I was about to stick these extra repositories into the Karmic Koala Review but thought "No, there are enough of them and they're useful enough to put into their own little section." so that's what I've done here. I will update this list of repositories whenever I find a new one that's worth adding to my sources.list. First, a little about repositories Software can be installed into Linux in one of two ways: Each program can be located and downloaded from the Internet or an external storage device and then installed in its own peculiar way; and Each program can be installed using … [Read more...]
Installing RealPlayer and Flash into 64 bit Linux
October 7, 2009 by 1 Comment
It is a fact of Internet life that to experience all the multimedia riches offered by many websites you must have Flash Player and Real Player installed on your computer. This is perfectly fine for anyone who wants to install Real Player but not so good for 64-bit Linux users who want to install 64-bit Flash. Despite the increasing number of users of 64-bit Linux, Adobe still has not released a non-beta version of the Flash library so 64-bit Linux users are forced to manually download and install the library into whichever folder it is supposed to go. Not particularly difficult you might … [Read more...]
A Little Bit of Linux Sanity
August 27, 2009 by Leave a Comment
I've been using Linux for several years. My distro of choice is Kubuntu, the KDE environment version of Ubuntu. My relationship with Linux has had many good times and all the fun of the occasional arguments that beset all happy couples. Yes, I'm a geek and love all things IT and technical; and as a geek whose survived the pitfalls of a Linux relationship I thought I'd offer some mediation for all those unhappy, less fortunate, Linux-Human couples. To be fair, most of my problems have been hardware related - sometimes she just needs a bit of TLC (with a hammer...); but it's the software and … [Read more...]
