7 posts tagged “howto”

DOWNLOAD
firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz
install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin

INSTALL FIREFOX
# cd /opt
# tar zxvf ~/firefox-2.0.0.6.tar.gz

INSTALL FLASH PLUGIN
# cd /
# tar zxvf ~/install_flash_player_9_linux.tar.gz
# cd install_flash_player_9_linux
# ./flashplayer-installer

INSTALL SUN JAVA
# cd /opt
# cp ~/jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin .
# chmod u+x jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin
# ./jre-6u2-linux-i586.bin

INSTALL SUN JAVA PLUGIN
# cd /opt/firefox/plugins/
# ln -s /opt/jre1.6.0_02/plugin/i386/ns7/libjavaplugin_oji.so .

VERIFY INSTALLATION
Run Firefox 2 and goto "about:plugins"

Default Plugin
    File name: libnullplugin.so

MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
*     All types     .*     No

Shockwave Flash
    File name: libflashplayer.so
    Shockwave Flash 9.0 r48

MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
application/x-shockwave-flash     Shockwave Flash     swf     Yes
application/futuresplash     FutureSplash Player     spl     Yes

Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_02-b05
    File name: libjavaplugin_oji.so
    Java(TM) Plug-in 1.6.0_02

MIME Type     Description     Suffixes     Enabled
application/x-java-vm     Java         Yes
application/x-java-applet     Java         Yes

I thought the help.ubuntu.com wiki was cool until i discovered the debian wiki.

Just take a look at these excellent XFCE wiki entries

• http://wiki.debian.org/Xfce
• http://wiki.debian.org/DebianXFCE

Google Base

• http://base.google.com/
• http://base.google.com/support/

• http://base.google.com/base/dashboard

• http://base.google.com/base/about.html
• http://base.google.com/base/base_policies.html

• http://base.google.com/base/help/overview.html
• http://base.google.com/base/help/base_policies.html
• http://base.google.com/base/help/guidelines.html
• http://base.google.com/base/help/tos.html
• http://base.google.com/base/help/tos_include.html
• Google Base - Business Locations Bulk Upload Instructions

• http://code.google.com/apis/base/

• http://googlebase.blogspot.com/

Here are some more Ubuntu desktop tips:

• The Perfect Ubuntu Desktop
• Lifehacker Ubuntu Roundup
• Run proprietary apps on GNU/Linux
• Run Photoshop on Ubuntu 

There a couple of Flickr help video tutorials

• http://www.flickr.com/help/screencasts/vol1
• http://www.flickr.com/help/screencasts/vol2
  

http://linuxondesktop.blogspot.com/

Here are some great tips from http://searchservervirtualization.techtarget.com/

• VMware Server on Ubuntu howto Part 1
• VMware Server on Ubuntu howto Part 2

• Ubuntu wiki on VMware Server