Archive - Aug 20, 2008
Firefox Navigation Problem -- Problems with Backspace Button
Question:
Another minor annoyance. When I use firefox in windows, I can go to the previous page by clicking the backspace button, much easier than using the mouse. In Ubuntu, that doesn't work. Is there any way to change that in Ubuntu, so I don't have to use the mouse to go back to the previous page?
Steve Shelby
The Personal Package Archives Index Part 2
2. Personal PPAs
Fabien Tassin's PPA
Website: https://launchpad.net/~fta/+archive
Description: Includes Mozilla projects such as Firefox, Seamonkey and Thunderbird.
APT line:
The Personal Package Archives Index Part 1
Updates
08/19/08: Added loell's and my PPA.
08/13/08: Added PPAs for gnome-wallpaper and epiphany-webkit.
07/31/08: Added PPAs for Mozilla Team, Amarok 2, PlayOnLinux, aMule, Audacious, Ubuntu 8.10 theme, Claws-Mail and Terminator.
07/29/08: Added PPAs for Cairo Composite Manager, Deluge, Flash 10, Midori, Compiz Fusion, Cairo Dock, Gnome Do, Banshee, Google Gadgets, chmsee, and Screenlets
Introduction
As inspired by this post here, I have begun work on an index of the most useful PPAs out there. If you know of any, please let me know!
What are PPAs?
As described by https://help.launchpad.net/PPAQuickStart:
Install SPSS and JGR in 8.04 Hardy Heron
This guide is intended to help users install and configure "R", a great, free alternative to SPSS. The instructions that I outline here are tailored to Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron), but can be alternated to fit any Linux distribution. I also have these instructions available on my blog located here.
What is "R"?
This is right from the R homepage:
Asia's needs more open source contribution
Source: http://www.zdnetasia.com/news/software/0,39044164,62045052,00.htm?scid=rss_z_nw
SINGAPORE--Open source software adoption is high in Asia, but the level of contribution from the region's open source developer community leaves much to be desired, says a prominent figure in the open source industry.
David Axmark, co-founder of the popular MySQL database, said during a media session here Tuesday that usage of open source software continues to grow significantly across the region.
However, not many Asian open source service providers have sprung up to match this interest, Axmark noted.
Linux netbook uses Chinese chip
Source: http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4526797348.html?kc=rss
A new netbook for European schools runs Linux on a Chinese-designed processor. With a generous 10-inch, 1024x600 display, the 2.4-pound Emtec Gdium boots Mandriva Linux from removable USB flash keys, running it in 512MB of DDR2 RAM on a 900MHz Loongson-2F processor made by STMicroelectronics (ST).
Mystery Fedora disruption prompts security fears
Source: http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/19/fedora_outage/
The majority of servers supporting the Fedora Linux distribution were back online on Tuesday following a mystery disruption.
Last Thursday (14 August) Fedora project leader Paul Frields took the unusual step of advising users not to download or update their software, as a precaution while the Fedora team responded to an unspecified issue. He warned ahead of time that service outages were likely.
