* Installing Xmonad on Ubuntu
Escrito en December 2nd, 2008 por Alejandro. Archivado bajo Linux, Ubuntu, terminal.
This is only for power-users. A window manager that is completely different. It Rocks.
To install on Ubuntu:
sudo apt-get install xmonad
Be sure to read the guided tour first and learn all the basic stuff here
The least you should learn is Alt-shift-enter to be able to open a terminal and Alt-shift-q to quit
* Finally! Adobe releases native 64 bit Flash 10 for Linux
Escrito en November 17th, 2008 por Alejandro. Archivado bajo 64-Bit, Firefox, Flash, Linux.
Finally we have a native 64bit Flash 10. It is working very well, I highly recommend it.
Before installing it, make sure that previous versions of Flash are uninstalled.
Download it from http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz, untar and copy the libflashplayer.so to /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins by doing the following in the terminal
tar zxvf libflashplayer-10.0.d20.7.linux-x86_64.so.tar.gz
sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/
Done!
Or, for experienced linux users (powerusers) you can do this installation just by copying and pasting the following in the terminal:
wget http://queleimporta.com/downloads/flash10_x64_en.sh && sudo chmod +x flash10_x64_en.sh && sudo sh ./flash10_x64_en.sh
This script will install Native 64 Bit Flash 10 and will also remove previous versions of flash and the not needed anymore “nspluginwrapper”
Note: If you just want to see the code for the script, it is available here:
http://queleimporta.com/downloads/flash10_x64_en.sh
* Installing Flash 10 on Intrepid, Ubuntu 8.10 64 Bits
Escrito en November 1st, 2008 por Alejandro. Archivado bajo 64-Bit, Flash, Ubuntu.
IMPORTANT UPDATE: Adobe has released a NATIVE 64bit Flash Player, Please see this post
Now that Intrepid (Ubuntu 8.10) is out, installing the latest version of flash 10 (ver. 10.0.12.36) is easier than never before, just type the following in your terminal
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
Done!
Alternatively you can simply select the package flashplugin-nonfree in synaptic.
Hardy users, Ubuntu 8.04 LTS, see this post
* Restart USB subsystem on Ubuntu
Escrito en October 29th, 2008 por Alejandro. Archivado bajo Linux, Ubuntu, terminal.
If for some reason you want to restart your USB subsystem, there is no need to reboot. Just write the following on the terminal:
sudo /etc/init.d/udev restart
Done.
* Installing Canon’s ImageCLASS MF4270 on Ubuntu 64 bit
Escrito en October 25th, 2008 por Alejandro. Archivado bajo 64-Bit, Linux, Ubuntu.
Tired of wasting money buying ink-jet cartridges that run out without even using them, I recently bought a Canon ImageCLASS MF4270 Laser Printer. It is also a multifunctional device with scanner, copier and fax.
Canon now provides .deb files for easy installation of their ImageCLASS MF4270 printer on Ubuntu Linux (or other debian based distributions). Unfortunately they are only providing them for i386 (32 Bit Systems)
For RPM based distributions however, they do provide 64-Bits installation files.
Using alien I converted these 64bit RPM to deb.
I am making them available here for your convinience:
For the scanner part follow this guide:
http://mp610.blogspot.com/2008/04/give-your-scanner-new-freshly-sane.html
* Multilanguage WordPress plug-ins
Escrito en October 20th, 2008 por Alejandro. Archivado bajo WordPress.
Keeping this handy in order of preference:
- http://www.qianqin.de/qtranslate/installation-guide/
- http://jamietalbot.com/wp-hacks/gengo/
- http://www.fredfred.net/skriker/index.php/polyglot
- http://www.poplarware.com/languageplugin.html
* Useful Open Source Links
Escrito en October 19th, 2008 por Alejandro. Archivado bajo Linux, Web-Ecosystem.
* The easiest way to install Flash 10 on Ubuntu 64 bits
Escrito en October 15th, 2008 por Alejandro. Archivado bajo 64-Bit, Firefox, Flash, Linux, Ubuntu.
IMPORTANT UPDATE #2: Adobe has released a NATIVE 64bit Flash Player, Please see this post
UPDATE #1: Users of Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid, click here.
Users of Ubuntu 8.04 keep reading.
To install Flash 10 version 10.0.12.36 on Ubuntu 8.04 64 Bits, (Released October 15 2008)
Copy and Paste the following on the terminal:
wget http://queleimporta.com/downloads/flash10_en.sh && sudo chmod +x flash10_en.sh && sudo sh ./flash10_en.sh
Done!
Note: If you just want to see the code for the script, it is available here:
http://queleimporta.com/downloads/flash10_en.sh
* Terminal commands to keep handy on an unresponsive Ubuntu.
Escrito en October 2nd, 2008 por Alejandro. Archivado bajo Linux, Ubuntu.
This is an ever growing list of terminal commands to keep handy
- sudo apt-get install –fix-broken
- sudo dpkg –configure -a
- htop
- dpkg –get-selections > installed-software (Back up list of installed Software)
- dpkg –set-selections < installed-software (Restore previously installed software)
- lshw > lshw.txt (See your system’s hardware info)
* How to install Flash 10 RC on Ubuntu 64 Bits with 2 clicks
Escrito en September 21st, 2008 por Alejandro. Archivado bajo Firefox, Flash, Linux, Ubuntu, Web-Ecosystem.
IMPORTANT UPDATE #3: Adobe has released a NATIVE 64bit Flash Player, Please see this post
UPDATE: Script has been updated to install the latest Flash 10 RC ver. 10.0.12.10 released Sept 15 2008
To install Flash 10 version 10.0.0.569 10.0.12.10 on Ubuntu 8.04 64 Bits,
Copy and Paste the following on the terminal:
wget http://queleimporta.com/downloads/flash10RC_en2.sh && sudo chmod +x flash10RC_en2.sh && sudo sh ./flash10RC_en2.sh
Done!
Note: If you just want to see the code for the script, it is available here:
http://queleimporta.com/downloads/flash10RC_en2.sh







