Some months ago I resurrected a Windows 7 Ultimate computer I had retired a couple years ago after it threw one too many (and consecutive) BSODs. I suspected that all my problems likely stemmed from trying to ‘upgrade’ it from Windows … Continue reading
Category Archives: Ubuntu
Very slow Tablet News week, not really sure why… Canonical Announces New Ubuntu Mobile OS for Tablets - UK based Canonical had already debuted their Ubuntu (Linux) Smart Phones at CES earlier this year. Now they are going to be … Continue reading
The Ubuntu developers are now tracking Mozilla’s rapid release cycle, releasing the updated version 8.0 of Mozilla’s Firefox and Thunderbird. Previously, Ubuntu distributions would have stuck with the major version they were released with, say 3.0, and only updated to … Continue reading
This is an old post but it still works for me on Mint and probably a lot of other versions. OS Novice: Increasing mouse scroll speed in firefox ↑Go get it↓ … Continue reading
I’m downloading this later. Certainly looks like a useful tool.I retrieved some files from a partition I messed up recently using BrowserLinux and that was as simple as moving them from one folder to another but this is much more.I … Continue reading
Note: I am posting this both on my personal El Guru and Firefox Extension Guru’s Blogs to get as much feedback as I can on this. As some my long time Firefox Blog readers may recall I had experimented a … Continue reading
Back on May 1st, The Firefox Extension Guru’s Blog turned 3. Taking a looking back around May 1st for the past 3-years, here were some of the big news items: 2006 Mike Schroepfer announced developers were yanking Places from the … Continue reading
I have not had much luck with Firefox on Ubuntu lately. I booted up into Ubuntu earlier today and ran the software updates which included an upgraded to Firefox 2.0.0.6 (release not nightly). Now, I am back to the point … Continue reading
Sounds as if the Ubuntu founders either think Microsoft is bluffing with the threat of patent infringements or could be they are not falling for Microsoft’s patent protection deal (blackmail) . Novell, Xandros, Linspire … and Ubuntu? Nope, it’s not … Continue reading
It has been a while since I have been into Ubuntu. I think the last time I was on was around Memorial Day when the Kernel update caused problems with Fx 2.0.0.3. Today I went back in and updated the … Continue reading