Video – [HowTo] Upgrade Firefox to the latest version on Ubuntu by bitspired.com January 19, 2012
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, Technology and Software, Linux, GNU/Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Technology News, Firefox, Ubuntu, Technology, Tech, Tecnologia, tutorial.Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, Firefox, Mozilla, tutorial, upgrade, update
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How to update Firefox to the 9.01 version on Ubuntu January 18, 2012
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, Technology and Software, Linux, GNU/Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Technology News, Firefox, Ubuntu, Technology, Tech, Tecnologia, tutorial, Ubuntu 10.04.Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, Firefox, Mozilla, upgrade, Mozilla Firefox, update, Browsers
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If you use Ubuntu 10.04 or any other Linux distribution which doesn’t automatically upgrade your Firefox to the latest version you can force it.
First of all you have to launch Terminal and add the right PPA to the repository:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa
Then you need to update and upgrade the OS using:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
If you are installing Firefox for the first time the right commands are:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-security/ppa sudo apt-get updatesudo apt-get install firefox firefox-gnome-support firefox-locale-en
As usual on Linux, it is not necessary to reboot the computer and you can start immediately to use your updated Firefox.
How ro repair Ubuntu 10.04 LTS if the Update Manager and Synaptics don’t work January 16, 2012
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, Technology and Software, Linux, GNU/Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Technology News, Linux Tips, Technology, Tech, Tecnologia, tutorial, Ubuntu 10.04.Tags: Ubuntu, Linux, Synaptic Package Manager, update manager, Sudo, Advanced Packaging Tool, synaptic
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After I installed some new software I wasn’t able to update Ubuntu 10.04 LTS. The Update Manager was not able to check for updates and when I tried to use the Synaptic Package Manager I hadn’t better results. A reboot was not the right solution and I tested different ways to solve my problem saving the Ubuntu installation in my computer.
Searching on internet I discovered that there are few possible solution to avoid this problem and, in case you have the same bug on your computer, I decided to sum-up the most powerful after I successfully tried them.
First of all you can try to force the update process through the Terminal typing:
sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get upgrade
If this doesn’t work you will try with this next step:
sudo rm var/lib/dpkg/lock sudo dpkg --configure -a
Then launch again the Update Manager to verify if you succeed and if nothing happened solve the matter typing:
sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/* -vf sudo apt-get update
and try again to launch the Update Manager.
In my case this was enough to restore all the Update Manager features and solve the problem. If you have extra problems about this bug or if you want to suggest alternative solutions, please, don’t hesitate to comment this post.
Time to clean-up! Ubuntu – Linux suggestions. January 4, 2012
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, GNU/Linux, Linux, Linux & OpenSource, security, Seguridad, Software News, system tools, system utility, Tech, Technology, Technology and Software, Technology News, Tecnologia, tools, tutorial.Tags: Advanced Packaging Tool, autoremove, Linux, Personal Package Archive, script, Ubuntu, update, upgrade
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Christmas time is ending and today we really don’t know how many relatives used out computer for “just few minutes” or “to quickly (sic) check the emails”. In few words, our Linux PC could have been overstuffed with unwanted temporary files and we haven’t had time to update it. So, it’s time to clean-up!!
First of all I suggest to use BleachBit because, for my experience, it’s the most powerful software to clean temporary files, log files and unwanted traces on your computer. BleachBit is easy to use and, as we described in previous post, very effective.
Then we have to check if our system is really updated so we can use the usual ways as Synaptics Package Manager or quickly run a some simple commands through Terminal to update, upgrade and remove old packages or Kernel.
For this purpose I collected three simple commands and chained them in a single line:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade && sudo apt-get autoremove
In this way you will be sure that you can start again to work on your Ubuntu as before the Christmas time!
Merry Christmas December 25, 2011
Posted by galigio in Linux, News, Technology News.Tags: Linux, Merry Christmas, News, Ubuntu, windows
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Gmail Plasmoid – Kubuntu 11.04 by gotbletu December 4, 2011
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, Technology and Software, Linux, GNU/Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Kubuntu, Technology News, Technology, kde, kubuntu KDE, Tech, Tecnologia.Tags: Ubuntu, kde, Linux, Firefox, add-on, Gnome, Gmail, Ubuntu Software Center, screenlets, cGmail, KCheckGmail, Gmail Notify, Gmail Watcher, gmail plasmoid
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Best Gmail Notifier For Ubuntu Linux by Videoorchard December 2, 2011
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, Technology and Software, Linux, GNU/Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Technology News, Technology, Tech, Tecnologia, Gnome applets, Gnome tips, Gnome, Google.Tags: Ubuntu, kde, Linux, Firefox, add-on, Gnome, Gmail, Ubuntu Software Center, screenlets, cGmail, KCheckGmail, Gmail Notify, Gmail Watcher
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Searching a Gmail notifier for Ubuntu 10.04… an unpredictable Odyssey! November 30, 2011
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, Technology and Software, Firefox Extensions, Linux, GNU/Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Technology News, Firefox, Ubuntu, Linux Tips, Technology, Ubuntu tips, Tech, Tecnologia, Gnome applets, Gnome tips, Gnome, Google, Firefox add-ons, Ubuntu 10.04.Tags: Ubuntu, kde, Linux, Firefox, add-on, Gnome, Gmail, Ubuntu Software Center, screenlets, cGmail, KCheckGmail, Gmail Notify, Gmail Watcher
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Finding a versatile Gmail notifier for my laptop seemed to be not so difficult and, after a first quick search, I selected a bunch of software I believed interesting. But when I tested them I was not satisfied by they behaviour especially because they didn’t have many of the features I wanted.
First of all I started installing the Gmail software I found in the Screenlets repositories on my Ubuntu but it was not able to update itself. Probably the firewall denied to the screenlet to communicate externally. I didn’t want to spend much time (sic) on the research of a Gmail notifier so I decided do uninstall it.
My second option was Popper and reading the program description I believed tha t was really the right one but.. after the configuration I was not impressed by the final flexibility and interaction this software offers. Just to know, for a quick configuration you need Popper configurator that is in the
The next step was represented by KCheckGmail that is for KDE and runs properly also on Gnome but, in this case, the program is not updated with the last Gmail configuration parameters and so it is nice but useless..
Then I tried with Gmail Notify. The configuration is quick and easy but it offers poor results. I mean that you have just the subject of new emails and no possibility to visualize them with a simple mouse click if you haven’t previously done the login of your Gmail account using the browser.
Finally I installed cGmail through the Ubuntu Software Center and I found what I was looking for: a simple program which let me know about new emails and let me open them with a click. The graphic interface is basic but after a couple of hours wasted on searching an effective solution I was satisfied!
Last but not least, if you don’t want to install a Gmail notifier directly on your Ubuntu, consider to install the add-on Gmail Watcher on Firefox.
Please, if you have better solution and you want to share them with us, don’t hesitate to comment this post. Thank you!
Setting up File Sharing Between Windows, Linux, and Macs with Samba! by NixiePixel November 24, 2011
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, Technology and Software, windows, Linux, GNU/Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Technology News, Technology, News, Tech, Tecnologia, lan.Tags: windows, Technology, Ubuntu, News, Operating system, Samba, Ubuntu Software Center, File sharing, Workgroup (computer networking)
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Samba: share Linux Folders with your windows machines by technoblogical November 22, 2011
Posted by galigio in Computers & Internet, Technology and Software, Linux, GNU/Linux, Linux & OpenSource, Technology News, Technology, News, Tech, Tecnologia.Tags: Technology, Ubuntu, News, Operating system, Samba, Ubuntu Software Center, File sharing, Workgroup (computer networking)
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