You may remember my mention of the Ubuntu Software Center in my article “Ubuntu Karmic Koala preview“. Well, Karmic Koala is now officially Ubuntu 9.10 and is on the streets. I have installed the release and am as pleased as I expected I would be. One aspect of 9.10 that I was most interested in [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jul 20th, 2009
- Comments: 3
Synaptic tips and tricks
If you have been reading my tutorials on Ghacks long enough you will have seen mention of the Synaptic package manager quite often. There’s a good reason for this – the Synaptic package manager is one of the best and most user-friendly installation tools available (for any operating system). Not only does it make for [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: May 4th, 2009
- Comments: 23
Installing Flash in Ubuntu 9.04 with Firefox
If you’ve spent enough time over the years with Linux you know that the browser plug-in has been a source of agony for many. When plugins first became a necessity for browsing Linux was at an “early” age and adding these plugins was truly a nightmare.
That was then, this is now. During my first trials [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Mar 8th, 2009
- Comments: 1
Adding Repositories to Synaptic
If you use a Debian-based Linux distribution then you probably use Synaptic. And if you use Synaptic enough you may have come across an application that it can not find. When you find that combination you will need to add repositories to Synaptic that will allow the system to find and install the application you [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Dec 21st, 2008
- Comments: 9
Getting to Know Linux: Installing applications in Ubuntu
You have finally managed to get Ubuntu installed and you are up and running. And even though there are tons of new and exciting pieces of software on your hard drive, you still long for more. Never fear, installing applications in Ubuntu is as simple as it gets.
As with everything Linux, there are multiple ways [...]
