Installing Adobe Air 1.5 on Ubuntu 8.10 X86_64

 Linux, Ubuntu Linux  3 Responses »
Jan 262009
 

Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) 1.5 was released last December. While not a 64 bit app yet, it is very easy to get the AIR 1.5 working on Ubuntu 8.10 AMD64 version.

1. Install needed libraries
sudo apt-get install ia32-libs

2. Download the installer
wget -c http://airdownload.adobe.com/air/lin/download/1.5/AdobeAIRInstaller.bin

3. Install AIR
./AdobeAIRInstaller.bin
(note may need to chmod +x AdobeAIRInstaller.bin)

4. Copy extra Adobe library file
sudo cp /usr/lib/libadobecertstore.so /usr/lib32

5. Install AIR apps via web.

Discuss here

UDS-Jaunty: Join the Fun

 Ubuntu Linux  7 Responses »
Dec 082008
 

The Ubuntu Developer Summit for Jaunty Jackalope is starting today (Dec 8, 2008) and going though Friday (Dec 12, 2008) at the Google Campus in Mountain View, CA. UDS is where Developers and the community get together and discuss the planned feature and improvements for the next version of Ubuntu Linux.

We have created many ways to follow the happens at the summit and to contribute comments and ideas to people at the summit.

1. The Scoop: The Ubuntu Wiki is the main source for the happen happens at the summit (https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UDS). Any news and changes will be posted there.

2. Schedule: The schedule for the summit can be found at http://summit.ubuntu.com. On the schedule you will be able to find links to the live audio/video streams from the conference and how to VoIP into the discussions.

3. Audio Live Stream : Listen to the live audio stream of the tracks at http://icecast.ubuntu.com/.

4. Micro-blogging: You can follow the feeds of the different tracks and people at UDS (http://whoisi.com/e/uds-jaunty). Or you can follow http://identi.ca/ubuntudevelopers RSS Feed.

5. IRC: Join the channel #ubuntu-devel-summit or #uds on the Freenode IRC network (chat.freenode.net).

6. The Planet: Planet Ubuntu (http://planet.ubuntu.com) aggregates feeds of Ubuntu Member. The Planet will have a ton of information on UDS and plans for Jaunty.

7. Forums: People from the summit will be following thread in the Jaunty Jackalope Testing and Discussion forum. Use the tag of UDS in the forums if you make a thread about the summit.

Please join in the fun, and help make Ubuntu Jaunty Jackalope Rock!!!

Book Phrase Meme

 Humor  1 Response »
Nov 112008
 

Just started reading this book.

” He had, in fact, gone out of his way to staple things incorrectly just so he could prevail on his teacher to unstaple them, giving him another glimpse of the blood-chilling mandibles in action.”
Cryptonomicon by Neal Stephenson.

meme howto

  • Grab the nearest book.
  • Open it to page 56.
  • Find the fifth sentence.
  • Post the text of the sentence in your journal along with these instructions.
  • Don’t dig for your favorite book, the cool book, or the intellectual one: pick the CLOSEST.
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Ubuntu 8.10 NVidia Text Corruption

 Ubuntu Linux  3 Responses »
Nov 102008
 

[The problem I have been having with the 173 drivers has gone away with updated driver in intrepid-proposed. I would suggest that as a option]

Some people using Ubuntu 8.10 with the NVidia drivers have encounter screen corruption issues with certain programs, gnome-terminal & Firefox especially with compiz active. I have seen many suggestions on how to fix this problem, but none have worked for me.

If you want to use compiz, one workaround is turn compiz off and back on. This will fix the text corruption issue till you logout, restart, or suspend your current login session.

I have used fusion-icon to do this easily.
1. Install fusion-icon
sudo apt-get install fusion-icon
2. Goto System –> Preferences –> Sessions and create entry for fusion-icon under Startup Items.
3. compiz will not start at login.
4. Right click on the Fusion Icon in the system tray, Select Window Manager –> Compiz.

If someone has a better solution, please let me know.

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First thing I do

 Ubuntu Linux  11 Responses »
Nov 052008
 

In response to the current meme, here is what I do after I install/re-install a system.
1. Enable Medibuntu repos.
2. Enable Dropbox repo.
3. Install the follow extras.
sudo apt-get install htop powertop nautilus-open-terminal ubuntu-restricted-extras w32codecs banshee skype nautilus-dropbox ttf-liberation community-themes filezilla mplayer revelation

  • htop – great process monitor
  • powertop – Program to analyze power consumption on Intel-based laptops. Usually gets me a hour or so of extra battery life.
  • nautilus-open-terminal – Open terminal on desktop with a right click.
  • ubuntu-restricted-extras and w32codecs – Flash and other non-free viewers and codecs.
  • banshee – My favorite music/media player for Linux.
  • skype – VOIP Client
  • nautilus-dropbox – Dropbox online storage application.
  • ttf-liberation – Free font from RedHat, easy on the eyes.
  • community-themes – A set of nice themes from Ubuntu 8.10.
  • filezilla – GTK ftp/sftp program.
  • mplayer – media player.
  • revelation – Great password vault.

4. Configure a dark theme. I currently like Dust (from the community-themes package) and Shiki-Colors.

I’m also installing OpenOffice 3.0, but I would not advise that to Ubuntu newbies for now.

Continue the discussion at this forum thread.

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