by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | music, ubuntu linux
One of the first things most people like to do when poking around the computer is to listen to some music. Linux is not like windows with one way to do this (Windows Media Player). There are dozens if not hundreds of ways to listen to music in Linux. Over time...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | drupal
*Updated: 11/07/2005* Please, can someone tell me why Drupal still sucks? I guess a more general question would be why open source CMS systems in general still suck? Am I asking for too much? I converted this web site from a custom PHP / CGI / static HTML mess 4-6...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | networking, ubuntu linux, windows
In the getting started section of this Ubuntu new user guide – I showed how you can view Windows and Mac drives using the winmac_fstab script to set them up to automatically mount when you login. But that’s for drives on your local PC in Ubuntu Linux 5.10....
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | firefox, ubuntu linux
In Ubuntu Breezy Badger 5.10 my flash plugin worked just fine in Mozilla Firefox. Then on a test partition I decided to install Dapper Drake flight 6, and now I’ve upgraded to the final version of Dapper. I’ve been using Dapper full time for about 3 months...
by jtpratt | Jun 29, 2007 | fonts, ubuntu linux
You can download and install thousands of free windows .ttf true type fonts from the web and install and use them in Ubuntu (or any distro) Linux. Just download the fonts you want from free online web sites and archives (listed below), if necessary – unzip them...