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Install Adobe Reader. Create a symbolic link to nppdf.so to your Mozilla plugins directory.

copy libflashplayer.so to your Mozilla plugins directory and flashplayer.xpt to your Mozilla components directory

Install Java Runtime Environment. Make a symbolic link to libjavaplugin_oji.so in your Mozilla Plugins directory. Use the copy located in the plugin/i386/ns7 directory of JRE 5.0 or later, or plugin/i386/ns610-gcc32 if you are using JRE 1.4.2.

Howto: Set up Hardy for speed, v1.0

This guide is a collection of tips and tweaks for Ubuntu Linux 8.04. The content comes from tutorials and speed suggestions found on the Ubuntu Forums and elsewhere. The material has been collated and narrated, and arranged with links to external resources or supplemental information.

The current versions can be downloaded by clicking on the links below. Howto: Set up Hardy for speed, v1.0, Zim Howto: Set up Hardy for speed, v1.0, HTML

For ASCII-art fans, the chains are arranged like so: (Note: this is a very different arrangement from the 2.0 and 2.2 kernels!) _____ Incoming / \ Outgoing -->[Routing ]--->|FORWARD|-------> [Decision] \_____/ ^ | | v ____ ___ / \ / \ |OUTPUT| |INPUT| \____/ \___/ ^ | | ----> Local Process ---- The three circles represent the three chains mentioned above. When a packet reaches a circle in the diagram, that chain is examined to decide the fate of the packet. If the chain says to DROP the packet, it is killed there, but if the chain says to ACCEPT the packet, it continues traversing the diagram.

The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce Ubuntu 8.04 LTS (Long-Term Support) on desktop and server, continuing Ubuntu's tradition of integrating the latest and greatest open source technologies into a high-quality, easy-to-use Linux distribution.

Anatomy of Linux journaling file systemsJournaling today and tomorrow

PCLinuxOS 2008.1 GNOME gives me a very good impression and I haven't encountered any show-stoppers yet.

Is OpenOffice.org getting faster?

Some complain OpenOffice.org is slow and bloated. With each release there may be dozens of performance improvements, but there are also new features, some of which may slow things down. This the natural balance in software development, but in the end, what is the net effect on performance from one version to the next?

In conclusion, OpenOffice.org is generally getting slower with each release. However, startup performance has made great improvements, the performance losses are relatively small, advances in new computer hardware are more than making up the loses, and OpenOffice.org continues to mature with new features. OpenOffice.org doesn't compel users to upgrade, so you are welcome to continue using older versions.

Primarily Unetbootin allows you to install a version of Linux via a network connection (without any CD), however I think it’s greatest value comes from the option to install “Visparted”. Visparted allows you to resize and move most types of partition (including NTFS) and is easy to use.

but it struck me that this was so easy to use, no cds, no USB keys, just a computer and a internet connection, a nice graphical interface and it uninstalls itself when you reboot.