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  1. Re:Chrome on Debian? by sjames · · Score: 1 · on RHEL 6 No Longer Supported By Google Chrome

    Yes. See this.

  2. Re:They are selling six versions..... by zappepcs · · Score: 2, Insightful · on MS Confirms Six Different Versions of Windows 7

    I think that a lot of people will wait till XP support dies before wanting to switch.

    I was just thinking about the Ubuntu family of versions Desktop, server, AMD64 desktop, AMD64 server, Kubuntu and how many more? Yes, I know some are based on Ubuntu like Ubuntu is based on Debian. I wonder how much confusion there is over Linux distros for end users, and can they see any difference between the Linux distros and the Win7 and Vista family trees.

    I look forward to Ubuntu desktop, home premium media center edition. NOT! But wait, there's more!

    All this bitching about MS and then see that page of Ubuntu versions, hmmm... they must have a large supply of chairs 'handy' in Redmond.

  3. Re:Road Signs? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on British Village Requests Removal From GPS Maps

    What did you think that key with the menu box on it was for?

    http://www.debianadmin.com/special-characters-made-easier-in-ubuntu.html#more-272

  4. Re:Within the retail sector... by aymanh · · Score: 2, Informative · on Ubuntu On Dell After Four Months

    I'm 99% sure that Ubuntu or Debian people can do similar things with DEBs. Of course, the downside with the package approach is you have to have one package per distro (take a look at Skype; skype isn't in any linux repositories, but it supplies 4-5 RPMs and a binary tarball).

    Skype offers an APT repository for Debian and Ubuntu users:
    http://www.skype.com/download/skype/linux/repositories.html

    And so do many other companies. For example, Google also provides an APT repository:
    http://www.google.com/linuxrepositories/apt.html

    Thanks to Synaptic, adding a new repository to Ubuntu is pretty easy, even for your average user.
  5. Re:Yes by PitaBred · · Score: 1 · on Is Linux Out of Touch With the Average User?

    ...nothing to click? So what are all these screenshots?. What you've said is that you tried to do something non-standard, didn't take adequate precautions to be able to repair it, and it broke your computer. Do you change BOOT.INI options in Windows willy-nilly? I fail to see how it's Ubuntu's fault that it didn't keep you from breaking your computer by doing something stupid. Do you also randomly replace the gas in your car with diesel to try to get it to run faster?

  6. Re:Naming by dylan_- · · Score: 1 · on Is Linux Out of Touch With the Average User?

    Have a look at this.

    Now, what were you saying?

  7. Re:I've been waiting for this one by fl!ptop · · Score: 5, Informative · on Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) Beta Released
    for restricted formats, this link is invaluable check out

    Restricted Formats
    for a neat wireless/lan/modem managment tool look here

    DebianAdmin.com
  8. Re:My Ubuntu Experience by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on 30 Days With Ubuntu Linux

    Install KDE and you get Konqueror, arguably the most powerful and efficient file manager .... even mac users envy it ... and it's easy to install on Ubuntu.

    https://help.ubuntu.com/community/InstallingKDE/ and here:

    http://www.debianadmin.com/install-kde-desktop-in- ubuntu.html

    the short of it is:

    apt-get install kubuntu-desktop

  9. Re:Ubuntu by deek · · Score: 3, Informative · on The Future of Packaging Software in Linux

    Why is Ubuntu in that list? I may be misinformed, but it was my understanding that Ubuntu was based off of Debian.


      You're not misinformed, although the author may still have a point of including it on the list of base distributions. There's a slew of Linux distributions based on Ubuntu. Still, you're right. The grandpappy of them all is Debian.

      Here's a fairly comprehensive list of these distributions.
  10. You are a mean bastard. by jotaeleemeese · · Score: 1 · on Ideal Linux System for Newbies?

    http://www.debianadmin.com/playing-encrypted-dvds- in-ubuntu.html

    it took me 30 seconds to find that.

  11. Re:WPA is horrible in Ubuntu by Rob+Simpson · · Score: 1 · on Ideal Linux System for Newbies?

    Not quite so easy. Hardly impossible, but something so basic should be automatically configured when installing in the first place.

  12. Re:Why (Re:Microsoft developer community?) by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0 · on Mark Shuttleworth Tries To Lure OpenSUSE Devs

    wireless bridge and ubuntu wpa instructions (assuming you have the right hardware, if you don't, you won't *ever* gett it running).

    http://www.debianadmin.com/enable-wpa-wireless-acc ess-point-in-ubuntu-linux.html

    i also am upset about lack of wpa support, but i'm not upset with linux or OSS devs. that's dumb. it is the h/w mfrs that screw over the linux distros by not making drivers - or at least allowing the OSS devs to do so.

    are you mad at a rock or the guy who threw it at you? you sound like the kinda guy who'd be mad at the rock.

    good luck.

  13. Re:Easy upgrade from Dapper by fracai · · Score: 4, Informative · on Ubuntu 6.10 is Out

    using apt-get is possible as well, but more involved
    http://www.debianadmin.com/upgrade-ubuntu-dapper-t o-ubuntu-edgy-eft.html
    http://duggmirror.com/linux_unix/How_to_Upgrade_Ub untu_dapper_to_Edgy_Eft_Today_Released_With_screen shots/

  14. Re:Replacement for XBOX by sachi11 · · Score: 1 · on A Truly Silent Home Theater PC Built for Linux

    i hope one more great debian related website coming up is Debian Admin it looks really nice and it is having great articles about debian linux