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Twitter Widget, Firefox & Abine’s DoNotTrackMe plugin

Written by Nitin Venkatesh on March 13, 2013, 11:25 a.m.

FYI: This post is just to vent my frustration! Note to self: Turn off DNT plugin during dev. Was trying to embed the Twitter Timeline Widget today when something annoying happened, the widget loaded and worked flawlessly on Chromium but didn’t load on Firefox! Imagine the frustration! That obviously led me to tinkering and searching various posts and discussions online, then while googling about one result caught my eye – it said something along the lines of Twitter, Firefox and Comodo – EUREKA!!!! Firewall issues!!! But it was working properly on Chromium so what could be blocking Twitter on FF? Yup, you guessed it, a plugin that tries to block sites from tracking you (in this case it worked extremely ...

Finding the best Public DNS service for you with Namebench

Written by Nitin Venkatesh on March 11, 2013, 7:18 a.m.

We have a ton of choices to choose from when it comes to using a Public DNS service – Google Public DNS, Open DNS, etc., but which one is the best for you? The main reason you use Public DNS is to bypass the slow or prohibitive DNS lookup by your ISP. And most of the time it’s for the speed. And namebench will help you find the fastest Public DNS for your location. Running Namebench on Linux (in the screenshots, Ubuntu) is as easy as pie – Download, extract and run! It’s the same if you’re running another Operating System too (Mac OS & Windows), visit the project site and do the needful :) Anyways, Linux folks, these are ...

Apache OpenOffice reaches 40 Million downloads

Written by Roland Taylor on March 4, 2013, 8:23 a.m.

Though increasingly fewer people use this struggling Office Suite, Apache OpenOffice is reporting 40 Million downloads, since the release of 3.4.0. This is is a good sign for Apache's office suite, but not necessarily a good sign in any other way. Why? Well, if so many people are still using this Office suite (and so many downloads suggests to me that many of them are new users), then it means that too few people are aware of the better alternative - LibreOffice. Now, don't get me wrong, Apache OpenOffice is Open Source software, and its existence is quite okay, but it's lagging behind the competition in a serious way, and its unlikely for things to change very soon in the ...

Some components of Gnome 3.7.x have landed in Ubuntu 13.04 - Updated

Written by Roland Taylor on March 2, 2013, 7:35 p.m.

Apparently I made a mistake here (teaches me not to write these posts late at night :P). I got the packages from the Gnome 3 PPA which I forgot I had enabled :/... Believe it! In what is a somewhat unexpected move, components of Gnome 3.7.x (3.8 has not yet been released) have begun to land in Ubuntu 13.04, including Gnome Shell 3.7.90. It seems that the issues blocking Gnome 3.8 in Ubuntu 13.04 have been resolved, and users of the Ubuntu Gnome Remix can rejoice, because they will get the latest and greatest that Gnome has to offer. Screenshot, therefore, it happened. Of Note: Baobab Eog Evince (Which sports a new interface) Gnome Games (many of them renamed) Gnome ...

Congratulations to the new moderators of Askubuntu!

Written by Nitin Venkatesh on Feb. 20, 2013, 4:45 a.m.

We offer our hearty congrats to the three new moderators of Askubuntu! A special shout-out to the two of them, who are our very own members - Roland Taylor and Barneedhar Vigneshwar :D Congratulations once again guys! And may the force be with you!

LibreOffice 4.0 has FINALLY come to 13.04

Written by Roland Taylor on Feb. 19, 2013, 11:20 a.m.

Testers fire your updaters! LibreOffice 4.0 is now officially available in 13.04. I have not yet installed it it (so no screenshots or experience to share yet), but as soon as I can I'll be sharing about it.

Installing uTorrent Server on Ubuntu

Written by Nitin Venkatesh on Feb. 18, 2013, 2:46 a.m.

Recently one of my friends shifted to Ubuntu and couldn’t install uTorrent Server. One note, folks, please always paste the full error message that you receive, there’s a reason why that error popped on your screen; so that you can fix it! Okay, so here goes: Download uTorrent Server . I am going to assume that the path where the file is stored is in ~/Downloads. Now open up a terminal, and navigate to the Downloads folder. nits@excalibur:~$ cd ~/Downloads/ nits@excalibur:~/Downloads$ ls -l utorrent-server-3.0-ubuntu-10.10-27079.tar.gz -rw-rw-r-- 1 nits nits 1561244 Feb 18 12:36 utorrent-server-3.0-ubuntu-10.10-27079.tar.gz Extract the package, and switch to the extracted directory nits@excalibur:~/Downloads$ tar -zvxf utorrent-server-3.0-ubuntu-10.10-27079.tar.gz utorrent-server-v3_0/ utorrent-server-v3_0/webui.zip utorrent-server-v3_0/utserver utorrent-server-v3_0/docs/ utorrent-server-v3_0/docs/style.css utorrent-server-v3_0/docs/Changes.txt utorrent-server-v3_0/docs/ut-logo.gif utorrent-server-v3_0/docs/Server_Changes.html utorrent-server-v3_0/docs/Server_Changes.pdf utorrent-server-v3_0/docs/license.txt utorrent-server-v3_0/docs/Server_Changes.txt utorrent-server-v3_0/docs/uTorrent_Server.pdf utorrent-server-v3_0/docs/footer_ut_address.gif utorrent-server-v3_0/docs/uTorrent_Server.txt ...

Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS released

Written by Howard Chan on Feb. 16, 2013, 6:17 a.m.

Posted on the ubuntu-annouce mailing list, by Colin Watson, Ubuntu Release Team, February 14, 2013, 20:02:50 UTC The Ubuntu team is pleased to announce the release of Ubuntu 12.04.2 LTS (Long-Term Support) for its Desktop, Server, Cloud, and Core products, as well as other flavours of Ubuntu with long-term support. To help support a broader range of hardware, the 12.04.2 release adds an updated kernel and X stack for new installations on x86 architectures, and matches the ability of 12.10 to install on systems using UEFI firmware with Secure Boot enabled. As usual, this point release includes many updates, and updated installation media has been provided so that fewer updates will need to be downloaded after installation. These include security ...

Ubuntu 12.04.2 and Kubuntu 13.04 Alpha 2 testing needed.

Written by Howard Chan on Feb. 11, 2013, 10:02 p.m.

As the release date for Ubuntu 12.04.2 and Kubuntu 13.04 Alpha 2 draws near, it is time to get these images tested! Go to the ISO QA Tracker and select either Precise 12.04.1 or Raring Alpha 2 to start testing images!!! There were and are some sessions to help you started: 11th February, 2013 (Monday) 18:00-19:00 UTC Nicholas Skaggs (balloons) was at #ubuntu-quality on irc.freenode.net and also on Ubuntu on Air! to demonstrate the process of going through the testcases. The Google+ Hangout video is available at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOkbMiyJIbI 13th February, 2013 (Wednesday) 13:00-15:00 UTC Howard Chan (smartboyhw, aka me) will be at #ubuntu-classroom and #ubuntu-classroom-chat on irc.freenode.net to host the finale of a series of QA Team Classroom sessions. It ...

LibreOffice has a new website, and I need a new jaw.

Written by Roland Taylor on Feb. 8, 2013, 11:53 a.m.

I dropped my jaw on the floor... does anyone have a new one? I won't say much more other than: Check. This Out. Look out for details about LibreOffice 4.0 in the real world in the coming weeks, when it hits 13.04 I'll sure be jumping on it.