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Install Sun Java Plugin For Firefox in Ubuntu

Posted on May 7, 2011 By ninjatechnyc

I loaded Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Remix onto my Dell Inspiron. And though it comes with OpenJDK 6, I wanted to load Sun Java 6 Plugin. You can see what versions of java are on your system by typing the java -version command in a Terminal window. Here are the simple steps I followed [writtern for…

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500 Internal Server Error

Posted on April 30, 2011 By ninjatechnyc 2 Comments on 500 Internal Server Error

Got a personal website hosted on Godaddy that all of a sudden started giving me 500 Internal Server Error: I have the domain and hosting at Godaddy – Economy Linux hosting. I use WordPress as the front end. Not the WordPress setup they offer, but I uploaded my own WordPress files, setup a MySQL db,…

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Switch To GNOME From Unity

Posted on April 29, 2011 By ninjatechnyc 1 Comment on Switch To GNOME From Unity

I know Ubuntu folks are touting Unity as the new desktop theme, but it doesn’t work well on the netbook where real estate is limited. The Launch Pad on the left seems very inflexible. With it, using a web browser [ in this case firefox ] seems difficult. The best option for me was to…

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Ubuntu Netbook Remix

Posted on April 29, 2011 By ninjatechnyc

Got myself a Dell Inspiron Mini 1012 a while back, for work. I travel from office to office and I use it to remote into my main desktop at homebase. The netbook came preloaded with Windows 7 Starter, which is fine for what I needed to do. I’m not a Linux expert. Far from it….

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Running Windows Apps in Linux

Posted on March 15, 2008 By ninjatechnyc

Lifehacker has a great writeup on running Windows apps inside Linux with VirtualBox.

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Wired: Optimize A Fresh Ubuntu Installation

Posted on March 4, 2008 By ninjatechnyc

A nice article in Wired:HowTo wiki on how to optimize your fresh Ubuntu installation with a few add-ons

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