to use the non-proprietary fonts but there do arise situations where many of us need compatibility so we’ve got to… Read More »