Ubuntu is a popular free Linux operating system based on the Debian distribution.

Cross Browser Testing on Linux

21st
Aug
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As a Linux user browsing the web you probably have respect and understanding for the importance of both cross-browser and cross-platform compatibility. This is a look at native and Wine Linux support for the major browsers out there and how to test with them.

Installing Internet Explorer 6 (IE6) on Linux (Ubuntu)

21st
Aug
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If you’re in the unfortunate scenario where you have to support IE6 then here’s a quick guide to installing Internet Explorer 6 on wine for Linux using winetricks (and not IEs4Linux).

Using a Windows NTFS XAMPP / Apache Install on a Linux Apache Server

27th
May
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How to use, view and edit websites and MySQL from a Windows NTFS installation of XAMPP in Ubuntu Linux.

Text-based location (address) bar Ubuntu Lucid Lynx

3rd
May
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The latest installment of GNOME (that comes with Ubuntu Lucid Lynx) doesn’t have the pencil icon to toggle the location bar mode. Here’s three different ways to work around that by using shortcuts or making permanent changes to Nautilus.

KDE Default Cursor After Installing Kubuntu on Ubuntu

17th
Jan
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How to change the cursor theme back to default after installing Kubuntu from Ubuntu.

Editing Files Remotely in Linux with gEdit and Others

20th
Aug
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The flexibility of the Nautilus file manager on GNOME allows you to easily access remote filesystems via FTP as if it was mounted as a local directory. Firing up gEdit got me thinking “Can I use gEdit’s file browser to edit remote files?”. Yes you can and in theory you should be able to open and edit any remote files with any application on Linux.

Changing Device Driver for NetworkManager (nm-applet)

17th
May
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As Ubuntu’s NetworkManager applet (nm-applet) has no option to change the driver you’re required to do it manually, which this reference will demonstrate. As an example we’ll be changing the default driver (rtl8180 for me) to use ndiswrapper.