I origionally switched to Linux over 10 years ago because my modest hardware could not keep up with Windows, and I was rewarded with a reliable, stable, and responive system. Fast forward 8 years and I am now a very satisfied Ubuntu user, however, I have never been a fan of desktop enviroments such as GNOME and KDE. I normaly prefere something very light weight such as WindowMaker.However, I found a way to keep a “mostly default” Ubuntu install with a light weight desktop. I had used Xfce a couple of years ago while experimenting with Redhat 8,9 and Fedora, and I quite enjoyed it.
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After updating to Ubuntu 7.04 “Fiesty Fawn” I was surprised to find out that it did not come with Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0. Well, this happened because the new version of Mozilla’s popular email program was released a couple of days after Fiesty Fawn, at which point it was simply to late.
If you want to install and use Thunderbird 2.0, here is your quick and dirty guide:
The first thing we need to do is download Thunderbird 2 from Mozilla, save it to somewhere you will remember, the default is your Desktop under Ubuntu. This brief how to will assume that you saved the file to your Desktop.
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After upgrading my Toshiba Satellite Pro A100 laptop to Ubuntu 7.04 “Feisty Fawn” my sound card stopped working. The only mixer options available are related to the built in 56k dial up modem.
My A100 uses an ATI SB450 soundcard, which worked out of the box in 6.06, 6.10, and the early beta stages of 7.04. From what I can see, this problem is related to the release kernel not detecting the sound card model correctly.
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Automatix2 for Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn i386 has been released. Get it while its hot!
Automatix adds an easy to use interface for installing 3rd party packages that are not maintained by Ubuntu, or the Ubuntu community, these typically consist of commercial packes such as Google Earth, Windows Media Codecs etc.
Here is the quick and dirty way to get started with Ubuntu Feisty Fawn (7.04):
- sudo apt-get install python (if you do not already have python 2.4 installed)
- wget http://www.getautomatix.com/apt/dists/feisty/main/binary-i386/automatix2_1.1-3.5-7.04feisty_i386.deb
- sudo dpkg -i automatix2_1.1-3.5-7.04feisty_i386.deb
- automatix2
Follow the directions on screen and enjoy. Please note that Ubuntu Feisty Fawn, 7.04 is currently beta.
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Chris Walden guides you through a nine-part IBM Developer-Works series on moving your operational skills from a Windows Enviroment to Linux. If you were thinking of making the jump to a Linux desktop instead of upgrading to Vista, this is a great place to start.
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The venerable Google SketchUp version 6 is now available. SketchUp is probably the best, free 3D design tool available. I use it to plan woodworking projects, landscape layout, solving problems before you waste materials. The only thing missing from SketchUp is a Linux version.
Download SketchUp here
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This is very simple tutorial how to mount your NTFS and FAT partitions under Ubuntu with read and write access.
Note: The Ubuntu installer will mount NTFS and DOS partitions as read only by default, under /media/
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